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Access | Arts | Community
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Tuesday, April 28th
5:30 to 8pm
Join us in celebrating accessibility.
This reception features remarks on museum access by renowned disability studies scholar Georgina Kleege, as well as a variety of accessible tours of the 2009 MFA Exhibition: Begged, Borrowed, and Stolen. Committed to the goal of seamless access, the OSU Urban Arts Space has collaborated with Columbus arts and disability communities to make the space, the exhibitions and the programming accessible to all.
Tours at the reception will feature visual description, sign language, tactile examples of artwork, and opportunities to experience the artwork at a variety of levels. L. Scott Lissner, The Ohio Sate University ADA Coordinator, and Eva Ball, the OSU Urban Arts Space Accessibility Coordinator, will also conduct a tour designed especially for gallery and museum professionals that focuses specifically on the accessibility efforts of the OSU Urban Arts Space.
Light refreshments and entertainment. Free and open to all.
Image from the exhibition, Sid Chafetz: Engaging the World.
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Face Time with OSU Dancers
Ming-Shen Ku and Victoria Uris
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Wednesday, April 29th
noon to 1pm
A behind the scenes look at dance making and dance performance in preparation for OSU's Dance Downtown at the Capitol Theatre from May 7th through 9th.
OSU Department of Dance Guest Artist, Ming-Shen Ku, and resident choreographer, Victoria Uris, will present and discuss sections of their newest dances. Although usually working in Taiwan, choreographer and performer Ming-Shen Ku is currently completing a ten-week residency in the Department of Dance. Her new work for OSU dance incorporates live video feed with OSU's very talented live dancers. Uris has made a new collaborative work with dancers, "Alarums and Excursions," exploring a gamut of moods in Jose Evangelista's music.
Image from last year's Dance Dowtown.
All Weekday Brown Bags are enhanced with local, hand-roasted coffee, generously provided by Cafe Brioso. [Read More]
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Upcoming Programs
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Thursday, May 7th
7 to 9:30pm
Double Feature: An Exploration of Mind, Memory and Dream
As part of the 2009 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition: Begged, Borrowed, and Stolen, artist Scott Aiger presents a simultaneous double feature of the movies Burden of Dreams by Les Blank, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry. Includes introduction by Aiger.
Saturday, May 9th
6 to 9pm
Artists Reception: 2009 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition: Begged, Borrowed, and StolenThe MFA Exhibition returns to the OSU Urban Arts Space, showcasing research work in art + technology, ceramics, glass, painting
+ drawing, photography, printmaking, and sculpture, this exhibition
celebrates nineteen emerging artists.
Thursday, May 14th
7 to 8pm
Rafael Toral Trio
Join Lisbon's critically acclaimed sound artist, Rafeal Toral, and his
energetic trio comprised of C. Spencer Yeh (Burning Star Core) on
Violin and Trevor Trermaine (Hair Police) on drums. Together, the
three artists will bring OSU Urban Arts Space to life, activating all
its hidden sounds. Don't miss their one stop in Columbus.
Friday, May 15th
7 to 9pm
Storytelling Across the Arts
As part of our Idea Lab program we are hosting a special evening of Storytelling Across the Arts, an interdisciplinary conversation between the arts with a focus on narrative.
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Get the inside scoop about the OSU Urban Arts Space on our blog.
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2009 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition: Begged, Borrowed, and Stolen
April 22nd - May 20th Reception: May 9th, 6 to 9pm
 The Master of Fine Arts Exhibition returns to the OSU Urban Arts Space with Begged, Borrowed, and Stolen. This year's exhibition presents the work of all graduating MFA students in the OSU Department of Art. Showcasing research work in art + technology, ceramics, glass, painting + drawing, photography, printmaking, and sculpture, this exhibition celebrates nineteen emerging artists.
Begged, Borrowed, and Stolen is organized by Jennifer Wulffson Bedford, independent art historian and former senior editor of the Bibliography of the History of Art at the Getty Research Institute, with Christopher Bedford, Curator of Exhibitions at the Wexner Center for the Arts.
Cosponsored by the Department of Art and Colleges of the Arts and Humanities; funded by a grant from the Efroymson Family Fund, a CICF Fund, and supported by the John Fergus Family Fund.
Image: Provided by Luke Snailham
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