Culture
"Culture is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it" ~Robert Motherwell~
- Fine Arts Scholarships: Annually, Tri Kappa awards scholarships to students majoring in dance, theater, art, or music. See more information on this and the other scholarships we offer here.
- Hoosier Salon: One of Tri Kappa’s amazing founders, Beryl Showers Holland, was responsible for the headquarters of the Hoosier Salon Patrons Association moving to Indianapolis in 1941. Tri Kappa is the Salon’s oldest patron and provider of awards.
- Tri Kappa Art Collection: Housed in the John Logan Memorial Library at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, the collection contains more than 100 paintings and is valued at more than $500,000. See below for a sampling.

- The Twanette Nutter Fleming Award is given yearly to an applicant enrolled full-time in an accredited college offering a baccalaureate or graduate degree program preparing the applicant to teach music. More here on our Scholarships.

- The principal of the Tri Kappa Fine Arts Endowment Fund is preserved and the interest funds Tri Kappa’s State Fine Arts programs including Young Audiences of Indiana, Hoosier Merit awards, Fine Arts Scholarships, and the Twanette Nutter Fleming Scholarship.
- Youth Art Month is an annual national observance held each March to give children new opportunities to learn about and enjoy the arts. It emphasizes the value of art education for all children and encourages public support for quality school art programs. Many Tri Kappa chapters throughout Indiana sponsor a project for Youth Art Month. Examples include exhibits in a single school, to a whole school system, or a community-wide project. Some chapters sponsor a creative writing or poetry contest, while others sponsor trips to a ballet or a symphony performance.

Click on the image to the right
to view a PDF of the entire
collection of artwork housed at the
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
Take a moment and enjoy the short video highlighting a few of the great Hoosier Salon pieces made possible by Tri Kappa.
Samples from the Tri Kappa Fine Arts Collection
The Peonies
“The Peonies” by Varaldo J. Carianai measures 32”x36” and is a still life with peonies arranged in an aqua vase. This was the twelfth selected painting to be restored which […]
Read MoreEarly Monday Morning
“Early Monday Morning” by C. Curry Bohn was the tenth painting chosen for restoration. This painting, measuring 26”x30” was purchased in 1934 for $250 and its current value is $15,000. […]
Read MorePetunias A Plenty
“Petunias-A-plenty” by Leota Loop is H 30” x W 36″ and was purchased in 1944 for $300 and is valued at $6500. This painting is oil on canvas, mutt-colored, multi-floral […]
Read MoreWindy Nights
“Windy Nights” by Clarence W. Staley was the eleventh painting chosen for restoration. The painting measures 28”’x 36” and was purchased in 1947 for $600 with a current value of […]
Read MoreWinter Romance
“Winter Romance” by Derek Smith is H 15” x W 19” and was purchased in 1960 for $125 and appraised for $1400. The painting is oil on fiberboard and shows […]
Read MoreStone Quarry
“Stone Quarry” by Marie E. Lutz was the ninth painting selected for restoration. Purchased in 1963 for $175 and now valued at $2,250. The painting is 28”x32” and shows a […]
Read MoreA Barn at Fairbanks
“A Barn at Fairbanks” by Allen Hackney measures H 20” x W 30” was purchased in 1967 for $300, and is valued at $1,250. It is original oil on board […]
Read MoreIn the Offing
In the Offing, By Rob O’Dell Born in Decatur, Illinois, in 1938, Rob O’Dell studied commercial art at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. He was a layout artist […]
Read MoreThe Governor of Taos
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