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Community, Creativity, and Career Growth at Urban Arts Space
As a Community Engagement Intern at Urban Arts Space (UAS), I have spent my spring semester learning about the arts scene in Columbus and how Ohio State as a university supports it through UAS…
A Summer of Community Exhibitions with Urban Arts Space
The hot summer season brings exciting perspectives in overlooked ways: through nature, the body, and identity. Urban Arts Space is enthusiastic to announce four multimedia exhibitions between May…
Thurber House: The Legacy of Author James Thurber
As Urban Arts Space Community Engagement Interns, our days commonly feature site visits and collaborations with various arts and culture organizations around Columbus. My first site visit earlier…
Art students flourish through Ohio State externship program
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…
Queens of the Heartland: Celebrating Black History at Ohio History Connection
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,…
Introducing Xiaoxiao Bao, Urban Arts Space's New Community Learning and Experience Specialist
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…
Narratives Rearranged: Collage as an Act of Resistance
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…
5 Art Galleries in Columbus to Explore by Bus
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…
5 Essential Reads in Black Appalachian Studies
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…