Programs

The Working Men’s Institute hosts a wide variety of adult and children's programs, lectures and workshops throughout the year.  The Friends of the WMI Lecture Series, children's story times, craft workshops and STEM activities are just a few of the diverse offerings that can be found at the Working Men’s Institute. Visit our calendar regularly to view our upcoming events.

Many of our past programs, including the Friends of the WMI Lecture Series are available for viewing.  Click here to view them in our Video Archives.

Pre-School Storytime For Ages 3-5

Pre-School Storytime For Ages 3-5

Each Thursday morning, Tamara Allison will read a story and engage in educational activities.

Thursday, September 25, 10:30 am - 11:00 am
Utopian Vision: Creating a Nature Journal

Utopian Vision: Creating a Nature Journal

 

Join Peggy Taylor for a six-week project, where you can learn to sketch flowers and plant forms while enjoying the gardens and green spaces of New Harmony! Funded by the Indiana Arts Commission, this program offers guided instruction as you observe, record, and draw inspiration from the beauty of Utopia.

No experience is required to attend this free class, and art supplies will be provided. Please call the WMI  to register for this event!

 

Thursday, September 25 - Sunday, September 28, 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Pre-School Storytime For Ages 3-5

Pre-School Storytime For Ages 3-5

Each Thursday morning, Tamara Allison will read a story and engage in educational activities.

Thursday, October 2, 10:30 am - 11:00 am
Utopian Vision: Creating a Nature Journal

Utopian Vision: Creating a Nature Journal

Join Peggy Taylor for a six-week project, where you can learn to sketch flowers and plant forms while enjoying the gardens and green spaces of New Harmony! Funded by the Indiana Arts Commission, this program offers guided instruction as you observe, record, and draw inspiration from the beauty of Utopia.

No experience is required to attend this free class, and art supplies will be provided. Please call the WMI  to register for this event!

Friday, October 3, 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Utopian Vision: Creating a Nature Journal

Utopian Vision: Creating a Nature Journal

Join Peggy Taylor for a six-week project, where you can learn to sketch flowers and plant forms while enjoying the gardens and green spaces of New Harmony! Funded by the Indiana Arts Commission, this program offers guided instruction as you observe, record, and draw inspiration from the beauty of Utopia.

No experience is required to attend this free class, and art supplies will be provided. Please call the WMI  to register for this event!

Friday, October 10, 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Audra Verona Lambert, Curator, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art: Women-run artist networks, 1975-today

Audra Verona Lambert, Curator, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art: Women-run artist networks, 1975-today

Women-run spaces reached a zenith in the 1960s-70s with the international prominence of women’s rights in this period of second-wave feminism. Artist-run initiatives such as A.I.R. Gallery, Heresies Collective, and Women Artists in Revolution-WAR (both New York, NY) and Womanhouse (Los Angeles, CA) centered on elevating awareness of women artists in the same way that national organizations such as the National Organization for Women (NOW) sought to spotlight women’s rights in the United States. This talk will center on local and national levels of women’s networks and detail how women-run art spaces and initiatives plugged into that, including a look at some of the ways in which these efforts continue into the present day. Roughly 50 mins with Q&A.
Audra Verona Lambert is Curator at the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art at the University of Southern Indiana / Audra is based in New Harmony, IN.  She holds an M.A. in Art History and Visual Culture from Lindenwood University (2022) (St. Charles, MO) where her thesis, titled ‘Select Heresies Issues Published from 1977-79: Situating the Individual in Late Second-wave Feminism’ centered on second-wave feminist art collective ‘Heresies’. From 2020-22 she served as Director, Amos Eno Gallery: an artist-run gallery founded in 1974 in New York City. Her curatorial focus is on artist-run spaces, public art, and feminisms. She’s helmed exhibits including the current USI exhibit, “Look Both Ways: 50 Years at the NHGCA,” on view until 11/9, along with shows at the Yeshiva University Museum (2017), Fountain House Gallery (2015), Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (2013), and more. In Spring 2026, forthcoming exhibits will take place in Indianapolis, IN, and Tarrant County, TX. Lambert began her graduate studies at City College of NY-CUNY where she studied public art in Germany, the Netherlands and Turkey on a Connor Study Abroad Fellowship (2016-20.) She holds a B.A. in Art History and Asian Studies, minor in Business, from St. Peter’s University (2009) (Jersey City, NJ,) with a study abroad certificate from Kansai Gaidai University (2008) (Hirakata City, Japan.)
Sunday, October 12, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Board of Trustees Meeting

Board of Trustees Meeting

Monthly Board of Trustees Meeting

Thursday, October 16, 4:45 pm - 6:00 pm
Utopian Vision: Creating a Nature Journal

Utopian Vision: Creating a Nature Journal

Join Peggy Taylor for a six-week project, where you can learn to sketch flowers and plant forms while enjoying the gardens and green spaces of New Harmony! Funded by the Indiana Arts Commission, this program offers guided instruction as you observe, record, and draw inspiration from the beauty of Utopia.

No experience is required to attend this free class, and art supplies will be provided. Please call the WMI  to register for this event!

Friday, October 17, 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
WMI Membership Meeting

WMI Membership Meeting

Quarterly WMI Membership Meeting

Tuesday, October 21, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Pre-School Storytime For Ages 3-5

Pre-School Storytime For Ages 3-5

Each Thursday morning, Tamara Allison will read a story and engage in educational activities.

Thursday, October 30, 10:30 am - 11:00 am
FWMI LECTURE SERIES-There is a Difference Between Living and Living Well
Friends of the Working Men’s Institute

FWMI LECTURE SERIES-There is a Difference Between Living and Living Well

Brandi Perry, Administrator of the Charles Ford Home Hospice in Harmony, and Amy Koch, Executive Director of the Charles Ford Home Retirement Communities and Hospice in New Harmony, will deliver the final FWMI lecture of the year 2025 on Wednesday, November 5, at 6:30 p.m. This presentation is free and accessible to the public.

 

Wednesday, November 5, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Pre-School Storytime For Ages 3-5

Pre-School Storytime For Ages 3-5

Each Thursday morning, Tamara Allison will read a story and engage in educational activities.

Thursday, November 6, 10:30 am - 11:00 am
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Community Events

While you can easily fill an entire day or even a weekend here at the Working Men’s Institute, there’s much more to do in idyllic New Harmony, Indiana.  Look here to see a calendar of upcoming events and learn more about other places to visit while you’re in town.

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