Orphic: CSU Senior Art Exhibition Featuring artists John Styron, Jose Rosario, Jessica Kennedy and J. Allen Vanderford, Jr.. Work will be on display in the Ilges Gallery. May 5, 6 p.m., Corn Center for the Visual Arts, 921 Front Avenue, Columbus American Women in History Please join the National Infantry Museum Kids program to explore the role women have played through the history of the United States. $10 per youth student. May 5, 10 a.m….
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Julianne David works out of her dining room. The space is intended to be a dining room, anyway, but is given over entirely to canvas and paint. Not that David has much time to work. “I squeeze in [art] during nap times, after bed, before they wake,” she says of finding time for art while raising three sons. “They like to help me paint.” Painting was not her first path, or even her second. She…
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Uptown Columbus in the early 1980s was, in many ways, not an attractive neighborhood. Blighted, dilapidated and almost hopeless, it is easy, 30 years later, to take for granted the area’s transformation into a show-piece historic district full of colorful homes and businesses. But real people, guided by their individual visions and willingness to collaborate, made the remarkable transformation possible. One of those people is Sia Etemadi. After two years at Columbus College, Etemadi moved…
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Begun in 2012, Artbeat brings together artists and art organizations from all over the community for three weeks of events designed to “engage, energize, educate and evoke reaction.” Now in its seventh year, Artbeat is bigger than ever, with more than 50 affiliated events, which highlight the best Columbus has to offer in art, music, theatre and fun. Three weeks of events also make a significant economic impact. Peter Bowden, CEO of VisitColumbus, estimates roughly…
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In a way, Ralph Frank, Jr. was born to do it. Featured image courtesy of Garry Pound by Frank Etheridge “I grew up on the south side,” the Columbus native recalls, pointing out that he was born in 1951 at what’s called “the old hospital” that predated Martin Army Hospital, where his two younger siblings where born. “My dad stuck a lettering brush in my hand more than a few times, but I wanted…
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By Frank Etheridge Perhaps the most jarring example in Columbus of how history is told—by whom and for whom— and changes with time lies in the shadow of the Government Center. On that beleaguered tower of bureaucracy’s frontward-facing 10th Street side, a series of three historical markers (erected from 1955-57, during Jim Crow’s last gasp) celebrates the site as connected to: Confederate Hospitals (eight buildings, including the original city court house demolished to make way…
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Mini Makers: Chalk Art Bring your preschoolers to build their sensory skills and foster creativity and self expression. To learn more, call the children’s department at (706) 243-2679. Feb. 6, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m., Columbus Public Library, 3000 Macon Road Still-Life Drawing Hour for Adults Enjoy an hour to focus on creating a still-life drawing in a non-judgmental environment. Limited sketching material will be provided, so feel free to bring your own drawing/sketching supplies. All…
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Art and Museums Open Studio, The Columbus Museum Get creative in the New Year and make a masterpiece. Participants will utilize oil pastels as they create works drawing inspiration from Burgoyne Diller’s Untitled (Wall Construction). After visiting the art-making station, visitors will have the opportunity to complete a gallery scavenger hunt. Jan. 6, 10 a.m. – noon, The Columbus Museum, 1251 Wynnton Road, Columbus Look! At Lunchtime Look! is a collaborative viewing exercise and dialogue…
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Crafting Power Hour Get your craft on! Each Power Hour will allow you to get hands on with a variety of materials and create a work you can take home. All materials are included in the cost. Space is limited, registration required. Tickets are $15 for members, $20 for future members. Dec. 7, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., The Columbus Museum, 1251 Wynnton Road, Columbus Teen Takeover: Craft Wars Compete in our own version of the…
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National Infantry Museum Veterans Day Mini Camp Kids will enjoy crafts, activities and history lessons about our nation during this mini camp. Register soon as spaces are limited. Open to ages 5 to 11. $10 per camper. Call the Education depart at (706) 653-9234 ext. 5849 to register. Nov. 11, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., National Infantry Museum, 1775 Legacy Way, Columbus Veterans Day at the National History Museum Join the National History Museum for…
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