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Brittany Rogers sharpens her pen, steps out with ‘Good Dress’

In her debut poetry collection, Good Dress, Brittany Rogers displays a masterful economy of language, able to capture complex generational relationship dynamics in just a few keyboard strokes. In…

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Broad & High — Artist, Curator and Community Organizer Iyana Hill

Iyana Hill is a recent graduate of The Ohio State University, double majoring in Photography and African American and African Studies, and minoring in Arts Entrepreneurship. In this Broad &…

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Broad & High — Poet, Performer and Curator Ajanaé Dawkins

This episode of Broad & High highlights Urban Arts Space Community Artist-in-Residence Ajanaé Dawkins. She has grown from the teenager telling stories at a poetry slam to the docu-poet she is…

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Broad & High — Behind the Scenes: Exhibition Curation

This is the first story in a Broad & High series called Behind the Scenes: Art Across Ohio. In this episode, Broad & High highlights Urban Arts Space intern Iyana HIll and Community Artist…

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A Meaningful Career: The Legacy of Peter Megert

If you're fortunate enough to visit the Peter Megert Memorial Exhibition on the campus of The Ohio State University this autumn, you may think that its purpose is simply to showcase highlights…

Peter and Ursula on their wedding day

Peter Megert’s design work, deep humanity feature in career-spanning new exhibit

A month after Peter Megert died at age 85 in June 2022, Oscar Fernandez, an associate professor in the School of Design at the University of Cincinnati, scheduled a call with colleagues across the…

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Hopkins Hall Gallery to Present Memorial Exhibition for Late Ohio State Department of Design Faculty Member Peter Megert

"[Peter] was a wave of fresh air, of joy, of humor," Professor Axel Roesler of the University of Washington said in a recent interview with The Lantern. "He would never follow the mainstream. He…

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'You can't take it with you...' Printmaking Exhibition Creates Ocean at Hopkins Hall Gallery

A new water-themed printmaking exhibit — titled "You can't take it with you.." — has taken center stage at Hopkins Hall Gallery.

The exhibition, which opened Thursday and will be on view…

The OSU Urban Arts Space hosts community event Totes on the Town (overlaid on photo of artists screen-printing tote bags)

The OSU Urban Arts Space hosts community event Totes on Town

"The Ohio State Urban Arts Space hosts Totes on Town, a community event within their series Artist Commune. Ohio State students help host the event for the community every month. This month's…