On Thursday, March 19th the Indianapolis Propylaeum has the distinct honor of hosting Her Flag, a national art and travel project commemorating the centennial of the ratification of the 19th amendment. Artist Marilyn Artus is traveling the path of ratification through the capital cities of the 36 states that ratified the 19th Amendment. Artus is collaborating with a woman artist from each of the 36 states that ratified the 19th Amendment into law to create a giant 18 x 26 foot flag. The culmination will be a new flag sewn as a thank you and a love letter to the states that ratified the 19th Amendment into law. The Propylaeum has been selected to be the location for the sewing of the 26th sec
March 14-15 come see the wildly popular “Digging in Their Heels,” a one-woman performance by Sally Perkins in the Carriage House at the Indianapolis Propylaeum. “Digging In Their Heels” is a high-speed story of women’s battle for the ballot that inspires audiences to keep digging for justice as they marvel, laugh and learn from women who paved the way. It modernizes both the people and issues facing women 100 years ago, begging questions like- what if Susan B. Anthony had an iPad and Twitter? Perkins has been sharing her talents with this hilarious regaling of the women’s suffrage movement throughout Indiana for years, and in 2019 she even performed the play Off-Broadway in New York City. He
January 16, 2020, one hundred years to the day that Indiana ratified the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, suffragists again walked the halls of the state capitol. The Indiana Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission organized a day at the statehouse that included speeches by Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch as well as Dr. Anita Morgan author of “An Act of Tardy Justice :” The Story of Woman’s Suffrage in Indiana. The Indianapolis Women’s Chorus provided entertainment. Sessions of both the House of Representatives and Senate passed unanimous resolutions to recognize the event. Suffragists from the Propylaeum were joined by Indianapolis organizations, members of the General Assembly,
As a part of the Marilyn K. Glick Women's Enrichment Series, the Propylaeum initiated WES Goes to School which provides programs for students at Shortridge High School. WES Goes to School has enabled us to expand our mission of celebrating and promoting the potential and contributions of women and girls in our culture. On March 6, 2020 the Propylaeum will sponsor jazz pianist/composer and IU faculty member Monika Herzig as she shares with the Shortridge students the history, music, and challenges of women jazz artists. Her all female jazz group Sheroes just recently returned from its tour of Europe's most prestigious jazz clubs and Egypt's Jazz Tales Festival sharing music from its acclaime
