Annual Report Executive Summary
The Arts Initiative January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014
Highlights
● The Arts Initiative served a total of 32,616 patrons among all of its entities.
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The Arts Initiative served a total of 374 Ohio State students who gained direct experience
exhibiting, performing or receiving training through all of its entities.
○ Urban Arts Space served 14,968 patrons in 2014, 12.5% increase from 13,299 in 2013.
○ Hopkins Hall Gallery served 2593 in 2014, 42.5% increase from 1820 in 2013.
○ The Royal Shakespeare Company Partnership and the Shakespeare and Autism Project
reached at least 5260 patrons in 2014.
○ The Town and Gown Committee Partnerships served at least 9795 patrons in 2014.
Exhibitions 2014
● 36 total exhibitions at Urban Arts Space, Hopkins Hall Gallery, and City Center Gallery
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23 exhibitions featured work from current Ohio State University students
9 exhibitions fulfill the curricular requirements of the Department of Design, and the
Department of Art.
6 of the Hopkins Hall Summer Series projects worked as prototypes for work in MFA
curricular exhibitions.
8 exhibitions featured work from university faculty, staff and alumni
437 artists exhibited at Urban Arts Space, Hopkins Hall Gallery and City Center Gallery.
○ 320 were current Ohio State University students.
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8 were current Ohio State University faculty and adjunct faculty.
32 were Ohio State University alumni.
Performances 2014
● Approximately 26 performances of The Tempest and Taming of the Shrew with the Royal
Shakespeare Company Partnership and the Shakespeare and Autism Project.
● Served at least 3500 school children with Royal Shakespeare Company Partnership
Performances.
● 3 screenings for Richard II, serving 600 patrons, 400 of whom patrons were current Ohio State
students in English and Theatre.
● 32 teachers and MFA/PhD students in RSC training.
● Opera Goes to School, a partnership between The Arts Initiative and Opera Columbus served
4975 school children throughout its tour.
● 25 Ohio State students benefited from the Opera Columbus and Town and Gown Partnership
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Programs and events 2014
● 9562 patrons participated in Urban Arts Space and Hopkins Hall Gallery free public events and
programs.
● Urban Arts Space and Hopkins Hall Gallery hosted 17 lectures, workshops, gallery talks and
panels, 25 student-docent lead tours, 46 free educational programs and tours for children – 12
of these as CarryOut Art activities in the community, 68 free educational programs for adults,
seniors and adults with developmental disabilities, and hosted 10 public and private events from
outside entities – 6 of these for other university entities.
Marketing and PR
● Redesigned and launched all new Arts Initiative websites in drupal 7.
● The Arts Initiative websites have an average of 299 visits per day.
● Urban Arts Space has 3790 facebook followers, which represents a 24% increase in followers
from 3066 in 2013. The Arts Initiative has 259 followers, increasing 44% from 180 in 2013.
● Urban Arts Space has 498 instagram followers, up from 91 followers in 2013.
● Urban Arts Space has 660 twitter followers, up from 190 followers in 2013.
● The Arts Initiative has 3525 email list subscribers, with an average of 23% of the list opening
every email.
● The Arts Initiative produced 26 individual print and promotional materials including materials
for TV, newspaper, magazines, radio and online for all its entities.
Recognition
● Urban Arts Space was voted #1 best gallery in the Columbus Alive in 2014 (for the 3rd
consecutive year), and its Possible Impossible: Terry Allen Study Drawings for Public Works
exhibition was included in a list of Columbus Alive’s best exhibitions of 2014. Urban Arts Space
was also listed as #3 in the Columbus Underground’s 2014 Best Galleries listing.
● The Arts Initiative was covered in (614) Magazine, The Columbus Alive, The Columbus Dispatch,
Columbus Underground, Outlook Columbus, Out N About Columbus, WOSU Broad and High,
10TV, The Lantern, and Scarlette Magazine locally and BWW Art World, the Temporary Art
Review, BBC Radio, and TES Magazine nationally and internationally.
● The Arts Initiative received 54 pieces of press coverage at a local, state, national and
international level.
● The Shakespeare and Autism Project received $4,300 from the GCAC Power2Give Campaign.
● Urban Arts Space received a $2,628 grant from OAC to support the exhibition PULL LEFT, and a
$2,000 grant from GCAC to support the shipping costs of the exhibition Possible Impossible:
Terry Allen Study Drawings for Public Works.
Events and Programming
● Completed major renovation at Hopkins Hall Gallery, including new walls and vinyl signage.
● Implemented the Hopkins Hall Gallery Summer Series which fills Hopkins Hall Gallery with short
term projects by Ohio State Students, Faculty and Alumni during Summer Term.
● Formed a Downtown Galleries partnership with the Riffe Gallery, Angela Meleca Gallery, and the
Cultural Arts Center.
● Implemented new operational procedures for alcohol and food licensures at Urban Arts Space.
● Hosted 3 weeks of free summer arts camps for youth and teens at Urban arts Space.
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Major Steps Towards Achieving Our Goals
● The Arts Initiative hired a Fiscal and HR Manager, Curt Vance, and a Communications
Coordinator, Kelly McNicholas.
● The Arts Initiative helped establish and administer the Barbara and Sheldon Pinchuk ArtsCommunity Outreach Grant. Reviewed applications to award $3,000 to Arts On Tour projects
from the fund in 2015.
● Facilitated the transport and install of George Segal’s Circus Acrobats in the Ohio Union.
● Joined the Wexner Medical Center’s Medicine and Arts Board.
● Assisted the Arts and Memorials Committee with creating a comprehensive list of the public
artworks on campus and plans for online map systems.
● Created a MOU with the Columbus Museum of Art for “Shakespeare on Czech Stages” exhibition
in 2017.
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Annual Report: The Arts Initiative
January 2014 through December 2014
Summary
The Arts Initiative positions The Ohio State University as a leader through connections with local,
national, and international arts organizations, arts-supportive companies, educational institutions, and
established creative professionals in many fields. This purpose is accomplished through the goals of its
entities–Urban Arts Space, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Royal Shakespeare Company Partnership, and The
Town and Gown Committee for the Arts.
These Goals Include:
1. Be Student Centered - Launching Pad
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Our student assistants engage in professional development opportunities similar to residency
teaching models in hospitals or teacher training licensure programs.
● Urban Arts Space and Hopkins Hall Gallery provide accessible, free exhibition and alternative
performance space for OSU students with faculty and staff mentorship.
● Urban Arts Space and Hopkins Hall Gallery offer free public events hosted by OSU student
organizations.
● Urban Arts Space and Hopkins Hall Gallery contribute to the curricular requirements of the
Department of Art, the Department of Design, the Department of Dance, and the Department of
Theatre.
2. Pledge to Our Communities
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University and community members attend and create together - performances, exhibitions,
receptions, classes, forums, social events, lectures, and dialogue.
All members of the community are welcome to experience the wide range of accessible arts
experiences offered by the Urban Arts Space, Hopkins Hall Gallery, and the Royal Shakespeare
Company Partnership, through free and public programs, performances, and exhibitions.
○ Urban Arts Space offers tailored programing for vision and hearing impaired individuals,
adults with developmental disabilities, tactile and visual learners, children, cultural
inclusion groups and the elderly.
○ The Shakespeare and Autism Project is dedicated to tailoring meaningful learning
opportunities, bringing Shakespeare to persons on the autism spectrum.
The Arts Initiative collaborates with large community groups such as the Columbus Commons
summer festivals, Scioto Mile Fountain-Sides, school festivals with Dublin City Schools and
Columbus public and private schools, and Girl Scouts of Ohio.
The Arts Initiative brings valuable cultural experiences to the Columbus community at no cost.
○ This year, Urban Arts Space brought the international exhibition, Pull Left:
Contemporary Chinese Art to Columbus with artists and curators from China; Pull Left
was co-facilitated by OSU Department of Art Professor Sergio Soave.
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The Royal Shakespeare Company Partnership brought the RSC adaptation of The
Tempest to Columbus for four performances with RSC Actors, and Kelly Hunter of the
Hunter Heartbeat Method.
3. Storefront for Faculty Scholarship and Exploration
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The Arts Initiative provided exhibition and alternative performance space for Ohio State’s
faculty and teaching staff, including the exhibitions: Fragments of an Unknowable Whole, An
Educated Guess: Cosmic Slop, Art in the Shadows, and 25 on High: A Photographic Journey.
● The Arts Initiative also provided exhibition space for OSU Faculty and Staff curatorial projects,
including the exhibitions Fragments of an Unknowable Whole and Possible/Impossible: Terry
Allen Study Drawings for Public Works.
4. Enhance Ohio State’s Visual and Performing Arts Reputation and Rankings.
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The Arts Initiative reaches out to the accredited schools within the National Association of
Schools of Art and Design to promote exhibitions and programs, and disseminate other valuable
OSU arts information.
2014 Goal 1: Be Student Centered - Launching Pad
Urban Arts Space and Hopkins Hall Gallery fulfill their primary objective to be student centered by
serving as a professional launching pad, giving students access to professional arts facilities in the heart
of the state capital and on campus. Students are able to use these venues to showcase their work to
their peers and their community through exhibitions and performances.
Curricularly Required Exhibitions: Department of Art Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Projects Exhibitions;
22nd Annual Fergus Scholarship Award Exhibition, 2014 Arts Scholars Juried Exhibition; The Mirage and
the Rainbow: 2014 Department of Art MFA Exhibition; Department of Design Spring 2014 Exhibition;
Undergraduate Juried Exhibition; In Conversation: First Year Graduate Student Exhibition; Department of
Art, Art and Technology Exhibitions. (Appendices C, D).
Students drive the everyday activities at Urban Arts Space and Hopkins Hall Gallery by administering
much of the daily gallery operation. Through these experiences students gain hands-on problem-solving
skills applicable to any working situation and are better prepared for a future global knowledge-based
economy. Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in various programs throughout the university
perform much of the administrative work that keeps the galleries vibrant (students act as docents,
assistant preparators, designers, communications and marketing assistants, arts educators, and assist
with administrative work).
Student Assistants: In 2014, Urban Arts Space employed 28 graduate and undergraduate student
assistants from various disciplines, 12 Graduate Assistants from the Department of Art and the
Department of Art Education, and 3 interns from various disciplines.
City Center Gallery, in the corridor leading to Urban Arts Space, is a student run space loaned to Urban
Arts Space by the Columbus Downtown Development Corporation. Urban Arts Space student assistants
make up the City Center Gallery voting committee and gain further arts administration experience
through jurying exhibitions, curating the space, and managing the installation, marketing, and
promotion of City Center Gallery exhibitions. In its third year of operation, City Center Gallery, founded
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to serve as a facilitator for independent local art, presented eight exhibitions with community artists and
Ohio State Alumni in 2014: Drive-By Shootings; CAHS International Baccalaureate Art Exhibition; Offset;
An Educated Guess: Cosmic Slop; Taubes; Town, 5th, Main & High; Art in the Shadows; Repetition,
Isolation: The Abundance Within. (Appendix E)
Master of Fine Arts students in the Department of Theatre attended RSC training in Stratford-uponAvon.
