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Rooftop Garden Tour
OSU Image of the Day
November 6, 2009
OSU Urban Art Space guests enjoy a tour of the Lazarus Building Rooftop gardens.
Seeing a World of Color Through the Fingertips
Wilmington News Journal
November 2, 2009
By Sofia Burgess
Sarah Barker does not have an art education or a background in art history, yet she is changing history with her tactile art exhibit that is aimed specifically at the visually impaired.
Barker, 69, a retired certified financial planner who lives in Wilmington, experienced an epiphany shortly before retirement in 2000. It was through knowing a deaf woman, who claimed that she can experience music, that Barker started on her path to help blind people see colors.
“If the deaf can enjoy music, how can the blind enjoy art? That was the question that haunted me,” she said...
Haunting Melodies
The Other Paper
October 29, 2009
By Kitty McConnell
A local band is providing original accompaniment for a pre-Halloween screening of a classic vampire flick.
Vampires have gone soft. Their once pestilent attacks have evolved cinematically into little more than love bites. Blame teen-fiction writers for morphing the species into the soft-horror heartthrobs they are today...
Flick or Treat: Halloween-themed Movies Promise Frightfully Good Time
The Columbus Dispatch
October 29, 2009
By Nick Chordas
Halloween brings out the worst in some -- and the best in others. Michael Myers, for example, doesn't do well on Oct. 31: The masked killer from the Halloween films has some major family issues.
Movie theaters and other venues, conversely, shine: They offer scary alternatives to, say, Astro Boy...
The Lazarus Green Roof
OSU Image of the Day
October 21, 2009
We're green! The OSU Urban Arts Space offers tours to explore the rooftop gardens of the Lazarus building.
Textile Glass!
OSU Image of the Day
October 8, 2009
OSU Urban Arts Space patrons are captivated by Ditte Johansson's textile glass work, part of the BIGG: Breakthrough Ideas in Global Glass exhibiton. On view until October 10th.
Color-coded Quilting Helps Blind 'See' Famed Paintings
The Columbus Dispatch
October 7, 2009
By Jeffrey Sheban
An artist with a vision, Sarah E. Barker has found a way to expose blind people to the talents of master painters. The 69-year-old Barker, who uses the name SallyB for her art, developed a colorcoding system and quilting technique that she uses to reinterpret famous paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh and others. Her "Tactile Color" exhibit, with quilted versions of oil paintings on canvases, opened yesterday and continues through Feb. 6 at the Ohio State University Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St. Unlike visitors at most other galleries, "Tactile Color" patrons don't have to keep their hands to themselves. "You can touch it all you want"...
Art Exhibition Travels from OSU Urban Arts Space to New York City and Chicago
FOCUS: Arts & Humanities
October 2009
Volume II, Issue 7
While the Ohio State campus often slows down over the summer, things heated up downtown at the OSU Urban Arts Space with BIGG: Breakthrough Ideas in Global Glass. Sponsored by Jay Schottenstein's company, Steuben Glass, and presented in partnership with the Department of Art Glass Program and Hawk Galleries, BIGG opened with a grand celebration on July 10 featuring works by 42 glass artists from around the world. Exhibition organizers were joined by many of the artists, who traveled from places as close as Bowling Green, Ohio and as far as Amsterdam. Throughout the exhibition, the undergraduate and graduate students working in the Space have had the opportunity to work closely with the artists and their projects to lead touch tours, interactive activities, and school visits...
A BIGG Tour
OSU Image of the Day
October 1, 2009
Image by Rachel Ross
Patrons experience art in a more interactive way through partaking in a tour. The OSU Urban Arts Space currently has the BIGG exhibition an E.F. Hebner's...excerpts 2009 on view.
OSU Urban Arts Space Welcomes Over a Decade of Work from Ohio State Professor
The Lantern
September 22, 2009
By Molly Gray
It is obvious that E.F. Hebner appreciates beauty as soon as one walks into his home. Hebner is a former professor at Ohio State and remains a skilled artist well into his 83 years. His latest exhibit, “excerpts…2009,” is on display at the Ohio State Urban Arts Space until Oct. 10.
