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Buckeye Love Week

Two individuals are hugging. The words "Share Kindness" and "#BUCKEYELOVE" appear over the photo, next to an illustration of a buckeye and a heart.

Focus on compassion, gratitude, and creativity at the Wex during Ohio State's Buckeye Love Week.

Buckeye Love is a university-wide campaign that celebrates kindness and care and reminds us that we are a community. The Wexner Center for the Arts invites you to connect with friends and colleagues throughout the week as you enjoy the events and activities we have planned for our Ohio State family. Show your BuckID to get special discounts on store purchases, too. Stop by and feel the Buckeye Love!

Buckeye Love Week Schedule

Mon, Feb 12
Show Some Buckeye Love with Valentine's Day Crafts
Lower Lobby | 1–4 PM
Grab some friends and come make your own Valentine's Day cards and pins. Our very own Art & Resilience student group will guide you as you create, and they can also get you registered to vote. While you're here, grab a Connect at the Wex activity sheet created by the group to help you get to know the Wex as you deepen your connection to a friend or loved one. Sheets can be completed when the galleries are open Feb 13–16 and turned in for a free Wex T-shirt in the bookstore!

The Art & Resilience student group (@osuartandresilience) is an Ohio State student organization anchored at the Wex. The group is open to all Ohio State students and explores how art can build personal and collective wellbeing through community healing, healthy social connection, and social justice.

Tue, Feb 13
Bagel and Coffee Buffet (and come hang out with our gallery educators!)
Lower Lobby and Galleries | 10 AM–NOON
Choose a bagel and have your breakfast with a friend. Afterward, take a moment to visit our galleries and experience the newly opened Sarah Maldoror: Tricontinental Cinema. Our gallery educators will be on hand to answer questions and chat.
 

Wed, Feb 14
Won't You Be My Neighbor? 
(Morgan Neville, 2018)
Film/Video Theater | 4 PM
Free for all audiences with ticket
Gather your friends or make some new ones while you watch the documentary on the life and legacy of Mr. Rogers. Learn about his personal philosophy, which infused the lessons on kindness, empathy, and a love for learning that he shared with the viewers of his TV program, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.

Thu, Feb 15
Poetry 
(Lee Chang-dong, 2010) 
Film/Video Theater | 7 PM 
$7 members and adults 55 and over, $9 general public, $5 students
Winner for Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival, Poetry follows a Korean woman who develops a passion for poetry as she deals with the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Korean with English subtitles. (139 mins., DCP) The program opens with poetry readings by Columbus-based poets Scott Woods and Louise Robertson.
 

IMAGE CAPTION
2022 Wex Open House, photo: Kathryn D Studios.

LEARNING & PUBLIC PRACTICE PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
American Electric Power Foundation
Huntington
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
Big Lots Foundation

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Ingram-White Castle Foundation
The Ohio State University Office of Outreach & Engagement
Ohio Arts Council
Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation

SUPPORT FOR LEARNING & PUBLIC PRACTICE RESIDENCIES PROVIDED BY
Mike and Paige Crane

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Ohio Department of Development
Greater Columbus Arts Council
The Wexner Family
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Ohio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts
CampusParc
Ohio State's Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme
The Columbus Foundation
Nationwide Foundation
Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Mike and Paige Crane
Axium Packaging
Nancy Kramer
Ohio State Energy Partners
Ohio History Fund/Ohio History Connection
Larry and Donna James
Bruce and Joy Soll
Rebecca Perry Damsen and Ben Towle
Jones Day
Alex and Renée Shumate

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