Nine MFA Acting students created In Here Out There inspired by their experience working with the
Hunter Heartbeat Method, which uses Shakespeare to reach children on the autism spectrum. The
actors have been actively engaged in workshops with children on the spectrum using Hunter's method.
The Hunter Heartbeat Method, created by Kelly Hunter, is the subject of a longitudinal research study
conducted by The Ohio State Department of Theatre and the Ohio State University Nisonger Center,
exploring the ability of the work to affect change to the core features of autism
Theatre undergraduate, Andrew Trimmer presented his solo work entitled Qualification which
addressed the impact of the Shakespeare and Autism work on his life as an undergraduate actor.
2014 Goal 2: Pledge to our Communities
The Town and Gown Committee for the Arts
The Town and Gown Committee for the Arts connects the Ohio State University with arts organizations and
businesses in the Columbus community by facilitating partnerships and collaborations with the Billy Ireland
Cartoon Library and Museum, the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (CAPA), the Contemporary
American Theatre Company (CATCO), the Columbus Downtown Development Corporation (CDDC), The City
of Columbus, The Columbus Foundation, the Columbus Museum of Art, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra,
commercial galleries, the Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC), the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Theatre Research Institute, the King Arts Complex, Opera Columbus, the Ohio Arts Council (OAC), the Royal
Shakespeare Company Partnership, Thurber House, and Wexner Center for the Arts.
Public Programming
Urban Arts Space and Hopkins Hall Gallery provide the community with free access to arts educational
programming through exhibitions and programs at no cost. Urban Arts Space is open on a standard basis
of 37 hours per week; Hopkins Hall Gallery is open 30 hours per week. This year Urban Arts Space
presented 19 exhibitions; held 33 public receptions; hosted 9 private receptions and events; hosted over
340 tours, talks and events for kids, adults, and adults with disabilities; and created programming for 12
public festivals. Hopkins Hall Gallery presented 17 exhibitions, held 17 public receptions and hosted 8
free public events. Approximately 14,968 patrons visited Urban Arts Space last year and at least 2593
patrons visited Hopkins Hall Gallery for a total of at least 17,561 visitors. (Appendices C, D, E, F, G, I)
The Royal Shakespeare Company Partnership and the Shakespeare and Autism Project hosted 20
performances and 3 video screenings for Ohio State University students, students on the autism
spectrum and area school children. (Appendix J)
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Community Based Exhibitions
The Exhibitions Advisory Committee makes a concerted effort to accept exhibition proposals from at
least one community based artist or group each year. This year, we were pleased to present ten such
exhibitions: Drive by Shootings; Offset; An Educated Guess: Cosmic Slop; Taubes; CAHS International
Baccalaureate Exhibition; Town, 5th, Main & High; Art in the Shadows; Tracers; 25 on High: A
Photographic Journey; Repetition, Isolation: The Abundance Within. (Appendices C,D,E)
ADA Guideline Compliant (Since March 2009):
Urban Arts Space and Hopkins Hall Gallery connect people with disabilities to the world of art through a
variety of accessible programs that include guided tours, a touch wall, large-print materials, sign
language interpreted tours, and audio tours. Urban Arts Space and Hopkins Hall Gallery also provide
accessible carryout programing to seniors and other groups, free admission to exhibitions and
programing with all supplies included, and camp hours that follow a working family’s schedule.
Specially tailored tours are available by prearrangement for individuals or groups from the mental
health community as well as those with Autism, Alzheimer’s, Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, or other
unique perspectives.
Urban Arts Space offered weekly workshops in partnership with The Association for the
Developmentally Disabled (ADD) as well as our CarryOut Art program, which brings art to those who are
unable to visit Urban Arts Space.
Urban Arts Space and Hopkins Hall Gallery also provide additional services upon request such as: sign
language interpreters and audio description guides through Ohio State University; touch and audio tours
for non-visual learners, and bilingual interpreters through Ohio State University.
(Appendices F, I)
Sustainability Compliance with LEED Certified Building and CDDC:
OSU Urban Arts Space is committed to making environmentally responsible decisions and is a member
of the Mayor’s Green Spot program. Our Public efforts include rooftop garden and sustainability tours,
and community partnerships with various environmental advocates including the Ohio EPA, and MORPC.
Community Partnerships:
The Arts Initiative partners annually with community organizations and individuals from the local
community to offer monthly activities and one-time events. The Arts Initiative’s partnerships in 2014
included: Clay Lowe and the 25 on High group for a photography exhibition and panel discussions; The
City of Columbus for programing surrounding Terry Allen’s public art sculpture and exhibition at Urban
Arts Space; community and alumni artists Charlie Manion, Hannah Stephenson, Juuso Tervo and Easy
Books, for a Teen Zine summer camp, The Beautiful Me Campaign for a culturally inclusive program, and
our long-term partnerships CDDC for participation in Columbus Commons family days and festivals,
Columbus Parks and Recreation for participation in the FountainSide Series, local writer and educator
Hannah Stephenson to offer the monthly literary series Paging Columbus, and the Association for
Developmentally Disabled (A.D.D.) Ohio for a weekly collaborative art class.
(Appendices F,G,I)
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Events
As a way to continue developing relationships with the community, Urban Arts Space has extended its
facilities out for groups and individuals to host both public and private events. (Appendix H)
Total Outside Private and Public Events 2013 – 80
Total Outside Private and Public Events 2014 - 10
Tours:
Tours allow Urban Arts Space and Hopkins Hall Gallery to highlight various aspects of exhibitions as well
as accessibility and sustainability practices. This year Urban Arts Space offered 12 rooftop tours and
over 25 exhibition tours for public groups, as well as many more impromptu tours and class tours.
(Appendix I).
Educational Partnerships:
The Arts Initiative has continued off-site CarryOut Art programs, which allowed education student
assistants to “take the art exhibits” to community groups who aren’t able to physically visit us. This
program began in the spring of 2010 in collaboration with the Greater Columbus Arts Council and the
Settlement Houses Federation, and has now built a partnership with Mill Run Retirement Community,
Columbus Girl Scout Troops, The City of Hilliard, Columbus Parks and Recreation, CDDC, the
communities of Franklinton and Hilltop, and the King Arts Complex among others.
Marketing Partners
Columbus Art Walks: Columbus Public Health coordinated a walking map of public art, places of
interest, and historic sites. OSU Urban Arts Space has been included on the State House Map since 2010.
WALK Downtown Columbus: Capital Crossroads created a map of attractions downtown including
Urban Arts Space.
Wexner Center for the Arts: Through the Wexner Center for the Art’s PCS drop program, our
promotional cards are available in over 52 area businesses.
Downtown Galleries group: Urban Arts Space partnered with Angela Meleca Gallery, OAC Riffe Gallery,
and Cultural Arts Center to create a downtown galleries map and promote traffic through all four
venues.
Experience Columbus: Downtown Banners Program, and community calendars postings.
The City of Columbus, GCAC, and the Columbus Museum of Art: to promote events surrounding the
Terry Allen exhibition and public sculpture dedication.
2014 Goal 3: Storefront for Faculty Scholarship and Exploration
Urban Arts Space and Hopkins Hall Gallery serve as premiere venues for faculty to explore their own
artistic pursuits while creating unique learning opportunities for students.
Exhibitions:
Urban Arts Space hosted the following exhibitions featuring Ohio State faculty members in 2014:
Fragments of an Unknowable Whole (Aspen Mays and Jessica Mallios)
PULL LEFT (Sergio Soave)
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Programs & Events:
Hopkins Hall Gallery hosted panel discussions as part of the the Tracers Takes Over exhibition which
included faculty from the Department of Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Department of
History.
Urban Arts Space hosted tours Lead by Department of History of Art Professor, Julie Andrews as a part
of the PULL LEFT Exhibition.
Courses Taught with Curricular ties to Exhibitions:
Master of Fine Arts students held their oral defenses at Urban Arts Space.
Several OSU faculty members and instructors visited exhibitions at Urban Arts Space and Hopkins Hall
Gallery with their classes and included a discussion about the exhibition in their lesson plan. Examples
include a roundtable discussion organized by graduate students from the departments of Art and
History of Art in conjunction with The Mirage and the Rainbow: Department of Art MFA Exhibition, as
well as the various course requirements associated with the PULL LEFT exhibition, co-presented by
Sergio Soave.
The brown-bag lunch series in Hopkins Hall Gallery (in conjunction with In Conversation: First Year
Graduate Students from the Department of Art) included many undergraduate art classes and the
Tracers exhibition also engaged several classes in panel discussions with the artists, ideas and themes
presented in Hopkins Hall Gallery. (Appendices C and D.)
Master of Fine Arts students in the Department of Theatre attended RSC training in Stratford-uponAvon.
Nine MFA Acting students created In Here Out There inspired by their experience working with the
Hunter Heartbeat Method.
2014 Goal 4: Enhance Ohio State’s Visual and Performing Arts Reputation and
Rankings
The Arts Initiative assists in raising the profile of the visual and performing arts units through its
communication efforts to other programs and to the voting Deans who help rank in publications such as
US News and World Report.
Communication Efforts:
Websites: Received an average of 299 unique visits a day to all of the Arts Initiative websites from
January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014
-notes: Shakespeare website went online in June 2014, making 4 Arts Initiative websites; no website
data from June 3 2014, to October 15 2014 due to technical errors in switching from Drupal 5 to Drupal
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Print Materials: Urban Arts Space and Hopkins Hall Gallery made 21 different promotional print material
campaigns for its exhibitions last year, including: hot cards, posters, gallery guides, notepads, and
stickers. All exhibitions were listed in seasonal quad-fold brochures that were mailed out to peer
universities, art patrons, and arts organizations. Additional print materials were printed in-house and
included posters, calendars, and brochures among other print materials. All promotional materials for
exhibitions are included in a monthly PSC drop which brings our materials and information to arts
organizations and public places around Columbus.
The Royal Shakespeare Company produced at least 5 different print materials including study packets,
posters, and performance programs.
Weekly Email Blasts: In 2014 Urban Art Space combined its email blast campaign and included
information from the entire Arts Initiative. The Arts Initiative releases email blasts from a new provider,
Mailchimp, with a new design and is currently sending timely blasts to 3525 individuals with no bounces,
and 262 media sources with no bounces.
Social Networking: Urban Arts Space has 3790 fans/followers on Facebook (increase of 724 from last
year at 3066); Instagram has 498 followers (increase of 731 from last year at 91); Twitter has 660
followers (increase of 470 from last year at 190); The Arts Initiative Facebook page has 259
likes/followers (increase of 67 from last year at 192)
Community Calendar Postings: Urban Arts Space and Hopkins Hall Gallery post to 13 free public events
calendars monthly.
