The Kinsey Institute invites you to attend our “Adopt a Work of Art” event where 50 unframed fine works of art will be on display and available for adoption. Visitors will be invited to “adopt” an artwork by making a tax-deductible donation to cover the cost of matting and framing the piece of their choice. We will acknowledge each contribution by placing the donor’s name on a label to be displayed with the piece when it is exhibited.

The artworks that will be on display for this event will be featured in the spring 2009 exhibition in the Kinsey Institute Gallery. The exhibition will feature a selection of Persian, Japanese, Chinese, and Indian artworks from The Kinsey Institute’s permanent collection. Images of artwork available for adoption will be available soon online >>

The Kinsey Institute Gift Shop will also be open! Visitors will be welcome to view the gift shop and purchase gifts during the Adopt a Work of Art event. Maps, directions, and parking info available at http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/about/info.html.

Just in time for the upcoming elections, The Kinsey Institute offers a glimpse of presidential politics viewed by adult and underground media sources from its unique and rich collections. Featuring magazines, tabloids, newspapers and newsletters from the later half of the 20th century, this exhibit reveals a different perspective on the elections - sometime humorous, and often out of sight from that of the mainstream media. "Sex and Presidential Politics" is part of the Indiana University Libraries’ “Politics and Presidents: A Month-Long Celebration of Archives and Special Collections.”

There will be a reception at The Kinsey Institute, Morrison Hall, 5-7 pm on September 26. The reception is sponsored by Indiana University Libraries. Exhibit hours are weekdays from 2 pm to 4 pm.  

This exhibition brings together a diverse collection of artwork, photographs, newsletters, magazines, and other materials from the Kinsey Institute archives documenting the existence of a vibrant but largely underground gay culture prior to the start of the modern gay rights movement in the late 1960s. Featured artists include Paul Cadmus, Jared French, Etienne (Dom Orejudos), George Platt Lynes, Mike Miksche, and Sam Steward.

On Friday, October 24th, there will be a public reception from 5:00 to 7:00 pm in the Kinsey Institute Gallery. The event is free and open to the public.

The Kinsey Institute is just one member of the Association of Bloomington Museums, which is featuring a gift shop promotion during November. You can download and print a PDF coupon here for 20% off a gift shop purchase made during November, 2008.