Once again, as I sit down to write this post and search for arts events this weekend, I’m heartened by how much is happening. I’ll highlight several things below, but you’ll need to dig through ColumbusMakesArt.com to really see it all.
First things first: this week Thursday, May 13, a new exhibition, Entangled Threads, opens in the Greater Columbus Arts Council’s gallery space. It features five Columbus-area fiber artists, and has been organized by the King Arts Complex. Gallery hours are noon to four, Monday to Friday, by appointment only, but the exhibition will soon be viewable online as well.
And then take a look at this week:
- The Columbus Cultural Arts Center is back in action with two new exhibitions: Marvin Daniels’ Transitions and the Central Ohio Watercolor Society showcase. Both are viewable in-person through May 29.
- Backed in part by an Arts Council Project Support grant, Evolution Theatre Company opens a new in-person production, Michael Perlman’s From White Plains on Thursday, May 13. It runs at the Abbey Theater of Dublin through May 22.
- CCAD’s 2021 Fashion Show is this Friday, May 14. In-person ticket sales are now closed, but you can still watch it online through their website.
- This Friday, May 14 the Columbus Koto Ensemble livestreams their spring concert.
- That same night, the Westland Mall Drive-In concert series returns with Subtronics, Boogie T., LEVEL UP and Guppi.
- Also on Saturday, All People Arts, another Project Support grantee, opens a new exhibition titled Brothers 2021 in its gallery space. Curated by Richard Duarte Brown and Joel Cross, it’ll be open through the end of July.
- The Ohio Craft Museum opened a new in-person exhibition titled Best of 2020-2021, running through July 11.
- The Hayley Gallery in New Albany holds a reception for its newest in-person exhibition, Ann Kete’s A New Focus on Color, Saturday evening, May 15.
- That day, Carpe Diem String Quarter debuts An American Story on its website. An American Story is an animated, interactive musical about ancestry and immigration featuring work composed and performed by quartet members.
- Bill Toms and Hard Rain play two concerts at Natalie’s in Grandview on Saturday, May 15.
- The Thiossane Institute performs its annual concert, A Tribute to Traditions, both virtually and in-person at the Lincoln Theatre on Sunday, May 16. The Thiossane Institute also received a Project Support grant.
- That same afternoon, the William H. Thomas Gallery hosts an artist talk and reception for a new exhibition focused around the unique wooden door installed in its space.
- Finally, Opera Columbus hosts its annual Cooper-Bing Vocal Competition virtually on Sunday, May 16.
Nick is marketing, communications, & events administrator for the Arts Council. He’s also a food/travel writer penning works for Columbus Monthly, Ohio.org, Ohio Magazine, Experience Columbus and on his own site breakfastwithnick.com.