NASAD Mailings: Bi-Annual mailings of exhibition quadfolds to the 12,00 registered arts schools of
NASAD.
Media attention: Urban Arts Space and/or Hopkins Hall Gallery were featured 4 times in The Columbus
Dispatch, 13 times in Columbus Alive, twice in Columbus Underground twice, twice in Columbus
Monthly, twice in 614 Magazine, and once on WOSU’s Broad & High; Urban Arts Space and Hopkins Hall
Gallery were also frequently mentioned in other (local) papers, TV shows, listings and blogs. Arts
Initiative events were regularly featured in the Arts and Sciences newsletters, The Lantern and in OSU
today. Urban Arts Space won 2014 Best Gallery by Columbus Alive and was featured in Columbus
Underground’s 2014 best exhibitions.
The Royal Shakespeare Company was featured on 10 TV, The Columbus Dispatch, Think. Educate. Share.
Magazine, and BBC 4 Radio.
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2014 Development Activities
Continued to receive funding from outside sources (OAC funding for Pull Left exhibition at Urban Arts
Space and GCAC funding for the Possible Impossible: Terry Allen Study Drawings for Public Works
exhibition.) Also continued to cultivate relationships with Li Chao and curators at Taikang Space in
Beijing, China (PULL LEFT exhibition was on display during summer 2014 at Urban Arts Space) and with
Blake Byrne (Open This End Exhibition, scheduled for Autumn 2015 at Urban Arts Space.)
Columbus Downtown Development Corporation (CDDC): Support was received to assist with Columbus
Commons activities as well as ongoing support to exhibit additional works in the corridor spaces.
Association for the Developmentally Disabled (ADD) Ohio: Support was received to assist with weekly
Community Connections programs.
The Arts Initiative helped establish and administers an endowment from Barbara and Sheldon Pinchuck
to support arts-community outreach activities between Ohio State and the Columbus community.
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The Arts Initiative Annual Report
January 2014 - December 2014
Appendix A: Updated Mission, Vision and Purpose Statements
Appendix B: Exhibit B: Achieved, Current and Future Goals
Appendix C: Exhibitions + Receptions, Urban Arts Space
Appendix D: Exhibitions + Receptions, Hopkins Hall Gallery
Appendix E: City Center Gallery
Appendix F: Community Outreach, Art Explorations + Crafternoons
Appendix G: Gentle Readers Book Club + Paging Columbus
Appendix H: Private Events
Appendix I: Tours
Appendix J: Royal Shakespeare Company Partnership and Shakespeare
and Autism Events and Performances
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Appendix A: Updated Mission, Vision and Purpose Statements
The Arts Initiative
Vision: The Ohio State University Arts Initiative supports a global community of arts educators through
collaborative alliances with state, national, and international organizations advancing the daily impact of
the arts on the city of Columbus.
Mission: The Arts Initiative at Ohio State serves as an umbrella for multiple aspects of the arts on and off
campus and facilitates opportunities for faculty and students to exhibit and perform beyond the
university community.
Purpose: The Arts Initiative positions The Ohio State University as a leader through connections with
local, national, and international arts organizations, arts-supportive companies, educational institutions,
and established creative professionals in many fields.
Town and Gown Committee for the Arts
Vision: The Town and Gown Advisory Committee for the Arts builds relationships that create
opportunities for cooperation, partnership, and educational exchanges around the world.
Mission: The Town and Gown Advisory Committee for the Arts develops connections between The Ohio
State University, the City of Columbus, businesses, arts organizations and local residents.
Purpose: The Town and Gown Advisory Committee for the Arts establishes The Ohio State University as
a facilitator of significant discussion on the arts and culture within the Columbus community. Town and
Gown brings city and arts leaders together to collaborate in the spirit of advancing the arts and the
creative growth of the citizens of Columbus.
Urban Arts Space
Vision: Urban Arts Space challenges ways of thinking about the visual and performing arts and their role
in everyday life through conversation, art-making, and experimentation. Urban Arts Space encourages
transformative experiences that expand worldviews, offers hands-on practical opportunities in the arts
and education, and enables students to gain career skills that reflect an entrepreneurial culture.
Mission: Located in the heart of downtown Columbus, Urban Arts Space joins The Ohio State University
with the state of Ohio and the world, functioning as an arts laboratory for faculty and artists and serving
as a professional launching pad for Ohio State students.
Purpose: Urban Arts Space provides a venue for reciprocal learning for Ohio State University students,
faculty, and staff and the surrounding communities by hosting exhibitions, performances, educational
programs, and lectures that promote downtown as a destination for the arts and that fulfill a mission of
service through community engagement. Urban Arts Space guides students to pragmatically develop
the skills necessary for life-long practice in, not only the arts, but also in not-for-profit pursuits.
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Hopkins Hall Gallery
Vision: Hopkins Hall Gallery functions as a dynamic learning space for students, faculty, and visiting
artists, where outstanding exhibition and curatorial development take place.
Mission: Hopkins Hall Gallery presents diverse exhibitions that highlight the work of Ohio State’s
students and faculty in the visual arts.
Purpose: Hopkins Hall Gallery provides accessible professional exhibitions for the entire Ohio State
University community, and provides professional exhibition and exhibition design opportunities for
students in the visual arts. Hopkins Hall Gallery’s location in the heart of the Ohio State campus, and in
the main lobby of Hopkins Hall, opens the doors for peer inspiration, collaboration, and growth.
The Royal Shakespeare Company Partnership
Mission: The collaborative partnership supports Ohio State’s aspiration to be a destination for the
innovative teaching, research, and performance of Shakespeare.
Purpose: The Ohio State University and Great Britain’s Royal Shakespeare Company have significantly
broadened their unique relationship, increasing efforts to bring Shakespeare to schoolchildren across
the state and boosting efforts to promote the RSC’s Shakespeare productions around the world.
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Appendix B: Achieved, Current and Future Goals
Achieved Goals 2008-2014
Be student centered.
● Our student employees and interns experience professional development opportunities similar
to residency teaching models in hospitals or teacher training licensure programs.
● All Ohio State students are provided accessible, free exhibition and alternative performance
space with faculty and staff mentorship.
Pledge to our communities.
● University and community members attend and create together performances, exhibitions,
receptions, classes, forums, social events, lectures, and dialogue.
● Activities in the space are designed to expand and promote established arts and cultural
opportunities.
● The space is a cultural destination in a revitalizing downtown.
● A range and variety of arts experiences are offered that are accessible to all members of the
community.
Storefront for faculty scholarship and exploration.
● Urban Arts Space provides exhibition and alternative performance space for our world-class
faculty, where faculty can experiment in a laboratory setting.
Enhance Ohio State’s visual and performing arts reputation and rankings.
● Since the opening of Urban Arts Space, The Department of Art is ranked 6th in the Nation, and
the Department of Design is ranked 4th in the Nation.
● Other universities including, University of Georgia, Virginia Commonwealth University, and
University of Illinois have modeled programs after the Structure of our Town and Gown
Committee for the Arts and Arts Initiative.
Current and Future Goals 2015 – 2019 : Summary
Engaging Constituents
● Core of student artists
● Core of student staff
● Partnerships with community organizations
● Partnerships with international organizations
Envisioning an Interwoven Arts District for Columbus and The Ohio State University
● Building connections with arts organizations
● Building partnerships with non-profits
● Integral hub in the district tying us to campus
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Enhancing Experiential Learning
● Engaging our students
● Engaging our community
● Bringing in large-scale exhibitions on a bi-annual basis
● Focused curriculum building on the legacy of exhibitions past and present
Current and Future Goals 2015-2019
Engaging Constituents/Partnerships
● International Partnerships
○ Educational partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company, including the following
First Encounters (Shakespeare plays adapted for a young audience) tours: King Lear in
2011; Taming of the Shrew in 2014; The Tempest in 2014; and the Famous Victories of
Henry V in 2016.
■ Educational partnership trained 92 area schoolteachers alongside graduate
students in English, Theatre, Arts Education, and School of Teaching and
Learning.
○ Presenting partnership with Royal Shakespeare Company has brought an all black
production of Julius Caesar in partnership with CAPA, Larry James, and the Lincoln
Theater to Columbus. In 2016 the presenting partnership with Royal Shakespeare
Company will bring performances to the Brooklyn Academy of Music Residency for the
history cycle of Shakespeare plays. Plays/performances will include: Richard II; Henry IV,
Part I; Henry IV, Part II; and Henry V.
● National Partnerships
○ Opera Columbus school tours in conjunction with The Ohio State University School of
Music
○ Columbus Symphony Orchestra: over 1,000 students a year attend symphony concerts
at reduced cost.
○ Pinchuk Endowment in support of Ohio State arts projects presented in the community
○ Ohio State Scholars students attend CAPA Series national tours and performances
○ Connect students with alumni and donors through trips to Los Angeles, New York City,
Chicago, and Washington, D.C.
● State and Government Partnerships
○ Administrative support for Ohio Arts Council’s and the University’s Arts and Memorials
Committee in conjunction with the State of Ohio’s Percent for Art Program
● Community Partnerships
○ Free public programming includes workshops, lectures, tours, walk-throughs, dialogues,
demos, films, receptions, and more from disciplines throughout the university and local
community.
○ K-12 continued learning partnerships include: The Columbus School for Girls, St. Josephs
Montessori, The Columbus Commons, The Graham School, After School Arts Group, The
King Arts Complex, Columbus Parks and Recreation, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and
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the City of Upper Arlington. These have produced interdisciplinary projects and learning
experiences for students studying Art Education and Arts Management.
○ Personalized, interactive, and in depth tours that meet the Ohio Academic Content
Standards and can include guided art making, writing exercises, and other
interdisciplinary activities. In addition we offer preparatory educational materials for
teachers to help establish a dialogue with their curriculum prior to the gallery visit as
well follow up activities that teachers can use back in the classroom.
Accessibility Partnerships
○ Urban Arts Space is Americans with Disability Act (ADA) compliant and provides
additional services and programing to the communities with disabilities including:
available sign language interpreters and audio description guides through Ohio State
University; touch and audio tours for non-visual learners, very personalized programing
for adults with developmental disabilities.
○ Urban Arts Space seeks to be accessible by offering bilingual interpreters through Ohio
State University, Carryout programing to seniors and other groups, free admission to
exhibitions and programing with all supplies included, and camp hours that follow a
working family’s schedule.
○ Urban Arts Space is available for community event rentals, and we encourage use of our
space for programs that are free and open to the public, with discounted rates.
