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Weekend reading: April 10 edition

Melissa Starker, Creative Content & PR Manager

Apr 10, 2020

Southern view of the exterior of Mershon Auditorium as imagined for the videogame Minecraft by CCAD student Hannah Donovan

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Around Columbus

Poster for Open-Air Square in Franklinton's Arts District in Columbus

Franklinton's Open-Air Square (via Facebook)

  • The Greater Columbus Film Commission is running a contest through April 15 for locals in the film community, offering cash prizes for smartphone-created short films.
  • Columbus Pride has been rescheduled to October
  • Things may be weird right now, but we can take comfort in the consistency of local film lover Matthew Bush’s annual Zombie Jesus Easter Movie Marathon. Bush has a virtual playlist here. 
  • You can also browse an online version of the CCAD Spring Art Fair through Sunday at 11:59 PM.
  • In other CCAD news, senior Hannah Donovan has recreated our own Mershon Auditorium in Minecraft in response to the art school’s cancelation of its in-person graduation ceremony at the venue. (pictured above, via Columbus Underground)
  • When he’s feeling inspired, local writer and Wex Pages collaborator Scott Woods has been posting videos with his thoughts on a variety of books.
  • In shows to view, 934 Gallery is offering a virtual tour of artist Emma Brown’s new exhibition.
  • ROY G BIV has also gone online for its April show, Toby Kaufman-Buhler: Trio of Excess Places.
  • And the Riffe Gallery has a virtual tour of Ohio Diaspora.
  • Here's more from Columbus Alive on local art galleries going online.
  • But since it’ll be a nice weekend, you could grab your face mask and partake in the outdoor Franklinton art walk, Open-Air Square.
  • Franklinton artists are also offering coloring pages, including one by Donna McCarty Estep of reigning Ohio crush Dr. Amy Acton (swipe left to see them all).

 

Around the globe

Watercolor poster thanking medical workers during the covid-19 crisis by artist Amy Sillman

Amy Sillman poster courtesy of the artist

  • Creative Capital has partnered with several arts granters on the new Artist Relief unrestricted emergency fund. More info is here, along with a regularly updated list of resources for artists.
  • In other new grant news, there’s now a documentary freelancer relief fund.
  • FRONT Triennial is temporarily a quadrennial. The second edition of the Cleveland-based contemporary art event has been postponed from 2021 to 2022.
  • The new crop of Guggenheim fellows has been announced and includes recent Wex guest Zoe Leonard, Cinétracts ’20 contributor Sky Hopinka, and Wex Artist Residency Award recipient Penny Lane.
  • Thinking on Their Feet, the tap doc by Ohio State Dance alum and Chicago Dance History Project Executive Director Jenai Cutcher, is now available for streaming.
  • The postal service will be printing stamps highlighting the work of Black Mountain College alum Ruth Asawa.
  • Posters of encouragement by artists including Amy Sillman, seen most recently at the Wex in Inherent Structure, are being hung in New York City intensive care units. (Sillman’s is pictured above, courtesy of the artist)
  • Enjoy a new interview with recent exhibiting artist Cecilia Vicuña. 
  • If Mershon Auditorium in Minecraft piques your interest, check out recreations of art installations such as Spiral Jetty in Animal Crossing.
  • Sick of staring at your walls? Artist Derek Bader is beta-testing an augmented reality app that will fill your iPhone’s view of your space with things like a cowboy hat-wearing gorilla DJ.
  • Zia Anger is making My First Film, the terrific work she presented at last October’s Unorthodocs fest, available online to small viewing groups on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • Filmmaker Pedro Almodovar is writing a lockdown diary for Sight & Sound.
  • Mark your calendars for “Mondays with Merce” from the Merce Cunningham Trust.
  • The New York Times continues its series of contemporary dance prompts with Trisha Brown’s “Roof Piece” (no roof required).
  • On the passing of John Prine, Rolling Stone shares a tribute from singer Jason Isbell.
  • And here’s one from Bill Murray.
  • In news that elicited a squeal from this reader, Patti Smith has a new podcast.
  • Sound artist Alan Nakagawa wants your quarantine haikus for an Orange County Museum of Art project. Submissions are being accepting through Thursday.
  • Gagosian Gallery is starting a weekly series featuring one artist and one work.
  • A full curator tour of the Tate Modern’s Andy Warhol exhibit is now available.
  • MoMA is offering its first online exhibition, Virtual Views: Home Movies, a spin on its in-person show Private Lives Public Spaces.
  • The online exhibition Art at a Time Like This aims to offer “a place of exchange, a place to vent or cry, share anxieties or plan a revolution.” Participating artists include Mickalene Thomas, Marilyn Minter, and Jacolby Salterwhite.
  • Artforum has shared a 1981 piece from its print archives featuring drawings by Wexner Center architect Peter Eisenman.
  • This week’s online art viewing isn’t complete without a visit to the gerbil museum.
  • If you missed Gary Hustwit’s visit to the Wex with his Dieter Rams documentary, it's streaming for free through April 14.
  • The New Yorker considers how the covid-19 crisis has affected our language.
  • The Washington Post’s art and architecture critic suggests it’s a good time to connect with the private experience of viewing art.
  • The paper also has tips for coping & improvising focus.
  • We have our own suggestion: spend 20 minutes watching David Lynch cook quinoa.

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