2025 Exhibition Events
The Exhibit Columbus 2025 Exhibition, themed Yes And, launched August 16 with thirteen site-responsive installations that transform downtown into an outdoor gallery. This fall, the exhibition season continues with free conversations, tours, performances, and celebrations that invite civic leaders, designers, artists, students, and community members to explore how art and architecture shape communities while imagining bold possibilities for the future.
J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize Conversation
AD—WO
Wednesday
October 29
J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program
6:30 pm
A conversation with Emanuel Admassu and Jen Wood (AD—WO) and Billie Tsien (TWBT Architects), featuring poet Mánon Voice
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Progressive Preservation Talks: Bartholomew County Jail
Tuesday
September 16
Columbus Area Visitors Center
6:30 pm
This Progressive Preservation Talk with Curt DeClue will feature information about the historic Bartholomew County Jail which was designed by Don M Hisaka and completed in 1990. In a public discussion, DeClue, a Columbus-native, will share his work researching the jail and archives.
Progressive Preservation Talks Schools Edition: Smith Elementary
Tuesday
September 23
Columbus Area Visitors Center
6:30 pm
This Progressive Preservation Talk with Glenda Winders will feature information about the historic Smith Elementary School, which was designed by John M. Johansen and completed in 1969. His son, Christen Johansen, designed the expansion and renovation in 1997. In a public discussion, Winders, a Columbus-based writer, will share her work researching the school and archives.
Progressive Preservation Talks Books Edition: What a Building Does
Tuesday
November 4
Columbus Area Visitors Center
6:30 pm
Join authors Phillip Cox and Niall Cronin to explore their new publication What a Building Does: The Hoosier Modernisms of Evans Woollen, published by the Indiana University Press.
Progressive Preservation Talks Schools Edition: Southside Elementary
Thursday
November 20
Columbus Area Visitors Center
6:30 pm
This Progressive Preservation Talk with Glenda Winders will feature information about the historic Southside Elementary School, which was designed by Eliot Noyes and completed in 1969. In a public discussion, Winders, a Columbus-based writer, will share her work researching the school and archives.
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