Wex Open House 2024
Students, staff, faculty, and their friends and family are invited to drop in for our free, informal welcome back to campus!
Various Spaces
Everyone is welcome to participate in what’s happening at the Wex. Join us for music, a talk with an exhibiting artists, gallery experiences with educators, and a screening of the film Gabbeh—just a taste of what we offer year-round. You can also participate in hands-on art making, including a workshop on creating natural dyes that will deepen your connections to the featured exhibitions and film.
Hang out and relax with some free snacks and beverages. Stop by the Learning & Public Practice department’s welcome table to learn about the day’s offerings, enter a giveaway for books and swag, and hear more about what else the Wex offers throughout the year.
The Wex is the place to encounter the art and issues of our time in a welcoming and inclusive environment. Stop by and see what we are all about.
Program schedule
Art-Making Studio: Plants and Pigments
Heirloom Café | 4–6 PM
Explore watercolor paints made from plants with an open studio hosted by Ohio State's Living Art and Ecology Lab. The workshop nods to exhibiting artist Tanya Lukin Linklater’s work, which uses pigments made from berries. Grab a kit and let your imagination run wild!
Performances from the School of Music’s Jazz Ensemble
Wex Lower Lobby | 4–4:30 PM
Get ready for the 2024–25 Jazz at the Wex series and listen to students from Ohio State's School of Music perform.
Drop-In Gallery Experiences
Galleries | 4–7 PM
Learn more about Jonas N.T. Becker: A Hole is not a Void and Tanya Lukin Linklater: Inner blades of grass (soft) inner blades of grass (cured) inner blades of grass (bruised by the weather) from Wex educators. The galleries stay open until 7 PM.
Artist Talk: Tanya Lukin Linklater
Galleries | 4:30–5:15 PM
Join exhibiting artist Tanya Lukin Linklater for a drop-in conversation about her work with faculty collaborator Richard Finlay Fletcher. Moderated by the exhibition’s curator, Kelly Kivland.
Artist Talk: Jonas N.T. Becker
Galleries | 5:30–6:15 PM
Join exhibiting artist Jonas N.T. Becker for a drop-in conversation about their work.
Poetry Reading
Wex Store | 6:30–7 PM
Students from Ohio State’s Creative Writing program share work in response to Jonas N.T. Becker: A Hole is not a Void, and Tanya Lukin Linklater: Inner blades of grass (soft) inner blades of grass (cured) inner blades of grass (bruised by the weather).
Film Screening: Gabbeh
Film/Video Theater | 7 PM
Free with ticket (visit the front desk or wexarts.org)
A modern Iranian cinema classic, Gabbeh is a brilliantly colorful, profoundly romantic ode to beauty, nature, love, and art. In Farsi with English subtitles. (75 mins., DCP)