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Recent Press Releases
Fallen Fruit Descends on Columbus
Wed, Dec 7, 2016
Columbus, OH–In partnership with the Wexner Center for the Arts, the Los Angeles-based art collaborative project Fallen Fruit, led by artists David Allen Burns and Austin Young, has launched a multi-part project steeped in the...
The 13th Annual Zoom: Family Film Festival kicks off November 25
Wed, Nov 2, 2016
Columbus, Ohio—From classic...
Wexner Center receives major grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services
Mon, Oct 17, 2016
Columbus, Ohio—The Film/Video Studio Program at the Wexner Center for the Arts has received a two-year, $150,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The award—part of IMLS’s Museums for America program—will be used for the development of an accessible...
Carmen Herrera: Lines of Sight opens February 4, 2017
Wed, Oct 12, 2016
"…the show presents her as an artist of formidable discipline, consistency and clarity of purpose, and a key player in any history of postwar art.”—New York Times
Columbus, Ohio—February 4–April 16, 2017, the Wexner Center for the...
Sarah Oppenheimer: S-337473 opens February 4, 2017
Wed, Oct 12, 2016
Columbus, Ohio—February 4 – April 16, 2017, the Wexner Center for the Arts will debut S-337473, an exhibition featuring a newly commissioned work by Sarah Oppenheimer, an artist who defies categorization, straddling art, architecture,...
Wexner Center Announces Artist Residency Awards for 2016-17 in Performing Arts, Film/Video
Tue, Sep 20, 2016
September 20, 2016—Columbus, OH—The Wexner Center is pleased to announce its 2016–17 Wexner Center Artist Residency Award recipients in performing arts and film/video. An essential part of the center’s role as a creative research...
Director's Dialogue on Art and Social Change: Culture, Ethics, and Controversy
Mon, Sep 19, 2016
On Monday, September 19 from 4-6 p.m. in Mershon Auditorium, the Wexner Center for the Arts will host a Director’s Dialogue on Art and Social Change: Culture, Ethics and Controversy. The latest in a series of events advancing the role of the arts in sparking...
Wexner Center names
new marketing & communications talent
new marketing & communications talent
Thu, Aug 18, 2016
The Wexner Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the appointments of Densil R.R. Porteous II as Director of Marketing and Communications and Melissa Starker as Creative Content and PR Manager.
Porteous, who begins at the center in September, has over 13 years' experience...
New trustees appointed to Wexner Center Foundation Board
Thu, June 16, 2016
At its meeting on June 15, 2016, the Wexner Center Foundation board appointed three new trustees: David J. Campisi, chief executive officer and president of Big Lots, Inc.; Brenda J. Drake, attorney and university ambassador at The Ohio State University; and Brett Kaufman, chief executive officer...
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Melissa Starker
Creative Content & Public Relations Manager
(614) 292-9840
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