Bloomington Art Club
Bring a project you're working on or use our supplies to start something new. Art club is for everyone, no experience or talent needed. Just bring yourself, and let's spend some time making art together.
Free, age-inclusive, and open to all.
Upcoming Events
Art Club: First Thursday at IU
Thursday, Sept. 3 • 4-7 p.m • IU Fine Arts Plaza
📍IU Fine Arts Plaza
Help Bloomington Art Club bring our giant community coloring sheet to life, sit for a quick, badly drawn portrait from one of our artists, and take home a one-of-a-kind work of art.
PWYC Cyanotype Workshop
Saturday, Sept. 5 • 1-3 p.m • Building and Trades Park
📍619 W Howe St, Bloomington, IN 47403
Join us for a pay-what-you-can workshop with local cyanotype artist Molly Eagleson and create your own prints using light! If you can, bring a flat piece of glass (like one from a picture frame) as well as any flat, opaque objects you might want. We'll have plenty of things on hand as well. Suggested donation is $5-10 to help cover supplies and Molly's time, please bring cash or Venmo @btownartclub. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Art Club: Printmaking
Wednesday, Sept. 16 • 4:45-6:45 p.m • Redbud Books
📍408 W Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47404
Join our newest Art Club Host, artist Amanda Hutchins, and learn how to make your own prints with acrylic paint and foam sheets.
Movie x Art Club: Zine Making + Film Screening
Sunday, September 20 • 4-7 p.m • Redbud Books
📍408 W Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47404
Join Bloomington's Movie Club and us for zine-making while watching a movie!
Art Club: Collage Collective
Thursday, Sept. 24, 5-6:45 p.m. • MCPL Southwest, Meeting Room A/B
📍890 W Gordon Pike, Bloomington, IN 47403
Whether you're new to the art of collage or have years of experience with paper-based art, this is your time to connect, create, and cut it up with other artists! Bring your own scraps and magazines if you’d like, or help yourself to our collection.
Fall 2026 CART Submission Deadline
Wednesday, September 30, 11:59 p.m.
Submit your creative work and be featured in our quarterly zine.
Donate to Art Club
Art is for everyone, and we believe it shouldn't come with barriers. Donations help us hold free, all-ages arts programming almost every week.🎉 We're a 2026 Arts Projects Support Grant Recipient 🎉
We recieved $1k from the Bloomington Arts Commission. Help us stretch this funding and donate your old art supplies — just drop them in the donation bin at Bloomington Fine Art Supply, 207 S. Rogers St.
Contribute to CART
CART is a collection of art from a community of artists in a quarterly zine.
Join the Group Chat
Join our signal chat to get club announcements and reminders + share ideas, works in progress, opportunities and more.
Sharing is Caring
Bloomington Art Club is all about sharing the love of art and art-making. In this Google Drive folder you'll find free zines and other resources. Please add to it!
Little Free Zine Library
Do you make zines or artist trading cards? Bloomington Fine Art Supply hosts our little free zine library + artist trading card outpost.
About & Contact
Bloomington Art Club is lead by Maureen Langley, in collaboration with Jennifer Davis and Amanda Hutchins. Email Maureen at [email protected]
Maureen Langley • Host, Art Club
Maureen Langley (she/her) is a Bloomington, Indiana-based artist, graphic designer, and community arts organizer whose creative practice includes painted paper collage, poetry, and zine-making. A Ball State University graduate (B.S. ’18, Journalism Graphics), she works full-time as a graphic designer at Indiana University and is passionate about making art accessible, playful, and community-centered. In 2025, she created Bloomington Zine Club, and in 2026 assumed leadership of Art Club, bringing together multiple free arts programs to continue offering inclusive, all-ages creative opportunities in Bloomington.
Jennifer Davis • Host, Collage Collective
Jennifer Davis (she/her) is a Mexican-American collage artist from New Castle, Indiana, who lives and creates in Bloomington. Since 2020, she has produced hundreds of hand-crafted collages exploring themes of resilience, healing, and connection. An Indiana University graduate (B.A. '24, Communication Studies), Jennifer works full-time at the university while pursuing her master's degree. Her work has been featured at Kolaj Fest New Orleans, the Black y Brown Arts Festival, and Indiana University's Healing Arts Show. Jennifer has hosted Collage Collective since Fall 2024.
Amanda Hutchins • Host, Art Club
Amanda Hutchins (they/them) is an artist, WFHB reggae DJ, and printmaking instructor at Ivy Tech Center for Lifelong Learning. They are a graduate from IU Northwest and IU Bloomington (BFA ‘16 and MAAA ‘19). They love teaching, nail art, curating, advocating for the arts, and organizing events.
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