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Eli Lilly was founded in 1876 by Colonel Eli Lilly, a man committed to creating high-quality medicines that meet real needs. More than a century later, Lilly is passionate about building on this precedent in our continued pursuit to make life better for individuals, communities, and the world around us.

Art doesn't happen by accident. Behind every mural, every sold-out show, every artist who can pay rent doing the thing they love—there's infrastructure. Someone connecting dots. Someone making the introduction, cutting the check, opening the door. That's us. We're not the artist. We're not the audience. We're the thing in between that makes the connection possible. Here's what we believe: when artists thrive, communities thrive. Not as a metaphor—as economics. As culture. As the difference between a city people pass through and a city people choose to stay in. So we fund the work. We open doors that would otherwise stay shut—marketing, technical support, the unglamorous business scaffolding that lets creative people stay creative. We run Public Art Indianapolis, because a city's walls and plazas and public spaces shouldn't be silent. They should say something. We maintain a database of 800+ artists—dancers, painters, actors, writers, musicians—because "I don't know any artists" is a discovery problem, not a scarcity problem. The artists are here. We make sure you can find them. And with IndyArts.org/Guide, we've built the most complete map of what's happening, where, and when—because access is the last mile of culture. It doesn't matter how good the show is if no one knows it exists. We don't make the art. We make sure art—and the people who make it—can make it here.