Hebner said that he has been drawing since he was a very young boy, but he got his formal education at Washington University in St. Louis. He taught visual design and composition for industrial painting at OSU from 1956 to 1992. He retired to pursue his work at his home studio. Before making his way to Columbus in 1956, Hebner worked on design of construction exhibition and industrial design...
Fall Arts Guide: Kevin Parzych
Columbus Alive
September 10, 2009
By Melissa Starker
Last spring, Kevin Parzych earned a bachelor's degree in architecture from Ohio State, and this fall he'll start his master's work there in the same field, but he didn't exactly take the summer off.
As an intern at the Neighborhood Design Center, a Knowlton School of Architecture collaborative that poses new design solutions for old Columbus neighborhoods, he helped coordinate the upcoming exhibition Works by Neighborhood Design Center. As the show will illustrate, he also explored a different way of looking at the make-up of the Short North.
"We were interested in visualizing the demographics of the area," Parzych said. "Not just through simple charts and graphs, but also looking at things like electronic transactions, social network...
A Conversation With Tom Hawk About “Breakthrough Ideas in Global Glass”
The GLASS Quarterly Hot Sheet
August 17, 2009
By Brett Nuckles
“Breakthrough Ideas in Global Glass,” now on view at a commercial gallery and a university art space, is an exhibition with big ambitions. If 1979’s seminal “New Glass: A Worldwide Survey” was the art form’s last attempt to define the most important new ideas of using glass as an art form, “B.I.G.G.” hopes to have ended a 30-year drought, according to Tom Hawk, who has lent his gallery space to the effort that is currently on view at Hawk Galleries in Columbus, Ohio, and at Ohio State University’s Urban Arts Space,. “The two exhibitions ["Glass 1979" and "B.I.G.G."] go hand in hand,” says Hawk. “We have the same ambition, which is to grasp how far artists worldwide have come in exploring this magical material.”
Hawk and his co-jurors, artist Lino Tagliapietra, and curator Tina Oldknow, selected works for the exhibition that speaks to contemporary times. “We wanted to show that, today, glass is alive and flourishing,” says Hawk. He pointed to new work by Vanessa Cutler to exemplify how glass has changed in the years since 1979; the Bitish artist uses a computer-controlled waterjet machine to cut out intricate patterns in thick sheets of glass, creating unique, distinctly modern sculptural shapes...
Glass Art 365 Features City's Artistic 'Sweet Spots'
Columbus Local News
August 10, 2009
There are very few things that are capable of captivating a city for an entire calender year. Glass Art 365 aims to do just that. A collaborative effort between Experience Columbus and seven Columbus area art galleries, Glass Art 365 features glass... artwork from artists from all over the world...
Big Glass Art Breaks New Ground
Larry Hamill Photography
August 12, 2009
By Pamela J. Willits
BIGG - Breakthrough Ideas in Global Glass - is currently on display at the OSU Urban Arts Space and Hawk Galleries. A collaboration between The Ohio State University’s Dept. of Art Glass Program, OSU Urban Arts Space and Hawk Galleries, the exhibit showcases 43 international artists.
A total of 97 pieces of glass artwork were selected following a juried review of over 650 artists’ submits. The international jury panel included Italian
glass artisan, Lino Tagliapietra; the Corning Museum’s Curator of Modern Glass, Tina Oldknow and Director of Hawk Galleries, Tom Hawk.
Over the years, William Morris, Dale Chihuly, Christopher Ries and Lino Tagliapietra, among others, have led the glass art movement. Sponsored by Steuben Glass, this exhibition was designed to advance new and innovative glass art worldwide. “We were looking for the next talent in glass art,” said Kelly Kaser...
Fulfilling Its Promise
Columbus Dispatch
August 8, 2009
By Anna Sudar
On the outside, the Urban Arts Space changes little from day to day.
Inside, though, the place is constantly evolving.
The first-floor occupant of the historic Lazarus building is nothing if not versatile: Wall panels hang from a ceiling track system so they can be moved to create new spaces.
