Weekend Reading: September 20 Edition

Around Ohio

• In its fall arts issue, Columbus Monthly gave its stamp of approval to a number of Wex events like the current Rotimi Fani-Kayode and Ming Smith exhibitions and Sunday’s Meshell Ndegeocello concert, as well as the October return of Unorthodocs and November’s visit by the Tyshawn Sorey Trio.
• Here’s a great piece on Columbus Zine Club, which is organized by Wex Public Programs Specialist Rebecca Richardson.
• Sunday, the Columbus Fall Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show Is happening at Hilliard’s Makoy Center.
• Monday, Greater Columbus Arts Council has an in-person workshop for artists to learn about the Funds for Artists grant program.
• Tuesday, Riffe Gallery exhibiting artist Robert C. Banks, Jr. will give a virtual pre-lunchtime talk.
• Do you like the kind of free art programs offered through Columbus Recreation and Parks, like the classes the Wex has offered at locations including Linden Rec? Take some time to fill out this survey and share your program preferences with the city.
• Attention writers: Arts Midwest is taking pitches through September 30 for stories about the history of Midwestern creativity in arts and culture.
• Columbus Dance Theater co-leads Jaime Kotrba and Seth Wilson discussed the company’s focus on inclusion.
• Artist Hakim Callwood talked up his collaboration with clothier Pursuit to honor the career of fighter Buster Douglas.
• King Arts Complex announced that Regina Ann Campbell will be its next president and CEO.
• The city enjoyed a visit this week from artist Shepard Fairey, in town to support the Arts Vote Ohio project.
• Next weekend, you could join the ongoing Community CREATurES collage workshop at WAV Friday afternoon.
• Saturday, Deep Field will offer Walking & Falling, a music production workshop specifically for women and nonbinary individuals.
• And Saturday night, Paisha Thomas will perform at the McConnell Arts Center.

Around the Globe

• The first trailer dropped for The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, the acclaimed documentary that will make its Columbus premiere next month at Unorthodocs.
• Speaking of, Unorthodocs visiting filmmaker Steven Bognar, along with past Wex Film/Video Studio resident Sadie Benning, are part of an exceptional program rolling out at the Museum of the Moving Image.
• Here’s a deep dive on the latest opinions about the current and future states of moviegoing.
• Four female writers including Vagina Monologues creator V wrote about the tyranny of beauty standards.
• In related news, Huffington Post covered the cinematic resurgence of former ingenues like Demi Moore and Pamela Anderson.
• Members of the trade union The Animation Guild are sounding a cry of alarm over future work prospects.
• It may be a comedy, but the new film My Favorite Cake has landed its Iranian creators, Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, in hot water.
• Filmmaker Josh Safdie has tapped Tyler the Creator to star in his next project.
• Here’s a list of all the projects currently in limbo due to the sexual assault accusations leveled against Neil Gaiman.
• The Archival Producers Alliance, a group of more than 300 documentary professionals, released new ethical guidelines for AI usage.
• George Romero scholar Daniel Kraus worked with the Night of the Living Dead filmmaker’s estate to finish an incomplete novel found in Romero’s archives.
• The New Yorker is very big on a new Claude Monet biography.
• The shortlist for the 2024 Booker Prize was released.
• Fast Company highlighted the strength of “social learning” to acquire new knowledge.
• Here’s a look at the respective histories of Vice Presidential candidates Tim Walz and JD Vance on supporting the arts.
• The nonprofit Springboard for the Arts will supply 100 Minnesota artists with an income for the next five years.
• The BBC offered a peek inside the London gallery where a Banksy artwork was recently stolen.
• A kickoff event for a major multi-institution program led by Los Angeles’ Getty Museum rained fireworks debris on some attendees.
• Artist Laura Venditti has found her people via Instagram by sharing her felted versions of cats in Medieval art.
• The New York Times Style Magazine counted down the 25 most defining pieces of furniture from the last century, and the list includes a fun surprise.
• Lastly, Ziwe had a sit-down encounter with Anna Delvey.