What Time is This Place

July 10-Sept 26 (lower gallery)
Reception: July 10, 4-7 pm

Using the OSU Urban Arts Space as their studio-in-situ, Ohio artists Tim Rietenbach/Matthew Flegle, Carol Boram-Hays, Curtis Goldstein, Migiwa Orimo, Mark van Fleet and others have the chance to respond, react, merge, elaborate and collaborate, with students from OSU.

What Time is This Place exhibition poster [766kb PDF]

Ways of Knowing Water

June 24-Aug 30 (upper gallery)
Reception: July 10, 4-7 pm

Making visible the place of water in Central Ohio, Ways of Knowing Water evokes the presence and power of water and includes works by George C. Anderson, David Bamber, Alan Crockett Jr., Guy Michael Davis, Nicole Gibbs, Elizabeth Gerdeman, Adam Kaser, Adon Newman, Stephen Pentak, Ian Ruffino, Sky Shineman, and Todd Slaughter.

View listing of free programs for Ways of Knowing Water
Ways of Knowing Water poster of events and programs [832kb PDF]

Department of Design Senior Exhibition

Tue Jun 3 – Fri Jun 13
Professional/Recruiter Reception: Tue Jun 3, 5–8pm
Opening Reception: Wed Jun 4, 5–8pm

Ohio State’s highly ranked Department of Design will showcase the thesis projects of more than 50 graduating senior students at the annual design exhibition Tuesday, June 3 – Friday, June 13 at the OSU Urban Arts Space in downtown Columbus. Student work in the areas of industrial, interior space and communication design will be included.

“The senior show is always very important to us, and this year is especially significant as we celebrate the department’s 40th anniversary,” says Wayne Carlson, chair. “Having the senior show downtown in the new OSU Urban Arts Space allows us to connect with the broader Columbus community. It also lets us keep the show on display for a bit longer than in the past.”
For more details call (614) 292-6746.

Department of Art Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition

Tue Jun 3 – Fri Jun 13
Reception: Sat Jun 7, 6–8pm

Department of Art graduating BFA students present works at the OSU Urban Arts Space and on campus at the Hopkins Hall Gallery and Haskett Hall Silver Image Gallery. For more information on the exhibitions please visit the department's blog at http://osudeptofart.blogspot.com.

Sponsored by the Department of Art and College of the Arts; funded by a grant from the Efroyymson Fund, a CICF Fund and by Jan and Bob Dilenscheider.

Master of Fine Arts Exhibition

Mon Apr 28 – Thu May 22
Reception: Sat May 10, 6–9 pm

The new OSU Urban Arts Space in the historic Lazarus building in downtown Columbus is the site of this spring’s art exhibition featuring work by 30 MFA (master’s of fine arts) students in the Department of Art. It marks the first time all graduating MFA students will exhibit their thesis work together in this major group show. The show opens Mon, April 28 and continues until Thurs, May 22. A reception is planned Sat, May 10, 6 – 9 pm.

“Not only does this exhibition mark the conclusion of these students’ master’s studies, it is also Columbus’s introduction to 30 young professional artists,” says Sergio Soave, chair of the Department of Art. “It’s exciting for them because it celebrates their emergence into the city’s art community.”

The Master’s of Fine Arts: Thesis Exhibition includes research and studio work in the areas of art + technology, ceramics, glass, painting + drawing, photography, printmaking and sculpture.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Art and College of the Arts; funded by a grant from the Efroyymson Fund, a CICF Fund; Jan and Bob Dilenschneider and the Fergus Family Fund.

Urban Arts Space Grand Opening

It was standing room only at the February 8th, 2008 grand opening celebration of the OSU Urban Arts Space in the historic Lazarus building in downtown Columbus! An estimated 1,200 people flocked to the College of the Arts' new exhibition and alternative performance space for the festivities, which included costumed stilt-walkers, music from a student mallet ensemble, a Carnival costume in action, a student jazz ensemble, food, drinks and fun. The event also celebrated the opening of two inaugural exhibitions, Midnight Robbers: The Artists of Notting Hill Carnival and Linking the Past to the Future, a look at the Lazarus building through the years. Mayor Michael Coleman gave remarks to the crowd at the evening event, as did Dean Karen Bell and OSU President Gordon Gee.

Midnight Robbers: The Artists of Notting Hill Carnival

The North American premiere of Midnight Robbers, with costumes, original designs, video, photographs, interactive computer program and historical banners. The exhibition explores the nature of Carnival, its artistic process and the connections between the Notting Hill celebration and the original emancipation celebrations of 1807 in Trinidad, West Indies. A look at the incredible artistry of the London Carnival, co-curated by Lesley Ferris, OSU Theatre, and Ruth Tompsett of London.

Linking the Past to the Future

As the Lazarus Building begins a new era, this exhibition incorporates memorabilia from its past, plans for its future, and unique images of its transition. OSU alumni Fredrick Marsh (MFA ’84) and C. Grant Fletcher (MFA ‘07), current student Betsy Heimlich and professor Ardine Nelson were invited to photograph the inner sanctums of the building—the results of their explorations over the past month are startling in revealing the grit and underpinnings of the building’s interior structure, history and subliminal beauty. Visit the Photo Gallery section to see images from Frederik Marsh and Ardine Nelson featured in this exhibition.

Under Construction: The Making of the Urban Arts Space

What did it look like before it looked so good? Check out these images to see how the Ohio State Urban Arts Space went through its transformation from rough space in an empty building to one of Columbus's hottest gallery spaces.