MLK Gateway Public Art Project: Call for Historic Photos
Indy Parks is partnering with RG Collaborative and GRT Hot Glass Studios on a new MLK Gateway Public Art Project at Martin Luther King Jr. Park. As part of this effort, we are inviting community members to submit historic photos of MLK Park and its surrounding neighborhoods.
We are seeking photographs dating from the 1920s to 1970. These may include community gatherings or significant events that took place in or around the park. Selected images will help tell the story of MLK Park as part of the new public art exhibit on the new MLK Gateway canopy.
Submission Instructions:
Upload high-resolution images (minimum 600 dpi, up to 20MB) through our form below.
Physical photos: Drop off prints (preferably 3”x5” or larger) at Reprographix, 437 N. Illinois St., Indianapolis, IN 46204, Monday through Friday during business hours.
You may send high res images (up to 20MB files) via email to: admin@rgcollaborative.com.
Deadline: October 10, 2025
By sharing your photos, you’ll be part of preserving the rich history of MLK Park for generations to come.
By submitting a photograph/image, you acknowledge, attest, and agree to the following:
You are at least 18 years old, are the owner of the submitted photograph/image, and have the full legal right to grant a license for use of the submitted photograph/image.
You grant the Consolidated City of Indianapolis & Marion County and its departments and agencies (“Licensee”) a non-exclusive, unlimited, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, edit, alter, copy, exhibit, publish, and/or distribute the submitted photograph/image in any form or manner, in perpetuity, without any compensation, and without your prior approval.
Your submission does not guarantee that the submitted photograph/image will actually be used.
Your submitted photograph/image does not infringe, misappropriate, or otherwise violate any intellectual property right or other right of any third party. Further, you affirm that there is no settled, pending, or threatened litigation, claim or proceeding involving the submitted photograph/image.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the City of Indianapolis, Marion County and their respective officers, agents, officials and employees for any and all third-party claims, actions, causes of action, judgments, liens, interest, awards, penalties, fines, costs, expenses, losses, damages, liabilities, or deficiencies of whatever kind arising out of or resulting any claim that Licensee’s use of the submitted photograph/image infringes or otherwise violates any intellectual property right or other right of any third-party.