The lack of spatial restrictions makes the Ohio State University-owned venue -- a 10,000-square-foot expanse Downtown on W. Town Street -- well-suited for the range of free...
Abstractitudes
Blogspot: ArtWatch
July 26, 2009
By Tom Wachunas
Encountering the paintings by E.F. Hebner (Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University) currently on view at OSU Urban Arts Space, and discerning how and where they intersect with the history of abstraction, is a bit like talking to a soft-spoken stranger for the first time. You might feel instantly engaged by his cryptic yet poetic way of speaking, but can’t quite place his vaguely foreign accent. You ask him, “Who are you, where did you come from?” He might very well answer with the casual aplomb of, say, a Zen Master, “Oh, here and there.”
A mystery inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma. Or is it a riddle inside an enigma wrapped in a mystery? I never get that one straight.
The 17 acrylic paintings on masonite in this exhibition, called “E.F. Hebner / Excerpts…2009,” were done between 1994 and 2005, and are culled from a rich body of work that includes, to name only some phases, mixed media assemblages with an eye on Bauhaus elegance...
BIGG Best in Show: Hyun Sung Cho
Blogspot: ABJ Seattle Glass Online
July 22, 2009
By Chris McGregor
"From Carbondale to Columbus, Ohio, Hyun Sung Cho is best in show.
Cho, a graduate student from Seoul, South Korea, in the glass program, had his work selected as Best in Show at BIGG: Breakthrough Ideas in Global Glass. The exhibit featured work from 43 artists; which was narrowed down from more than 800 applicants. Of the 43, Cho was one of 10 artists to earn Best in Show.
“The exhibit is a way of discovering the next generation of glass artists,” said Kelly Stevelt, deputy director of Ohio State University’s Urban Art Space program.
The exhibit, which runs through Oct. 10 at Ohio State University, is a way to foster creativity locally and internationally, she said...
Glass Around Columbus
Blogspot: itlookslikeitsopen
July 22, 2009
By Aimee Sones
July seems to be the month for glass in Columbus, Ohio!
A few old and new friends are showing at the BIGG show at the Urban Art Space and Hawk Gallery, up until October 2009 >> http://uas.osu.edu/bigg
And I am showing with several friends and colleagues at the Melting Pot Show, opening today at the Upper Arlington Concourse Gallery, with a reception on Monday July 27 from 5-7pm, through August 21...
SIUC Glass Artist has BIGG Breakthrough
Daily Egyptain
July 21, 2009
By Chris McGregor
From Carbondale to Columbus, Ohio, Hyun Sung Cho is best in show.
Cho, a graduate student from Seoul, South Korea, in the glass program, had his work selected as Best in Show at BIGG: Breakthrough Ideas in Global Glass. The exhibit featured work from 43 artists; which was narrowed down from more than 800 applicants. Of the 43, Cho was one of 10 artists to earn Best in Show.
“The exhibit is a way of discovering the next generation of glass artists,” said Kelly Stevelt, deputy director of Ohio State University’s Urban Art Space program.
The exhibit, which runs through Oct. 10 at Ohio State University, is a way to foster creativity locally and internationally, she said.
“Part of what we are hoping to come out from this is an international community of artists who stay connected and support and challenge one another in the field,” she said.
The opening night of the event featured more than half the artists’ work and Stevelt said it was a great way...
Two Venues Showcase Shapes, Colors, Textures of Glass
The Columbus Dispatch
July 19, 2009
By Kaizaad Kotwal
Glass, for all its fragility, is remarkably malleable and versatile.
"BIGG: Breakthrough Ideas in Global Glass," a large exhibit in two Downtown venues, exemplifies the dynamic visions of 43 international artists who play with glass in unique and beautiful ways.
The must-see show is at Hawk Galleries and the Ohio State University Urban Arts Space.
Artists approach the medium in a variety of ways. Sometimes, glass is merely the vehicle for transmitting a larger idea or particular narrative.
In other works, the glass itself becomes the focus, allowing the viewer to revel...
