The sculpture terrace at the IU Art Museum in Bloomington will be the place to be at 6:30 p.m. every Friday evening in July.

The museum will be hosting its popular series of free concerts with the theme "Cool Jazz for Hot Summer Nights" July 1, 8, 15 and 22. In the event of rain, concerts will be moved indoors.

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In conjunction with the concerts, the museum will be exhibiting Morris Louis' Beth Aleph in the first-floor Gallery of Art of the Western World. The gallery will be open so that the painting may be viewed before, during and after the concerts.

Artists who are scheduled to perform at the free concerts are:

Friday, July 1 • Jan Aldridge Clark

Harpist Clark is blazing her way into the world of contemporary, smooth jazz. A graduate of the IU School of Music in Bloomington where she studied with harp virtuoso Susann McDonald, Clark continued graduate studies at California State University Los Angeles. She weaves her style of rhythm and harmonies with an eclectic synthesis of bass, percussion, electric guitar, violin, saxophone and cello.

Friday, July 8 • Charlie Smith Project

Charlie Smith

Monika Herzig

Indianapolis guitarist Smith captivates audiences with his expressive music styling and dynamic stage presence. The Charlie Smith Project delivers a mix of great jazz standards, pop classics and original compositions.

Friday, July 15 • Monika Herzig Acoustic Project

A versatile jazz pianist and composer, offering both originals and arrangements of standards, Herzig has been performing as a professional jazz musician for more than 15 years and has received international recognition for her writing skills.

Friday, July 22 • Hot Club of Naptown

Hot Club of Naptown

This acoustic swing music quartet also performs jazz standards, acoustic jump blues and original tunes played on violin, acoustic guitars, mandolin, blues harp, acoustic bass and vocals. The members have been performing in both Indiana and in the New York City jazz and swing scene for many years. What's a "hot club?" Its roots extend back to 1932 Paris, when two enthusiasts of American jazz established an organization dedicated to the promotion of jazz and swing. The Hot Club de France introduced Europeans to the "hot jazz" that was being performed in American during the '20s and '30s by such legends as Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Coleman Hawkins. During the past decade, American hot club groups have sprung up in New York City, San Francisco, San Diego, Chicago and Austin, to name a few, as well as Indianapolis.