Art Fair
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The Talbot Street Art Fair began in 1955 as a street exhibition of Herron School of Art students and recent graduates. This annual event acted as a stabilizing factor for the neighborhood, providing neighborhood pride. The fair has grown to span four city blocks and is still a major community event in Indianapolis. Local tradition says the art school’s proximity to the Herron-Morton neighborhood helped it to become a gathering space for the LGBT+ community.
Image courtesy of Indiana Historical Society.
This file appears in: Carving Out a Community Space: Herron-Morton Neighborhood
Carving Out a Community Space: Herron-Morton Neighborhood
HistoryBetween the mid-1970s and late 1980s, the Herron-Morton Neighborhood located between Talbott Street and 22nd Street, was a center of the LGBT+ community in Indianapolis. The Herron-Morton neighborhood takes its name from the John Herron…