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A Summer of Multisensory Expression at Urban Arts Space
Love, grief, resilience, and dance: these universal themes can shape our most transformative summers. For the summer of 2025, we welcome you to explore these themes through the five…
Design Is Resistance
Design is inherently political through its unique ability to change the social, cultural, economic, and structural systems of our lives, so why do we limit the job of a designer to something…
Vessels in Red: Experiencing Color Through Medium, Metaphor, Memory
The upcoming Urban Arts Space exhibition Vessels in Red boldly invites the audience to feel without fear—unapologetically and without restraint. Through a landscape of red-toned multimedia…
The Vibrancy of “Syd Solomon: Concealed and Revealed” at the National Veterans Memorial and Museum
"Can I catch all flying things, arrest them, and not stop them, heaven by design, and not by Raphael or Poussin, by me and painted air, all things moving in my sky…" wrote Syd Solomon in a poem in…
Dr. Terron Banner Receives Community Engaged Practitioner Award
Dr. Terron Banner has served as Urban Art Space’s Manager of Community Learning and Experience for over three years. From live events to virtual exhibitions, Dr. Banner’s presence has been vital…
DALL-E: AI at the Intersection of Art and Technology
If you ask the AI system DALL-E to generate an Impressionist oil painting of sunflowers in a purple vase, the results surprisingly vary wildly. With results ranging from blue vases to yellow…
A Seat at the Table: Exhibition Honoring Black Creativity and History
Urban Arts Space is excited to share that our inaugural Community Artist-in-Residence, Arris' Cohen, and our Manager of Community Learning and Experience, Dr. Terron Banner, will be exhibiting in…
Artist Arris’ J. Cohen and Poet Ajanaé Dawkins Extend Their Residencies at Urban Arts Space
This fall, Urban Arts Space is delighted to welcome back Community Artists-in-Residence Arris’ J. Cohen and Ajanaé Dawkins to continue their residencies through early 2025. Both artists will…
Ohio State Design Faculty Member Peter Megert Honored in Memorial Exhibition
Many designers believe that good design should not call attention to itself. That does not mean, however, that the talent and impact of influential designers and design educators should not be…