January 15, 2025
Ball State University’s College of Fine Arts is presenting two exceptional cultural opportunities: a free Arts Alive! lecture featuring acclaimed artist Daniel Alexander Jones, and the extension of The Art of Elizabeth Catlett from the Collection of Samella Lewis at the David Owsley Museum of Art (DOMA) through Feb. 28, 2025.
January 15, 2025
Ball State University’s Vivian V. Conley and Hurley C. Goodall Jr. Multicultural Center has announced the schedule of events for its annual Unity Week, which kicks off on Monday, Jan. 20, the official observance of this year’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
December 13, 2024
Ball State University’s Board of Trustees on Friday approved the naming of the University’s Multicultural Center the Vivian V. Conley and Hurley C. Goodall Jr. Multicultural Center, in honor of two local civil rights icons.
December 2, 2024
Ball State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present 1 TO 4 (+, -) at Korsgaard Dance Studio, located inside Ball Gymnasium in Room 213, at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 5-7, with an additional performance at 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 7.
November 26, 2024
Ball State University this month is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Charles W. Brown Planetarium, the largest and most technologically advanced planetarium in Indiana.
November 11, 2024
Due to anticipated demand, student, faculty and staff distribution of tickets for the Dec. 2 'A Conversation with David Letterman and Caitlin Clark' event at Ball State will be held the weekend of Nov. 16-17 to ensure tickets can be obtained without disruption to class schedules.
November 6, 2024
Ball State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present The Three Musketeers at University Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 15-16 and 20-23 at 7:30 p.m., with matinee performances at 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 17 and 24.
November 6, 2024
Ball State University’s College of Fine Arts will welcome back alumnus Jim Davis, ’67 LittD ’91, creator of the iconic comic strip Garfield, for a special screening of Garfield: The Movie.
November 5, 2024
WNBA Rookie of the Year Caitlin Clark will be on stage at Ball State University’s Emens Auditorium for a conversation with distinguished Ball State Alumnus David Letterman on Monday, December 2 at 7:00 pm.
November 1, 2024
On Oct. 28, IPR officially expanded its news and music coverage, debuting its new station—89.5 The Note—and answering the call from its listeners for more of what they know and love.
October 31, 2024
Ball State University will celebrate a milestone with a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Performing Arts Center and The Cantio Hotel at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024.
October 23, 2024
The College of Fine Arts and School of Music at Ball State University will host a special jazz concert featuring renowned trumpeter Byron Stripling and acclaimed vocalist Carmen Bradford at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 26, at Sursa Performance Hall.
October 15, 2024
Ball State University’s Writer-in-Residence program returns for a third year with a new featured guest, award-winning author Hena Khan.
October 7, 2024
The David Owsley Museum of Art (DOMA) at Ball State University will host a public lecture by Melanie Anne Herzog on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. Dr. Herzog is a noted scholar on Elizabeth Catlett, the artist and activist featured in DOMA’s current special exhibition.
September 18, 2024
The David Owsley Museum of Art (DOMA) at Ball State University will showcase The Art of Elizabeth Catlett from the Collection of Samella Lewis from Sept. 19–Dec. 20, 2024.
September 4, 2024
Ball State Public Media (Ball State PBS and Indiana Public Radio) has been awarded a grant from the Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) for arts and culture programming through the Arts Project Support grant program.
August 13, 2024
Ball State University is welcoming two renowned experts to campus on Sept. 19 to discuss the science behind the benefits of art. The upcoming Fred Meyer Lecture in Cultural Policy and Arts Advocacy features Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross, authors of The New York Times bestseller Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us.
May 13, 2024
A Spring tradition continues at the David Owsley Museum of Art (DOMA) with Art in Bloom, a free public floral exhibition Saturday, May 18, and Sunday, May 19, with extended museum hours from 1-5 p.m. on both days.
May 3, 2024
The Ball State University Board of Trustees on Friday reappointed Mark Ervin to the Muncie Community Schools (MCS) Board of Trustees. Also at Friday’s meeting, the Board approved the budget, scope, and naming of the University’s new Eric Foss Championship Performance Center, and the naming of the Rhonda Newport Kaspar Stage and Timothy M. Andrews Monumental Stair within the new Performing Arts Center.
April 6, 2024
Malina Simone Bacon, co-founder of the Indianapolis-based cultural development firm and creative agency “GANGGANG,” will be a featured speaker at Ball State University from 1-2 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, at Pruis Hall. This event is free and open to the public.
March 14, 2024
Women’s Week 2024—Ball State University’s annual celebration of women's achievements and contributions to society—will be March 25-29. The celebration, organized by Ball State’s Department of Women’s, Gender, and African American Studies (WGAS), will be marked with numerous free events at the University.
March 12, 2024
“Music at the House of the Medici” March 28 at the University’s Sursa Performance Hall will feature the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra (IBO) and celebrate the sounds of Florence, Italy, in the 17th and early 18th centuries.
March 6, 2024
Ball State University's College of Fine Arts is pleased to announce the upcoming performance of the renowned Thalea String Quartet as part of the 2023-2024 Arts Alive series April 9, 2024, at Sursa Hall. The performance, which is free and open to the public, is set to begin at 7:30 p.m.
February 15, 2024
Ball State University is hosting an event celebrating the legacy of social reformer Frederick Douglass with a special performance, “The Frederick Douglass Jazz Works,” created and composed by Ruth Naomi Floyd.
January 30, 2024
The David Owsley Museum of Art (DOMA) at Ball State University presents a selection of paintings and sculptures from the Haukohl family collection—the largest collection of Florentine Baroque art of the late 16th to the early 18th centuries outside of Italy—from Feb. 22 through May 19, 2024.