Student work from campus journal, printmaking class, featured in Gallery
When Madison Moore enrolled at Indiana University Kokomo, she hoped to find a path to a career in art.
As she prepares to graduate in May 2026, she’s well on her way.
“I’m achieving my dreams,” said Moore, from Kokomo. “Last year I was accepted into a tattoo apprenticeship, and now I’m a full-time tattoo artist. I’m doing what I dreamed of doing.”
She’s found encouragement along the way by opportunities to showcase her work, including at the current Field Live Vol. 10 Exhibition, which continues through December 17 in the Art Gallery. It features student works included in the most recent edition of Field: A Journal of Arts and Sciences, published in April 2025.
Moore has drawings and a grimoire folded comic book in the exhibition.
“It means a lot to me to be included,” she said. “I’m passionate about my art and I love knowing people find a lot of inspiration from my art.”
Anna Marcum, who graduated in May 2025, created Sounds of Italy, an installation made of sound bites from a Kokomo Experience and You (KEY) trip to Italy during her senior year.
“When I went there, I was very focused on sounds,” said Marcum, from Kokomo, adding that as a musician, she expected to include more instrumental sounds, inspired by the Stradivarius string instruments crafted in that country. Instead, she was caught up in the sounds of everyday life she could hear outside her hotel windows. She recorded many and used them in her installation. Viewers stand between two curtains to listen to the sounds.
“I want them to feel the way I did,” Marcum said. “One of the things that surprised me about Italy was the connectedness. In America I feel isolated because there’s not as much of a sense of community. We go to events and hang out with people and then we go home. Over there people go out to restaurants and stay for hours, because they want to be together. I want people to feel that connectedness and the emotion of having other people around.”
She encouraged people to visit the exhibit and see the student works.
“There is amazing artwork here,” she said. “This is a professional show, and many of these students have sold work and had commissions. There are crazy innovative ideas here, that you won’t see anywhere else.
Josh Gentile serves as copy editor for Field’s April 2026 edition. As an English major, he appreciates the opportunity to have work published, and to experience the publication process from submission to print.
“You’re basically part of IU Kokomo history, as a more tangible part of the campus community,” said Gentile, from Elk Grove Village, Illinois. “You stay a part of the campus when you do this.”
Editor-in-chief Jim Coby, associate professor of English, said the exhibition features work from the 10th anniversary edition of the journal.
“This volume as a whole speaks to the past but also points to these new mediums, we’re able to work in, and the innovation inherent in Field, and figures out some future directions for us to travel,” he said.
Field is accepting submissions for Volume 11 through December 12. For more information go to https://kokomo.iu.edu/field/.
The Gallery also features Pulling Together: An IUK Printmaking Retrospective, in the second half of the Gallery at the same time as Field Live. The collection showcases prints created over the years by students in printmaking classes. Minda Douglas, associate professor of fine arts, shared her extensive collection of student prints for the exhibition.
The IU Kokomo Art Gallery is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and closed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. It is in the Library Building; 2300 S. Washington St. Admission and parking are free.
For more information about the IU Kokomo Art Gallery’s, visit kokomo.iu.edu/gallery/
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