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Mellon Foundation Grant

The Ohio State University received a $2 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to support community engagement through the arts.
Kate Shannon, a white woman with long straight dark hair, stands behind a podium in a dark space
May 2, 2025

Kate Shannon Named 2025-26 Artist Laureate

The Ohio State University has selected Kate Shannon, associate professor in the Department of Art at Ohio State Mansfield, as its 2025-26 Artist Laure...
Small looms with woven yarn on them sit on large concrete stairs
Apr 7, 2025

Emanuel Admassu and Jen Wood (AD-WO) visit Ohio State

Jen Wood and Emanuel Admassu, founders of the New York-based art and architecture firm AD-WO, visited Ohio State during spring semester as part of the...
Allie Mickle, a woman with shoulder length hair and glasses, stands in front of a mural.
Mar 17, 2025

"Picture Lock" brings the work of the Wexner Center Film/Video Studio to light

The festival presented films completed with support from the center’s in-house postproduction studio.
Four people stand in front of a mural on an exterior wall
Jan 31, 2025

Alfonso Cervera and Irvin Manuel Gonzalez’s Primera Generación Dance Collective named to Dance Magazine’s 25 to Watch for 2025

Professors' Latinx dance troupe joins this year’s list.
Two young people and one adult are standing on the wooden floor of a gym. All three look like they're jumping.
Jan 23, 2025

Kevin McClatchy: Using the arts to support autistic and military communities across Ohio

This past autumn, The Ohio State University Artist Laureate Kevin McClatchy brought his enriching Shakespeare and Autism Project to six locations acro...
A black man with a trimmed beard leans against a white pole. Several large photographs of buildings are hung on the wall behind him.
Jan 14, 2025

Art Professor Jared Thorne selected as Aminah Robinson Fellow

The Associate Professor has been selected as the 2025 Aminah Robinson Fellow at The Columbus Museum of Art.
A Black woman wearing a black shirt and light green leggings sits on the floor and is in movement. Two other dancers wearing black are in the background.
Nov 25, 2024

PhD dance student Sidra Bell featured in new exhibit at the Met

Her work and role were highlighted in a New York Times article on the exhibition's live performances.
Installation image of a gallery exhibition. There are framed drawings on the wall and more drawings in a glass case in front. There are drawings on a column in the middle of the space and other objects including a quilt on the wall in the back.
Nov 25, 2024

Billy Ireland Exhibit of Edward Koren’s work featured in New Yorker

This winter, the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum (BICLM) opened an exhibition of the work of Edward Koren (1934-2023), whose cartoons ran in ...
A Black man wearing an orange ball cap sits on a stage in front of theater seats full of people speaking to a white woman with blonde hair.
Nov 22, 2024

Yinka Ilori visits Ohio State

Renowned British-Nigerian artist and designer Yinka Ilori visited Ohio State's Department of Design in early November as part of the Office of Academi...