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Weekend reading: March 27 edition

Melissa Starker, Creative Content & PR Manager

Mar 28, 2020

Labeled cardboard box of personal protection equipment donated to Wexner Medical Center by the Wexner Center for the Arts

Keep your brain and eyes busy with stories, streams, and more.

Around Columbus

Two young men in baseball caps are seen from behind outdoors at dusk in a scene from Stanya Kahn's short film No Go Backs

Stanya Kahn, No Go Backs, 2020 (film still). Super 16mm film transferred to 2k video. Courtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects. Supported by the Film Video Studio Program at the Wexner Center for the Arts. ©2020 Stanya Kahn.

Late yesterday, Wex director Johanna Burton announced that the center will remain closed through at least April 30.
According to Columbus Underground's Jeff Regensburger, "Just because museums and galleries are physically inaccessible, that doesn’t mean we can’t think about art, engage with it and learn from it." He makes the point in his new review of Stanya Kahn: No Go Backs.
In other good reads—at what feels like an ideal moment—Columbus Alive has an inspiring group of Best of Columbus picks, from author Saeed Jones to highway sign artist Cecily King. Editor Andy Downing collected them all in a convenient Twitter thread.
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library curator Caitlin McGurk has a treat for the ears: a "Quarantunes" playlist of songs with a lyrical connection to comics, featuring artists such as Prince, The Ramones, and Alicia Keys.
Some local writers and performers have found an income source in livestreaming.
Here's what's new on local restaurants such as The Refectory adapting to shelter-in-place.
There's now a Google doc with info on how to order from local farmers, bakers, and other food vendors affected by current events.
Local entrepreneurs including Wex board member and longtime supporter Jeni Britton Bauer have united to fundraise for a program to feed 20,000 central Ohioans at risk.
And GCAC is more than a third of the way toward its fundraising goal for emergency grants.

Around the globe

A young blonde woman born with a partially missing right arm, seen waist-up in a crop top walking outdoors in a scene from the South by Southwest short film Single by Ashley Eakin

Ashley Eakin's Single, a Special Jury-recognized short from the canceled 2020 SXSW Film Fest now streaming online (image via Eakin on Twitter)

Earlier this week, the Wex's preparatory and registrar crew donated unused personal protection equipment to Wexner Medical Center (pictured at top of page). Artists and institutions around the country are making similar donations.
Artists and arts workers, here's a global list of options for seeking financial assistance.
Art in America has a new review of the Johanna Burton-edited Out of Bounds: The Collected Writings of Marcia Tucker.
Kleber Mendonça Filho, director of Bacarau, the wild film we presented virtually last week, offers his thoughts on film viewing during quarantine.
Miranda July created a one-day international arts fair on Instagram (and teased another one in the future).
The Guardian reports on designers rising to the challenge of the coronavirus.
There's a new star in the world of museum social media managers.
NPR has started sharing Tiny Desk Concerts recorded by artists at home.
You could also listen to some free museum audio tours.
The Tate has a live exhibition by Congolese dance artist Faustin Linyekula streaming through March 29.
Want to get moving yourself? Follow a choreography designed for the home by Yvonne Rainer.
Or sit down and color the Louise Lawler way.
For something to watch, Mailchimp and Oscilloscope are making shorts from the canceled 2020 SXSW Film Festival available for free.
Or you could check out Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear getting real about the nature of existence in a 1979 camera test from the brilliant Jim Henson.

Back with more next Friday.

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