Weekend Reading: March 24 Edition

Around Ohio

• The Wex is included in this Forbes article about Columbus as an underappreciated travel destination., with a shout-out to Meditation Ocean.
• Speaking of, Thursday afternoon, Ohio State’s Department of Art will host an artist talk with Meditation Ocean director Hope Ginsburg.
• Ahead of that, Sunday night, artists Marcus Blackwell and Jay Mueller cohost a new monthly Art Critique Night at Wild Goose.
• As it pertains to higher ed, and by extension the Wex's work as part of Ohio State, it seems appropriate to share this alternative perspective on Ohio Senate Bill 83.
• Artist Damon Mosley is using his talents to raise funds for musical instruments for East High School.
• The Ohio Arts Council’s Artists with Disabilities Access Program is accepting applications from individuals through May 1.
• Local bands are now invited to submit an application to play at September’s 934 Fest.
• The art-adorned ceiling tiles from the long-shuttered restaurant The Blue Danube have turned up at a consignment shop in Grandview.
• 83 Gallery has an eye toward expansion.
• Connections released a new music video by animator Josie Renkwitz.
• Midwest Craft Con kicks off next Friday.
• Next Saturday, TEMPO Music and Arts Camp has a synth workshop for girls, trans, and non-binary youth led by DJ Moxy Martinez and held in Mershon Auditorium. Email to RSVP.
• Next Saturday also brings the Sohud Fools Parade.
• And Gallery Hop is next Saturday as well, including a new solo show of works by Michael Guinane at Sharon Weiss Gallery.

Around the globe

• Jazz artist Amir ElSaffar released footage of his 2019 performance with Hamid Al-Saadi at the Wex.
• Here’s a look at the challenges artists from other countries face when they want to perform in the US.
• Two researchers shared their work in Kinesemiotics, the study of dance as a form of communication.
• Sarah Maldoror fans, there's a sweet new hoodie for 2022 Cinema Revival selection Sambizanga. You’ll see more of the artist’s work at the Wex in the months ahead.
• Esquire made a case for no-budget indies like the offbeat comedy The Civil Dead being the future of filmmaking.
• A linguist pointed out how certain Oscar-winning films suggest a trend toward “linguistic realism” in moviemaking.
• Climate activists are looking at Hollywood for help making an impact on public opinion about the environment.
• Two national monuments in Texas and Nevada, newly established by President Biden, will protect Indigenous petroglyphs and pictographs.
• Vivian Crockett and Isabella Rjeille have been tapped to curate the New Museum Triennial.
• The application for Creative Capital’s Wild Futures: Art, Culture Impact grant for visual arts and film is open through March 31.
• T Mag focused on Black artists such as Simone Leigh and Xaviera Simmons who are working big.
• The New York Times caught up with the long-running practice of email scammers targeting artists.
• The creative industries are using various tactics to fight back against AI.
• Meanwhile, Gagosian opened a show of works by DALL-E.
• And The Guardian tasked ChatGPT with writing a screenplay.
• Slate ran an interview with the Florida School Board Chair who forced a principal to resign over students being shown an image of Michelangelo’s David.
• Book bannings have hit an all-time high. On the bright side, this development has been good for feminist book stores.
• A group of librarians spoke out against a lawsuit targeting the Internet Archive.
• NPR will make 40 years of Fresh Air episodes available to subscribers of the show’s podcast.
• Actor Lance Reddick died at the age of 60.
• Last but not least, Ramadan Kareem to all who observe.