Envisioning an Interwoven Arts District for Columbus and The Ohio State University
● Town and Gown Advisory Committee for the Arts works with key city and state leaders who
partner with Ohio State leaders to work collectively with leading arts organizations in Columbus
to make the Columbus arts community as vibrant and successful as possible
○ Cultivating shared support for the foundation for partnerships in the arts; building a
coalition
○ Recognizing how academic programs and professional organizations can complement
student and community audience learning and engagement
● Combining resources to make Columbus a place where artists live and thrive
Experiential Learning
● Curricular Classroom for visual and performing arts courses to utilize exhibitions throughout the
semester
○ Exhibitions and performances with curriculum ties are encouraged. Faculty utilize
content from incoming exhibitions such as the dance department connection to
international artist Jean Kirsten’s For Laban exhibition, faculty member Sergio Soave’s
Contemporary Chinese Exhibition on PULL LEFT with art and art history courses and
tours, faculty member Laura Lisbon’s Painting Tableau Stage exhibition with partnership
at Columbus Museum of Art and St. Martin’s in the United Kingdom.
○ Urban Arts Space and Hopkins Hall Gallery offer space for ongoing courses that allow
faculty to experiment with alternative ways to deliver curriculum.
● Selection for reciprocal learning is advised by multiple experts in the fields of visual and
performing arts with both academic and professional artists who serve as mentors for artists
and students
○ Projects are selected by a community and faculty committee and solicited from Ohio
State students, faculty, and staff and the local, state, and international community.
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Student Assistants serve as caretakers for the space, exhibition docents and
administrative help while also gaining real world arts management experiences, and
networking with partnering organizations and leaders. Examples include Brittany
Schwark who presented her Urban Arts Space summer camp at the National Arts
Educators Association conference; Cali Sanker who co-chaired the Arts and Culture
Educators while representing Urban Arts Space in that group; Ada Matusiewicz who has
photographed alongside University Lead Photographers at university events; and Kelly
McNicholas who as a student designed the National Council of Arts Administrators
annual conference brochure in 2012.
Urban Arts Space introduces emerging artists to collectors in the Columbus community
and beyond.
City Center Gallery, serves as a laboratory so that our students can operate and run a
gallery with mentorships from Arts Initiative staff. City Center Gallery exists at the
entrance of Urban Arts Space, gives students curatorial and administrative experience
managing the creating direction of a gallery space.
Urban Arts Space and Hopkins Hall Gallery offer a safe learning space for student
projects including lectures on political and important topics, experimental installations
and performances in the Hopkins Hall Gallery Summer Series, and visual and
performance based works from students in Theatre, Music and Dance
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Appendix C: Exhibitions + Receptions, Urban Arts Space
Number of Exhibitions: 11
Total Attendance: 13,063
Number of Receptions: 12
Total Attendance: 3,167
Total Student Exhibitors: 149
Total Alumni Exhibitors: 17
Total Faculty Exhibitors: 6
22nd Annual Fergus Scholarship Award Exhibition
January 11, 2014 - January 30, 2014
Exhibition Attendance: 806
Shared Reception: January 25, 2014 Attendance: 404
Number of Student Exhibitors: 9
Private Fergus Fellows Reception
For Fergus Fellowship and Scholarship winners, jury and the donor
Friday January 17th 2014 Attendance: 29
The Arts Initiative presented the selected works of the recipients of the 22nd Annual Edith FergusGilmore Fund Scholarship Awards, a juried competition open to all studio-based undergraduate and
graduate visual art and design majors. 2014 Jury included: Valarie Williams, Director of the Arts
Initiative; Carmel Buckley, Professor (ex-officio), Department of Art; George Rush, Assistant Professor,
Department of Art; Kristina Paulsen; Assistant Professor, Department of History of Art; and Scott Shim,
Professor, Department of Design.
2014 exhibiting students are: Michael Gargiulo (Undergraduate Art), Alyssa Johnson (Graduate Art),
Amanda Le Kline (Graduate Art), Michael Lemon (Undergraduate Design), Collin Martin (Undergraduate
Art), Ryunosuke Matsui (Undergraduate Art), Maija Miettinen-Harris (Graduate Art), Ashton
Montgomery (Undergraduate Art), Amy Ritter (Graduate Art), Jessica Willis (Undergraduate Art)
Fergus Fellows: Andres Felipe Castelblanco Olaya and Hannah Walsh
January 11, 2014 - January 30, 2014
Exhibition Attendance: 806
Shared Reception: January 25, 2014 Attendance: 404
Number Exhibitors: 2
The 2014 Post-MFA Fergus Fellowship recipients are Andres Felipe Castelblanco Olaya and Hannah
Walsh. Funded by the Edith Fergus-Gilmore Fund, this annual, internationally competitive fellowships in
the Department of Art offer emerging post-MFA artists the opportunity to have a studio, teach, lecture
and exhibit at Ohio State. Their presence and participation in the Department enriches the experience of
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students in all areas of studio-based practice. The Edith Fergus-Gilmore Fund was established with gifts
from John C. and Elizabeth O. Fergus, and Robert H. Fergus in honor of their mother, Edith FergusGilmore. It is the strong belief of the family, and the overriding philosophy of these awards, that it is
important to give back to one's community.
Andres Felipe Castelblanco: Felipe Castelblanco is a Colombian multidisciplinary artist working at the
intersection of participatory and new media art. Through urban interventions, video, interactivity and
networked installations, his work creates new experiences of publicness and coexistent encounters
between audiences across vast distances. Felipe is currently developing a body of work that imagines air
as a material embodiment of the public sphere.
Hannah Walsh: Hannah Walsh brought together a body of photographs, videos and objects that engage
ideas of subjectivity, naturalness and embodiment. The scientific gaze was brought into conversation
with a series of intuitive gestures – each kind of knowledge confounding the other.
2014 Arts Scholars Juried Exhibition
January 25, 2014 - February 12, 2014
Exhibition Attendance: 817
Shared Reception: January 25, 2014 Attendance: 404
Number of Student Exhibitors: 13
Juried Exhibition of the Arts Scholars students work. The Arts Scholars Program is comprised of highachieving Ohio State University undergraduate students from all years of study who share a joint
interest in the arts, including music, visual arts, design, dance and theatre. Juried awards are sponsored
by the Aida Cannarsa Snow Endowment.
2014 Faculty Jurors: George Rush, Department of Art; Winnie Sidharta Ambron, Department of Art; Karl
Whittington, Department of History of Art
Student Artists: Arin Carver, Visual Communication Design; Megan Chamberlain, Visual Communication
Design; Emmily Chang, Art; Shrie Dave, Neuroscience/Art; Amanda Dobson, Art; Jenny McCarthy, Art;
Olivia Miller, Art; Sierra Mollenkopf, Undecided; Devyn Pechnick, Art; Anya Qiu, Art; Jasmine Rajavadee,
Art; Michelle Vieira, Art; Jay Young, Art.
The Mirage and the Rainbow:
2014 Department of Art Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition
February 15, 2014 - March 15, 2014
Exhibition Attendance: 1,518
Reception: February 22, 2014 Attendance: 555
Number of Student Exhibitors: 17
2014 graduating Department of Art, Master of Fine Arts students. The MFA candidates included: Jacci
Delaney, Jonathan Fitz, Leah Frankel, Andrew Frueh, Keith Garubba, Nick George, Anne Keener, Gun
Young Kim, Amanda Le Kline, David Knox, Sage Lewis, Peter Luckner, Jessica Naples, Ashley Neukamm,
Amy Ritter, Philip Spangler, and Jennifer Watson.
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Artist Panel Discussion with Mirage and the Rainbow
Friday, February 21, 2014, 1-3PM
Attendance: 35
Walkthrough with Tyler Cann (from Columbus Museum of Art) with Mirage and the Rainbow
February 5, 2014
Attendance: 31
Walkthrough with David Norr (from Wexner Center for the Arts) with Mirage and the Rainbow
February 28, 2014
Attendance: 23
Perspectives from History of Art Graduate Students, with Mirage and the Rainbow
Thursday, February 27, 2014, 6:00-7:30PM
Attendance: 29
Graduate Candidates in the Department of History of Art; Kristin Brockman, Julie Dentzer, and James
Hansen situated the works from The Mirage and the Rainbow within a broader context of art history and
contemporary art practices.
Department of Design Spring 2014 Exhibition
March 26, 2014 - April 3, 2014
Exhibition Attendance: 1,135
Number of Student Exhibitors: 55
Receptions:
Friends and Family Reception - April 2, 2014 Attendance: 620
Professional Night Reception - April 1, 2014 Attendance: 258
Alumni of the Department of Design, professional recruiters, and all other design professionals were
invited to attend the Professionals Night, a great networking and professional development opportunity,
students were available to discuss their projects with visitors.
The Department of Design exhibition featured the senior theses of the undergraduates from each of the
three programs: Industrial Design, Interior Design and Visual Communication Design and projects from
select MFA students from the Design Research and Development, and Digital Animation and Interactive
Media concentrations.
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Department of Art Bachelor of Fine Art Senior Projects Exhibition
April 15, 2014 - May 3, 2014
Exhibition Attendance: 1474
Reception: May 3, 2014 Attendance: 400
Number of Student Exhibitors: 41
This Exhibition is the spring 2014, graduating Department of Art, Bachelor of Fine Arts Student’s senior
projects.
Chosen: The Adoption Project Reception
April 24, 2014 Attendance: 95
This reception coincided with the work, The Adoption Project, by Mary Jane Mouangsavanh in the
Department of Art Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Projects Exhibition. It celebrated the adoptive families
portrayed in Mouangsavanh's work, as well as her book created to highlight their stories. 100% of the
book's purchase proceeds were donated to the Gift of Adoption Fund.
Fragments of an Unknowable Whole
May 17th - July 5th 2014
Exhibition Attendance: 2483
Reception: May 17, 2014 Attendance: 110
Number of Alumni Exhibitors: 4
Number of Faculty Exhibitors: 2
Number Exhibitors: 21
Curated by PHD candidate in Arts Administration, Education, Policy, Timothy Smith, Fragments of an
Unknowable Whole aimed to complicate our everyday encounter with photographic images and expand
the boundaries of the photographic medium.
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PULL LEFT
July 26 - September 6, 2014
Exhibition Attendance: 2148
Reception: August 28, 2014 Attendance: 105
Number Exhibitors: 15
PULL LEFT featured Chinese contemporary artwork and artists who came to Urban Arts Space in the
summer of 2014. The exhibition was organized by Taikang Space in Beijing, China and Sergio Soave of
The Department of Art at The Ohio State University. PULL LEFT was put together with the help of the
following people: Tang Xin, Director of Taikang Space and Head of Department of Acquisitions for
Taikang Life Insurance Company; Xu Chongbao, Curator; Li Chao, Guest Curator and Associate Professor
of Ceramic Art at Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute; and Su Wenxiang, Artist and Senior Curator for Taikang
Space; Sergio Soave, faculty advisor and Professor of Printmaking at OSU; and Valarie Williams,
Executive Director of The Arts Initiative, Associate Dean of Arts and Humanities, and Professor of Dance
at OSU.
