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Dr. Terron Banner (right) alongside Iyana Hill, Mario Hairston, and Chris Hearn—all founding members of the Irrepressible Soul Collective—at the Irrepressible Soul fashion ball in June 2023

Urban Arts Space’s Dr. Terron Banner Secures $250,000 GAHDT Grant Alongside Collaborators

By Diane Kollman

Urban Arts Space is excited to share a significant accomplishment by our Manager of Community Learning and Experience: Dr. Terron Banner has secured a $250,000 Global Arts + Humanities Discovery…

A Love Letter to This bridge called my back with an image of four collaged women walking on a green background

“Love Letter” Exhibition at Urban Arts Space Shares Experiences of Women of Color While Honoring the Work of Past Generations

By Peyton Onstad

A Love Letter to This Bridge Called My Back will exhibit at Urban Arts Space from May 21–June 29, 2024, celebrating the works of various artists who collaborated on the 2022 anthology

Freequency next to an image of a Black figure with two faces in a robe

FREEQUENCY Exhibition Focuses on Afrofuturism and Community

By Andrea Hefferan

FREEQUENCY, an exhibition at Urban Arts Space curated by Iyana Hill and April Sunami, features Black artists whose work incorporates elements of the Black aesthetic as envisioned by the…

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Hopkins Hall Gallery Presents Interactive and Research-Based Exhibition, trace layer play 4 

By Katelyn Wescott

On February 19, Hopkins Hall Gallery will transform into both an art exhibition and a laboratory. While it may seem simply like an interactive art gallery to some, the creators of trace layer…

A picture taken over a person's shoulder, on the table in front of them are collage-making materials

Collage as a Window into the Soul

By Sabrina Sedlacko

While collage can serve as an excellent creative outlet for any artistic skill level, SoulCollage® facilitator MJ Abell believes it can reveal much more about ourselves than we…

Text on a black background: Sun Spell MFA Thesis February 13-March 16

"Sun Spell": A Spellbinding, Wide-Ranging Group Exhibition at Urban Arts Space

COLUMBUS, OH – Urban Arts Space is pleased to present Sun Spell, a group exhibit of The Ohio State University’s MFA Studio Art Class of 2024.

Community Artist-in-Residence Ajanae Dawkins February-July 2024 Urban Arts Space uas@osu.edu with a photo of Ajanae in red glasses

Poet Ajanaé Dawkins Selected as 2024 Urban Arts Space Community Artist-In-Residence

By Diane Kollman

Words have the power to heal, connect, and express deeper questions and truths. The heights of the art form are captured in the poetry of interdisciplinary writer, theologian, and educator Ajanaé…

Half of the image is of Nico Lawson dancing and the other half is a painting of a woman in bronze by Arris' J. Cohen

Urban Arts Space Presents Exhibition, Performances on Identity and Collective Grief by Arris’ J. Cohen and Nico Lawson

By Diane Kollman

This January, Urban Arts Space’s downtown gallery will be home to two separate-but-intertwined shows exploring collective grief and expressions of personal identity. Fervent Fruition, a…

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5 Captivating Films for Art Lovers

By Madeline Vogelmeier

If you’re anything like me, you’re always trying to surround yourself with art in as many ways as possible—going to museums, attending concerts, watching movies, maybe even picking up an artistic…