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Considering Smiling as a Skill

My Sign: “Team, Family, and Friends” Sign Journal Entry: “This is about the great fullness of me. These are the people who stand up for you and have your back when times get tough. They make you happy when you are sad and when you are so mad you can’t help but to smile when […]

First Run of the Season

Today began a process. A very long process. Today was my first official training run this year. I began running three years ago when I did a triathlon with a friend. I had never done any kind of athletic race before and it seemed like a fun challenge. At the time I couldn’t run a […]

Pretzels and Leadership

I smell pretzels. I’m outside the College Avenue Public Library. Across from me is 670 East 42nd Street where “A Taste of Philly” bakes its pretzels. The Edward Hopper-like view from where I stand puts this little scene into any town at any time. Inside there is a cooler full of drinks and a window […]

Here From the Start to the End

One of our projects takes place in a neighborhood that is re-imagining itself. With Rebecca and I students create signs that express unique perspectives and authentic voices. Instead of advertising quick food or get out of debt schemes these signs point to emergent and timeless values that are growing on the insides of these students. […]

Everywhere We Go

“Everywhere we go we have a conversation about things with the people we find there.” This sentence comes out of my ninety-three year old father’s mouth. We’re sitting together near the window at Hubbard and Cravens coffee shop. He picked me up after I dropped my car off with the mechanic. Outside, even though its […]

The Student in Us

Who can say what deeply moves a student? By “student” I mean any of us going about our days, doing the work we do, wondering about the things and people we encounter. There is a student inside each of us. An outside-the-box questioner who keeps most of those questions to herself. After just a couple […]

TedxIndy: The Invisible Learning Environment

Communities Building Community: Artistic Visionaries

WFYI’s television program Communities Building Community: Artistic Visionaries hosted by Judy O’Bannon features Theater of Inclusion’s theater program at Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

NUVO Cultural Vision Award

In 2002 Theater of Inclusion received a NUVO Cultural Vision Award for a collaboration with Susurrus. The NUVO Cultural Vision Awards shine a light on those individuals and organizations in Indianapolis who are bringing cultural innovation to our community and making it a better place for us all to live. Beginning in 1998 the Cultural […]

TOI Creative Renewal Fellowship

Dante received the Creative Renewal Fellowship in 2007 and Rebecca received the award in 2009.