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Found Objects: An Artist Interview with Andrew Mehall

By Chloe Limputra

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…

artwork on the walls at Urban Arts Space, including collage weavings

Intergenerational Connection: Artist Interview with Annelise Duque

By Georgia Nielsen

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…

Large installation piece with black material on a wall and fallen pieces of sculpture on the ground

How Do I Stay?: Artist Interview with Isabella Saraceni

By Drea Chalfan

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…

six video screens of a religious story, including an animation of monks

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…

wall painted black with the words transgender people have always been here

Transgender People Have Always Been Here: An Interview with Artist Julian Robbins

By Kat Gallaugher

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…

An art piece of an Ohio star quilt that features cyanotype images of family members and nature scenes.

Artist Interview with Kate Durham of “under ohio stars”

By Sarah Jenkins

The mixed media piece under ohio stars collects stories, traits, and traditions passed down through generations into a tangible scene. In between shifts as the Administrative Assistant at…

Iyana Hill in a white dress with two young Black girls in white dresses

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 &…

Ajanae Dawkins in glasses being interviewed in her home library

Broad & High — Poet, Performer and Curator Ajanaé Dawkins

This episode of Broad & High highlights Urban Arts Space Community Artist-in-Residence Ajanaé Dawkins. She has grown from the teenager telling stories at a poetry slam to the docu-poet she is…

Iyana Hill sitting in front of her exhibition

Broad & High — Behind the Scenes: Exhibition Curation

This is the first story in a Broad & High series called Behind the Scenes: Art Across Ohio. In this episode, Broad & High highlights Urban Arts Space intern Iyana HIll and Community Artist…