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Community Connectors: Terron Banner
Community Connectors is a monthly series highlighting Ohio State staff members who have shown leadership in partnering with our communities to make an impact. Terron Banner is the Manager of…

Intergenerational workshops help children showcase heritage through book series Bigger Than Me: My Story, My Culture
A local intergenerational workshop series is helping children in central Ohio connect with their history by writing self-published books that tell stories of their unique heritage.
The…

Tyiesha Radford Shorts Selected as Next Urban Arts Space Community Artist-in-Residence
History, art, and activism converge in the works of Urban Arts Space’s newest Community Artist-in-Residence, Tyiesha Radford Shorts. The UAS Community Artist-in-Residence program is now…

Three Arts and Sciences artists among 2025 Guggenheim Fellows
Ahmad Al-Jallad, Sofia Chair in Arabic Studies and a professor in the Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures; Dionne Lee, assistant professor in the Department of Art;…

Norah Zuniga Shaw Partners with Doris Duke Foundation for XR Performance Research
Professor Norah Zuniga Shaw, Director for Dance and Technology at The Ohio State University’s Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD) and Department of Dance, is partnering with…

2025-2026 Ohio State Artist Laureate announced
The Ohio State University has selected Kate Shannon, associate professor in the Department of Art at Ohio State Mansfield, as its 2025-2026 Artist Laureate. Shannon will begin a one-year…

Exhibition displays work from Ohio State auxiliary faculty and staff
Merijn van der Heijden has been the director of Urban Arts Space at The Ohio State University since 2018. The annual Department of Art Auxiliary Faculty and Staff Exhibition long predates her, she…

Ohio State student using art to highlight women’s experiences
Ohio State senior Kasmira Snyder is using her art to spark conversations around the issues women face in society.
Snyder, a self-described representational oil painter, uses her art as a…

Ohio State’s industrial design program charting path for changing landscape
When Ohio State students decide to pursue industrial design within the Department of Design, they can rest assured knowing they are learning from the industry standard.
Three professors…