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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…

Peter Megert exhibition with panels including one of Peter along with a large orange letter M

A Meaningful Career: The Legacy of Peter Megert

If you're fortunate enough to visit the Peter Megert Memorial Exhibition on the campus of The Ohio State University this autumn, you may think that its purpose is simply to showcase highlights…

Peter and Ursula on their wedding day

Peter Megert’s design work, deep humanity feature in career-spanning new exhibit

A month after Peter Megert died at age 85 in June 2022, Oscar Fernandez, an associate professor in the School of Design at the University of Cincinnati, scheduled a call with colleagues across the…

Peter and his wife Ursula holding up shirts that say let's get visual

Hopkins Hall Gallery to Present Memorial Exhibition for Late Ohio State Department of Design Faculty Member Peter Megert

"[Peter] was a wave of fresh air, of joy, of humor," Professor Axel Roesler of the University of Washington said in a recent interview with The Lantern. "He would never follow the mainstream. He…

Flood of blue printed paper spilling down the gallery wall like a waterfall

'You can't take it with you...' Printmaking Exhibition Creates Ocean at Hopkins Hall Gallery

A new water-themed printmaking exhibit — titled "You can't take it with you.." — has taken center stage at Hopkins Hall Gallery.

The exhibition, which opened Thursday and will be on view…

The OSU Urban Arts Space hosts community event Totes on the Town (overlaid on photo of artists screen-printing tote bags)

The OSU Urban Arts Space hosts community event Totes on Town

"The Ohio State Urban Arts Space hosts Totes on Town, a community event within their series Artist Commune. Ohio State students help host the event for the community every month. This month's…

Peter Megert 1937-2022 with red background and plus sign outlined in white

For the people: Peter Megert was a design innovator

“From empathy, Megert knew, came great design.”

Peter Megert (1937–2022), a remarkable Ohio State Design former professor, is the subject of an upcoming exhibition at the Hopkins Hall…