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Monthly Anime Adventure: Anime 101

Monthly Anime AdventureThursday, January 13th
6 to 8pm

Monthly Anime Adventure is a series of talks, discussions and multimedia events all centered around Japanese animation. From AstroBoy to Zeta-Gundam, this month's event will give you the comprehensive fundamentals and background of anime. Guests will be taken through monumental and game-changing shows of the genre and will also look at the politics and economics behind various trends in anime.

Monthly Anime Adventure is produced by the staff of Anime Punch, an annual Anime Convention hosted in Columbus, dedicated to a "college level" exploration of Japanese animation.


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Artist Talk and Demonstration
with Emily Moorhead


Emily MoorheadFriday, January 14th
3 to 4pm

The OSU Urban Arts Space invites you to attend a special event. Multimedia artist, Emily Moorhead will be maintaining her ephemeral work Deconstructing Polarities 2 in the Time-Sensitive exhibition. Using the installation of new ice as a platform for engagement, the artist will answer questions and welcome conversations about the work.

Image courtesy of Emily Moorhead.


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Space Closed Saturday, January 15th

Jasper Johns, FlagSpace closed in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. We will resume regular business hours on Tuesday, January 18th.


Image: Jasper Johns, Flag, oil and collage on fabric mounted on plywood,1954-55


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Got an idea?
The OSU Urban Arts Space wants to help you launch yours into reality

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Monday, January 17th

Idea Lab PR Idea Lab is a student run project that facilitates the process of transforming ideas of The Ohio State University students into reality.
By providing up to $2,000 in project support and guidance to see your project through, we are able to fuse innovative education and practical experience to create an opportunity for your ideas to be seen. Project ideas are not restricted to any specific topic.

For more information and to learn how to apply, visit uas.osu.edu/idealab or email uasidealab@gmail.com. Applications are due Monday, January 17th, 2011.


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Upcoming Programs

Thursday, January 20th, 7 to 8pm
Marotta Hour: Michael Johnsen
This month's Marotta Hour features instrument builder and performer Michael Johnsen. Johnsen will perform a solo set using his modified 8-track and reel-to-reel tapes, as well as Moog and ARP analog synthesizers. Free and open to all. Donations accepted.


Thursday, January 20th, 7 to 8pm
Urban Monthly Mix Exchange: music to wake up listening to
Love sharing and making CD mixes? Join our mix tape community! Urban Monthly Mix Exchange is a program for the community to mingle, become exposed to new musical artists, and exchange mix CDs with fellow music enthusiasts. Free and open to all.

Friday, January 28th,  3 to 4pm
Artist Talk and Demonstration with Emily Moorhead
Multimedia artist, Emily Moorhead will be maintaining her ephemeral work Deconstructing Polarities 2 in the Time-Sensitive exhibition.  Using the installation of new ice as a platform for engagement, the artist will answer questions and welcome conversations about the work. Free and open to all.


Friday, January 28th,  5 to 7pm
Crossing the BLVD and Third Eye Reception
Visit the OSU Urban Arts Space as we celebrate two exhibitions: Crossing the BLVD: strangers, neighbors, aliens in a new America and Third Eye. Light refreshments will be provided. Free and open to all.

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On View

Time-Sensitive

Tuesday, October 26th through Saturday, January 29th 

Ghosh, Ganges #2

ROY G BIV Gallery for Emerging Artists presents Time-Sensitive, an exhibition that features artwork exploring the idea of the ephemeral. Ephemeral artworks fade, disappear, or simply "end" due to the materials or time that they inhabit. The artworks in Time-Sensitive explore the impermanent and the transitory, as well as disintegration and decay. Juried by Ola Ståhl.


Image: Ghosh, Ganges #2, 2009


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City Center Presents Third Eye

Friday, January 7th through Friday February 11th

Reception: Friday, January 28th, 5 to 7pm
Miles TsangCity Center presents Third Eye, a collection of artwork from ten Columbus-based artists who question, revolt against and embrace photography's impact on perception within contemporary culture. Through exploring the constructs and limitations of photography, the artists reveal its capacity to illustrate the relationship between artist, subject and viewer.

Image: Miles Tsang, 2008-2010 (detail), polaroid integral film


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 Upcoming Exhibitions

Crossing the BLVD: strangers, neighbors, aliens in a new America

Tuesday, January 18th through Saturday, March 26th

Reception: Friday, January 28th, 5 to 7pm

Crossing the BLVDCreated by documentary artists Warren Lehrer and Judith Sloan, Crossing the BLVD: strangers, neighbors, aliens in a new America showcases images, stories and sounds of recent immigrants and refugees living in the most diverse locality in the U.S.-Queens, New York.

Since the project began in 1999, Crossing the BLVD has grown into a multifaceted documentation, consisting of an award-winning book, CD, website, performances, public radio documentaries, and the traveling exhibition.


Image: Warren Lehrer, from Crossing the BLVD exhibition of Arthur Gulkarov, 2003


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City Center at the OSU Urban Arts Space

city center logoCall for entries from independent emerging artists:

City Center at the OSU Urban Arts Space
 is an opportunity for local emerging artists to display their art and launch their careers.  One proposal per month will be given a grant of up to $500 and use of the corridor space at the entrance of the OSU Urban Arts Space.

By providing an exhibition space and funding, City Center hopes to foster
the development of the independent, creative and innovative community in Columbus, Ohio.Efroymson Family Fund

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                             City Center is generously sponsored by the Efroymson Family Fund, a CICF Fund.

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Give Feedback about the
OSU Urban Arts Space!

If you've been to the OSU Urban Arts Space lately, we'd love to hear from you!  Here at the Space, we want to encourage new ways of thinking about the performing and visual arts and their role in everyday life. Your feedback will help us to improve that experience. Please take a minute to complete a short survey on our website at http://uas.osu.edu/feedback.

We value your opinion!



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