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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,”…
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…
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 Tarighi,…
Urban Art Space pop-up exhibition reflects intersectionality in the Columbus community
Watch the full feature about Artist Commune: Intersections on Lantern TV, featuring interviews with our Manager of Community Learning and Experience, Dr. Terron Banner, as well as Professional…
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 people…
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,"…
Poet Ajanaé Dawkins Awarded Prestigious Elizabeth George Foundation Grant
We’re enthusiastic to share that our Community Artist-in-Residence Ajanaé Dawkins has been awarded the prestigious Elizabeth George Foundation Grant! This is a highly selective opportunity that…
Brittany Rogers sharpens her pen, steps out with ‘Good Dress’
In her debut poetry collection, Good Dress, Brittany Rogers displays a masterful economy of language, able to capture complex generational relationship dynamics in just a few keyboard strokes. In…
Broad & High — Artist, Curator and Community Organizer Iyana Hill
Iyana Hill is a recent graduate of The Ohio State University, double majoring in Photography and African American and African Studies, and minoring in Arts Entrepreneurship. In this Broad & High…