Food for Thought: The Student Farm at OSU is Gorowing More than Just Vegetables
onCampus
July 15, 2009
Image by Julia Harris
Farming is not for the faint of heart. It’s hot, dirty and often back-breaking work. And it takes a lot of sunscreen, applied liberally and often, to keep sunburn at bay. Just ask two Metro High School students, Zakia Nasrin and Zach Brazik, who have been spending their summer on three plots of land carved out of a small portion of Ohio State’s Waterman Farm...
Columbus Becomes "City of Glass"
Out in Columbus
July 15, 2009
By Anna SudarColumbus offers unprecedented experiences as "City of Glass" through July 4, 2010
A yearlong celebration of glass art has begun with the debut of GlassArt365. A collaboration between Experience Columbus and seven local cultural arts institutions and galleries, GlassArt365 offers travelers extraordinary opportunities to enjoy and celebrate a wide range of works by celebrated international, national and local glass artists. In addition, travelers can immerse themselves in the glass art experience via year-round hands-on workshops...
365 Days of Glass Art in Columbus
Experience Columbus
July 2, 2009
By Cathe Moog, Marketing Director
July 4 marks the beginning of an entire year’s worth of glass art exhibitions in Columbus. Seven organizations are hosting glass art programs - three featuring the works of Dale Chihuly, and many at the same time:
- Franklin Park Conservatory: Chihuly Reimagined (July 4-March 28)
- OSU Urban Arts Space and Hawk Galleries: BIGG (July 10-Oct. 10)
- Upper Arlington’s Concourse Gallery: Melting Pot (July 22-Aug. 21)
- Columbus Museum of Art: Chihuly Illuminated (Sept. 25-July 4)
- Hawk Galleries: Chihuly XIV (Oct. 2-Jan. 31)...
Exhibits to Showcase Works by Chihuly, Emerging International Talents
Columbus Dispatch
June 28, 2009
By Michael Grossberg
Glass will be bigger and flashier than ever in Columbus this summer.
Two major shows will settle in -- one at the Franklin Park Conservatory; the other, a two-venue Downtown exhibit presented by Ohio State University and Hawk Galleries.
"Ohio has always had a love affair with glass," said Bruce Harkey, executive director of the conservatory, which, beginning Saturday, will again host the colorful blown-glass sculptures of Dale Chihuly...
OSU’s Bright Young Things Strut Their Stuff
IndieColumbus, In Arts
June 9, 2009
By Jung Kim
Great ideas know no bounds: artists with disabilities, pedal-powered machines, resources for the music community, student-run farms, and writer-artist storytelling collaborations. These ideas represent the five award recipients for the OSU Urban Arts Space Idea Lab, a student-driven program that emphasizes creativity and entrepreneurship across different disciplines. The budding student entrepreneurs and their progress to date in implementing their ideas will be celebrated in a reception, this Thursday evening at Urban Arts Space...
10 Art Galleries Located Off the Beaten Path
Columbus Underground
June 8, 2009
By Walker
The Short North is the official “Arts District” in Columbus, and is home to the highest concentration of art gallery spaces in any of our neighborhoods. The area is a huge asset to the local arts community, and while Gallery Hop (which took place last weekend) always draws out huge crowds, many local art aficionados prefer something a little more low-key. For those seeking something a little different, we’ve compiled a list of 10 great art gallery spaces “off the beaten path”. Some of these galleries are well known, while others may be flying below your current radar… but all 10 of them are located outside of the Short North Arts District, and are still worth a visit...
Unique Ways to Spend a Lunch Hour in Columbus
Experience Columbus
May 26, 2009
By Brian Cheek, Tourism Sales Manager
This time of year, distances to walk at lunchtime seem shorter than they did during the frigid temperatures of the previous months. I like to take advantage of the warmer weather by strolling to some of the lunchtime programs in the area. They’re great escapes in the middle of the day... On varying days, the OSU Urban Arts Space offers a variety of exhibits and lectures at their space located in the historic Lazarus building...
Frozen Meat at the OSU Urban Arts Space
OSU Image of the Day
May 26, 2009
Image by Jasmine Hamilton
On Saturday, May 9th, many gathered at the space for reception of the Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition. Eddy Ostrander's artwork drew some attention as it enabled viewers to interact with a block of ice suspending 3 large cuts of meat.
