Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts

The Payne and Mencias families have long believed in the power of the arts to inspire, connect and transform individuals and communities. With their latest contribution — a transformative donation for the Palladium’s naming rights — these families ensure that art and culture will thrive in Central Indiana for the next decade. Introducing the Payne and Mencias Palladium — ensuring that art and culture will continue to inspire, connect and transform Central Indiana for the next decade. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/gdTbmvcE.

We have a big gala update: The Center Celebration 2025 presented by Ice Miller LLP, and headlined by Richard Marx, is SOLD OUT! #CenterCelebration2025 isn't just a gala – it's a night to ignite creativity, open doors for students, and ensure the arts are accessible to all. Select sponsorship packages that include seating and other benefits are still available. Learn more: TheCenterPresents.org/Gala.

We're excited to announce the co-chairs of our Gala Steering Committee, Michael Garvey and Caroline Thau and Annette and David Greene! Planning is underway for the Center Celebration 2025 presented by Ice Miller LLP, which will mark our 15th anniversary season. All proceeds support Allied Solutions Center’s arts programming and its growing menu of education and enrichment opportunities for people of all ages. Learn more in the news release at https://lnkd.in/g5RdTPGw.

Help us celebrate and amplify these Indiana artists! Today we announced the winners of the 2025 New Works commissions, a project designed to promote and sustain artistic communities and reflect our core values of integrity, excellence, innovation, collaboration and inclusion. Each winning proposal receives a $2,500 cash award, technical support, onstage rehearsal time, and access to the event video for promotional use. Learn more about the project at https://lnkd.in/g-wfsRCR. Wild Stories: Native Ecosystems Retold – Emma Hedrick Hedrick is an award-winning vocalist and composer who holds a master’s degree from the Royal Conservatoire in the Netherlands. Wild Stories will comprise multiple original music pieces for voice (Hedrick) and jazz piano (Christopher Pitts) to be accompanied by projections of photographs shot specifically for the performance by environmental scientist and nature photographer Mitch Korolev. The compositions will be informed by research into Indiana’s native ecosystems and will challenge the audience to notice the nuance in the environment around them. Blueprint of a Point Ascending – Abby Marchesseault Marchesseault is a dancer and choreographer who studied dance at Southern Methodist University and many NYC-based dance companies. Blueprint of a Point Ascending, set to vocal music by composer Caroline Shaw, is a three-part modern dance work for four performers that features an interactive stage set with two long elastic bands. It draws inspiration from sculptor/engineer Kenneth Snelson’s work on “tensegrity” (integrity resulting from tension) to explore how tensions sustained within individual notions of identity lead to upward growth and stability. Sister Suffragists: Naomi Anderson and Lillian Thomas Fox – Ming Joi Washington Ming Joi is a poet and curator who holds an art history degree from Spelman College. Sister Suffragists is a choreo-poem honoring Anderson and Fox, two Black women writers and activists who campaigned for social justice in Indiana in the during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods. The text will be informed by research into their published writing as well as contemporaneous news coverage of their travels and speaking engagements. The production will include projected images and live music. Movements Like a Verse Unwritten – Boxx The Artist Originally from Gary, Indiana, Boxx the Artist is an award-winning visual artist based in Indianapolis and named 2024 Artist of the Year by Noblesville Creates. With a dual degree from Purdue University, she brings a unique fusion of academic insight and creative expression to her work. Movements Like a Verse Unwritten will be a mixed-media painting on canvas based on her original photography. The work will blend realistic details with expressive brushstrokes, abstract forms and vibrant colors to create a dynamic tribute to the power of artistic expression. The painting will hang in the Palladium’s South Lobby for one year.

We're hiring a Development and Donor Relations Associate to join a Development Team serving both Allied Solutions Center and the Great American Songbook Foundation! Please share with passionate professionals in your network. Find more information and apply at the link: https://lnkd.in/grVBpP6C

Happy New Year from Allied Solutions Center! Last year was one for the books, with the announcement of our partnership with Allied Solutions LLC and the installation of a PA system designed specifically for the Palladium. Thank you to everyone who made such an unforgettable year possible.

?? Happy holidays... ?? Thanks to our Volunteer Committee for organizing two caroling days for staff at Allied Solutions Center and the Great American Songbook Foundation! We had a wonderful time spreading holiday cheer at IU Health North Hospital, The Barrington of Carmel, Woodland Terrace of Carmel, and Magnolia Springs.

Michael Feinstein, our Artistic Director and founder of the Great American Songbook Foundation, recently spoke at a TEDx conference about the power of the Great American Songbook. "In this talk, I explore how iconic composers like Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, and Jerry Herman—many of whom were immigrants or children of immigrants—used their music to unite people, inspire change, and strengthen democracy." Watch now:

Today's snow was perfectly timed for our staff card writing event! We wrote hundreds of holiday cards to distribute to Dayspring Center Family Emergency Shelter, Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indiana United Methodist Children's Home, and CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions. Thank you to our Volunteer Committee for helping us spread some holiday cheer!

Thank you to Nate Spangle and Mark Juleen for the amazing shout-out last week! "If there is any artist you remotely like and they come to the Palladium, you should go. It is the best-sounding venue you will ever go to a concert at." Mark Juleen mentions improvements over the years, so let us also shout out the many partners who made our custom-built, state-of-the-art PA system possible: Greenfield-based Force.Tech and Mid-America Sound Corporation, Carmel-based Haverstick Designs, Indy-based Immersaf Media, L-Acoustics, and the City of Carmel's Redevelopment Commission, not to mention our talented production team.