Bilingual PULL LEFT Exhibition Tours:
July 31, 2014 - Attendance: 1
August 21, 2014 - Attendance: 4
Urban Arts Space offered two bilingual tours of the PULL LEFT exhibition in English and Mandarin. The
tour was designed by Urban Arts Space tours staff, and translated by Ohio State Graduate student in Art,
Dan Jian. Jian accompanied the Urban Arts Space Executive Director to China as a translator and through
studio visits gained valuable insights into the work included in this exhibition.
Gallery walk-through with curators, Li Chao, Tang Xin, and Xu Chongbao
August 28, 2014 - Attendance: 20
August 29, 2014 - Attendance: 30
The New Chinese Art Market: Art Funds, Auction Houses, and the Promotion of New Art
by Tang Xin, Head of Art Collection, Taikang Life Insurance Company, Ltd.
Wexner Center for the Arts
August 29, 2014 - Attendance: 47
25 ON HIGH: A Photographic Journey
September 20 - November 8, 2014
Attendance: 2304
Reception: September 25, 2014 Attendance: 211
Number of Alumni Exhibitors: 13
Number of Faculty Exhibitors: 4
Number Exhibitors: 25
25 ON HIGH: A Photographic Journey presented a virtual trip up Columbus's historically and
sociologically significant High Street, shot by a group of local photographers known as 25 On High.
Inspired by High Street photographs taken in 1973 by a photography group led by Clay Lowe, 25 On
High, re-captured High Street in present day.
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Possible Impossible: Terry Allen Study Drawings for Public Works
September 25 - November 8, 2014
Attendance: 2204
Number Exhibitors: 1
Reception and Scioto Mile Park Art Sculpture Dedication: September 30, 2014
Attendance: 73
Artist’s Talk: October 1, 2014 at the Columbus Museum of Art Attendance: 25
Terry Allen is a multidisciplinary artist with an expansive portfolio of public art sculptures. In conjunction
with his Scioto Mile Park public art sculpture dedication, Urban Arts Space joined the City of Columbus
and Columbus Museum of Art in planning events around the dedication. Urban Arts Space hosted an
exhibition of Allen’s drawings and sketches focused on his public commissions.
Autumn 2014 Department of Art, Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Exhibition
December 2 - December 20, 2014
Attendance: 685
Reception: December 20, 2014
Reception Attendance: 206
Number of Student Exhibitors: 14
The Department of Art, Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Projects Exhibition for the graduating Autumn 2014
class. The exhibition displayed the work of graduating art majors from The Ohio State University. The art
on display was developed from a range of media and approaches during the students' course of study at
Ohio State.
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Appendix D: Exhibitions + Receptions, Hopkins Hall Gallery
Number of Exhibitions: 17
Total Attendance: 2648
Number of Receptions: 17
Total Attendance: 1072
Total Student Exhibitors: 171
Total Alumni Exhibitors: 15
In Conversation: Department of Art First Year Graduate Students Exhibition
January 21, 2014 - February 18, 2014
Exhibition Attendance: ~700
Reception: January 23, 2014 Attendance: 171
Number of Student Exhibitors: 14
This exhibition presented the Department of Art, Master of Fine Arts 1st year students work from the
first semester at Ohio State.
Brown Bag Artist Talks for
In Conversation: First Year Graduate Students in the Department of Art
The First year MFA candidates formed small panels and discussed their work in the exhibition.
Monday, January 27, 2014, 12PM
Attendance: 24
Monday, February 3, 2014, 12PM
Attendance: 32
Monday, February 10, 2014, 12PM and 2:20PM
Attendance: 25
Monday, February 17, 2014, 2:20PM
Attendance: 30
Undergraduate Juried Exhibition
March 3, 2014 - March 28, 2014
Exhibition Attendance: ~460
Reception: March 6, 2014 Attendance: 169
Number of students participating: 29
Number of applicants: 100
An annual exhibition, the Undergraduate Juried Exhibition showcased the work of selected
undergraduate students in the Department of Art.
Pressed: 2013/14 Juried Printmaking Exhibition
April 7, 2014 - April 16, 2014
Exhibition Attendance:~75
Reception: April 8, 2014 Attendance: 71
Number of Student Exhibitors: 39
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This exhibition included work from students who were enrolled in a printmaking class within the 13/14
academic year. Juried by Sergio Soave, Professor, Department of Art.
Squint: Department of Art, Art and Technology
April 22, 2014 - April 26, 2014
Exhibition Attendance: ~120
Reception: April 22, 2014; attendance: 201
Number Exhibitors: 35
The Department of Art, Art and Technology annual exhibition of select student works. This annual juried
exhibition highlighted art making and experimentation in spring semester 2014.
Hopkins Hall Gallery Summer Series
Number of Exhibitions: 10
Total Reception Attendance: 95
Number of Student Exhibitors: 11
Number of Alumni Exhibitors: 2
Number Exhibitors: 14
Total Attendance: 426
Hopkins Hall Gallery Summer Series designated the gallery space for student, faculty, and alumni
projects and performances for the summer of 2014. The Summer Series featured short-term projects
including: performances, installations, audience-participatory work, lectures, and public programs and
activities. Hopkins Hall Gallery was transformed, and returned to its original state in periods of one day
up to two weeks.
Schedule of Hopkins Hall Gallery Summer Series Projects:
Passage Ritual
Kathryn Agnes and Lillianna Marie
May 2 – May 3, 2014
Attendance: 40
Reception: Friday, May 2, 2014 Attendance: 10
being towards a new reconfiguration
Alana Thomas and Jessica Ann
May 6 – May 9, 2014
Attendance: 60
Reception: Thursday, May 8, 2014 Attendance: 5
Stay with me: Membranes of Space in Time
Nayeon Yang
May 13 – May 16, 2014
Attendance: 26
Reception: Thursday, May 15 at 3 - 4PM Attendance: 6
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The Life's Work of 10,000 Bees
Kristen Spickard
May 20 – May 23, 2014
Attendance: 43
Reception: Thursday, May 22 at 3 - 4PM Attendance: 16
Practices of the Absence –i.l.o.v.e.y.o.u
Nayeon Yang
May 27 – May 29, 2014
Attendance: 18
Reception: Thursday, May 29 at 3 - 4PM Attendance: 3
HOT CORN, A Public Information Session
William Randall and Ian Mackaye
June 3 – June 5, 2014
Attendance: 9
Reception: Thursday, June 5 at 3 - 4PM Attendance: 15
Bodies at Rest: Bound Up in this Place
Mona Gazala
June 9 – June 20, 2014
Attendance: 60
Reception: Thursday, June 12 at 3 - 4PM Attendance: 4
The Unoccupied Hand
Michael Kellner
June 24 - July 3, 2014
Attendance: 60
Reception: Thursday, June 26 at 3 - 4PM Attendance: 13
Making a Meal
Jeni Hansen Gard
July 8 - July 11, 2014
Attendance: 55
Final Meal and Reception: Thursday, July 11, 2014 Attendance: 17
Unfolding the Periphery
Diana Abells and Pete Morgan
July 22 – July 25, 2014
Attendance: 55
Reception: Thursday, July 24, 2014 Attendance: 6
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Tracers Takes Over
August 25 - October 3, 2014
Attendance: 400
Reception: September 4, 2014 Attendance: 58
Number of Alumni Exhibitors: 2
Tracers Book Club is a social justice initiative founded by award-winning filmmaker Jennifer Reeder.
Jennifer Reeder and Melissa Vogley Woods, both Ohio State alumni and Columbus natives, organized
the exhibition and co-sponsored events on behalf of Tracers Book Club. A presentation of objects and
artifacts was on display in Hopkins Hall Gallery as a means to begin and maintain a conversation about
gender justice. The exhibition featured an interactive feminism time line, a reading room, panel
discussions, a youth poetry workshop and more. Co-sponsored events took place on and off campus
during the exhibition.
Feminism Panel Discussion: Considering the 4th Wave
September 11, 2014 Attendance: 30
Race Panel Discussion
September 18, 2014 Attendance: 45
Feminist Rock Concert
September 19, 2014 Attendance: 120
LGBTQ Panel Discussion
September 25, 2014 Attendance: CANCELLED
Teen Poetry Workshop
September 20, 2014 Attendance: 3
DAIM Recall: Digital Animation & Interactive Media Recall
Master of Fine Arts, Department of Design Exhibition
October 13 - November 21, 2014
Attendance: 300
Reception: October 16, 2014 Attendance: ~107
Number of Student Exhibitors: 6
Number of Alumni Exhibitors: 11
Number Exhibitors: 17
In collaboration with the Department of Design and the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and
Design (ACCAD), Digital Animation and Interactive Media (DAIM) this exhibition featured work from
current and former graduate students who generated time-based narratives and imagery; many of
which use memories as catalysts for their genesis and development. This exhibition presents MFA
student animations and interactive projects produced from 2008 to 2014. Curated by Associate
Professor Alan Price with assistance from Professor and Department Chairperson Mary Anne Beecher.
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Department of Art, Art + Technology: Algorithmic Sequitur
December 9 - 12, 2014
Attendance: ~275
Reception: December 9, 2014 Attendance: ~200
Number of Student Exhibitors: 37
The Department of Art, Art and Technology annual exhibition of select student works. This annual juried
exhibition highlighted art making and experimentation in autumn semester 2014.
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Appendix E: City Center Gallery
Number of Exhibitions: 8
Number of Receptions: 7 Total Attendance: 610
Total Student Exhibitors: 4
Total Alumni Exhibitors: 2
Total Faculty Exhibitors: 2
City Center Gallery is an opportunity for emerging artists and the student gallery administrators to
launch their careers. Operated and juried by Ohio State University students from arts and non-arts
disciplines, City Center Gallery selects month-long exhibitions located in the corridor space at the
entrance of Urban Arts Space.
Drive-By Shootings
January 14, 2014 - January 31, 2014
Exhibition Attendance: 741
Shared Reception: January 25, 2014 Attendance: 404
Number Exhibitors: 1
Columbus Street Photographer, Leah Fisher, captured 1/4,000th of a second of the people's lives we
pass everyday. With the help of a driver, Fisher traveled around the city "shooting" subjects from the
passenger seat of her car. The result, after careful selection and editing, are images that tell a story
about the city of Columbus.
CAHS International Baccalaureate Art Exhibition
May 7, 2014 - May 23, 2014
Exhibition Attendance: 444
Reception: May 23, 2014 Attendance: 31
Number Exhibitors: 18
Students at Columbus Alternative High School exhibited the culmination of their work created in the
International Baccalaureate visual art program. Taught by Ms. Vanda Hughes, students investigated and
developed their body of artwork in addition to their regular high school curriculum.
