City Rising is seeking a graphic facilitator / live illustrator to visually document and interpret a two-day gathering in Indianapolis on October 12–13, 2026. The selected artist will listen, synthesize, and translate conversations, ideas, questions, and connections into an original visual record using illustration, diagrams, words, symbols, and other visual forms. We’re especially interested in work that is thoughtful, accessible, legible, and engaging for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities and their families. Graphic facilitators, illustrators, designers, visual practitioners, and emerging artists are encouraged to apply.
City Rising is seeking a photographer and videographer to document a two-day gathering in Indianapolis on October 12–13, 2026. We’re looking for a visual storyteller who can capture the people, ideas, relationships, and atmosphere that make a gathering meaningful, with an emphasis on candid, human, and observant documentation. The commission includes event photography and video, environmental and detail imagery, and professional headshots for up to 20 designated individuals. We welcome documentary photographers, visual storytellers, interdisciplinary artists, and emerging practitioners whose work demonstrates a strong eye and an ability to capture meaningful moments as they unfold.
City Rising is seeking an A/V artist, video artist, sound artist, multimedia artist, or interdisciplinary artist to create a series of short audiovisual works for Beyond These Gates: Remembering Home, the Prison, and a Place Yet to Be, a live public event exploring memory, incarceration, place, redevelopment, and possibility through the former site of the Indiana Women’s Prison in Indianapolis.
Access to timely, public information is essential for communities seeking to understand and respond to complex social challenges. That's why City Rising is proud to announce the launch of the new Indianapolis / Marion County Eviction Data Dashboard, developed in partnership with the Indy Housing Project and Anymouse.
The dashboard provides near real-time information about eviction filings across Marion County, offering residents, advocates, researchers, service providers, journalists, and policymakers a new tool for understanding housing instability in Indianapolis. Drawing from publicly available court records, the dashboard updates multiple times each week and allows users to explore eviction trends by neighborhood, ZIP code, census tract, and court, while also providing historical comparisons and downloadable datasets.
This August, the City Rising Social Impact Learning Series continues with two free public conversations exploring how communities can develop more equitable systems, more democratic approaches to resourcing, and more accessible public information tools. Each session brings together practitioners, researchers, and innovators who are actively building alternatives to conventional approaches to social impact.
Whether you work in philanthropy, nonprofit leadership, community organizing, public policy, research, or simply care about creating stronger communities, we invite you to join us for these free online learning conversations.
