‘Immersive Van Gogh’ and ‘Through Vincent’s Eyes’ among highlights
A sculptor who creates new works from old musical instruments, works by Columbus native son and renowned pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, contemporary art quilts from an international competition and two big – and very different – exhibits focusing on the works of Vincent Van Gogh are just a few of the coming highlights in the new season of visual arts.
Many of the exhibits will be held in person at museums or art centers but because of the pandemic and CDC guidelines, visitors should check all events before attending. Also because of the pandemic, many of the exhibits will be available to be seen online.
‘Nina Katchadourian: To Feel Something That Was Not of Our World’
When: through April 24
Where: Pizzuti Collection, 632 Park St., Short North
What: The artist’s multimedia exhibit is based on the survival tale of Dougal Robertson’s family, told in his 1973 book “Survive the Savage Sea.”
Admission: $5, free to members, veterans and active military and their families and free to all on Sundays. Information:www.columbusmuseum.org
‘Raggin’ On: The Art of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson’s House and Journals’
When: through Oct. 3
Where: Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St., Downtown
What: The huge exhibit includes art from the Columbus artist’s life and career as well as her journals and artifacts from her house.
Admission: $18, or $9 for senior citizens, students and youth; free for age 3 and younger. General admission is free on Sundays and $5 after 5 p.m. Thursdays. This exhibit includes an additional fee. Information: www.columbusmuseum.org
‘Present Generations: Creating the Scantland Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art’
When: through May 5, 2022
Where: Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St., Downtown
What: The museum’s new acquisition of contemporary works by 27 artists includes paintings, photographs and sculptural installations.
Admission: $18, or $9 for senior citizens, students and youth; free for age 3 and younger. General admission is free on Sundays and $5 after 5 p.m. Thursdays. Information:www.columbusmuseum.org
‘They That Matter: The Work of Larry Winston Collins’
When: through Nov. 5
Where: Shot Tower Gallery, Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center, 546 Jack Gibbs Blvd.
What: The artist has created three-dimensional portraits of black men and women who were victims of police shootings in America.
Admission: free Information:www.ccsoh.us
‘Side Effects: Paintings by Patrick Mcdonnell 2016-2021’
When: through Oct. 3
Where: OSU Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St., Suite 130, Downtown
What: Best-known as a comic artist (“MUTTS”), also creates personal and abstract paintings, more than 50 of which are shown in an exhibit conceived by Urban Arts Space and the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum.
Admission: free Information:www.uas.osu.edu
‘The Dog Show’ and ‘Into the Swamp’
When: through Oct. 31
Where: The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum at Ohio State University, Sullivant Hall, 1813 N. High St.
What: The two ongoing exhibits investigate
Before you go
As of press time, here are the COVID policies at area visual-arts venues. Check websites before visiting to confirm.
• Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum: Ohio State guidelines will be followed, including a mask requirement.
• Capital University’s Schumacher Gallery: Masks are required; no vaccination proof or negative test are required at present.
• Columbus Museum of Art: Masks are expected.
• Cultural Arts Center: City of Columbus guidelines will be followed, including a mask requirement inside buildings.
• Dublin Arts Council: Masks are required.
• “Immersive Van Gough Exhibit Columbus”: Masks are required along with social distancing of six feet.
• Ohio Craft Museum: Masks are encouraged.
• Ohio Wesleyan University: Masks are required.
• Otterbein University: Masks are required.
• Pizzuti Collection: Masks are expected.
• Riffe Gallery: Masks encouraged.
“Two Centuries of Canine Cartoons” and “The Social and Political Satire of Walt Kelly’s Pogo.”
Admission: free Information:www.cartoons.osu.edu
‘A Requiem: Tribute to the Spirited Space at Auschwitz’ and ‘Selections from The Schumacher Gallery’s Native American Collection’
When: Sept. 7 to Dec. 10
Where: Capital University’s Schumacher Gallery, Blackmore Library, E. Main Street, Bexley
What: “A Requiem” presents large-scale black-and-white photographs by Susan May Tell that simulate the experience of being at Auschwitz, the largest of Nazi Germany’s concentration camps during World War II.
Admission: free Information:www.capital.edu
‘Joanne’s Scarves’
When: Sept. 18 to Nov. 6
Where: Otterbein University’s Stichweh Gallery, 33 Collegeview Road, Westerville What: Twenty alumni and artist friends honor the late Joanne Miller Stichweh, creating works inspired by the former Otterbein professor’s colorful scarves. Admission: free Information:www.otterbein.edu
‘The Language of Creativity’
When: Sept. 21 to Oct. 29
Where: Dublin Arts Council, 7125 Riverside Drive, Dublin
What: Members of the Central Ohio branch of the National League of American Pen Women – writers, artists and performers – collaborate on projects in the exhibit. Admission: free Information:www.dublinarts.org
‘The Art of Wildlife Conservation’
When: Oct. 1 to Dec. 3
Where: Grange Insurance Audubon Center, 505 W. Whittier St., Downtown
What: The exhibit will include 25 photographs by nature writer and blogger Jim Mccormac and 25 original illustrations by artist Juliet Mullett.
