Exhibit: threeASFOUR TOPOGRAPHIC
Now through January 8
CCAD Canzani Center Gallery
The avant-garde fashion label threeASFOUR (made up of designers Adi Gil, Angela Donhauser and Gabriel Asfour) has worked with Bjork, Yoko Ono, Kate Spade and the Gap. TOPOGRAPHIC will feature their new collection, which reveals the varied visual aspects of nature and its inherent geometries through a topographic approach rendered in shades of white. The exhibition will also include threeASFOUR's recent experimentation in new technologies that provide an immersive virtual fashion show experience. This program is free and open to the public. http://www.ccad.edu
Exhibit: Everything That's Empty
Now through January 8
CCAD Canzani Center Gallery
Influenced by fashion, textile design and astronomy, the sculptor and installation artist Heather McGill deploys intensive patterning and strong, space-activating color across all her work. As a resident of suburban Detroit, she has absorbed the city's spirit of Fordist innovation and technological promise and channels that influence as she applies the media of industry to the mantras of modernity. http://www.ccad.edu
Exhibit: Almond Zigmund
Now through January 8
CCAD Canzani Center Gallery
Almond Zigmund's work sharpens out perceptions of space while exploring the nature of opposition. Combining crisp geometry, vivid color and intricate patterns, her drawings, sculptures and installations engage the eye and the body at once, offering generous amounts of visual stimulation while also inducing visceral reactions to the virtual and actual spaces she creates. http://www.ccad.edu
Ninth Annual Ohio Online Visual Artists Registry
Now through January 10
Awards Reception: January 10, 2 - 3:30 p.m.
Columbus Main Library, Carnegie Gallery
OOVAR is an online database that showcases the work of more than 1,200 artists from around the world. The show features original works by Ohio artists and is a joint project of the Ohio Arts Council's Individual Artist Program, the Arts & Media Division of Columbus Metropolitan Library and the Friends of the Library. A $1,000 prize will be awarded to the winner of Juror's Choice and a $500 prize will be awarded to the People's Choice winner, who will be selected by visitors to the exhibit and library customers through Saturday, January 3.
Think Outside the Brick
Now through January 25
Columbus Museum of Art
CMA's Center for Creativity hosts this exhibit which celebrates the creative potential of LEGO building blocks. The exhibition features the return of the Central Ohio Lego Train Club's popular collaborative model of the city of Columbus with familiar landmarks and imaginative additions. You can also check out the LEGO Design Challenge finalists. http://www.columbusmuseum.org
Exhibit: Finding My Way Mixed Media Paintings by Richard Duarte Brown
Now through January 30
Artist's Talk: January 30, 4 - 5 p.m.
Fresh A.I.R. Gallery
Brown's show features vibrant colors and various textures derived on mixed media surfaces, highlighting his desire to connect with the family of mankind. Brown recalls, "Living with mental illness and substance abuse was a normal way of life"; and he paints from a place that probes an intense desire to relate, communicating a cry for life. http://www.southeastinc.com
DRIVEbys: An exhibition of unconventional architecture for the most conventional thing
Huntington Center, Ground Floor Lobby
Now through the first week of February 2015
Five Columbus architects developed designs for Bold Booths, an original and innovative proposal for installation of attendant booths at downtown surface parking lots, as part of Finding Time: ColumbusPublicArt2012. Drawings, models and descriptions of the six designs are on view at the exhibition. DRIVEbys documents projects by Jonathan Barnes Architecture and Design, BAWorkshop, Blostein/Overly Architects, Neal Clements, and DesignGroup. The exhibition is curated and designed by Beth Blostein, Associate Professor, Knowlton School of Architecture, and Bart Overly, Blostein/Overly Architects. The exhibition is open to the public. An Engagement/Impact Grant from The Ohio State University Office of Outreach and Engagement is providing primary support for this initiative and the exhibition. Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District is the community partner for the program. http://www.boldbooths.org
MORPC Homeownership Classes
January 7, 14 and 21, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission
MORPC is offering free home ownership classes for those who are seeking to purchase a home. Prospective home buyers will learn about budgets, mortgages, credit and home inspections at three classes. The certificate received after attending all three classes can be used to help qualify for area down payment assistance programs. For details or to register, call 614.233.4176 or email [email protected].
