City Of Carmel: March Meet Me On Main By Allied Solutions

Press release from the City of Carmel:

March 11, 2022

Carmel, IN – Join us this Saturday, March 12, for Allied Solutions’ Meet Me on Main in the Carmel Arts & Design District from 5-9 p.m. Make your way to Main Street and Range Line Road for an evening of art, shopping, music and more.

Meet Me on Main is the City of Carmel’s monthly “second Saturday” event to highlight our local galleries, restaurants and design-related businesses in the District. Art galleries and businesses will be featuring special events, specially planned to enhance the art and design-related features of the District.

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Visit the art galleries and businesses to enjoy their special offers, as well as special activities in the Arts & Design District:

• Free Caricatures at All Things Carmel (110 W. Main St.)

• Indiana Artisan Gifts & Gallery (22 N. Range Line Road)

There will be an opportunity to register to win one of three $100 gift cards by visiting participating merchants and dropping your name and contact information into a special drawing that will take place the following week. The gift cards are from select Carmel Arts & Design District businesses. Be sure to visit as many galleries and shops as possible to increase your chance to win.

Visit the following galleries and businesses for your chance to win one of three $100 gift cards:

Art on Main Gallery & Gifts

Art on Main Gallery & Gifts (111 W. Main St. #140) Art on Main welcomes guest artist Susan Mauck. Mauck is well known for her beautifully expressive paintings of children, equestrians, florals and landscapes. Mauck, along with local artist and gallery member Beth Forst, have joined together to create a gorgeous front room show for March entitled "Out of the Blue."

CCA Gallery & Gifts

CCA Gallery (111 W. Main St. #135) The gallery features two of their artists this month: Neelu Jain who creates amazing Temari designs and Melinda Spear-Huff, painter extraordinaire. An extensive display of their work is displayed in the Feature areas at CCA Gallery the entire month of March.

Indiana Artisan Gifts & Gallery

At Indiana Artisan Gifts & Gallery (22 N. Range Line Road) Mary Ann Davis uses impressionistic elements, color, movement and vitality in her paintings to convey to others how she sees a scene and the colors she sees within it. Meet this plein air master while she paints at the gallery this week then see the finished painting in her booth at the Indiana Artisan Marketplace, April 2 - 3 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.

Carmel Clay Public Library Digital Media Lab

Digital Media Lab (23 E. Main St.) The lab will be open from 5 - 8 p.m. and currently has an exhibit of photographs by Karl Zemlin. This collection features photos taken at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway where Zemlin works as a photographer during race season.

During the month of March, the intersection at Main Street and Veterans Way is under construction. Main Street will remain open for parking, but there will be no vehicular through-traffic. Pedestrian access via sidewalks and crosswalks will remain open. Crosswalk locations may be adjusted throughout construction for pedestrian safety. The main detour includes 4th Avenue SW, West Elm Street and South Range Line Road for east-west traffic.

For a map of the gallery locations and more information about Meet Me on Main activities visit www.CarmelArtsAndDesign.com or click on the button below:

Public parking is available in the Carmel Lions Club lot (141 E. Main St.), Sophia Square parking garage (entrance off of 1st Ave NW), Indiana Design Center parking garage (200 S. Range Line Rd.) or on-street. The Arts & Design District parking map may be downloaded by clicking on the button below.

This press release was produced by the City of Carmel. The views expressed here are the author’s own.