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Artist Arris' Cohen is making a difference
Urban Art Space’s first community artist-in-residence, Arris' Cohen has always had art in his life. However, life also detoured his art practice. Today, he’s totally immersed in teaching and…
Legacy of Charles Csuri, Former Ohio State Professor and Computer Art Pioneer, Honored in Hopkins Hall Gallery Memorial Exhibition
Jacob Yakima, a professional writing intern at Urban Arts Space, reflects on the Charles Csuri Memorial Exhibition held at Hopkins Hall Gallery from August–November of 2023.
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Poet Ajanaé Dawkins Selected as 2024 Urban Arts Space Community Artist-In-Residence
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…
Urban Arts Space Presents Exhibition, Performances on Identity and Collective Grief by Arris’ J. Cohen and Nico Lawson
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 visual art…
5 Captivating Films for Art Lovers
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…
Drawn Out History: Chase Schulte Speaks on DreamWorks and Film Restoration at Cartoon Crossroads Columbus
Animation as a medium has been around since the late 1800s, its humble beginnings evolving into an increasingly diverse range of beautifully crafted works spanning film and television alike.…
Revolution, exile fuel ‘Iran: Deciphering Violence and Resistance’
As the uprising unfolded overseas, Illya Mousavijad, an Iran-born artist and assistant professor at Ohio State, began to consider how he could contribute to the movement while living in exile.…
Iranian Art and Activism: Illya Mousavijad Speaks on Curated Exhibition at Urban Arts Space
Illya Mousavijad curated Iran: Deciphering Violence and Resistance, an exhibit featuring ten contemporary Iranian artists living in Iran and the United States, with works that span across a…
Artist and Curator Illya Mousavijad Interviewed by Art Makes Columbus
Illya Mousavijad shares his experiences living in the United States versus Iran as well as how that has contributed to his current exhibition at Urban Arts Space, Iran: Deciphering Violence and…