Diversity & Inclusion

We, the board of the Miller Beach Arts & Creative District, acknowledge and adopt the following broad and all-encompassing definition of diversity and inclusion:

Diversity is the seeking and achieving of a broad representation of experiences, perspectives, opinions and cultures. Inclusiveness is an essential source of vitality and strength for the effective pursuit of an organization’s mission.


Resolution

WHEREAS the Miller Beach Arts & Creative District board embraces the organization’s mission of providing artistic opportunities to people of diverse backgrounds;

WHEREAS the Miller Beach Arts & Creative District board is committed to educating and encouraging its members and constituents in the nonprofit sector to better serve the regional community;

WHEREAS the Miller Beach Arts & Creative District board has served as the resource for and has made significant investments in the area of diversity, therefore BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

Diversity is recognized and embraced as critical to the mission of the Miller Beach Arts & Creative District and shall remain an integral, ongoing and proactive part of the organization’s governance, committees, membership, programs, policies, activities, goals and priorities now and in the future;

Miller Beach Arts & Creative District provides access and opportunities to the arts to all segments of the community;

Miller Beach Arts & Creative District strives to be inclusive in its planning and programs, and diversity is part of its plans;

The Miller Beach Arts & Creative District Board of Directors seeks to be representative of the region’s diversity, serving as a springboard for ideas and generating concepts related to the diversification of the Miller Beach Arts & Creative District’s programs and services in all communities.

Upcoming events

September

8th
Free Community Yoga Sundays at 10am

December

6th
Illuminated: The MBACD 2024 Community Exhibit Established and emerging Gary artists exhibiting with us for the first time!

January

1st
Stretch and Mobility Fitness Class Tuesdays in January, 6:30 pm
5th
Work in Progress Group Sunday, Jan 5, 2pm - 4pm
8th
Open Studio Figure Drawing Wednesday, Jan 8, 7 pm - 9pm
11th
Digitally Correct Meta-Troubadours LIVE! Saturday, January 11, 7pm
12th
Greenfingers Miller Garden Club 2025 Hygge Film Fest
22nd
Open Studio Figure Drawing Wednesday, Jan 22, 7 pm - 9pm
24th
Kay’s Kabaret An evening of songs and laughs!
25th
Monotype Printmaking Workshop Saturday, Jan 25, 10 am - 1 pm

February

7th
For the Good Works by Aonna Jones

March

21st
Mindlarking Works in Assemblage and Collage

May

2nd
The Area Artists Association (A3) 45th Anniversary Exhibition
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Miller Beach Arts & Creative District

Mailing address:

P.O. Box 2405, Gary, IN 46403 219-885-9114 MBACDarts@gmail.com

Gallery Location:

Marshall J. Gardner Center for the Arts 540 S. Lake Street, Gary, IN 46403
Open Friday and Saturday, 6—8pm, and Sunday 2—4. Find us on , , and Instagram.