April 20, 2016

Drawing From A Passion For Art

Leigh DeNoon

 

INDIANAPOLIS - Retired mathematics professor John Simms has a passion for art. From the wilderness of his Brown County home, he travels often to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. WFYI’s Leigh DeNoon toured the IMA recently with Simms and provides this slideshow.

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