Admission: free Information:www.grangeinsuranceauduboncenter.org ‘Art and Jazz’
When: Oct. 8 to Nov. 13
Where: Cultural Arts Center, 139 W. Main St., Downtown
What: Visual artist Karin Dahl and composer Chris Berg explore how art and music work together to enhance meaning. Admission: free Information:www.culturalartscenteronline.org
‘Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit Columbus’
When: Oct. 28 to Jan. 2 Where: TO BE ANNOUNCED
What: “Starry Night” and many more of the post-impressionist’s great works are projected over 500,000 cubic feet in a traveling exhibit presented all over the world. Admission: from $40 to $75 Information:www.columbusvangogh.com
‘2021 Bicentennial Juried Exhibition’
When: Oct. 30 to Jan. 7
Where: Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery, 77 S. High St., Downtown
What: The exhibit features drawings, fiber works, photography, painting, sculpture and videos by 53 artists living and working in Ohio.
Admission: free Information:www.oac.ohio.gov
‘My Story, My Song: New Work by Creative Women of Color’
When: Oct. 31 to Jan. 17
Where: Ohio Dominican University’s Wehrle Gallery, 1216 Sunbury Road
What: Works in fiber, textiles, metals and more by members of a group of African American women artists will be featured. Admission: free Information:www.ohiodominican.edu
‘Van Kerkhove and Kowalski: Accomplices’
When: Nov. 9 to Dec. 17
Where: Dublin Arts Council, 7125 Riverside Drive, Dublin
What: Printmaker Joseph Van Kerkhove and ceramicist Kristin Kowalski explore contrasts and symmetry in their exhibit. Admission: free
Information:www.dublinarts.org
‘Through Vincent’s Eyes: Van Gogh and his Sources’
When: Nov. 12 to Feb. 6
Where: Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St., Downtown
What: The exhibit will include 15 paintings and drawings by Van Gogh and more than 100 works by Impressionists, Post-impressionists and other artists who influenced and inspired him.
Admission: $18, or $9 for senior citizens, students and youth; free for age 3 and younger. General admission is free on Sundays and $5 after 5 p.m. Thursdays. This exhibit will include an additional fee. Information:www.columbusmuseum.org
‘Out of Tunes’
When: Nov. 19 to Dec. 31
Where: Cultural Arts Center, 139 W. Main St., Downtown
What: Brian Riegel turns recycled musical instruments into mixed-media sculptures. Admission: free
Information: www.culturalartscenteronline.org
‘James Stewart: Deaf Republic’ and ‘Ron Anderson: Into the Light’
When: Dec. 7 to March 20
Where: Ohio Wesleyan University’s Ross Art Museum, 60 S. Sandusky St., Delaware What: In paintings and ceramics, Stewart interprets Ilya Kaminsky’s poetry book, “Deaf Republic.” Anderson, a Columbus painter, captures African Americans, especially in music and dance.
Admission: free Information:www.owu.edu
‘Boundary Lines’
When: Jan. 7 to Feb. 12
Where: Cultural Arts Center, 139 W. Main St., Downtown
What: The show brings together four artists – Erin Furimsky, Nathan Gorgen, Molly Jo Burke and Katie Davis – working in a variety of mediums to explore the concept of boundaries.
Admission: free
Information: www.culturalartscenteronline.org
‘Quilt National 2021 Traveling Exhibition’
When: Jan. 28 to April 9
Where: Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery, 77 S. High St., Downtown
What: A large sampling of contemporary art quilts from the Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens will be on display.
Admission: free Information:www.oac.ohio.gov
‘Kuumba Connection’
When: Feb. 6 to April 3
Where: Ohio Craft Museum, 1665 W. 5th Ave.
What: Curated by Bettye Stull, the exhibit showcases narrative quilts by Kuumba artists, a group that formed to share ideas and expertise during the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Admission: free
Information: www.ohiocraft.org
‘Frayed’
When: Feb. 18 to March 26
Where: Cultural Arts Center, 139 W. Main St., Downtown
What: The exhibit is the culmination of a journey taken by artists Mary Hoffelt and Char Norman to Selva Vida Sin Fronteras (Rainforest-life Without Frontiers), Amazon Reserve for Peace in Ecuador. Admission: free
Information: www.culturalartscenteronline.org
‘Women Carry the Weight of the World: Pandemic Work by Eliana Calle-saari’
When: Feb. 27 to April 17
Where: Ohio Dominican University’s Wehrle Gallery, 1216 Sunbury Road
What: Stranded on Antigua during the pandemic, the artist created woodcuts of local women carrying food, bags, children and animals – a metaphor for women carrying the weight of the world.
Admission: free Information:www.ohiodominican.edu
‘Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948-1960’
When: March 4 to June 5
Where: Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St., Downtown
What: This will be the first major museum exhibition looking at the early work of the 20th-century artist who spent his formative years in Columbus.
Admission: $18, or $9 for senior citizens, students and youth. Admission is free on Sundays and $5 after 5 p.m. Thursdays. This exhibit will include an additional fee. Information:www.columbusmuseum.org