Posts tagged centennial

February 27, 2012

A Centenary Celebration “In Keeping With The Dignity Of The State”

Two groups in particular saw a golden opportunity in Indiana's centennial celebration: conservationists and the good roads movement.

Peaceful Valley

Having marked Nashville’s centennial as “The Art Colony of the Midwest” in 2007, it’s easy to forget that the Brown County village was not always the epicenter of the visual arts in Indiana. A significant regional school of painting developed in the Wayne County town of Richmond in the late nineteenth century, of which the Richmond Palette Club and the Richmond Prize were manifestations.