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Please note: per university guidance, you will be asked to sign in upon your arrival for possible contact tracing.
We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation such as captioning or ASL interpretation to participate in this event, please contact Accessibility Manager Helyn Marshall at accessibility@wexarts.org or via telephone at (614) 688–3890. Requests made by two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.
Students, staff, faculty, and their friends and family are invited to drop in for our free, informal welcome back to campus!
Everyone is welcome to come see what's happening at the Wex. Throughout the year, the center shares exhibitions, film screenings, performances, education programs, and artist residencies. The Wex is the place to encounter the art and issues of our time in a safe and inclusive environment.
This open house encourages all to stop by and check out our current exhibition, Jacqueline Humphries: jHΩ1:), watch some of the most buzzed about short films fresh from this year's Sundance Film Festival (free with ticket), browse our Wexner Center Store, and enjoy some snacks while you take it all in. You can also take a moment and relax on the Mershon Auditorium porch (weather permitting) or duck inside to experience demos, to-go art kits, and more. We'll also be joined by live pop-up student and faculty work from Ohio State's School of Music and Department of Dance inside and outside the Wex. See a full schedule below.
We're mindful of your health and safety and want to keep you posted as the public health issues are ever-changing. Keep up-to-date with our safety protocols.
SNACKS AND BEVERAGES Free and self-serve while supplies last! Outside Mershon Auditorium facing the plaza | 4–6:45 PM
EXHIBITIONS Jacqueline Humphries: jHΩ1:) Galleries | open until 7 PM Courtney Stephens: Perfect Fifths The Box | open until 7 PM
PERFORMANCES
Student Jazz Trio Simon Grome, Nathan Snyder, Auden Stevenson Cafe | 4–4:30 PM
Performance: School of Music Outdoor Concert Series Plaza | 5:30–6:30 PM
Student Winds Quintet Brittany White, Dustin Gorely, Gabi Valladares, Michael Rueda, Jiwon Choi Gallery C | 6:30–7 PM
Presented in partnership with Eugenia Giomi-Costa, Susan Powell, and Tim Donel of Ohio State’s School of Music
Crystal Michelle Perkins with Dayton Contemporary Dance Company’s Nicolay Dorsett, Willa Marks, and Niarra Gooden-Clark and student composers Cooper Wood and Erin Fanning Freedom Practice(s) Gallery C | 5–5:30 PM
Freedom Practice(s) is a compositional experiment for dance and music designed during this past spring semester. Through this gathering of artists we explored the process of creating collaboratively in unforeseen times of distance within the human condition. This work asks, how do we think about freedom when we are physically and metaphorically confined? In our roles as choreographers, composers, and performers we process the ongoing pandemics within global health and social justice. It is urgent work that asks How might our work together pave a road to freedom?
In partnership with Ohio State’s Department of Dance. Special thanks to Production Manager Jonathon Hunter.
SCREENINGS
The 2021 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour Film Video Theater | 4:30 and 7 PM Free with ticket
ART DEMOS AND GIVEAWAYS
R & P: Rhythm and Paint Ohio State Student Club Painting kit giveaway while supplies last! Outside Mershon Auditorium | 4–6:45 PM
Baylee Robison Crafty photo frame kit giveaway while supplies last! Lower Lobby | 4–6:45 PM
LEARNING & PUBLIC PRACTICE PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY American Electric Power Foundation Ohio State Energy Partners Huntington
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Additional Support Provided By Ingram-White Castle Foundation Ohio Arts Council Martha Holden Jennings Foundation State Farm Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation Karen Bell and Ben Maiden Barb and Al Siemer Chalmers P. Wylie VA Ambulatory Care Center
WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY The Wexner Family Greater Columbus Arts Council The Columbus Foundation American Electric Power Foundation Ohio Arts Council Adam Flatto Mary and C. Robert Kidder Bill and Sheila Lambert L Brands Foundation Institute of Museum and Library Services Nationwide Foundation Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease Arlene and Michael Weiss
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Carol and David Aronowitz Michael and Paige Crane Pete Scantland Axium Packaging Bocchi Laboratories Fenwick & West LLP Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams President Kristina M. Johnson and Mrs. Veronica Meinhard KDC/ONE Nancy Kramer M/I Homes Voyant Beauty Huntington Lisa Barton Regina Miracle International Ltd. Washington Prime Group Alene Candles Fuel Transport Russell and Joyce Gertmenian Liza Kessler and Greg Henchel Matrix Psychological Services Paramount Group, Inc. Ron and Ann Pizzuti Joyce and Chuck Shenk Bruce and Joy Soll Clark and Sandra Swanson Business Furniture Installations CASTO E.C. Provini Co, Inc. Garlock Printing & Converting Jones Day M-Engineering New England Development Our Country Home Performance Team Premier Candle Corporation ProAmpac Steiner + Associates Textile Printing Andrew and Amanda Wise
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