Urban Arts Space: The Place is the Thing
School Partnerships
The Ohio State University
2008 Summary
If you build it, they will come. From the minute the doors opened in February 2008, Ohio State’s Urban Arts Space (UAS) has attracted K-12 students and teachers. “There’s a lot of enthusiasm among the teachers,” says Molly Uline-Olmstead, graduate student assistant. “They’re hungry for this type of partnership.” Urban Arts Space is one of several entities bringing new life to the old Lazarus building in downtown Columbus. The space was designed to be a “storefront to the community,” a place where Ohio State students and faculty could experiment, exhibit, and collaborate with the community beyond campus walls...
Foot Notes: Dance Downtown 2009: Face Time
Columbus Alive
May 7, 2009
By Melissa Starker
Every spring, OSU's highly acclaimed Department of Dance stretches its legs off-Campus in the Dance Downtown showcase. In keeping with the title of this year's program, Face Time, choreographers have offered local audiences a variety of free ways to get to know pieces and dancers before the show officially kicks off tonight.
Rehearsals scheduled during the month of April at Sullivant Hall were open to the general public, and videos were created for OSU Dance's website with each of the four participating choreographers. For dance lovers who work Downtown, "brown bag" sneak previews were offered during lunch hour April 22 and 29 at OSU Urban Arts Space...
Art for Visually Impaired Affects Entire Community
UWeekly
May 6, 2009
By Katherine Liebers
Doing something different is nothing new for art galleries. But last week, the university's Urban Arts Space embarked on a project that changes a long-forbidden practice. Now, patrons will be allowed to touch the art.
(Or at least a representation of it.)
The Urban Arts Space gallery, which is housed in the Lazarus building downtown, now features tactile tours specifically designed for the visually impaired. According to the gallery's accessibility coordinator Eva Ball, the tours are designed to objectively describe the visual components...
Enjoy the View
OSU Image of the Day
April 14, 2009
Image by Liz Celeste
The Lazarus Building, home of to the OSU Urban Arts Space, has a 1/3 acre rooftop garden! The Lazarus Building is the most significant "green" building in the country and is certified Gold through the LEED Program.
Lazarus Building Projects Into the Sky
OSU Image of the Day
April 6, 2009
Image by Liz Celeste
Downtown, the Lazarus Building, which houses the OSU Urban Arts Space, poses as a cloudy mirror, projecting into the sky.
KBD Sonic Cooperative @ OSU Urban Arts Space
OSU Image of the Day
April 5, 2009
By Lisa Hohman
A member of KBD Sonic Cooperative musically engages audience members at the OSU Urban Arts Space.
Stage/Studio in Action at the OSU Urban Arts Space
OSU Image of the Day
April 4, 2009
By Rachel Ross
MFA actor, Scott Wilson, shows great skill in his part of the Stage/Studio performance held at the OSU Urban Arts Space last Friday.
Easton's "Project Glow": Partnership with The Ohio State University Funds Public Art by Students
Easton News
March 26, 2009
Officials at Easton Town Center recently celebrated the culmination of a joint partnership with The Ohio State University to create ongoing public art installations at Easton, the first of which, now installed and ready for viewing, is known as ‘Project Glow’.
Art 895 and Art 691 – Seminar Public Art Concepts: Public/Private Art Making are two classes comprised of approximately a dozen students per class, within which students are challenged to develop artwork concepts for public space, learn about the history of public art, and through the process experience what it is like to commission art within a public venue.
As an added benefit and unusual opportunity, each student was also given the opportunity to propose his or her own ideas for a twelve-month public art display at Easton Town Center...
Council Honors Three Companies
The Columbus Dispatch
Awards
March 7, 2009
During its annual meeting, attended yesterday by about 300 people, at COSI Columbus, the council recognized businesses and individuals who have supported the arts; and presented its Artistic Excellence Award to the Ohio State University College of the Arts.
The Artistic Excellence Award, with a $10,000 prize, is given annually to an arts organization that has...