Exhibit: Muse, David Denniston & Ron Kroutel
January 8 - February 21
Angela Meleca Gallery
Opening Reception: January 8, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
http://www.angelamelecagallery.com
Exhibit: Fergus Fellow: Samantha Parker Salazar, Malleable Matrices
January 10 - 29
OSU Urban Arts Space
Pushing traditional printmaking techniques to their limits, Samantha Parker Salazar constructs intricate cut-paper installations, inspired by hours of meditation, her work focuses on the obsessive layering of surface imagery and stylized motifs. A vortex of cut forms and vibrant hues, the physical manipulation of paper gives the conceptual power of beauty, destruction and potential to simple material. http://uas.osu.edu
Exhibit: 23rd Annual Fergus Scholarship Award Exhibition
January 10 - 29
Reception: January 24, 5 - 7 p.m.
OSU Urban Arts Space
The Arts Initiative at The Ohio State University is pleased to present selected works by the recipients of the 23rd Annual John Fergus Family Fund Scholarship Awards, a juried competition open to all studio-based visual art and design majors. Recipients are chosen by a jury of faculty from the Department of Art; Design; Arts Administration, Education and Policy; and History of Art. http://www.uas.osu.edu
Restaurant Week
January 12 - 17
Throughout Columbus
Local chefs throughout the city offer special three-course menus, with $5000 going to the Mid-Ohio Foodbank. More than 90 restaurants participate, including The Hungry Soul Cafe, Columbus Brewing Company, Milestone 229, Dempsey's, Flatiron and Oliver's. http://614columbus.com/restaurant-week
Exhibit: Jean Kirsten: For Laben
January 13 - February 6
OSU Urban Arts Space
Since his studies at The University of Fine Arts Dresden in the 1990s, Kirsten has investigated the works of notable performers including composer Carl Orff; theatre artist, Elinar Schleef; rhythmic gymnast, Jacques Dalcroze; and dance artist and theorist, Rudolf Laban, whose work Kristen is responding to in this exhibition. http://www.uas.osu.edu
The 30th Annual Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Celebration
January 15, noon
Trinity Episcopal Church
The Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission will present awards to seven Ohioans for their efforts to advance nonviolent social change. Speakers will include youth who took first place in their respective age divisions of the 2014 Statewide MLK Oratorical Contest sponsored by the Ohio MLK Holiday Commission. The event is free and open to the public.
Jazz Arts Group Inside Track Series: Jeff Coffin & The Mu'tet
January 16, 8 p.m.
Lincoln Theatre
Grammy Award-winning saxophonist/composer/educator Jeff Coffin, saxophonist with the Dave Matthews Band and three-time Grammy Award winner with Bela Fleck & the Flecktones will perform with his unclassifiable, genre-smashing, all-star band Jeff Coffin & The Mu'tet. The Mu'tets include some of the finest musicians on the planet - Roy "Futureman" Wooten on acoustic drums, Felix Pastorious on electric bass, Bill "The Spaceman" Fanning on trumpet/space trumpet, and Chris Walters on acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Hammond B-3 organ and melodia. Their music is influenced by the deep, earthy wells of funk, jazz, African, New Orleans, Indian, folk, electronic, Gypsy, rock, Brazilian and others. Advance tickets are $20 through the CAPA Ticket Office (614.469.0939) and all Ticketmaster outlets. http://www.jazzartsgroup.org
Jazz Academy Companion Workshop with Jeff Coffin
January 17, noon
Lincoln Theater
Students and audiences alike have been astonished by Jeff Coffin and his unique teaching and performing techniques. His listening, improvisation and performance clinics have helped countless students gain valuable insight into a deeper understanding of music. Students will carry the information given in these clinics for a very long time. Admission for the workshop is $10, and pre-registration is required. Register via phone at 614.294.5200 x107 or online here.
MadLab Auditions
January 17, noon - 3 p.m.
227 N. Third St.
MadLab is holding auditions for its annual Theatre Roulette shorts festival which will be held May 7 - 23. Theatre Roulette is the longest running annual shorts festival in Central Ohio. Made up of comedies, dramas and everything in between. They are seeking several males and females ages 18 and up. Auditions consist of readings from the script. http://www.madlab.net
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