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Our fall/winter alternative to Let’s Go Birding Together Yoga and Bird Walks
First Friday’s Let’s Do Yoga Together is the fall/winter alternative to our popular Let’s Go Birding Together Yoga and Bird Walks held in the spring and summer. This indoor, fireside yoga class is intentionally welcoming of the LGBTQIA+ community and the people who support them, and is designed to be a space where people can be themselves without fear of judgment. This program will include 1 hour of yoga, led by Andy King, with the crackling of a fire as the backdrop inside the Grange Insurance Audubon Center. Participants are asked to bring a mat or towel to use during the yoga class.

Don’t worry, our Let’s Go Birding Together Yoga and Bird Walks will continue as the days get longer and the weather warms on the outdoor decks of the Grange Insurance Audubon Center overlooking the Scioto Audubon Metro Park and downtown Columbus skyline spring of 2022.

Use this registration for the following dates: Friday, November 5th, 2021 6-7 pm Friday, December 3rd, 2021 6-7 pm Friday, January 7th, 2022 6-7 pm Friday, February 4th, 2022 6-7 pm

Link: https://tickets.audubon.org/events/9502add4-cba3-a21a-dc8e-8a43dd85e40e

Fee to participate is $10 per person. All participants must be registered. Please email Allison Clark at [email protected] the day of the program to see if space is still available the day of if you’d like to come last minute.

Please be sure to check in at the front desk of the Grange Insurance Audubon Center. Check-in will be available starting at 5:30 pm the day of the event.

Program questions? Please contact Sheila Fagan at [email protected]. Registration questions? Please contact Allison Clark at [email protected].

Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern is holding their annual coat drive! In Columbus, drop off new or gently used coats to be donated to CRIS – Community Refugee and Immigration Services to help refugees and immigrants reach safety and stability, sustain self-sufficiency, and achieve successful integration into the Central Ohio community. CRIS is an independent non-profit organization that serves the refugee and immigrant populations in Central Ohio. We have over 50 staff members from all over the world who speak many different languages. Our wide array of programs and services aim to facilitate sustained self-sufficiency and successful integration for the people we serve.

The coat drive will run through Tuesday, February 1. More information can be found at https://www.myrustybucket.com/coat-drive.

ORDER FROM CHAOS
The works in this exhibit are connected by my desire to create order in an often chaotic world. Some of these pieces were inspired by my observations of nature and the microcosm, while others were fueled directly by my creative experimentation with different glass-working techniques.
As both a scientist and artist, I feel that I am in pursuit of some kind of order. Many of my artworks depict natural patterns or parts of the microcosm that are familiar to me from my career in micro- and molecular biology. The sheer variety and order of cells and organisms that have evolved, seemingly from chemical and material chaos, is fascinating to me, and I play with glass to bring some of that beauty to life in my art.
My love of scientific experimentation has also driven me to experiment with the creative process, using different techniques to synthesize my ideas into a coherent artwork. Some of these techniques include controlled flow, powder printing, and vitrigraph murrini creation, as well as adding mica powders and metals to fused glass pieces. Playing with the transparency and the chemical reactivity of glass are part of what make my left and right brains collide in art.

This show opens on Friday, December 10 from 6-8pm and runs through Saturday, January 29 at Glass Axis Galleries. During the opening reception Dec. 10 from 6-8pm, Teddy will be doing an artist talk about his glass making process starting at 7pm. During the opening reception, guests can also enjoy the opening of the Glass Axis Holiday Art Sale.

Jan 3 – Feb 28, 2022
Highline Coffee Co.
693 High Street
Worthington, OH 43085
highlinecoffeeco.com

Central Ohio artist Leslie Norman makes her debut at Highline Coffee Art Space in Worthington with her exhibit, “Doors,” showing January 3–February 28, 2022.

As a self-taught photographer who grew up in Worthington, Ohio, Leslie Norman has a duplicitous mission to document the world as she sees it while creating, at will, her version of the truth. Incongruity, contrast, and a tenderness for the past are common themes in her work. Crumbling architectural ruins, photogram art, and anything she feels has a story to tell also makes their way into her repertoire. Her photographic style has been regarded as both romantic and creepy, dream-like and brazen. She has a strong passion for simple, old-fashioned film cameras and almost entirely shoots in black-and-white. Currently, Leslie is processing and printing her images in her home darkroom in Mount Vernon, Ohio, where she lives with her family.

“The subject matter of doors is very interesting and ambiguous for me,” Norman explains. “Why do I feel compelled to photograph doors? Is it because they can be profoundly appealing and beautiful in and of themselves, or is it the question ‘what is on the other side?’ Where have you been and where are you going? A doorway or passage naturally suggests a shift from one place to another―a place where anything can happen.”

January 17 – April 9
Please note: The gallery is closed March 5 – 13 for mid-term break.

This exhibition celebrates the decades-long friendship of painters Karen LaValley and Kirsten Bo-wen. Both influenced by the allure of nature’s beauty, these women artists pass down generations of influences in their craft. Drawing upon her father’s love of writing and reciting poetry, Bowen incorporates prose in the texture of her paintings. Her thickly painted scenes are often a means of collaboration, borrowing and elevating the work of independent writings. A child of dancers, LaValley paints energetic landscapes that emote joy and excitement influenced by her youth spent in her family’s dance school. She is often seen painting plein air in the open spaces near her Columbus home and brings her gardens to the gallery walls with a whimsy and expertise.
Reception: Thursday, January 20, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Please note: The gallery is closed March 5 – 13 for mid-term break and April 14 – 18 for Easter Break.

Kandinsky Sketchbook at NOW Music Festival
In conjunction with the Conservatory of Music 2022 NOW Music Festival, the gallery will host a multimedia event featuring sketches from Wassily Kandinsky’s Sketchbook that are accompa-nied by electronic music of juried student-composers. The exhibition will encompass multiple video devices throughout the entire floor of the museum space and will continue throughout the entire second semester.
Concert and reception: Tuesday, February 15, time TBD

Fourth Floor Library
Capital University
1 College and Main
Columbus, Ohio 43209-2394

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 12:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Saturday 1:00 – 4:30 p.m.

For more information call (614) 236-6319 or visit
www.schumachergallery.org

Language is a key element in the creation of sculptural work for artist Olga Ziemska, whose visual poetry and environmental artworks are showcased in the exhibition SPOKE. The body of work exhibited explores the connection between language, poetry, art, nature and the human experience.

Wall-hung sculptures made from natural materials and chromogenic prints of site-specific environmental artworks created around the world will be exhibited in the Cardinal Health Gallery.

Tickets: https://speakingpeace.corsizio.com/c/617af51b18e541676c7a709d?fbclid=IwAR3HXJ2bjEP9At8igNbKYHn4evWWR3U8hbz9SaRufcplmA5_imLzdFKSZe0
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Foundations of Compassionate Nonviolent Communication (Online) – Every Saturday from January 22-February 26, 2022 from 2-4 (EST)

Join us to learn, practice, and integrate compassionate communication skills in the workshop that is open and meaningful to all experience levels. Discover and deepen skills to help strengthen your relationships with family members, co-workers and partners, as well as with yourself!