Mayor Coleman at Columbus Commons Press Anouncement
Downtown Columbus
February 18th, 2009
Mayor Coleman during a press announcement at the OSU Urban Arts Space...
Happy B-Day to OSU Urbans Arts Space
WOSU Arts Blog
February 12, 2009
By Scott
OSU’s College of the Arts has been nominated by the Greater Columbus Arts Council to receive a 2009 Artistic Excellence Award which annually recognized a local arts initiative that demonstrates risk, innovation, and excellence. The nomination comes in recognition of the opening of the OSU Urban Arts Space in February 2008 along with its inaugural exhibition, Midnight Robbers: The Artists of Notting Hill Carnival...
OSU Urban Arts Space Opens Its Second Year in Style
Outlook Weekly
January 15 - January 21, 2009
Volume 13, No 28
By Eva Ball
February marks the one-year anniversary of the OSU Urban Arts Space. With a vibrant and productive inaugural year behind us, we are delighted to share some of our excitment.
We are in the middle of installing the Ohio Art League 98th Annual Spring Juried Exhibition. We realize the title is a mouthful, but fittingly so, considering this show, and all activities surrounding it, will offer plenty for you to stink your teeth into. This partnership with Ohio Art League (OAL) continues our mission to bridge...
The Jury is In: League's Spring Event is a Winner
The Columbus Dispatch
February 8, 2009
By Christopher A. Yates
A juried show is sometimes like a buffet line: Some items stand out, but everything starts to taste the same.
In the hands of a good juror, however, everything changes. Disparate voices strangely harmonize. The experience of such a show is cumulative, as each piece builds upon the next. Such is the case with the Ohio Art League's Spring Juried Exhibition at the Ohio State University Urban Arts Space.
David Pagel, chairman of the Art Department at Claremont Graduate University in California, is this year's juror. A noted art critic, he is a frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Times.
The exhibit hinges on two thematic currents...
College of the Arts Nominated for Artistic Excellence Award
Arts & Humanities
FOCUS, VOL II, ISSUE 1
January 2009
The College of the Arts has been nominated by the Greater Columbus Arts Council to receive a 2009 Artistic Excellence Award which annually recognized a local arts initiative that demonstrates risk, innovation, and excellence. The nomination comes in recognition of the opening of the OSU Urban Arts Space in February 2008 along with its inaugural exhibition, Midnight Robbers: The Artists of Notting Hill Carnival. The award, which carries a $10,000 prize, will be announced at the GCAC's annual Community Arts Partnership Awards luncheon on Friday, March 6 at COSI...
Midnight Robbers: The Artists of Notting Hill Carnival
The Columbus Dispatch
Best Visual Arts Events
December 28, 2008
By B.M.
Ohio State University Urban Arts Space: The collection was a suitably festive inauguration of the new arts venue Downtown in the renovated Lazarus building.
Urban Cabaret
The Arts Initiative at Ohio State
Photo of the Week
December 8, 2008
The OSU Urban Arts Space was transformed into an opera cabaret on Friday, Nov 21, when 14 students and two pianists presented an evening of arias, opera scenes, musical theatre and cabaret in a galleria setting. The festive evening featured 30 excerpts from operas including Bizet's Carmen, Puccini's Gianni Schicchi and Rossini's Barber of Seville along with selections from Guys and Dolls, West Side Story and Les Miserables, according to Peter Kozma, director of the opera program in the School of Music. The 180 attendees were seated in cabaret style surrounded by artworks in the current exhibitions.
Art Space Welcomes Students
The Lantern
Best Visual Arts Events
September 26, 2008
By Matt Hancharic
A yard-long dragonfly created out of household scrap material stole the attention Wednesday night at the first Iron Artist Challenge.
The challenge was at The Ohio State Urban Arts Space in the Lazarus Building downtown as part of Welcome Week.
The event included an assortment of refreshments, music by disc jockey Walker Evans and, of course, art. The headlining event was the Iron Artist Challenge, an hour-long competition of four teams of artists whose task was to create...