Offset
June 5 - June 28, 2014
Exhibition Attendance: 1533
Reception: June 5, 2014 Attendance: 70
Number of Student Exhibitors: 1
Number of Faculty Exhibitors: 1
Number Exhibitors: 12
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Offset was a collaborative print show containing 12 of central Ohio’s alternative printmakers ranging
from students and graduates of OSU and CCAD to independent artists around the city. The exhibition
presented a new take on prints and the printmaking community in the area. From framed traditional
prints to installation pieces, the collective work of the artists created a dialogue about the growth and
handling of the ever-evolving media of print.
An Educated Guess
July 9 - August 1, 2014
Exhibition Attendance: 1420
Reception: July 31, 2014 Attendance: 31
Number of Faculty Exhibitors: 1
An Educated Guess presented a combination of paintings and objects by Columbus artist Luke Ahern.
The exhibition relied heavily on installation in the given environment of City Center Gallery. Ahern
describes his process as "sporadic, instantaneous and non-linear", resulting in an exhibition of vibrant
work that breaks the boundaries of a traditional gallery exhibition.
Taubes - Cameo Portraits (Music from Visual Art)
August 7, 2014
Attendance: 32
Number Exhibitors: 1
Taubes–Cameo Portraits (Music from Visual Art) was an exhibition and concert event composed by
Rocco Di Pietro, and performed by the Taubes Ensemble. Accompanying the exhibition was a concert
event.
Town, 5th, Main, and High
August 12 - August 30, 2014
Attendance: 650
Reception: August 14, 2014 Reception Attendance: 7
Number of Student Exhibitors: 2
Robert Ward and Jesse Mervis presented Town, 5th, Main, and High, a mixed media portrait of eight city
blocks. Through a democratic process, they joined images and found objects into a unified observation
of the urban environment. In this omnivorous vision, curated by City Center Gallery staff, Ward and
Mervis embraced all things equally from skyscrapers to scraps of paper.
Art in the Shadows
September 6 - October 4, 2014
Attendance: 1054
Reception: October 4, 2014 Attendance: 42
Number of Student Exhibitors: 1
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Art in the Shadows included a collection of pathology images from Columbus Pathologist, Amy Price.
Pathology is the scientific study of Human tissue, and with Art in the Shadows, Price shed light on the
beauty of blood, urine, biopsies, and tumors from under a microscope. Though pathologists are rarely
seen by patients, their work is a part of almost every hospital visit. Art in the Shadows brought the
practice of pathology and the resulting images out of the shadows and into the spotlight.
Repetition Isolation: The Abundance Within
October 18 - November 15, 2014
Attendance: 786
Reception and Artist’s Talk: October 18, 2014 Attendance: 25
Number of Alumni Exhibitors: 2
Number Exhibitors: 3
Disarmed by loss, three artists confront the silence of what has been left behind by the circumstances of
the human condition. Through mixed-media sculptures and installations, Molly Burke, Bethany Haeseler
and Danielle Johns explored biomorphic forms and overgrowth on a macro level.
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Appendix F: Art Explorations, Summer Arts Camp, Crafternoons!, Community
Connections + CarryOut Art
Art Explorations
Number of Events: 13
Total Attendance: 285
Art Explorations is an interactive art education series that provides an opportunity for children and their
families to create art in a gallery setting. Art Explorations encourages an interest in the arts and aims to
develop participants’ cognitive skills, self-esteem, and self-expression. The program is free and provides
opportunities for families to develop a range of artistic techniques with visiting artists, and explore
current exhibits at Urban Arts Space.
Summer Arts Camps
Number of Events: 3 (4-day long)
Total Attendance: 68
Every summer, the education team organizes free arts camps for school-age students. Campers immerse
themselves in a topic by participating in arts, crafts, and activities relating to the theme. The camp
culminates each year with a reception for friends and family where the kids present what they have
made and learned.
Crafternoons!
Number of Events: 12
Total Attendance: 188
Crafternoons! is a Saturday afternoon craft program geared towards adults with an eye for repurposing
and reinvention. Crafternoons! aims to spread knowledge of up-cycling and thrift through projects that
encourage creativity, and brighten up a room!
Community Connections
Number of Events: 87
Total Attendance: 582
Urban Arts Space partners with ADD Ohio for a weekly program called Community Connections.
Members of ADD and an aid come to Urban Arts Space or the Cultural Arts Center every week for a
project, tour or discussion led by student education assistants.
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Carry-Out Art
Number of Events: 16
Total Attendance: 2898
For those who cannot make it to Urban Arts Space or Hopkins Hall Gallery, our exhibitions go mobile to
provide accessible art experiences for everyone. The education team works with community centers,
retirement communities, scout troops, and fairs, festivals, and celebrations to create a lesson plan that
fits the needs and wants of the group or organization.
Art Explorations:
Art Explorations with Fergus Fellow, Andres Felipe Castelblanco Olaya
January 11, 2014 Attendance: 32
Children and parents investigated their individual identities with Fergus Fellow, Felipe Castelblanco
Olaya. Using canvas pads, they create their own flags based on their national, communal, and selfidentities.
Art Explorations with Art Scholar Michelle Vieira
February 8, 2014
Attendance: 31
Working with Art Scholar, Michelle Vieira, children and parents investigated the intricate process behind
her piece, Wall Lattice, featured in the 2014 Art Scholars Juried Exhibition. Using found paper products
and maps, they learned more about her process and created a similar piece of work.
Culturally Inclusive Program with Beautiful Me Campaign
March 1, 2014
Attendance: 33
Children and parents attended a special program that partnered with Ashley Hinton, author of Beautiful,
Beautiful Me and social worker Brandy Wells, with the Beautiful Me Campaign. Students shared their
stories, joined discussions and participated in art making activities. The Beautiful Me Campaign was
started to celebrate young girls of all colors and races and became a program that uses art and
conversation to teach young children, boys and girls, about loving themselves while celebrating the
differences of others.
Art Explorations with MFA student Keith Garubba
March 8, 2014
Attendance: 22
Children and parents explored the relationship between art and science with MFA student Keith
Garubba. Students investigated and explored what makes art and science different and alike by
becoming part of Keith Garubba's interactive art piece in The Mirage & The Rainbow: MFA Thesis
Exhibition.
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Art Explorations with Art Education Student, Mark LeRose
April 12, 2014
Attendance: 4
Children and parents created radial art - circular artworks using radial designs. Participants learned
about mandalas, patterns and symmetry before creating their own radial art piece. This lesson plan was
designed by Urban Arts Space Education Assistant, and Department of Art Education undergrad, Mark
LeRose.
Art Explorations with Columbus Alternative High School
May 10, 2014
Attendance: 15
Parents and children investigated the art of Columbus Alternative High School artists.
Art Explorations with Art Education Student, Emily Nelson
June 14, 2014
Attendance: 20
Led by Art Education undergraduate, Emily Nelson, children and parents created works of abstract art
using understanding of color and emotions.
Art Explorations with An Educated Guess: Cosmic Shop
July 12, 2014
Attendance: 22
Children and parents created work inspired by An Educated Guess: Cosmic Slop.
Art Explorations with PULL LEFT
August 9, 2014
Attendance: 23
Children and Parents examined the work of PULL LEFT, and contemporary Chinese art.
Art Explorations with Art in the Shadows
September 13, 2014
Attendance: 31
Children and Parents explored the principles of design and techniques in watercolor drawings.
Art Explorations with Terry Allen
October 25, 2014
Attendance: 18
Children and parents created and designed miniature clay sculptures, studies for inspired by
multidisciplinary artist, Terry Allen. Students went to Genoa Park to see his commissioned work, Scioto
Lounge, after the workshop.
Art Explorations: Paint Olympics!
November 8, 2014
Attendance: 23
Children and Parents formed teams and competed in paint olympics! At five stations, the teams learned
new painting techniques and made wild creations using teamwork.
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Art Explorations with Department of Art, Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Projects Exhibition
December 6, 2014
Attendance: 11
Children and Parents investigated the work within the Department of Art, Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior
Projects Exhibition.
Summer Arts Camps:
Summer Arts Camp 2014: Traditional Art with a Contemporary Spin
For students entering 3rd grade through 5th grade.
First Session: June 10 - June 13, 2014
First Session Attendance: 27 students
June 10: 27
June 11: 24
June 12: 25
June 13: 25
Second Session: June 17 - June 20, 2014
Second Session Attendance: 24 students
June 17: 24
June 18: 19
June 19: 24
June 20: 24
This camp taught students the principal elements of art and design, and storytelling through art, and
interpreted art historical methods and techniques for a contemporary time. The camp focused on
professional artists examples from the state of Ohio. The lesson plans for Summer Arts Camp 2014, were
written by Former Education Coordinator, and Ohio State Alumni Brittany Schwark and Current
Education Coordinator, and Art Education student, Cali Sanker. The camp was presented at the Ohio
Arts Education Association conference in 2014.
Teen Zine Camp
July 14 - July 18, 2014
Attendance: 17 students
Closing day of camp and zine swap
July 18, 2014 Attendance: 34
Students in 6th-9th grade explored the niche subculture of zines, small books filled with drawings,
poems, short stories, or other creative works of art. These personal memoirs have been used to share
thoughts and ideas about the world around us, as well as showcase artist abilities. During this five day
workshop, students learned the history of zines, made their own zines and met several members from
the community of Columbus who helped with different aspects of zine-making including cartooning,
screen printing, poetry writing, book-binding and more. Students shared their finished products with
friends and family on the last day of camp in a zine swap.
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Crafternoons:
Crafternoons!: Up-Cycled Hand Warmers
January 18, 2014
Attendance: 12
Students learned how to make aromatherapy hand warmers/compresses by hand-sewing up-cycled
fabric filled with rice and lavender buds or essential oils provided by Earth Elements, a local and natural
body care shop. All supplies were free with an RSVP.
Crafternoons!: Stellated Dodecahedrons
February 15, 2014
Attendance: 25
Students learned to make stellated dodecahedron's, crafted using a variety of found colored paper and
card-stock. All supplies were free with an RSVP.
Crafternoons!: Woven Art Pieces
March 15, 2014
Attendance: 18
Students reused scrap wood, nails and yarn to create intricate and eye catching woven art pieces. All
supplies were free with an RSVP.
Crafternoons: Up-Cycled Coasters
April 19, 2014
Attendance: 16
Students made eye-catching upcycled coasters using old magazine pages. Crafters cut, folded, and roll
magazine pages into colorful coasters and used mod podge to seal the paper and make the coasters
waterproof. All supplies were free with an RSVP.
Crafternoons!: Upcycling Glass Bottles
May 17, 2014
Attendance: 17
Students up-cycled glass bottles and found vases with etching cream. All supplies were free with an
RSVP.
Crafternoons!: Honeycomb Tissue Paper Decorations
June 21, 2014
Attendance: 8
Students created decorative honeycomb textured hanging pieces of all shapes, sizes and colors using
tissue paper and glue.
