Color Our World: Notable Women Who Shaped Muncie’s Artistic Legacy

This year's Summer Reading Program focuses on art and creativity with the theme "Color Our World." Join us at Carnegie Library for a local history panel presentation celebrating notable women artists from Muncie around the turn of the 20th Century. These women opened doors for aspiring artists and helped shape the emerging local art scene. The presentation will include historical photographs, maps, and other documents. Art from Muncie Public Library’s special collections will be on display.  

This program is free and open to the public.

Program panelists:

Melissa Gentry, Supervisor, GIS Research and Map Collection, Ball State University Libraries

Sara McKinley, Carnegie Library Manager, MPL Archivist, Muncie Public Library

Alexis Robertson, Local History & Genealogy Specialist, Muncie Public Library

Karen Vincent, Executive Director, Delaware County Historical Society