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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 Dance…

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Tyiesha Radford Shorts looks to the past for new Urban Arts Space residency

Tyiesha Radford Shorts has begun to prepare for her future artist-in-residency stint at Urban Arts Space by looking to the past.

An educator, writer and multidisciplinary artist, Shorts has…

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Ajanaé Dawkins takes a more empathetic view of the past in ‘Blood-Flex’

“I had a deep fixation with witnessing the women in my life, the women who raised me, and seeing their interiority and their relationship with the world, and then thinking about our relationship…

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Personal transformations lead to ‘Vessels in Red’

“I want to make work about anger and grief, but also falling in love,” Martin said. “And those are things that have always been present in my work in some way, but I noticed the more I create, the…

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The Artist Commune Journal Celebrates Care, Culture, and Justice

By Anisa Mohamed

Urban Arts Space is proud to launch the Artist Commune Journal, a community arts publication. The inaugural issue—centered on the theme of Care/Culture/Justice—amplifies twenty-five different…

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Tyiesha Radford Shorts Selected as Next Urban Arts Space Community Artist-in-Residence

By Maya Mercer

History, art, and activism converge in the works of Urban Arts Space’s newest Community Artist-in-Residence, Tyiesha Radford Shorts. The UAS Community Artist-in-Residence…

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A Summer of Multisensory Expression at Urban Arts Space

By Sarah Jenkins

Love, grief, resilience, and dance: these universal themes can shape our most transformative summers. For the summer of 2025, we welcome you to explore these themes through the five…

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Design Is Resistance

By Kayanaat Chaudhry

Design is inherently political through its unique ability to change the social, cultural, economic, and structural systems of our lives, so why do we limit the job of a designer to something…

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Exhibition displays work from Ohio State auxiliary faculty and staff

The Department of Art Auxiliary Faculty and Staff Exhibition at Hopkins Hall Gallery was featured in Ohio State News! Read the full article for interviews with artists Kate Durham and Sahar…