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Crafternoons: Upcycled Pocket-Books
July 19, 2014
Attendance: 3
Students up-cycled used file folders to create a coupon books or mini pocket books. Using basic origami
folds, some decoupage decorating, and a file folder, they created a four-pocket mini folder. All supplies
were free with an RSVP.
Crafternoons: Dream Catchers
August 16, 2014
Attendance: 12
Students created dream catchers using string, beads and some very basic knotting techniques. All
supplies were free with an RSVP.
Crafternoons!: Up-Cycled Saucer Baskets
September 20, 2014
Attendance: 4
Students made saucer baskets using reed and recycled materials like plastic bags, strips of old fabric,
newspaper, maps, and wire. All supplies were free with an RSVP.
Crafternoons!: Festive Wreaths
October, 18, 2014
Attendance: 21
Students made decorative fall wreaths, using dyed coffee filters, recycled paper scraps, and ribbon.
Participants learned how to make different kinds of paper flowers, and explored color schemes and
patterns within their wreaths. All supplies were free with an RSVP.
Crafternoons!: Recycled Winter Ornaments
November 15, 2014
Attendance: 35
Students made recycled winter ornaments using recycled decorative paper to create two unique styles
of 3D snowflake ornaments, as well as ornaments out of paper maché.
Crafternoons!: Transforming Sweaters into Mittens
December 13, 2014
Attendance: 17
Students made mittens out of up-cycled sweaters and fabric scraps. Crafters learned how to hand stitch
fabric to make unique winter accessories.
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Community Connections:
Community Connections works with the ADD Ohio quarterly calendar and their regional divisions. ADD
Ohio divides its group members into North, West, East, and South and each quarter a new group or
groups come to Urban Arts Space for a weekly art lesson or discussion. Each group has their own
session, and starting in “Quarter 4” Urban Arts Space partnered with The Cultural Arts Center to provide
one Community Connections at the CAC and 2 at Urban Arts Space.
“Quarter 1”
January, February and March 2014
ADD South
January 8, 2014, Attendance: 8
February 12, 2014, Attendance: 5
February 19, 2014, Attendance: 7
February 26, 2014, Attendance: 12
March 5, 2014, Attendance: 5
March 12, 2014, Attendance: 6
March 19, 2014, Attendance: 4
March 26, 2014 2014, Attendance: 7
“Quarter 2”
April, May, June 2014
ADD West, North
April 2, 2014, Attendance: 13
April 9, 2014, Attendance: 12
April 16, 2014, Attendance: 14
April 23, 2014, Attendance: 12
April 30, 2014, Attendance: 12
May 7, 2014, Attendance: 13
May 14, 2014, Attendance: 13
May 21, 2014, Attendance: 14
May 28, 2014, Attendance: 14
June 4, 2014, Attendance: 13
June 11, 2014, Attendance: 14
June 18, 2014, Attendance: 15
June 25, 2014, Attendance: 13
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“Quarter 3”
July, August, September 2014
ADD East and West
July 9, 2014, Attendance: 13
July 23, 2014, Attendance: 7
July 30, 2014, Attendance: 14
August, 6, 2014, Attendance: 14
August 13, 2014, Attendance: 12
August, 20, 2014, Attendance: 12
August 27, 2014, Attendance: 7
September 3, 2014, Attendance: 13
September 10, 2014, Attendance: 13
September, 24, 2014, Attendance: 14
“Quarter 4”
October, November, December 2014
ADD North, West, East
October 1, 2014, Attendance: 19
October 8, 2014, Attendance: 20
October, 15, 2014, Attendance: 21
October, 22, 2014, Attendance: 21
October 29, 2014, Attendance: 17
November, 5 2014, Attendance: 12
November 12, 2014, Attendance: 20
November 19, 2014, Attendance: 17
December 3, 2014, Attendance: 23
December 10, 2014, Attendance: 16
December, 17, 2014, Attendance: 15
CarryOut Art:
Carry-Out Art with Girl Scouts
March 21, 2014
Attendance: 23
Urban Arts Space Education team took an up-cycling CarryOut Art craft to a Girls Scouts lock-in. Students
decoupaged old vases with book pages and tissue paper and made flowers out of coffee filters.
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Carry-Out Art at Hilliard Earth Day Celebration
April 26, 2014
Attendance: 60
Urban Arts Space brought a craft for the 3rd year in a row to the annual Hilliard Earth Day Celebration at
the Hilliard Community Center. Children and their families make paintings using upcycled bicycle tires,
corks, bubble wrap and other found materials to make stamps.
All Arts Day! At Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary School
May 2, 2014
Attendance: 329
Spacers assisted students in kindergarten, first, second and third grades in coloring a mural for each
grade. All supplies were free.
Columbus Commons for Kids
May 24, 2014
Attendance: 336
Urban Arts Space hosted a craft booth at the Columbus Commons for Kids in June. Children and their
families decorated slap bracelets. All supplies were free.
Columbus Commons for Kids
June 6, 2014
Attendance: 400
Urban Arts Space hosted a craft booth at the Columbus Commons for Kids in June. Children and their
families decorated boomerangs. All supplies were free.
Long Street Cultural Wall Unveiling Celebration
July 10, 2014
Attendance: 250
Urban Arts Space facilitated the creation of a mini mural of the Columbus skyline that community
members collaborated on. The mural is displayed at the King Arts Complex.
FountainSide: Fountain Wishes & Butterfly Kisses at Bicentennial Park
June 25, 2014
Attendance: 160
Urban Arts Space education team created a quick and educational craft featured at the June 25th,
butterfly themed Fountainsides. Children and their families made butterflies with coffee filters and close
pins. All supplies were free.
Columbus Commons for Kids
July 25, 2014
Attendance: 227
Urban Arts Space hosted a craft booth at the Columbus Commons for Kids in June. Children and their
families made tie-dye butterflies and dragonflies. All supplies were free.
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Fountainside: presented by Sunny 95 (94.7) at Bicentennial Park
July 30, 2014
Attendance: 200
Students made buckeye key chains at this Ohio State Buckeyes themed event. All supplies were free.
Franklinton and Hilltop Public Schools, Back-To-School fest at Hilltonia Middle School
August 9, 2014
Attendance: 75
Urban Arts Space brought a buckeye keychain craft to the back to school fest, for students to put on
their new backpacks. All supplies were free.
Ronald McDonald House Community Event
September 14, 2014
Attendance: 200
Brought a simple fall color-in craft to the Ronald McDonald House. All supplies were free.
Harvest Fair at Columbus Commons
October 11, 2014
Attendance: ~600
Urban Arts Space hosted their 3rd annual mini pumpkins decorating booth at the Columbus Commons
Harvest Festival. All supplies were free.
Mill Run Retirement Community
The Arts Initiative has a special CarryOut Art partnership with the Mill Run Retirement Community, the
education team brings a craft or project out to their group monthly or bi-monthly depending on their
needs.
April 30, 2014 Attendance: 18
May 28, 2014 Attendance: 11
July 30, 2014 Attendance: 9
Total Attendance: 38
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Appendix G: Gentle Readers Book Club + Paging Columbus
Gentle Readers Book Club
Number of Events: 4
Total Attendance: 17
Gentle Readers Book Club met every month to discuss social, moral and literary themes of various
fiction and nonfiction books. The club aimed to explore unfamiliar ideas and promote a lively, open
forum for members to share their reactions. Gentle Readers Book Club was disbanded in 2014.
Paging Columbus
Number of Events:7
Total Attendance: 159
Poet and instructor Hannah Stephenson leads Paging Columbus, a monthly literary event series that
celebrates the vibrant community of writers, readers, and creative thinkers in Columbus. The event is
free and open to all.
Gentle Readers Book Club:
Gentle Readers Book Club: My Beloved World
January 23, 2014
Attendance: 4
Gentle Readers discussed My Beloved World, a memoir written by Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic
justice on the United States Supreme Court, and her childhood, education, and life through 1992.
Gentle Readers: Space Chronicles
February 27, 2014
Attendance: 5
Gentle Readers discussed Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier by Neil Degrasse Tyson.
Gentle Readers: Americanah
May 22, 2014
Attendance: 5
Gentle Readers discussed Americanah by award winning Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
This novel portrays life after studying in the United States for thirteen years through the eyes of Ifemelu,
a Nigerian woman who blogs about race, and finally returns home to Lagos.
Gentle Readers: Hyperion
June 26, 2014
Attendance: 3
Gentle Readers discussed the science fiction novel, Hyperion by Dan Simmons.
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Paging Columbus:
Paging Columbus: Heart of Glass
February 6, 2014 Attendance: 22
Readers were; Janelle DolRayne, Aaron Poochigian, Nicole Nicholson, and Mark Cronin, who shared
poems and stories rife with love and heartbreak, clarity and fragility, adorable illusions and mucho
mistrust.
Paging Columbus: Haunts
March 6, 2014 Attendance: 30
Paging Columbus opened with a brief performance by David Knox, an artist in The Mirage and the
Rainbow: Department of Art Master of Fine Arts Senior Thesis Exhibition, and then heard poems and
stories from Rachel Lee, JL Smither, and David Winter about Haunts images of ghostliness, stomping
grounds, haunted places, and things that linger and return.
Paging Columbus: Get Outta Dodge
May 1, 2014 Attendance: 9
Readers were; writers Rochelle Hurt, Julia Koets, and Richard Gilbert, who shared poems and prose
about getting up and leaving.
Paging Columbus: Teen Angst (and Angst for All Ages)
June 12, 2014 Attendance: 20
attendees heard poetry and prose on growing pains and pleasures, existential dilemmas, quarter- and
mid- life crises, birthdays and unbirthdays. Readers were; Matthew Erman, Louise Robertson, and Dave
Nichols. Attendees were encouraged to bring something they had written when they were younger.
Paging Columbus: Dramarama
July 10, 2014 Attendance: 40
This Paging Columbus paid tribute to the dramatic, in every sense of the word: theater and the
theatrical, melodrama and camp, high emotion and suspense. Readers were; Don Rice, Meagan Cass,
and Erin Elizabeth Smith.
Paging Columbus: Body of Work
August 14, 2014 Attendance: 22
Readers; Megan Peak, Sandy Marchetti, Megan Martin, and Yvette Nepper read about body parts,
bodybuilders, body pillows, out-of-body experiences, disembodied voices...
Paging Columbus: Green and Growing
September 11, 2014 Attendance: 16
Paging Columbus showcased stories, poems, and thoughts about the various incarnations of green.
Readers were; Beverly Wilkinson and Stephen Morrow, storyteller Kevin Cordi, and photographer
Stephen Tomasko.
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Appendix H: Private Events
Number of Events: 10
Total Attendance: 306
Seed Swap
January 25, 2014 Attendance: 63
Hosted the annual seed swap with area Heirloom growers.
ASC Advisory Dinner
April 23, 2014 Attendance: 27
A dinner for ASC Advisory annual meeting with Executive Dean Mandersheid.
