Weekend reading: April 3 edition

Around Columbus

• Watershed Distillery has begun selling hand sanitizer to the public.
• Gallery Hop is moving to Instagram.
• There's also the Lift Yourself Up Virtual Dance Party on Saturday.
• Or you can step into a virtual microcinema featuring work by artists including Ohio State professors Roger Beebe and Dani Restack. (Restack is also a contributor to Cinétracts '20.)
• The Columbus Museum of Art has joined the social campaign challenging patrons to recreate masterpieces at home with three things lying around the house.
• This week in reasons to love PBS, Ohio public television stations are shifting programming to emphasize home learning, starting Monday.
• There's also a lot from local artists to keep kids busy this week, including the first in a new series of tutorials from artist, educator, and Classical Baby drummer Courtney L. Hall.
• Sweet Stella jewelry designer Amy Neiwirth is sharing art prompts
• As is fellow art teacher and past Wex family programming collaborator Rob Jones.
• Griffen Hollow Studios is making laser-cut figures of farm animals, butterflies, dinosaurs (pictured at top of page), and more for crafting.
• You can also put your little ones to the task of creating art to show appreciation for staff on the front lines at Wexner Medical Center. The artworks can't be shared directly with hospital staff but pictures can be sent to thankswexmed@gmail.com and they will see them all. Some of the art will also be shared on the hospital's social channels. If you'd like to include a picture of your child with their art and are OK with social sharing, complete this permission form. (The call for entries is for kids, but there's no reason why anyone couldn't send a piece of first responder fan art.)

Around the globe

• Alvin Ailey is streaming short performances for free.
• There's also a Jean-Michel Basquiat/Keith Haring virtual exhibit on view.
• The Broad has created an immersive experience for Instagram with one of Yayoi Kusama's infinity rooms. 
• Front Triennial has started a series of "Whisper Sessions," described as "live and asynchronous events: they can encompass parties, reading groups, games, cooking shows, recipes, and more. Inverting the institutional order, the series amplifies ongoing research by artists, cultural omnivores, and culture producers beyond categorization." 
• Former Wex exhibitions curator Helen Molesworth did a walkthrough of the Noah Davis Exhibition at David Zwirner New York. 
• David Zwirner is also expanding the online presence of other New York City galleries.
• Meanwhile, some New York street artists are keeping busy.
• Momar K. Ndiaye, a Senegalese dance artist who'll be joining Ohio State's faculty in the fall, is one of 10 dancers who discuss how they cope when they can't dance in The Washington Post.
• A new grant program through Anonymous Was a Woman seeks to help women artists over 40 during the COVID-19 crisis. 
• A fundraising campaign has saved the home of late filmmaker Derek Jarman.
• Arts institutions in Brazil are pushing back against calls to reopen from President Bolsonaro.
• Art in America's Jackson Arn shares a list of the 10 best movies streaming about artists.
• Need another child-friendly activity? Here's a clever drawing project for kids and their toys.
• Lastly, for April 1, Hyperallergic took the ball from whoever posted fake images of dolphins in the Venice canals and ran with it, posting a satirical piece about Black bears taking over Dia:Beacon in New York's Hudson Valley. A line from the fun read: "Their cubs were found frolicking around sculptures by Richard Serra and Donald Judd."

Stay safe out there. Back with more next week.

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