Otterbein Opening Doors to the World

05/10/2024

Now in the Miller Gallery! Crossing Borders exhibition. Public reception and art auction to benefit CRIS (refugee resettlement) on Friday, May 24th from 6p - 8p.

Learn more about the Crossing Borders Project here:

This is "Breathe Free documentary film" by Columbus Crossing Borders on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

03/09/2023

NEW RELEASE: "Resonance" by French filmmaker Sophie Ansel.
A 2022 artist residency film inspired by and based on the It Sounds Like Love immersive installation by Cadine Navarro (artist) and Janice Glowski (curator) at The Frank Museum of Art.

"Resonance," by Sophie Ansel (director). An artist residency film based on and inspired by the "It Sounds Like Love" immersive installation by Cadine Navarro...

01/19/2023

ACTS OF CONCENTRATION & Graphite Grey Groundings
Sweden-based artist Cecilia Cissi Hultman
The Frank Museum of Art
January 11 – April 23, 2023
Public reception: January 26, 4p - 6p

Concentrated playfulness from very simple starts suggests that drawing is more than graphite grey results. Visitors can join this unfolding from Thursdays - Sundays from January 11–25 from 11a - 3p.

11/08/2022

10/23/2022

PLEASE HELP ME SPREAD THE WORD.
THIS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2022 at 6:30p, Riley Auditorium, 170 W. Park Street, Otterbein University

Canadian indigenous artist Carey Newman | Hayalthkin'geme's will give a public talk about the making of the Witness Blanket and cultural and environmental regeneration. BREAKING NEWS that Columbus-based Lakota Activist Shelly Corbin and forest ecologist Jim Drescher will join Carey for a discussion about the concept of LAND BACK after Carey speaks.
The event page is https://www.otterbein.edu/artscene/speakers/carey-newmans-lecture/
Witness Blanket (traveling version) exhibition at Otterbein's Frank Museum of Art page with RESOURCES link is here. https://www.otterbein.edu/the-witness-blanket-carey-newman/
NOTE: The original Witness Blanket is now a Canadian National Monument. We are incredibly privileged to have Carey Newman in Central Ohio and to learn from our neighbors to the north. The United States began our Indian Boarding School commission in 2021 under the guidance of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretary-haaland-announces-federal-indian-boarding-school-initiative
Thank you!

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced a Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, a comprehensive review of the troubled legacy of federal boarding school policies.

04/21/2021

Don't miss this amazing exhibition by Bamazi Talle!

03/27/2021

03/19/2021

We are less than a week away from a, socially distant, public reception for Kiguilou Pinah: Year of Sorrow by Bamazi Talle!

Thursday, March 25th 4-6p
Please RSVP here!
https://www.otterbein.edu/art/art-exhibit-schedule/bamazi-talle-kiguilou-pinah-year-of-sorrow/
If you cannot attend the reception and would like to attend virtually, we have also provided a zoom link on the web page as well! 😉

Kiguilou Pinah is on display at The Frank Museum of Art thru April 23rd. 39 S. Vine St. Westerville 43081. Museum hours: Wed-Sun 11a-3p

January 19 – April 23, 2021 Reception: Thursday, March 25, 2021; 4 – 6p Updates and reception sign-up here or contact 614.823.1792Need to attend the reception virtually? Click here.