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Diane Callahan (left) in an orange jacket and Michelle Burdine (right) in a blue shirt in front of a round blue cyanotype collage

Diane Callahan, who co-curated “Spirit & Dust” alongside Michelle Burdine, traced the genesis of the new Urban Arts Space exhibition back to the first Death Cafe…

Emily Morgan and collage attendees smiling and selecting magazines
By Nikki Skyer

Collage is an art rooted in disruption. It resists singular narratives, building from preexisting fragments and making space for complexity, contradiction, and the unlikely artist. That spirit was…

The artist kneels on the gallery floor behind the oval-shaped soil installation, which features concentric rings of white ceramic shards and fabric-like sculptures.
By Yushan Zhao

796 Innocents by Mia Sweeney Gahrmann takes its title from the 796 babies and young children whose remains were discovered in 2017 at the Tuam Mother and Baby Home in…

urban arts space gallery with a column painting red and artwork lining the walls

“I was a Columbus City Schools kid myself, and as somebody who has always enjoyed the arts … you want to do anything you can to fuel that interest,” January said, pointing to obstacles such as…

student artists and news anchors stand and smile in the newsroom

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Seniors in the Ohio State University art department want you to celebrate their graduation.

Watch the full interview segment on WSYX!

Two posters are displayed side by side on a white wall. The left poster features black text on a white background reading: “Because a woman was disinherited by a disinterested witness in Turkey Ford, Oklahoma, because she married in the Indian way and zinc was found on her allotment.” A small credit line at the bottom cites “From Laura Da’ ‘Why Lazarus,’ in Seventy, University of Arizona Press, 2023.” The right poster is black with layered white text announcing the exhibition Laura Da’ — Why Lazarus, on vie

“Really, the spirit of the exhibition is taking each stanza of the poem and … allowing it to become almost a room,” said Da’, whose exhibit opened earlier this week and continues through Nov. 15. “So…

ohio river made from blue material on the gallery wall

We’re taught in school about Ohio’s role as a free state, but what were the experiences of those who risked their lives to reach our borders? What happened once they made it to the river?

blue cover with collaged adam and eve and title the ship and the storm on a wooden circle

The Columbus writers will celebrate the release of their new collection with a poetry collage party at Urban Arts Space on Saturday, Sept. 20.

The Ship and the Storm, a new…

Wide shot of Crenshaw’s exhibition, featuring a family photo gallery wall, a wooden table spread, a wooden cabinet, and a coat rack.
By Emma Schobeloch

Multidisciplinary artist Keya Crenshaw is a native of Columbus, Ohio. Keya is the founder of Black Chick Media, LLC and the Scared Spaces Collective. Keya’s work, Cypress, Camellias, Magnolias…

hopkins hall gallery with architectural installations, such as a large wheel and a table of small office furniture replicas

"'Restless Office' is an exhibit that looks at a new type of office, hopefully an office of the future, in response to the current conditions of the office," Nowak said. "We know that the hybrid…

horizontal painting with snake-like lines in red, black, and green
By Andrew Wong

Based in Brooklyn, New York, Michael Hambouz is a multidisciplinary artist and musician who creates a variety of intricate and abstracted works ranging from prints and sculptures to animations…

sculpture with numerous screaming faces from within a black resin material

A pair of exhibitions opened at Urban Arts Space this week are divided by a border, of sorts, with “Fragmented-Recaptured” staged in the upper gallery space and “

tyiesha smiling in a black top

Our newest Community Artist-in-Residence, Tyiesha Radford Shorts, was interviewed by Urban Arts Space Intern Sarah Jenkins for Columbus Underground!

"I am on a journey to reorient…

christina singing at the mic while miriam dances at the vessels in red opening reception

"My practice is rooted in a deep respect for the body, for color, and for the emotional weight both can carry. I create work that celebrates Blackness and womanness with intention, clarity, and…

three paintings by glen holland, including one of a helicopter lifting a car; one of two race cars; and one of two people sunbathing on a beach

In some ways, the exhibition serves as a visual representation of the divide that exists between Herman’s fiction work and her collections of nonfiction essays, with the gallery split between oil…

pdeople in front of a timeline of milestones in ohio dance history
By Mackie Mantenieks

Ohio: A State of Dance is a dynamic, multimedia exhibition that invites visitors to explore the rich and diverse history of dance across the state of Ohio. Through the OhioDance Virtual…

tyiesha smiling in a black sweater

Tyiesha Radford Shorts has begun to prepare for her future artist-in-residency stint at Urban Arts Space by looking to the past.

An educator, writer and multidisciplinary artist, Shorts has…

an eclectic collection of objects, including a piano keyboard and a TV
By Chloe Limputra

Andrew Mehall is a Master of Fine Arts candidate at The Ohio State University whose work meditates on our relationships with technology, memory, and authorship. Constructed from found objects and…