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Discover Our Playlists on the UAS Music Collective

By Sarah Jenkins

The Urban Arts Space Music Collective is a collaborative Spotify project. We create playlists that incorporate specific genres of music, music history, record labels, new album releases,…

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Dual Urban Arts Space exhibitions transcend borders

A pair of exhibitions opened at Urban Arts Space this week are divided by a border, of sorts, with “Fragmented-Recaptured” staged in the upper gallery space and “

If You Say So, a book with a light purple colored comic cover, placed on a black table with a flower and petals.

“You’ll Just Know”: A Review of Michelle Herman’s Newest Essay Collection, “If You Say So”

By Drea Chalfan

“My loneliness demands my attention too. I tend to it the best I can.” — Michelle Herman

In her latest book, If You Say So, Michelle Herman takes us through a…

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Columbus Makes Art Presents Tyiesha Radford Shorts on Community, Storytelling and Resistance

Our newest Community Artist-in-Residence, Tyiesha Radford Shorts, was interviewed by Urban Arts Space Intern Sarah Jenkins for Columbus Underground!

"I am on a journey to reorient…

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A to Zines: The Creation of Zines Out Loud

By Drea Chalfan

In late May, I was approached by the senior staff at Urban Arts Space. There wasn’t an Artist Commune event for June planned and they wanted an intern to plan the event. I…

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Meet Miriam King, Ashley Martin, and Christina Navarro | Artists, Curators and Collaborators

"My practice is rooted in a deep respect for the body, for color, and for the emotional weight both can carry. I create work that celebrates Blackness and womanness with intention, clarity, and…

three paintings by glen holland, including one of a helicopter lifting a car; one of two race cars; and one of two people sunbathing on a beach

Michelle Herman finds new ways to communicate with ‘If You Say So’

In some ways, the exhibition serves as a visual representation of the divide that exists between Herman’s fiction work and her collections of nonfiction essays, with the gallery split between oil…

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Community Connectors: Terron Banner

Community Connectors is a monthly series highlighting Ohio State staff members who have shown leadership in partnering with our communities to make an impact.

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Dancing Through Time: An Interview with the Creators of OhioDance’s Living Archive

By Mackie Mantenieks

Ohio: A State of Dance is a dynamic, multimedia exhibition that invites visitors to explore the rich and diverse history of dance across the state of Ohio. Through the OhioDance Virtual…