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More than 100 undergraduate students at The Ohio State University have worked as “externs” with area arts organizations since 2023, when the university received $2 million from the Mellon…
Displayed at the Ohio History Center, the traveling exhibit Queens of the Heartland highlights African American women from Ohio, spanning the 1830s to today. It features their photos,…
Urban Arts Space is excited to welcome the newest member of our team—Dr. Xiaoxiao Bao, our Community Learning and Experience Specialist!
Xiaoxiao arrived in Columbus in 2019 after a seven…
Collage is an art rooted in disruption. It resists singular narratives, building from preexisting fragments and making space for complexity, contradiction, and the unlikely artist. That spirit was…
In this hectic world we live in today, it is important to have spaces that ground and remind us of the interconnectedness we share with one another. That may entail your favorite local café, a…
Urban Arts Space’s Community Artist-in-Residence, Tyiesha Radford Shorts, shares five of her essential reads connected to her expertise in Black Appalachian studies. From academic essays and…
COLUMBUS, OH, FEBRUARY 9, 2026 – Waiting for the Light to Change features bodies of work shaped by curiosity, reflection, and critical engagement with the world around us. This Master of…
796 Innocents by Mia Sweeney Gahrmann takes its title from the 796 babies and young children whose remains were discovered in 2017 at the Tuam Mother and Baby Home in…
“I was a Columbus City Schools kid myself, and as somebody who has always enjoyed the arts … you want to do anything you can to fuel that interest,” January said, pointing to obstacles such as…