Saturday, March 12th  -  4 to 6pm 

Immerse yourself in an installation of dance and visual constructions exploring Domestic Matters. This interactive exhibition comes further to life as dancers fill the space for the evening, performing new and recreated pieces of choreography by Mair Culbreth, Dante Brown and Amanda Byars Wickens. Dancing bodies will inhabit Nicole Bauguss's visual structures and prompt a dialogue about ritual, intimacy and memory within the landscape. 

Image courtesy of Nicole Bauguss

Bring your children to the Space for a day of quilting and imagining. Families are invited to explore the work of artist, activist and author Faith Ringgold at this edition of Art Explorations. Led by OSU Bachelors of Art Education candidate Hilary Barnes, children will use a variety of materials to create their own painted quilt based on Ringgold's inspirational children's book, Tar Beach.  

Art Explorations is a monthly family program designed to engage youth (recommended for ages 4 to 12) and families on a different topic each month. Please RSVP to (614) 292-8861 or email uas@osu.edu; drop-ins are permitted only as space and materials are available. 

Domestic Matters artists Nicole Bauguss and Mair Culbreth invite area movement and dance artists to inhabit the exhibition space as a place of engagement and investigation. Enjoy this opportunity to work outside the studio and inside the rich constructions of found materials (reclaimed wood, tar, corrugated metal, house paint, photographs) and video that make up the exhibition structure.

Non-dancers are welcome to attend these Open Art Labs as an alternative viewing experience to the installation performance series, and as a chance to see dancers in the rehearsal process behind the choreography. Free and open to all.

Image credit: Andy Spessard Photography

Thursday, March 17th, 6 to 7pm

Immerse yourself in an installation of dance and visual constructions exploring Domestic Matters. Dancing bodies will inhabit the exhibition structure and prompt a dialogue about ritual, intimacy and memory within the landscape. Check out our events calendar for additional performance dates. Free and open to all.

Thursday, March 17th, 7 to 8pm
Marotta Hour: BeBeBe

BeBeBe is a Columbus-based collaboration between brothers Ben Bennett (percussion) and John Also Bennett (synthesizer, percussion) with father John M. Bennett (vocals).  Marotta Hour is an electro-acoustic music series featuring unexpected sounds from free jazz to electronic to free-form improvisation. Free and open to all. Donations accepted.

Saturday, March 19th, 2 to 4pm
Domestic Matters: Open Art Lab 

Domestic Matters artists invite area dance artists and non-dancers to inhabit the exhibition space as a place of engagement and investigation. Enjoy this opportunity to work outside the studio and inside the rich constructions of found materials and video that make up the exhibition structure. Free and open to all.

Thursday, March 24th, 7 to 8pm

Urban Monthly Mix Exchange: songs that make you feel triumphant 

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

Image courtesy of Mair Culbreth and Nicole Bauguss. 

The Art in the House exhibition displays an eclectic array of artwork produced by children participating in the Greater Columbus Arts Council's Art in the House program. Using the Frank Museum of Otterbein College's Ceremonial Objects & West African Artifacts exhibition as a point of inspiration, the young artists worked with the support of four master teaching artists to create works of art that are directly influenced by cultural objects from around the world. 

    

Reception: Saturday, May 7th, 6 to 8pm 

This annual exhibition is an opportunity to sample an array of current directions in contemporary art, fresh from the studios of practicing professional artists who are completing MFA degrees in the Department of Art at The Ohio State University.

Participating artists work in painting and drawing, performance, sculpture, photography, ceramics, printmaking, video, sound, new media, and varied combination of these media.