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Reckoning with the Record Through Poetry with Urban Art Space’s Community Artist-in-Residence
In the fall of 2024, I had a fantastic opportunity to observe a workshop on conducting research and archiving history through poetry. I never considered myself a poet before, but this workshop…
Found Objects: An Artist Interview with Andrew Mehall
Andrew Mehall is a Master of Fine Arts candidate at The Ohio State University whose work meditates on our relationships with technology, memory, and authorship. Constructed from found objects and…
Intergenerational Connection: Artist Interview with Annelise Duque
Annelise Duque is a Filipino-American artist, currently an MFA graduate student at The Ohio State University, and one of thirteen artists featured in Desire Lines, the MFA spring…
How Do I Stay?: Artist Interview with Isabella Saraceni
Grief, loss, and mourning are central to life and Isabella Saraceni's work. As she explores the fragility of life through various materials of the same nature, she hopes to create…
Columbus students use art to respond to Ohio's transgender bathroom law, Trump policies — The Columbus Dispatch
"What I really want people to take away from the show is that transgender joy and resilience is something that's part of the human experience and it has been probably for as long as we've been…
Ohio State's Urban Arts Space to Host Live Figure-Drawing Event Celebrating Diverse Black Skin Tones and Identities
"The overall triptych in its entirety has a forefront of celebrating Black trans bodies, but it also talks about this idea of creating space for Black bodies to be nurturing, soft and vulnerable…
Transgender People Have Always Been Here: An Interview with Artist Julian Robbins
Julian Robbins is a multidisciplinary artist whose work bridges digital and physical realms, exploring themes of identity, history, and storytelling. Their current installation features inkjet…
Finding Artistic Inspiration in Ming Smith's Photography and Dance
On October 24, 2024, I had the honor of attending two conversation panels about Ming Smith at the Wexner Center for the Arts for the Lambert Photography Symposium. As a visual artist whose main…
trace layer play 5: Celebrating Five Years of Arts-Based Research at Ohio State
COLUMBUS, OH – February 17–28, 2025 – What happens when artistic practice and academic inquiry collide? The trace layer play collective invites you to witness, explore, and engage with the…