Wex Open House

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.

WEX OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULE
Thank you for joining us!

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