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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…
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 &…
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…
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…
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 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…