Just steps away from the Batesville Memorial Public Library, our Arts & Innovation Hub will be an 8,300 square-foot facility designed to make a community impact.
The new building’s expanded spaces and services will have something for everyone:
HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY COLLABORATORS
The Batesville Community School Corporation’s Bulldog Ready initiative focuses on community connections and real-world experiences for our students. BMPL’s Arts & Innovation Hub will serve as an incubation center for relevant experiences and an extension of our campuses, supporting our long-term goals.
St. Louis Catholic School is excited for the possibilities the new Arts and Innovation Hub presents for our students and the greater community. It holds so much promise for our students to innovate, create, and expand their talents. Its location and design will allow our educators to plan curricular encounters and presentations that will be enriched through the tools and space available. It is truly a forward thinking endeavor that will have the capacity to allow our youth and members of the community to thrive and grow. We fully support this project and can’t wait to enjoy the final product!
The Batesville Area Arts Council is thrilled to support the development of the Batesville Memorial Public Library’s Arts & Innovation Hub as a vibrant space for creativity, collaboration, and community connection. This dedicated space will allow us to further integrate original and arts-based programming into our community, provide a home for local artists to share their work, and foster meaningful partnerships that enrich our region. We envision the Hub as a place where creativity thrives, new ideas take shape, and the arts become even more accessible to all. By investing in this space, we are investing in a stronger, more connected, and more inspired community.
At Oldenburg Academy, we are excited to fully support the Batesville Memorial Library’s Arts and Innovation Hub project. This initiative aligns nicely with our mission to foster creativity, innovation, and academic excellence. With a long-standing commitment to the arts and education, we believe the Hub will offer valuable opportunities for students and the broader community to engage in STEM, the arts, and collaborative learning. We are particularly excited about the potential for the project to inspire creativity and innovation while promoting lifelong learning. We look forward to the positive impact this project will have on our community.
UPDATES
- We are currently fundraising throughout our community to reach our goal of $500,000. Thank you to all of our generous community supporters, so far we have raised $205,000 but we are not finished! Help us reach our goal! NO amount is too small. Interested in giving to this project?
Grants we have been awarded:
- We have been awarded the READI 2.0 grant for $2,000,000.
- Duke Energy grant awarded: $5,500 applied to makerspace for laser cutter.
- Rising Sun Regional Foundation grant awarded: $25,000 for site improvements.
- Hillenbrand Partnership for Possibility grant awarded: $7,500 applied to makerspace vinyl cutter.
- John A. Hillenbrand Foundation grant awarded: $20,000 towards building fund.
