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

March

21st
Mindlarking Works in Collage and Assemblage

January

6th
Bead Town Art Exhibit and Workshops

April

19th
Digitally Correct Meta-Troubadours LIVE! Saturday, April 19, 8PM
25th
All in Jest Trivia Night Friday, April 25, 7pm
26th
Yoga + Beer Saturday, April 26, 12 pm

May

2nd
The Area Artists Association (A3) 45th Anniversary Exhibition
3rd
Fly Fishing Film Tour Saturday, May 3, 1 PM and 6 PM
6th
Foundational Upholstery Skills Workshop with Jamika Smith
7th
Foundational Upholstery Skills with instructor Jamika Smith
17th
Collaged Printmaking–Chine Collé with Catherine Sollman
24th
Book Arts Workshop – Art Books with Jane Whedbee
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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.