Faculty Exhibition at OSU's Urban Arts Space
City Beat
November 18, 2008
Matt Morris
Hopefully many art lovers from Cincinnati are already making plans to get up to Columbus to see the truly astounding show of Any Warhol's work at the Wexner Center. If you're Planning such an excursion before Jan 10, make sure to leave time to drive just a short bit into downtown Columbus to visit Ohio State University's very nice Urban Arts Space. The gallery space is impressive and winding, well suited to the diverse faculty exhibition that currently shares the gallery with retiring abstract painter, Alan Crockett...
Sid Chafetz: Professor's vision breeds political artwork
The Lantern
September 30, 2008
By Amanda ForbesSid Chafetz stood, hunched slightly, gripping his cane. He gazed over his glasses and
spoke with a low rasp to those surrounding him, waiting for their turn to greet the honored guest. Although Chafetz looks as though he should be spending his days enjoying some down-time, his new exhibit proves otherwise.
Chafetz, an emeritus professor of art at Ohio State University, has been creating art for more than 60 years, often infusing his political outlook and experiences as a soldier in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II...
Old Lazarus Store Figures Into Works By Eight
The Columbus Dispatch
August 21, 2008
By Bill Mayr
Like the exhibit title, some of the works in "What Time Is This Place" might give visitors pause.
The pieces were created in the Ohio State University Urban Arts Space during 72 hours in early July.
Eight artists, most from central Ohio, were asked to create works, keeping in mind both the site's previous existence as part of the Lazarus department store and the Downtown building's subsequent renovation...
Focus on Art
OnCampus
August 12, 2008
By Julia Harris
...Beginning Sept. 16, the OSU Urban Arts Space will open its doors on an exhibit of works by one of the most well-known and well-published artists in Columbus.
Printmaker Sidney Chafetz is a professor emeritus at Ohio State whose career spans 60+ years.
He taught at the university from 1948-82 and continues to maintain a studio here. His creations include woodcuts, intaglios, dry points and lithography, and his body of work reflects interests in literature, history and politics.
Often called a “living treasure” by those in the Columbus arts community, Chafetz is a survivor of the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, a two-time Fulbright Scholar and a frequent world traveler...
Hydro Dynamic
The Columbus Dispatch
July 27, 2008
By Bill Eichenberger
In the mid-1800s, water was central to the lives of Ohioans: The state bustled with canal travel, every city of note was situated next to Lake Erie or a river, and many a factory was fueled by water power.
Today, it seems, we central Ohioans barely notice our water.
We take for granted the Downtown riverfront. We often mistake the Olentangy for the Scioto. We rarely...
Go with the flow
Columbus Alive
July 24, 2008
By Tracy Zollinger Turner
The lush foliage, reflective blue ripples of water and rutted bark in George C. Anderson's river pictures have a beckoning, dreamlike quality. Generally a purveyor of commercial work, the photographer seems to be advertising the allure of some placid vacation spot, far from the city, with the images he shot while spending his free time canoeing and fishing. But most of his works...
Spring Fever
OSU Arts & Humanities Blog
May 27, 2008
Earlier this month, high school students from the Arts & College Prep Academy in Columbus shared stories told through dance, music and readings for National Storytelling Day at the OSU Urban Arts Space. They performed during one of the free lunch-time programs...
College of the Arts has Endless Options for its Downtown Gallery Space
OnCampus
January 9, 2008
By Adam King
The College of the Arts has a problem with its new 10,000-square-foot space downtown: There are so many good ideas floating around about what to do with it that the staff can’t keep up with them.
But it’s a good problem to have, says Kelly Stevelt Kaser, an Ohio State graduate and manager of the OSU Urban Arts Space at 50 W. Town St. It shows that a lot of people are invested in promoting the college to the community and want to see the new space succeed, she said.
“We’re talking about it as a launching pad for our students,” Stevelt Kaser said. “We want to blur the lines between students and professional alumni.”
With 9,000 square feet of exhibition space, the college will significantly increase the room it has to display faculty and student works. Currently, most exhibitions are shown in the college’s Hopkins Hall + Corridor Gallery, which encompasses about 1,500 square feet, or other locations scattered around campus. Now, more students can exhibit...
