The Indianapolis Propylaeum

Dear Partners and Friends, We are pleased to announce the opening of the?2025 May Wright Sewall Leadership Award nomination period. This esteemed award honors individuals who exemplify the spirit of May Wright Sewall through their contributions to civic leadership, education, community engagement, arts, women's rights, and innovation. To nominate a deserving individual, please visit our online nomination portal: https://lnkd.in/gdHZej3i The nomination deadline is December 31, 2024. We encourage you to share this opportunity with your networks to help us recognize outstanding leaders in our community. Thank you for your support! 2024 May Wright Sewall Leadership Award Recipients photographed below: Dr. Virginia Caine, Marion County Public Health Department, Director & Chief Medical Officer (left) Deana R. Haworth, APR, Hirons CEO (right)

Get ready to welcome our new leader! Chelsea Marburger will be stepping into the role of Executive Director at The Indianapolis Propylaeum on Monday, November 18. Chelsea Marburger has over a decade of nonprofit experience in Indianapolis. With a strong background in operations, facilities management, and communications, Chelsea has demonstrated a commitment to Indianapolis with work at community-based institutions like The Speakeasy and the Indianapolis City Market. Always operating through a mission-driven lens, Chelsea looks forward to serving the members of The Indianapolis Propylaeum through high quality stewardship and programming rooted in the organization's long held mission of supporting women, arts & culture, and historic preservation. We couldn't be more thrilled to welcome Chelsea to our team!

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We are thrilled to welcome our newest board member, Grace Meils! Grace has been working with non-profit organizations for more than 20 years including over a decade with Newfields a Place for Nature & The Arts where she serves as Vice President for Advancement. Grace is an admirer of May Wright Sewall and her contributions to our city. She has a great deal of experience working with membership programs and is ready to share her skills in this area with The Indianapolis Propylaeum. She is also interested in connecting with our members and volunteers and in gaining experience in board leadership. ? Grace graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with a degree in Art History. Shortly after completing her studies she moved to Seattle, Washington and began her career as an art professional at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM). Her first role was curatorial assistant in the Asian Art Department. Her early career enabled her to discover her passion and talent for communications and fundraising, leading her to pursue a grant writing position and eventually serve as Director of Development and Communications at Seattle’s Pratt Fine Arts Center. In the realm of art sales, Meils was Gallery Manager before moving into the role of Marketing and Communications Director at Traver Gallery in Seattle. In 2012, she returned to Indianapolis, where she joined Ripley Auctions as a marketing consultant and Studio Glass Specialist before coming to Newfields in 2014.

Thank you again to all who were able to join us last Wednesday night as we remembered and celebrated the career of the late Jim Kienle. A special thank you to former Propylaeum president, Rose Wernicke, for the time & effort she put into preparing this presentation. For those interested, the program was recorded and posted to our YouTube channel. It can be accessed here: https://lnkd.in/g6hPVYdk

We sincerely thank everyone who participated in our recent Marilyn K. Glick Women's Enrichment Series event. Our panelists' insightful and candid conversation about the women and girls of Indiana was both honest and inspiring. We hope you will join us for our next event on February 20, 2025 - this will be a special program led by Central Indiana Girl Scout Cadets! You won't want to miss it. Thank you to M. Elizabeth Photography for capturing this wonderful series. Thank you to all of our 2024-25 Marilyn K. Glick Women's Enrichment Series sponsors!

Meet the panelists from our upcoming "Inspiring Women and Girls" panel at the Marilyn K. Glick Women's Enrichment Series on Thursday, October 17 at the Prop! We are excited to be joined by Danielle Shockey, CEO, Girl Scouts of Central Indiana. Danielle Shockey is the chief executive officer of Girl Scouts of Central Indiana, which serves 16,000 Girls and 10,000 adults across 45 counties in Indiana. A Girl Scout alum, Danielle’s experience serving Indiana’s youth spans a career of 20 years, including Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction for the Indiana Department of Education, college dean, school principal and classroom teacher. Purchase tickets to this event at: https://lnkd.in/g4Dhrp53

Meet the panelists from our upcoming "Inspiring Women and Girls" panel at the Marilyn K. Glick Women's Enrichment Series on Thursday, October 17 at the Prop! We are excited to be joined by Tamara Winfrey-Harris, CSSGB, President, Women's Fund of Central Indiana, on this panel. Tamara is a nationally renowned writer and speaker, focusing on issues of race and gender and their intersection with politics, popular culture and current events. She is the author of the award-winning book, The Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America (Berrett-Koehler 2015) and Dear Black Girl: Letters from Your Sisters on Stepping into Your Power (Berrett-Koehler 2021), and A Black Woman's Guide to Getting Free (2024). Purchase tickets to this event at: https://lnkd.in/g4Dhrp53

On Thursday, October 17, the Marilyn K. Glick Women’s Enrichment Series presents Inspiring Girls and Women! You'll learn about the 2024 Indiana Girl Report and the well-being of Indiana girls state-wide. See more details and a link to register in the post below. We will be joined by Tamara Winfrey-Harris, CSSGB, President of Women's Fund of Central Indiana, Danielle Shockey, CEO of Girl Scouts of Central Indiana, and Sunny Lu Williams, CEO of TechServ Corporation. Join us for this meaningful conversation! Tickets: https://lnkd.in/g4Dhrp53 $75 VIP Ticket includes a VIP Reception in our Historic Carriage House from 5-6 pm with hors d'oeuvres, a bar, and the chance to meet our speaker. $25 GA Ticket includes a GA Reception in our beautiful Victorian mansion from 5-6 pm with light refreshments. The program is at 6 pm in the mansion.

The dust has settled on our first-ever Delaware Street Derby, and we’re thrilled to announce the results! The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of planning and preparation, and we couldn’t have done it without the incredible support of our committee, board, and volunteers. Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, attendees, and donors, we exceeded our fundraising goals for this event as we Raced to Restore our Carriage House! Key Highlights: ?? $66,000 total dollars raised! (surpassing our goal of $60,000) ??$36,650 raised to directly benefit our Fund-A-Need Item, the commercial space in our Carriage House! ?? 105 tickets sold Most importantly, we extend our deepest gratitude to our generous sponsors! Your support made this event a reality, and your trust in our fundraiser will help restore our historic property. Hupp Jewelers Cathy Michel Indiana Restaurant & Lodging Association Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Browning Real Estate Partners Christopher Jones, MD, PC Marjorie Kienle Diane Tolliver Shannon Walsh Rose Wernicke & Joe Wernicke Megan Anderson Traders Point Carriage Susan Fasig Joanne Solomon Refined Renovations All photos by: M. Elizabeth Photography We look forward to inviting you to our second annual Delaware Street Derby on Friday, September 12, 2025 - save the date now!