Wexner Center Director Sherri Geldin and GCAC President Brian Knicely to Speak at Fifth Monday Roundtable

Bryan W. Knicely, President of the Greater Columbus Arts Council, and Sherri Geldin, Director of the Wexner Center for the Arts, will be the guest speakers at the July 30 Fifth Monday Roundtable program sponsored by the University District Organization. The Wexner Center for the Arts will host the program, which will focus on the impact that the arts—and specifically public art—can have on revitalizing communities and neighborhoods. Following their presentation, audience members will be invited to ask questions and discuss the topic.

The program will be presented in the Center’s Film/Video Theater, 1871 N. High St. at 15th Ave. on the campus of The Ohio State University, at 7 p.m. There is no admission charge. A reception will follow in Cam’s on Campus, the Center’s café.

Knicely is an Ohio native who assumed the GCAC presidency seven months ago. Before returning to Ohio, he served for six years as the Assistant Director and Accessibility Coordinator of the Maine Arts Commission. In his six-year tenure at that organization, he received state awards for leadership, service, and outstanding marketing campaigns. Geldin has been Director of the Wexner Center since 1993, four years after its inauguration. Under her leadership, the Center has emerged as one of the foremost contemporary art venues in the nation, with a diverse array of innovative, international programs in the visual, performing, film, media, and design arts. Before coming to Columbus, Geldin was Associate Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.

The July 30 Roundtable is the fourth in a series of Fifth Monday Roundtables presented by the University District Organization. The Roundtables are designed to explore the present and potential assets of the university area that make it a special place to live, learn, work and play.

More information available at www.universitydistrict.org and www.wexarts.org.

Contact Patrick Harsch with the University District Organization at 614 294-5113 or patrick@universitydistrict.org for media inquiries.