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Tom Beardslee
Solo Acoustic Performance


Wednesday, December 10th

12 to 1pm


Beardslee sews together loose threads of afropop and americana to create tightly-woven melodies under cozy lyrics.

He has made several trips to West Africa to study highlife, soukous, Afrobeat, and traditional music. He also worked in Ghana as a studio and live guitarist, playing with musicians like Okyerema Asante, Pat Thomas, Jewel Ackah, Sharon Katz, and members of Osibisa. And he toured all of Ghana with Amakye Dede's Super High Kings, as well as in Togo and Cote D'Ivoire.

In the US, Tom has worked with musicians from all over the world since his early teens. He has played styles as diverse as flamenco, punk, reggae, ska, rockabilly, blues, country, bluegrass, funk, and soul. His diverse musical wanderings have led him to work with such artists as Country Joe McDonald, Sekouba Bambino, Kaikpai Ukpendi, Big Dread, and Alassane Sarr.


Enjoy this singer-songwriter with a hot cup of coffee generously provided by Cafe Brioso.


Image courtesy of the artist.

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When Arts Collide
A theatrical response to the visual art of Alan Crokett

Thursday, December 11th, 6:30 pm
Saturday, December 13th, 1:30 pm


Join us in welcoming Marion Franklin High School's student-run theatre company, Rising Phoenix Threatre Productions. With the guidance of their theater teacher, Todd Decker, the students have created an avant-garde performance featuring music, movement and prose.  Inspired by the work in our current exhibition, Alan Crockett: Mark Making, the piece is designed by the students, and will be performed in the OSU Urban Arts Space on Thursday evening, followed by an encore matinee on Saturday.

Rising Phoenix Theatre Productions was co-founded by members Decker, high-school senior Codi Cordle, freelance actor Billy Crutcher, and high-school sophomore Jeffery Rhoden.

Image: Todd Decker, Marion Franklin Students and Alan Crockett, with his work.
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On View
Department of Art Faculty Exhibition
October 21st - January 10th

slaughter.headtentThe opening of the OSU Urban Arts Space allows the Department of Art for the first time since 1990 to present the work of its entire faculty in one space, at one time, together again. Experience the work of all 23 artists: Mary Jo Bole, Carmel Buckley, Malcolm Cochran, Alison Crocetta, Robert Ladislas Derr, Ann Hamilton, Richard Harned, Rebecca Harvey, Scot Kaplan, Laura Lisbon, Charles Massey Jr., Tony Mendoza, Michael Mercil, Ardine Nelson, Ken Rinaldo, Suzanne Silver, Sergio Soave, Todd Slaughter, John Thrasher, Steve Thurston, Ed Valentine, Pheoris West, and Amy Youngs. Guest curated by Joe Houston.

Presented simultaneously with CMA's Objects of Wonder from The Ohio State University.

Image: Todd Slaughter, EMF Comfort Zone: Headtent for Todd Slaughter, 2008






Alan Crockett: Mark Making
Opens: November 6  - January 24

From his earliest figurative narrations to his suggestive pre-figurations of bountiful color, Alan Crockett has always been a painter's painter; dedicated to the canvas, to the brush, to the gesture. His retirement this year forms the occasion for this mini-retrospective of a life in the studio, and a life dedicated to art, teaching, and family.

Mark Making traces, through paintings and drawings, some dating back to undergraduate work, Crockett's prolific output in the studio and offers viewers the opportunity to really see and understand the meaning of a life-long artistic practice.  On view are selections from Crockett's thirty-six years of research into the power of symbol and metaphor, the nuances of investigation and discovery, the subtleties of poetic color, the possibilities of line, shape, gesture. All contribute to his adventurous journey of learning to speak the language of art and life through the painted canvas. 

Co-curated by Prudence Gill and Jan O'Dea.

Image: Alan Crockett, Rebellious Sleeper, 2008

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Upcoming Programs

Thursday, December 18th
6:30 to 8:00 pm
The Marotta Hour
Stay downtown after work every third Thursday of the month and check out new sounds curated by local musician and international composer Larry Marotta. This month local sound aritst, Mike Shiflet, will activate the OSU Urban Arts Space with analog noise generators controlled by his Mac. The result: a luscious mix of rich drones and fluttering, frequency-jumping noises.

also on Thursday, December 18th
6:30 to 8:00 pm
Reggio Emilia Study Group

Ohio Voices for Learning: A Reggio Inspired Forum exists to promote an exchange of information, ideas and experiences through a variety of professional development opportunities. The groups strives to inspire quality early learning and care for young children and their families in Ohio. They meet tonight at the OSU Urban Arts Space.


The Ohio Art League 98th Annual Spring Juried Exhibition
January 27 to March 27, 2009
Opening and Awards Reception: Friday, January 30th, 5 to 7 pm
At the end of January the OSU Urban Arts Space will shed winter with Ohio Art League's annual spring juried exhibition. These annual juried exhibitions are the backbone of OAL's artistic programming, presented annually since 1910.
This spring's juror is David Pagel, Associate Professor of Art Theory and History and Chair of the Art Department at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California.
Ohio Art League will also announce more than $3,500 in artists' awards selected by Pagel. Cash Bar.

We will be closed for Holiday from December 23rd through January 3rd. Happy Holidays!

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