Arts · Jamie Thingelstad

February 12, 2022

We returned to Mess Hall Art Experiences to have some fun with paint! Tyler wanted to go as part of his birthday. We had a great time as always. Tyler got into the the messy part! I did an interpretation of the FC Bayern logo.

Four people smiling in front of a colorful paint-splattered Mess Hall Art Experiences backdrop with numbered wooden target boards.

Child in blue plastic poncho and black mask holds a canvas with teal purple and blue fluid pour painting in a colorful paint-splattered art studio.

Person wearing a mask and plastic poncho standing in a paint-splattered art studio beside a colorful canvas on a worktable

Colorful abstract painting in a cardboard box resting on a paint-splattered floor with a red heart outline in the center.

Adult in striped shirt and red beanie works on a colorful paint-splattered canvas while a masked child in a blue plastic poncho watches inside a paint-covered art studio.

December 17, 2021

Quantum Mirror at REM5VR

Tammy got us tickets to see the Quantum Mirror exhibit at REM5VR. We’ve been to REM5VR many times for VR games, but this Quantum Mirror is a “transcendent immersive art experience”. It was created by Adrian Stein. We weren’t real sure what to expect at all, and I was very …

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December 11, 2021

We had a great time being creative with paint and canvas today at Mess Hall Art Experiences! 🎨

Mess Hall art studio interior with numbered easels, paint-splattered floor, and colorful graffiti mural along the back wall.

Seven people wearing clear plastic ponchos and face masks pose together inside Mess Hall Art Experiences before a paint activity.

Person in a plastic smock and face mask pouring teal paint onto a canvas at an art studio

Acrylic pour painting with swirling yellow, red, green, and brown flows on canvas, displayed in a paint-splattered studio

Man in a clear plastic poncho examines a spin-art canvas with swirling green yellow and red paint in a colorful studio

November 12, 2021

We had a fun time at the Washburn High School production of Grease tonight. 🎭🎶

Stage full of students performing Grease the musical at Rydell High School with 1950s backdrop panels and a prop car

October 24, 2021

I loved this bit of public art in Indianapolis. The blue metal pushing the rusted metal to the side, juxtaposed with the grass and plants below, and the concrete above.

Bright blue steel beams burst through an opening in a weathered Corten steel wall above a garden bed and green lawn in Indianapolis.

October 22, 2021

It was cool to visit the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library today. Tammy loved his books in college. An amazing author, artist, and activist.

Smith-Corona 2200 electric typewriter in light blue on display behind glass with a pair of eyeglasses in front

Quilt with geometric black and gray border displaying a Vonnegut quote: Practicing an art no matter how well or badly is a way to make your soul grow.

Museum display of Billy Pilgrim's War Chest artwork with a wooden trunk, miniature cemetery drawer, and a box containing Slaughterhouse-Five novel and bullet casings.

October 22, 2021

Indianapolis World War Monument on a rainy and cloudy day.

Indiana World War Memorial building with pyramid roof and columns, black obelisk with gold tip, and fountains on a foggy day.

October 22, 2021

We had a fun time looking at dozens of Indy race cars over the years today at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. It is amazing how much the cars have changed.

Several vintage IndyCar race cars on display indoors, including a red Dominos and Provimi sponsored car in the foreground with Goodyear Eagle tires.

Rows of vintage Indy race cars on display inside the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, including white, red, orange, and blue open-wheel racers.

Blue number 66 Sunoco DieHard Indy car on display at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum with a red number 14 car behind it.

Borg-Warner Trophy on display at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum with checkered flag backdrop

October 21, 2021

We took in a lot of art today at Newfields.

Robert Indiana LOVE sculpture in weathered steel inside a museum gallery with a colorful geometric mosaic mural behind it

Escalator cutting diagonally across a tall white wall covered in a repeating pattern of L-shaped and cross-shaped fluorescent lights

Large colorful number sculptures 2 3 4 5 arranged outside a building at Newfields museum in Indianapolis

Norman Rockwell painting The Love Song showing two elderly men playing flute and clarinet as a young woman watches from behind

Giant white inflatable cloud sculpture with a kawaii face displayed in a modern atrium lobby at Newfields museum

October 21, 2021

The Fireworks of Glass Tower in the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is amazing. And underneath it the ceiling is clear and layered with amazing glass pieces.