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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 “Cartography” stretched throughout the…
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 myself to what…
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…
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…
Dancing Through Time: An Interview with the Creators of OhioDance’s Living Archive
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…
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 in recent…
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 AI…
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 showcase for…
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 navigational…