I've been wanting to go here for quite some time!…read more I walked in with a friend about early afternoon and there was no one in there except a lady at the desk. She told us that the artwork changes every once in a while. We walked around and enjoyed the paintings, sculptures, and such. It's cool! And it's free. I'd love to return for another exhibition!

Do yourself a favor and savor either one of the art installations available for viewing or be…read moreadventurous and register for one of the FREE art classes that they offer to the public which makes for a really fun date! There is lots of natural light which makes it easy to see the detail of each piece you are either viewing or creating.

CONGRATULATIONS to ROY G BIV on their extraordinary grand opening in the Franklinton Arts District…read more This event, "Family Reunion" was a homecoming of sorts as it featured favorite former artists during their 30 year stint in the Short North. As the Short North has shifted more towards the food and bar crowd, Franklinton is really becoming the heart for artists.

A great gallery! I was featured in the Small Works 2024 Exhibition, and it was extremely well put…read moretogether, professional, and kind staff. Wonderful artists are featured and the selection is fantastic. Definitely stop by!

I have been to Hawaii Fluid Art multiple times and each time Angelina has been great. I have done…read moremultiple painting types including resins canvases and water bottles. Angelina was very patient with the kids and very informative to the adults. We had a wonderful and will be back for more classes.

Such a perfect mid-day activity for kids who enjoy art -- or simply the act of mixing colors for a…read morebeautiful result. Reasonably priced and the manager, Cat, was so great with kids. Highly recommend.

I had the pleasure of attending a "Paint and Pour for Pelatonia" fundraiser organized by a coworker…read moreof mine. The event was well organized, as the canvas/paints/brushes/smocks are all provided. The activity itself was SO much fun! We ate pizza, sipped on wine and paint to our heart's content! Even though we had a large party of about 30 painters, the instructors, Anna, came around and helped me several times, even showing me what I needed to do and offering feedback. She was supportive and helpful. Despite my dreadful painting, I LOVED my experience with Art with Anna. I especially loved that the money raised went to support cancer research at the James.

My niece has been taking art camp classes here for a little over a year and she loves it! Her marks…read morein art at school have improved tremendously and she has so much fun with the other kiddos in each class she takes and with the super patient instructors (I teach high school and can't imagine having a group of 8yos all at once...that is my nightmare and the instructors here are saints!) It is so affordable ($30 for an art camp day session) and nice to know in advance what the craft for that day will be, that way we can avoid any repeat crafts.

This is a great gallery and event space. I've only recently discovered it, but I've been twice…read morenow. Once just to see the gallery and again for an event. It is definitely worth your while to check out the events calendar, as they have many *free* things happening that are open to the community. Just today I went to their monthly Crafternoons events, where we all did a craft project together - it was so fun! I'll definitely be back soon. PS If you're at the Columbus Commons for an event, it is right there...just stop in for a bit!

The Lazarus building, an art work in-and-of itself, should have a seperate Yelp entry. The giant…read moreterracotta monster that takes a full city block with one million square feet has been around since 1909 and was renovated about a decade ago. It's mindboggling to think that one mammoth department store took all this space. But it did--a cosmopolitan cornerstone for decades. They made a right choice in preserving the building and by adding this challenging art gallery as a tenant. OSU's urban art space is access from Town Street through a gash in the building; once a section of Wall Street, the forgotten alley running through downtown randomly impeded by development, is now a wide non-enclosed hallway. Framed by a sequence of square arches and large vertical glass the hall dead ends in an gorgeous art deco backdrop centered by a diamond shaped clock. A great choice of design that harkens back to the cosmo cool tastes of the 1920s. The entrance to the gallery is to the right. Minimalistic and white by design, the gallery accents space with the atmosphere of a working studio. In several rooms that connect each other by 90-degree angles, it's seeming purpose is to throw visitors in the midst of art with no preconception by looking ahead. A sort of 'throw them in the deep end' philosophy that hit before psychological filtering; an exhibit is experienced before perceptions are edited by cognition. I saw the "Engineering Utopia", a look at the interaction between artist and engineer--a symbolic representation of the corpus callosum that connects left and right brain. (It ended July 15) They describe utopia as a place that is built for perfection but bound to fail yet makes discoveries of technology and the human experience--living up to Thomas Moore's ideas when he invented the term 'utopia.' The exhibits is connected with Ohio State art and engineering schools. I thought the exhibit was interesting, thought provoking and certainly challenged my idea what art could be. There were many restoration projects and old computer graphic art that intrigued. I also turned one of the blind corners and ran into a robot exhibit with the exhibition head and wife there. The robot moved toward me and when I was sensed it snapped a picture which displayed on a screen. Although I remain unconvinced that technology is art (then again who am I to say?) I had a good time. The exhibits are free and a must for any art lover spending time in downtown.