Department of Comparative Studies retreat
May 8, 2014 Attendance: 20
Faculty of The Department of Comparative Studies gathered for a retreat.
AIA Annual Meeting
June 16, 2014 Attendance: 63
AIA Columbus annual meeting
Town and Gown Committee for the Arts Meeting
July 17, 2014 Attendance: 24
The Annual Town and Gown Committee for the Arts meeting
College of Arts and Sciences new faculty orientation
September 3, 2014 Attendance: 11
Reception and meeting with the new faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Barnett Family Dinner
September, 20, 2014 Attendance: 40
Hosted the Barnett Family during the Sullivant Hall and Barnett Center Unveiling.
John Nance Residency Reception with Sharon Short
October 20, 2014 Attendance: 15
Town and Gown partnership with Thurber house, hosted the reception celebrating the 2014 recipient of
the John Nance Residency.
Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies Retreat
December 12, 2014 Attendance: 43
Faculty retreat for the Department of Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies.
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Appendix I: Tours
Number of Tours: 25
Total Attendance: 554
Number of Rooftop Garden Tours: 12
Total Attendance: 188
2014 Rooftop Garden Tours
Urban Arts Space and the Columbus Downtown Development Corporation partner to offer tours of the
Lazarus Building rooftop gardens the first Friday of the month from May through October. The tour
begins at 1:45pm inside Urban Arts Space, where guests will be guided through the current exhibitions
and learn about the many green aspects of the gallery. The tour concludes with a trip up to the beautiful
green roof with Lazarus Building Manager Robert Turrin. The tours listed include public and privately
requested rooftop garden tours.
May 1, 2014
May 2, 2014
May 6, 2014
May 16, 2014
June 6, 2014
June 9, 2014
July 11, 2014
July 18, 2014
July, 31, 2014
August 1, 2014
August, 27, 2014
September 5, 2014
October, 3, 2014
Attendance: 12
Attendance:10
Attendance: 10
Attendance:7
Attendance:9
Attendance:25
Attendance:28
Attendance:13
Attendance:8
Attendance:21
Attendance:15
Attendance:25
Attendance:15
Guided Exhibition Tours
Urban Arts Space and Hopkins Hall Gallery offer guided exhibition tours with our docent trained tours
assistants. Our tours are interactive, in depth, and tie into the Ohio Academic Content Standards.
Themed tours are developed around the needs and interests of the participants and can focus on any
aspect of the exhibitions. Appropriate touchable and visual materials are available to supplement
descriptions and discussions. The tours student assistants are available to design tours to accommodate
class's curriculum as a part of our K-12 learning partnerships; the Common Core State Standards for
English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, and/or the
Ohio Department of Education Visual Art Standards for grades K-12.
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General guided exhibition tour
Fergus Fellows and Scholars
January 15, 2014 Attendance: 10
OSU encountering contemporary art Class Tour, Laura Weiser
The Mirage and The Rainbow: MFA 2014
February 25, 2014 Attendance: 45
CCAD Class Tour
The Mirage and The Rainbow: MFA 2014
March 12, 2014 Attendance: 13
CCAD Class Tour, Melissa Vogley Woods
The Mirage and The Rainbow: MFA 2014
March 13, 2014 Attendance: 25
CCAD Senior Class Tour
The Mirage and The Rainbow: MFA 2014
March 27, 2014 Attendance: 16
St. Joseph Montessori, 3rd grade tour and craft
Fragments of an Unknowable Whole
May 28, 2014 Attendance: 11
Hannah Ashton Middle School, Creative Explorers Program, Sam McCoy’s Tour
Fragments of an Unknowable Whole
June 23, 2014 Attendance: 45
Hannah Ashton Middle School, Creative Explorers Program, Sam McCoy’s Tour
Fragments of an Unknowable Whole
June 24, 2014 Attendance: 47
Hannah Ashton Middle School, Creative Explorers Program, Sam McCoy’s Tour
Fragments of an Unknowable Whole
June 26, 2014 Attendance: 42
OSU Class tour, Pete Morgan
Fragments of an Unknowable Whole
June 26, 2014 Attendance: 17
Kids Connect Tour
Fragments of an Unknowable Whole
July 1, 2014 Attendance: 23
Chinese International Students Tour
PULL LEFT
July 17, 2014 Attendance: 24
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Goodwill Artist Group Tour
PULL LEFT
July 31, 2014 Attendance: 9
Guided Exhibition Tour
PULL LEFT
August 1, 2014 Attendance: 11
YWCA Children’s Tour
PULL LEFT
August 11, 2014 Attendance: 31
Bilingual PULL LEFT tour
PULL LEFT
August 21, 2014 Attendance: 4
General Guided Exhibition Tour
PULL LEFT
September 2, 2014 Attendance: 12
Goodwill Artist Group tour
Art in the Shadows
September 9, 2014 Attendance: 6
Child-care Center Tour
Art in the Shadows
September 17, 2014 Attendance: 15
The Graham School Tour
25 On High and Terry Allen
October 7, 2014 Attendance: 50
The Village Academy School Tour
25 On High and Terry Allen
October 7, 2014 Attendance: 15
Goodwill Artist Group tour
25 On High and Terry Allen
October 21, 2014 Attendance: 5
High School Tour
25 On High and Terry Allen
October 25, 2014 Attendance: 14
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St. Joseph Montessori Tour
Autumn 2014 BFA
December 4, 2014 Attendance: 35
Logan Middle School Tour, 8th Grade
Autumn 2014 BFA
December 17, 2014 Attendance: 29
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Appendix J: Royal Shakespeare Company Partnership and Shakespeare and
Autism Events and Performances
Number of Performances: 48
Total Attendance: 4145
Number of Events: 77
Total Attendance: 1115
Sessions with Core team at Ridgeview Middle School and Winterset Elementary
Lead by Robin Post
Total Number of Sessions: 25
Total number of Ohio State Student/Faculty participants: 13
Total number of Children: 13
Haugland Learning Center
OSU Student/Faculty Participants: 11
Children participants: 11
Arts Impact Middle School
OSU Student/Faculty Participants: 4
Children participants: 4
Ridgeview Middle School
OSU Student/Faculty Participants: 5
Children participants: 4
Winterset Elementary School
OSU Student/Faculty Participants: 5
Children participants: 4
Hunter Heartbeat Method Training and Sessions with Children
On Performing Shakespearean Texts
Number of sessions: 3
Number of participants: 9
On Hunter Heartbeat Method
Number of sessions: 2
Number of Teacher/Professional Participants: 14
Number of Kids participants: 10
Robin Post continues to train MFA actors in the Hunter Heartbeat Method and leads them in sessions
with children on the spectrum at Haugland Learning Center. Robin Post trains a new group of
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undergraduates in the HHM and leads them in sessions with wait-listed children at Arts Impact Middle
School. Kelly Hunter visits Columbus to oversee the growth and functioning of the Shakespeare &
Autism project. She leads two sessions with the new MFA acting team and the new children at Haugland
Learning Center
Live Broadcast of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Richard II
"Encore" Performance
Wexner Center for the Arts Film/Video Theater
Number of Screenings: 3
Total Attendance: 600
Total Ohio State Student Attendance: 400
Reception: 32
The Arts Initiative presented "Encore Screening" of a live broadcast of the Royal Shakespeare Company's
Richard II, directed by Artistic Director Gregory Doran, with David Tennant (Doctor Who, Broadchurch)
in the title role. The production is the first in the RSC's new "Live from Stratford-upon-Avon" series, an
initiative to screen its productions live from Shakespeare's hometown to a broad audience via select
cinemas around the world.
First Encounters: The Taming of the Shrew
By William Shakespeare
Edited and Directed by Michael Fentiman
Roy Bowen Theatre Number of Performances: 9
April 4-11, 2014 Attendance: 1423
School Tour Number of Performances: 7 Attendance: ~1500
Total Number of Performances: 16
Total Attendance: 2923
Total number of events: 5
Total participants in events: 136
A Royal Shakespeare Company adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. The First
Encounters: The Taming of the Shrew experience included an introduction, a 75 minute version of the
play and a chance to talk to the actors afterwards.
Dinner for RSC Cast
March 31, 2014 Attendance: 18
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Columbus Public School forum at Indianola Informal
April 2, 2014 Attendance: 45
Dinner
April 3, 2014 Attendance: 15
Talk with Jim Shapiro
April 4, 2014 Attendance: 23
Reception at the Drake
April 4, 2024 Attendance: 35
The Tempest
By William Shakespeare
Adapted and Directed by Kelly Hunter (North American Premiere)
Co-Produced by The Ohio State University and the Royal Shakespeare Company
Co-Presented by the Wexner Center for the Arts
Number of the Ohio State faculty actors: 2, alumni actors: 1
Performance Space in Wexner Center for the Arts
July 16-17, 2014
Number of Performances: 4
Number of Attendance: 141 including 23 kids on the spectrum
Haugland Learning Center
July 18, 2014
Number of Performances: 2
Number of Attendance: 48 including 17 kids on the spectrum
WOSU @ COSI
July 19-20, 2014
Number of Performances: 2
Number of Attendance: 81 including 18 kids on the spectrum
In Stratford-upon-Avon
Number of Performances: 24
Total Attendance: 476
Total Performances: 32
Total Attendance: 1222
Total Events: 4
Total Attendance: 111
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Shakespeare's beautiful play of love and magic was specially edited for an audience of children with
autism. Six actors take us on a journey of clowns, spirits, monsters and wizards on an island where
nobody feels ordinary. In an intimate, interactive experience, young people are invited to join the actors,
playing sensory games to help bring the story to life. Together they explore Shakespeare's final play,
using his rhythmic expressive language to create a unique experience for the children. The production
was aimed at 8 – 16 year olds on the autism spectrum.
RSC Planning Meeting
July 14, 2014 Attendance: 32 teachers
RSC Welcome Party
July 14, 2014 Attendance: 14
RSC Reception at the Wexner Center
July 15, 2014 Attendance: 55
CMC lunch
July 16, 2014 Attendance: 10
RSC Teacher Training in Stratford-upon-Avon
June 22 - 29, 2014
Attendance: 32
As a part of the Royal Shakespeare Company partnership, 32 central Ohio K-12 teachers, and Ohio State
MFA Acting and English students received intensive training in the RSC methods of teaching
Shakespeare. The year-long training program includes group workshops with Ohio State University
faculty and culminates with this trip to Stratford-upon-Avon, Great Britain.
Professional Development Training for the teachers
Total Events: 7
Total Participants: 177
Jan. 24 & 25
Mar. 21
Sep. 3
Oct. 17
on As You like It
Number of attendance: 53
on The Taming of the Shrew
Number of attendance: 33
Preparing May 2015 Festival I
Number of attendance: 18
Preparing May 2015 Festival II
Number of attendance: 22
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Nov. 15
Dec. 06
on Henry V
Number of attendance: 30
Preparing May 2015 Festival III
Number of attendance: 21
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