The IUPUI Campus Center
About the Campus Center
Cultural Arts Gallery
The IUPUI Cultural Arts Gallery, located in the Campus Center Suite 240, is dedicated to educating students and community through the visual arts. The gallery hosts four shows throughout each university semester which highlight the work of artists typically under-represented in the art world. In addition the gallery strives to raise awareness and appreciation for cultural diversity through the celebration of diverse visual art.
On Exhibit
Images of American Presidents
September 22 – October 8
Ever since Zachary Taylor and the Whig Party won the White House more than 150 years ago, AP reporters and photographers have been the dominant source of presidential news for media across the U.S. and around the world.
Much of what we know about President Abraham Lincoln's masterpiece, the Gettysburg Address, comes from the hand of AP statehouse stenographer Joseph I. Gilbert, who alone transcribed Lincoln’s original text. Pioneering AP Washington correspondent Lawrence Gobright accompanied Lincoln on horseback to the telegraph office for the latest updates on Civil War battles, and broke the news of the president's assassination. As President James Garfield lay dying in the White House from an assassin's bullet, AP reporter Franklin Hathaway Trusdell listened in at the bedroom door for the sound of breathing from the mortally wounded president.
Since AP launched its WirePhoto service in 1935, the news cooperative has been no less committed to photographic coverage of the White House. AP photographers accompany the president everywhere. Wearying routine and photo ops can yield in an instant to breaking news that moves the world and dominates front pages, broadcasts and Web sites.
AP photographer Ron Edmonds was focused on President Ronald Reagan as the president walked to his limousine after a 1981 speech in Washington. As Reagan waved to onlookers, Edmonds heard strange pops and held his motor drive shutter down. Edmonds' exclusive photos of the assassination attempt earned him the Pulitzer Prize, one of four Pulitzers won by AP photographers for their coverage of the presidency.
For the journalists of the world's oldest and largest news agency, the mandate of covering the White House remains the same as it was in Lincoln's day: be accurate, be fair and be fast. For photographers, who can never catch up to a missed opportunity, it means always keeping your eye on the president.
The photos in this exhibition are drawn from the AP Images photo archive, which contains more than 10 million film and digital images and is one of the most extensive collections of news and documentary images anywhere.
Admission to the exhibit is free of charge and open to the general public. The exhibit is open for viewing during regular IUPUI Campus Center hours. For hours, call (317) 278-2533.
Gallery Hours
Monday - Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Contact the Gallery
Cultural Arts Gallery
CE 240
420 University Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 278 8511
Visit more galleries on campus:
Herron School of Art and Design Galleries
National Art Museum of Sports
