Past Exhibitions

Exhibition Date: Monday, October 20, 2008 - Saturday, January 10, 2009
Reception Date/Time: Thursday, November 6, 2008 - 5:00pm - 8:00pm

For the first time this decade, faculty artists within The Ohio State University gather at the OSU Urban Arts Space, compiling a compelling display of sculptures, paintings, photography, and audio/video installations.

Exhibition Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - Saturday, October 25, 2008
Reception Date/Time: Friday, September 26, 2008 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Sid Chafetz, professor emeritus, has commented on his world —from local and national political issues to timeless aspects of the human condition— throughout his artistic career. A survivor of the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, a two-time Fulbright Scholar, world traveler, and internationally exhibited artist, Chafetz is one of the living treasures of Columbus. We are pleased to be honoring him with this exhibition.

Co-curated by Ann Bremner and Prudence Gill.

Exhibition Date: Thursday, July 10, 2008 - Friday, September 26, 2008
Reception Date/Time: Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 4:00pm - 7:00pm

Using the OSU Urban Arts Space as their studio-in-situ, Ohio artists Tim Rietenbach/Matthew Flegle, Carol Boram-Hays, Curtis Goldstein, Migiwa Orimo, Mark van Fleet and others have the chance to respond, react, merge, elaborate and collaborate, with students from OSU.

Exhibition Date: Thursday, July 3, 2008 - Sunday, July 13, 2008
Reception Date/Time: Saturday, June 7, 2008 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Department of Art graduating BFA students present works at the OSU Urban Arts Space and on campus at the Hopkins Hall Gallery and Haskett Hall Silver Image Gallery. For more information on the exhibitions please visit the department's blog at http://osudeptofart.blogspot.com.

Sponsored by the Department of Art and College of the Arts; funded by a grant from the Efroyymson Fund, a CICF Fund and by Jan and Bob Dilenscheider.

Exhibition Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - Saturday, August 30, 2008
Reception Date/Time: Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 4:00pm - 7:00pm

Making visible the place of water in Central Ohio, Ways of Knowing Water evokes the presence and power of water and includes works by George C. Anderson, David Bamber, Alan Crockett Jr., Guy Michael Davis, Nicole Gibbs, Elizabeth Gerdeman, Adam Kaser, Adon Newman, Stephen Pentak, Ian Ruffino, Sky Shineman, and Todd Slaughter.

Exhibition Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2008 - Friday, June 13, 2008
Reception Date/Time: Wednesday, June 4, 2008 - 5:00pm - 8:00pm

Ohio State’s highly ranked Department of Design will showcase the thesis projects of more than 50 graduating senior students at the annual design exhibition Tuesday, June 3 – Friday, June 13 at the OSU Urban Arts Space in downtown Columbus. Student work in the areas of industrial, interior space and communication design will be included.

“The senior show is always very important to us, and this year is especially significant as we celebrate the department’s 40th anniversary,” says Wayne Carlson, chair. “Having the senior show downtown in the new OSU Urban Arts Space allows us to connect with the broader Columbus community. It also lets us keep the show on display for a bit longer than in the past.”
For more details call (614) 292-6746.

Exhibition Date: Monday, April 28, 2008 - Thursday, May 22, 2008
Reception Date/Time: Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm

The new OSU Urban Arts Space in the historic Lazarus building in downtown Columbus is the site of this spring’s art exhibition featuring work by 30 MFA (master’s of fine arts) students in the Department of Art. It marks the first time all graduating MFA students will exhibit their thesis work together in this major group show. The show opens Mon, April 28 and continues until Thurs, May 22. A reception is planned Sat, May 10, 6 – 9 pm.

“Not only does this exhibition mark the conclusion of these students’ master’s studies, it is also Columbus’s introduction to 30 young professional artists,” says Sergio Soave, chair of the Department of Art. “It’s exciting for them because it celebrates their emergence into the city’s art community.”

The Master’s of Fine Arts: Thesis Exhibition includes research and studio work in the areas of art + technology, ceramics, glass, painting + drawing, photography, printmaking and sculpture.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Art and College of the Arts; funded by a grant from the Efroyymson Fund, a CICF Fund; Jan and Bob Dilenschneider and the Fergus Family Fund.

Exhibition Date: Friday, February 8, 2008
Reception Date/Time: Friday, February 8, 2008 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm

It was standing room only at the February 8th, 2008 grand opening celebration of the OSU Urban Arts Space in the historic Lazarus building in downtown Columbus! An estimated 1,200 people flocked to the College of the Arts' new exhibition and alternative performance space for the festivities, which included costumed stilt-walkers, music from a student mallet ensemble, a Carnival costume in action, a student jazz ensemble, food, drinks and fun. The event also celebrated the opening of two inaugural exhibitions, Midnight Robbers: The Artists of Notting Hill Carnival and Linking the Past to the Future, a look at the Lazarus building through the years. Mayor Michael Coleman gave remarks to the crowd at the evening event, as did Dean Karen Bell and OSU President Gordon Gee.

Exhibition Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 - Friday, April 4, 2008
Reception Date/Time: Friday, February 8, 2008 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm

The North American premiere of Midnight Robbers, with costumes, original designs, video, photographs, interactive computer program and historical banners. The exhibition explores the nature of Carnival, its artistic process and the connections between the Notting Hill celebration and the original emancipation celebrations of 1807 in Trinidad, West Indies. A look at the incredible artistry of the London Carnival, co-curated by Lesley Ferris, OSU Theatre, and Ruth Tompsett of London.

Exhibition Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 - Friday, March 7, 2008
Reception Date/Time: Friday, February 8, 2008 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm

As the Lazarus Building begins a new era, this exhibition incorporates memorabilia from its past, plans for its future, and unique images of its transition. OSU alumni Fredrick Marsh (MFA ’84) and C. Grant Fletcher (MFA ‘07), current student Betsy Heimlich and professor Ardine Nelson were invited to photograph the inner sanctums of the building—the results of their explorations over the past month are startling in revealing the grit and underpinnings of the building’s interior structure, history and subliminal beauty.