Exhibit Columbus is an exploration of architecture, art, design, and community that activates the design legacy of Columbus, Indiana.

2021 Design Presentations

March 19 & March 26

Over the course of four online sessions on March 19 and 26, 2021, Exhibit Columbus will host the 2021 Design Presentations, inviting the public to preview design concepts of thirteen site-specific, future-oriented public installations and experience the design process first-hand.

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2021 Exhibition

21 August – 28 November | Curated by Iker Gil and Mimi Zeiger, New Middles is the third iteration of Exhibit Columbus’ critically acclaimed two-year cycle of programming that activates the design legacy of Columbus through a symposium and exhibition. At a moment when reflection, creativity, and innovation is most needed to envision new ways of being, New Middles builds on Columbus’ legacy as a laboratory for design as civic investment to explore the future of the center of the United States and the regions connected by the Mississippi Watershed. More >

2020 Symposium

September 15 – October 29 | The 2020 Symposium New Middles was presented as a series of online conversations that gathered thinkers, designers, architects, artists, and landscape architects together with Columbus community stakeholders to discuss the question: “What is the Future of the Middle City?” More >