About the Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park

The IMA has announced 10 artists and collectives who have been selected to create works for the new IMA Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park. The artists are: Haluk Akakçe, Kendall Buster, Sam Easterson, Peter Eisenman, Alfredo Jaar, Tea Mäkipää and Andrea Zittel. The artists collectives are Atelier Van Lieshout, Los Carpinteros and Type A.  Located on 100 acres of untamed woodlands, wetlands, lake and meadow adjacent to the Museum, the Fairbanks Art & Nature Park will feature site-specific commissions in a range of media that explore and respond to varied environments. As announced in April 2006, Mary Miss will create the Park’s first permanent project, an elevated bridge and walkway that will descend through the canopy of trees and serve as a pedestrian gateway linking the Museum’s principal buildings to the Park.

Upon its opening in 2009, Fairbanks Art & Nature Park will be one of the largest museum art parks in the country, and the only one to feature the ongoing commission of site-specific artworks. The IMA’s goal is to present contemporary art projects, exhibitions and discussions designed to strengthen the public’s understanding of society’s multi-faceted relationship with the natural world. Programming for the Art & Nature Park will grow directly out of the artworks, which will include temporary and permanent installations from emerging and established artists. The 100-acre Park site is bordered by the White River and runs contiguous to the IMA’s current 52-acre campus, more than half of which is comprised of historic landscapes and gardens. Commissions will be ongoing, with additional artists’ projects to be announced annually.

About the IMA

The IMA Indianapolis Museum of Art is among the largest general art museums in the United States. Situated on 152 acres that incorporate Oldfields–Lilly House & Gardens, the future Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park, as well as breathtaking gardens and grounds, IMA features significant collections of African, American, Asian, European, contemporary and decorative art, including paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings and photographs, textiles and costumes.