During a special ceremony , JohnMellencamp was honored at Indiana University in Bloomington with a sculpture created by
Michael McAuley. The statue will now live on the north end of the Fine Arts Plaza on the Bloomington campus. He also performed an acoustic set including his beloved hit song "Small Town" at the event.
An exhibition of his artwork “
Crossroads: The Paintings of John Mellencamp” will also be on display at the
IU Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art from now until December 15.
Photo credit: Brian Bruner