I really like this place along with all the people that own and are volunteering here, the only few…read morethings I would change are as follows: There is no air flow, the room is extremely HOT and with no AC, and than it gets crammed full of people, but during the cold season it is great inside. Granite AC is VERY expensive, and to fill up a high ceiling brick building will be even more expensive. The bands that play inside are local musicians, sharing their talents through performance art. With the wide variety of music that comes through their it is bound you will find someone you can enjoy. Now on occasion it can be to loud to talk or even hear yourself in their. Besides that, the people are cool that work and keep this place up and running. The artist that are there are talented and fun as well. I am a local artist there that has my art hung up sometimes and sells my clothing in the front room for gallery hop. For the location and the fact that this is a legit gallery the hanging fees and commission are fair. Each month is different, and you can not control the weather or how the economy is. It is hard to sell at galleries in general because of restricted hours usually. I wish there was a way to better view the art that is hung closer to the ceiling. Sometimes the detail of some ones art is missed out because of were it is paced. With such tall walls and so many artist wanting to hang up their art it makes it challenging, almost like a giant game of tetris. There is a wide variety of art/artist to choose from inside and outside of 83 gallery, so what ever you are into I am sure you will find it in there. The art in there has a wide spread of quality and talent as well. So check out 83 Gallery and support a LOCAL ARTIST!

Interesting! I stopped by during the most recent Gallery Hop, while a musical performance was…read moresetting up to play a small party being held inside. Local art adorns the place, some of which are sold on T-shirts, and apparently the establishment supports numerous charities. :-) But 83 Gallery has room to grow, I think. It just didn't "arrest" me as other galleries in the Short North do. However, its location is prime, sharing space with Mikey's Late Night Slice. 3.5 stars, rounding down.

Studios on High is an artist collective. Artists come in and out of ownership of the gallery, but…read morethe average number of associated artists usually hovers around 15. I find that Studios On High has a female slant. Many of the artists are women, many of the themes in the work deal with femininity, and much of the work is aimed (in my opinion) at female buyers. A lot of the art features animals and nature as well. I most appreciate Studios On High for its history as a Columbus gallery; it's been around since the mid-1980s. Many of the artists who leave end up opening their own galleries, case in point, Jeff Hersey of Terra Gallery. If you visit, you'll catch a handful of the artists in the studio; sometimes they're in the process of creating something, or perhaps they're just knitting. The artists are very inviting and don't mind if you hang around to watch them work. My favorite pieces at Studios On High are always the blown glass vessels by husband and wife duo Scott Conover and Lisa Horkin. The tiny vessels are so colorful, and they all have great shapes. I saw Scott and Lisa last summer making the vessels on High St at a Gallery Hop. They also make bowels and vases. The colored pencil drawings by Rhonda Bartoe Tuckers are also phenomenal. They are so smooth that they look like they were painted. Since Studios On High is a collective, there's all kinds of art to be seen (in all kinds of genres): prints, paintings, jewelry, sculptures, paintings, drawings, knits, glass, ceramics, etc. The artwork changes often.

Another great stop along the Short North Gallery Hop and an affordable one to boot…read more Friendly staff, clever items mixed with high-end art, a laid back atmosphere, and a great 'standing collection' all contribute to making this one of the more accessible options in the Short North for fans of many styles.

This is a lovely small gallery with a good selection by all local artists and craft people. Some…read morebeautiful, some useful, some quirky. There are new pieces every time I'm there.