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HOLIDAY HOURS

Urban Arts Space and Hopkins Hall Gallery will be closed to the public from December 15–January 5.

Urban Arts Space's final show of 2024—the Senior Projects Exhibition—will end December 14
The Arts Scholars Juried Exhibition and Staff Artists & Makers Show will begin January 14, 2025.

Hopkins Hall Gallery's final show of 2024—the Peter Megert Memorial Exhibition—will end December 16
The Fergus Scholarship Exhibition will begin January 6, 2025.
 

HOURS OF OPERATION

Urban Arts Space, 50 W Town Street in downtown Columbus:
Tu–Sat, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Thu, 11 a.m.–8 p.m.

Hopkins Hall Gallery on Ohio State campus: 
M–F, 11 a.m.–4 p.m.

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Urban Arts Space is supported by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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33rd ANNUAL EDITH FERGUS GILMORE SCHOLARSHIP EXHIBITION Hopkins Hall Gallery The Ohio State College of Arts and Sciences
January 6, 2025 - January 17, 2025

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