Where Life Is Precious Life Is Precious seeks to capture the vibrancy and value of incarcerated women through the medium of portraiture and interactive storytelling installations. Through the art, the artist aims to peel away the stigmatization and preconceived notions that often shroud those behind bars, emphasizing the inherent worth and dignity that every person possesses.
Home Free: Ohio Artists Envision Prison Abolition explores the conditions, creative expression, and aesthetic practices of Ohio artists directly impacted by the criminal legal system and who are uniquely positioned to interrogate mass incarceration as a means to safety, justice, and rehabilitation. The Returning Artists Guild (RAG) is a network of more than thirty currently and formerly incarcerated artists in Ohio and across the United States. Its mission centers the artistic practice, processes, and nurturing of RAG artists, and develops platforms necessary to build public support for ending mass incarceration.
Vidushi Taniya Panda – vocals and abhinaya |
Vidushi Smitha Magal – abhinaya |
Vidushi Devulapalli Sumamala – veena |
Vidwan Ajay Ravichandran – mridangam |
Students of the Silambam School of Dance |
The Thomas Worthington High School Jazz Program will present their two jazz ensembles, Cardinal Swing, and Cardinal Jazz, live in concert on Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM at the McConnell Arts Center. Audience members will enjoy a wide variety of music including swing, bebop, funk, and more! We know our students are "jazzed" to perform for you!
For many great artists the garden has long been considered a desirable subject for the expression of colour, light and atmosphere. Claude Monet is perhaps the most well-known painter of gardens but other greats such as Van Gogh, Pissarro, Matisse and Sargent all viewed the garden as a meaningful focus for their talents. The work of these great artists, along with many others, feature in a major 2016 exhibition ‘Painting the Modern Garden’ from The Royal Academy, London.
This dazzling film takes a magical journey from the gallery to the gardens, to Giverny and Seebüll and other glorious grounds favoured by artists. Here we discover how early twentieth century artists designed and cultivated their own gardens to explore contemporary utopian ideas and motifs of colour and form. Monet said, “Apart from painting and gardening, I’m no good at anything”.
For lovers of art or lovers of gardens, this is an ideal film.
A 60 minute solo show described as a 21st Century version of ‘On The Road’ meets ‘Folsom Prison Blues’ | Written & Performed by Matt Butler | Directed by Richard Hoehler. | Reckless Son, written and performed by singer songwriter Matt Butler, was inspired by his journey performing over 100 concerts in jails and prisons across the country. Through a powerful combination of spoken word and song, Reckless Son humanizes the experience of the incarcerated by giving them voice and telling their stories...
The Wet Bandits are the most unique and entertaining 90's cover band in Columbus. Rigidly adhering to a set containing only songs released in the 3652-day span from January 1, 1990 to December 31, 1999, The Wet Bandits will put together a show of pop, rock, hip-hop, and everything in-between that made the 90's the great decade of music that it was.
In "IF," a young girl begins to see the imaginary friends left behind as their real-life friends have grown up.
Screenings are free, but seat reservations are required (no-show seats will be released at 2 pm). Refreshments will be available for purchase. The series is presented in partnership with the Worthington Alliance of Black Families and Educators and the McConnell Arts Center, and sponsored by the Friends Foundation of Worthington Libraries.
Join our exhibiting artists in an informative and in-depth tour of their exhibitions, Home Free: Ohio Artists Envision Prison Abolition, and Where Life Is Precious Life Is Precious
This will be an opportunity for patrons to be in conversation with the artist about the work as they tour the exhibition.
In "Inside Out 2," Riley (from "Inside Out") tries to adapt to her teenage years and her old emotions try to adapt to the possibility of being replaced by new, more complex ones.
Screenings are free, but seat reservations are required (no-show seats will be released at 2 pm). Refreshments will be available for purchase. The series is presented in partnership with the Worthington Alliance of Black Families and Educators and the McConnell Arts Center, and sponsored by the Friends Foundation of Worthington Libraries.
This program promises to be an informative and thought-provoking evening with the founding members of the Returning Artists Guild, Kamisha Thomas and Aimee Wissman, along with artist Kirsta Niemie Benedetti and organizer Safear Ness, as they discuss the movement and work to create lasting alternatives to punishment and imprisonment. They will be joined remotely by speakers who are currently incarcerated to participate in this important discussion.
200 years after its opening and a century after acquiring its first Van Gogh works, the National Gallery is hosting the UK’s biggest ever Van Gogh exhibition. Van Gogh is not only one of the most beloved artists of all time, but perhaps the most misunderstood.
This film is a chance to reexamine and better understand this iconic artist. Focusing on his unique creative process, Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers explores the artist’s years in the south of France, where he revolutionised his style. Van Gogh became consumed with a passion for storytelling in his art, turning the world around him into vibrant, idealised spaces and symbolic characters.
Poets and lovers filled his imagination; everything he did in the south of France served this new obsession. In part, this is what caused his notorious breakdown, but it didn’t hold back his creativity as he created masterpiece after masterpiece. Explore one of art history’s most pivotal periods in this once-in-a-century show. Made in close collaboration with the National Gallery.
