Mother's Day 2016

This year for Mother's Day we spent a rainy day at the Art Museum's outdoor mini golf course that was created to celebrate Indiana's bicentennial anniversary as a state. We had a great time with my parents and the girls, despite the rain. They took photos in front of their favorites, and I even caught a quick video of them at the "Back Home Again in Indiana" hole...Moira did a great job of playing it backwards! Click here for the link to the video: https://youtu.be/savzBpnknQk. 

Because I truly love Indy's art community, history about our city and state, and my family, I thought I would give you a brief overview of each of the mini golf stops pictured below, taken from the IMA website (http://www.imamuseum.org/exhibitions/minigolf/course-overview)
Shadow-Tailed Scourge highlights the “Great Squirrel Invasion” of 1822 when a westward migration of squirrels across Indiana decimated crops. The hole pits golfers against five oversized squirrel invaders set to terrorize an Indiana farm. The design is the brainchild of Chad Eby, an assistant professor at the Department of Visual Communications at IUPUI, and his wife Beth, an architect and former exhibitions manager for the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. (Par 3)

The Bruce Where-Are-They-Nauman? Monument to the Sons of Indiana (Metal Gods) reimagines Hoosier-born artist Bruce Nauman’s seminal 1970 work, Green Light Corridor, and immortalizes four of Indiana’s famous heavy metal musicians: Mötley Crüe’s Mick Mars, Van Halen’s David Lee Roth, and Guns N’ Roses’ Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin. The hole is designed by local artist and curator, Colin Nesbit. (Par 3)


Enigmatology honors The New York Times crossword puzzle editor and Indiana native, Will Shortz. Shortz holds a bachelor’s degree in enigmatology, the study of puzzles, from Indiana University and is the only known recipient of such a degree. The hole invites golfers to wind their way through a crossword maze while simultaneously solving a crossword puzzle. Enigmatology was created by Hannah Barnes, an associate professor of painting at Ball State University, and Suzanne Dittenber, an assistant professor of art at Taylor University. (Par 4)



Back Home Again challenges players to move their balls past chimes tuned to the melody of (Back Home Again in) Indiana by James Hanley and Ballard McDonald. The hole is designed by Quincy Owens and Luke Crawley of Owens + Crawley LLC, Indianapolis, whose sculptures have been featured locally and across the country. The musically interactive hole summons echoes of the great Jim Nabors at Indianapolis 500, which will celebrate its 100th running in 2016. (Par 3)


Landmarks abstracts familiar Circle City places into iconic obstacles. Look out for the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, the Capitol Avenue Bridge and the Indianapolis Speedway. The hole was designed by Herron School of Art & Design senior students from the Visual Communication Design program. (Par 3)


Willie the Whale brings back the beloved landmark from the Indianapolis Zoo’s former location on East 30th Street. Willie is back in all his former glory due to the passion and dedication of Quincy Owens and Luke Crawley of Owens + Crawley LLC, Indianapolis. (Par 3)


After our soggy mini golf outing, the girls went to their favorite place in the museum--the Star Studio, and I love this photo of them. Then we went back to grandma's house to meet up with Aunt Kate and celebrate her first Mother's Day as a Mother! It was a very special day.

Moira and Cecilia

All of the ladies

They were getting big even at 5 months!

So happy for my sister on her first Mother's day!!

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