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Urban Arts Space, 50 W Town Street in downtown Columbus:
Tu–Sat, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Thu, 11 a.m.–8 p.m.

Hopkins Hall Gallery on Ohio State campus: 
M–F, 11 a.m.–4 p.m.

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Urban Arts Space is supported by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Upcoming Events

MFA Thesis exhibition desire lines
February 11 - March 15, 2025

Desire Lines

Urban Arts Space
front of hopkins hall gallery with glass doors
March 17 - April 25, 2025
visitors looking at art in the corridor at hopkins hall
March 17 - April 4, 2025

Recent News

artwork on the walls at Urban Arts Space, including collage weavings

Intergenerational Connection: Artist Interview with Annelise Duque

By Georgia Nielsen

Annelise Duque is a Filipino-American artist, currently an MFA graduate student at The Ohio State University, and one of thirteen artists featured in Desire Lines, the MFA spring…

Large installation piece with black material on a wall and fallen pieces of sculpture on the ground

How Do I Stay?: Artist Interview with Isabella Saraceni

By Drea Chalfan

Grief, loss, and mourning are central to life and Isabella Saraceni's work. As she explores the fragility of life through various materials of the same nature, she hopes to create…

six video screens of a religious story, including an animation of monks

Columbus students use art to respond to Ohio's transgender bathroom law, Trump policies — The Columbus Dispatch

"What I really want people to take away from the show is that transgender joy and resilience is something that's part of the human experience and it has been probably for as long as we've been…

charcoal triptych of people gathered under trees and relaxing

Ohio State's Urban Arts Space to Host Live Figure-Drawing Event Celebrating Diverse Black Skin Tones and Identities

"The overall triptych in its entirety has a forefront of celebrating Black trans bodies, but it also talks about this idea of creating space for Black bodies to be nurturing, soft and vulnerable…

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