Community Calendar

Community Day is the first Sunday of every month. Residents of Columbus and Franklin County receive free general admission. Community Days include access to the entirety of our gardens and collections and current daytime exhibitions. Admission to special engagements on select evenings (Chihuly Nights, Pumpkins Aglow, Conservatory Aglow) is not included.

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2023 COLUMBUS SUMMER AVANT-GARDE ART & CRAFT SHOW

Location:
Makoy Event Center
5462 Center St.
Hilliard, OH 43026

Date:
Sunday, June 4, 2023

Time:
10:00am-4:00pm

Summer has arrived! Enjoy a day out shopping at our annual summer event. This large show will feature artists and crafters selling their original handmade items at this beautiful venue! Admission is $3 to the public, children under 12 are free! A portion of proceeds will benefit local non-profit, Pets Without Parents. Tickets available for sale at the door only, no pre-sale.

This show is currently accepting vendors, please email becki@ag-shows.com for more information

Summer has arrived! Enjoy a day out shopping at our annual summer event. This large show will feature artists and crafters selling their original handmade items at this beautiful venue! Admission is $3 to the public, children under 12 are free! A portion of proceeds will benefit local non-profit, Pets Without Parents. Tickets available for sale at the door only, no pre-sale.

Community Day is the first Sunday of every month. Residents of Columbus and Franklin County receive free General Admission. Identification is required. Community Days include access to the entirety of our gardens and collections and current daytime exhibitions. Admission to Special Engagements (Chihuly Nights, Pumpkins Aglow, Conservatory Aglow) is not included.

Opening Friday, May 26, 2023 from 5-8 PM

Participating artists: Laura Alexander, Laura Bidwa, Don “DonCee” Coulter, Elizabeth Gerdeman, Stephanie Lüning, Andrea Myers, Mariana Smith, Silke Wobst, Joan Wobst, Melissa Vogley Woods

Join us in celebrating a great tradition that champions new voices and cross-cultural exchange. Since 1995, the Greater Columbus Arts Council and State of Saxony have sponsored artists to travel to their respective Sister City (either Dresden, Germany or Columbus) for a residency for up to three months. The time and modest financial support afford the selected artists a freedom to focus on research and art production. Several Hammond Harkins artists have received the distinction and are gathered together for the first time to commemorate their achievement. Seven of them travelled to Dresden, and one from Dresden received the award to come to Columbus. Then there are others who simply have a “Dresden connection.”

Stop in and discover a breadth of talent and see how art flourishes when one honors the vocation of the artist.

Gallery hours: Tue - Sat 11 AM - 5 PM Sun 1 PM - 5 PM Closed Monday.

Opening Friday, May 26, 2023 from 5-8 PM

Participating artists: Laura Alexander, Laura Bidwa, Don “DonCee” Coulter, Elizabeth Gerdeman, Stephanie Lüning, Andrea Myers, Mariana Smith, Silke Wobst, Joan Wobst, Melissa Vogley Woods

Join us in celebrating a great tradition that champions new voices and cross-cultural exchange. Since 1995, the Greater Columbus Arts Council and State of Saxony have sponsored artists to travel to their respective Sister City (either Dresden, Germany or Columbus) for a residency for up to three months. The time and modest financial support afford the selected artists a freedom to focus on research and art production. Several Hammond Harkins artists have received the distinction and are gathered together for the first time to commemorate their achievement. Seven of them travelled to Dresden, and one from Dresden received the award to come to Columbus. Then there are others who simply have a “Dresden connection.”

Stop in and discover a breadth of talent and see how art flourishes when one honors the vocation of the artist.

Gallery hours: Tue - Sat 11 AM - 5 PM Sun 1 PM - 5 PM Closed Monday.

Opening Friday, May 26, 2023 from 5-8 PM

Participating artists: Laura Alexander, Laura Bidwa, Don “DonCee” Coulter, Elizabeth Gerdeman, Stephanie Lüning, Andrea Myers, Mariana Smith, Silke Wobst, Joan Wobst, Melissa Vogley Woods

Join us in celebrating a great tradition that champions new voices and cross-cultural exchange. Since 1995, the Greater Columbus Arts Council and State of Saxony have sponsored artists to travel to their respective Sister City (either Dresden, Germany or Columbus) for a residency for up to three months. The time and modest financial support afford the selected artists a freedom to focus on research and art production. Several Hammond Harkins artists have received the distinction and are gathered together for the first time to commemorate their achievement. Seven of them travelled to Dresden, and one from Dresden received the award to come to Columbus. Then there are others who simply have a “Dresden connection.”

Stop in and discover a breadth of talent and see how art flourishes when one honors the vocation of the artist.

Gallery hours: Tue - Sat 11 AM - 5 PM Sun 1 PM - 5 PM Closed Monday.

Opening Friday, May 26, 2023 from 5-8 PM

Participating artists: Laura Alexander, Laura Bidwa, Don “DonCee” Coulter, Elizabeth Gerdeman, Stephanie Lüning, Andrea Myers, Mariana Smith, Silke Wobst, Joan Wobst, Melissa Vogley Woods

Join us in celebrating a great tradition that champions new voices and cross-cultural exchange. Since 1995, the Greater Columbus Arts Council and State of Saxony have sponsored artists to travel to their respective Sister City (either Dresden, Germany or Columbus) for a residency for up to three months. The time and modest financial support afford the selected artists a freedom to focus on research and art production. Several Hammond Harkins artists have received the distinction and are gathered together for the first time to commemorate their achievement. Seven of them travelled to Dresden, and one from Dresden received the award to come to Columbus. Then there are others who simply have a “Dresden connection.”

Stop in and discover a breadth of talent and see how art flourishes when one honors the vocation of the artist.

Gallery hours: Tue - Sat 11 AM - 5 PM Sun 1 PM - 5 PM Closed Monday.

Join us on the Thurber House lawn for a Summer Literary Picnic featuring reporter turned freelance writer Andrew Welsh-Huggins, the award-nominated author of the Andy Hayes Private Eye series and the editor of Columbus Noir. His new standalone crime novel, The End of the Road, loosely uses the framework of Homer's Odyssey to tell the story of a young woman's journey of revenge after her boyfriend is shot and left for dead.

Register: https://www.thurberhouse.org/literary-picnics

As one DJ puts it, Rebecca Loebe “has an almost supernatural ability to get the crowd singing along.” Over the past decade, the Austin-based singer-songwriter has taken her fans along for the ride, touring nonstop across the United States, Canada, Japan, Europe, and the UK. If you love lyric driven, full-throated modern troubadours like Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell, and Phoebe Bridgers, then Rebecca Loebe is a must-listen.

After she performed her own arrangement of Nirvana's 'Come As You Are' on the first season of NBC’s The Voice, Adam Levine and Christina Aguilera fought for the chance to work with her. Adam professed, “I just love listening to you sing.” Loebe's original songs have also earned recognition from critics, fans, and songwriting competitions around the world.

When she’s not on tour, you can find her snuggling her puppy Lola, watering her vegetable garden, curled up with a good book, or in her home studio where she recently recorded an acoustic covers album called Secondhand Songs, which is available for free on her website.

For the rest of the year she'll be performing a limited number of shows across the US, Europe, and the UK on The Back 40 Tour - a celebration of growing up with your heart on your sleeve. Each show will feature a unique setlist comprised of award-winning original songs, surprising covers, quirky humor, and engrossing stories about a life on the road.