Wexner Center for the Arts

New internship opportunity ?? Interested in creating student-focused events at the Wex? The Wexner Center for the Arts is hiring a Student Programs Intern to develop, plan, and execute programs for Ohio State students at the Wexner Center for the Arts. The Student Programs Intern will work closely with campus partners and members of the Student Advisory Committee to influence and plan programs that support student community and connection. Learn more and apply at: https://lnkd.in/es6eY7Ay Applications are still open for our 2025–26 Wex Internships. Visit the following link to explore open internships: https://lnkd.in/eziPXTzF

This #WomensHistoryMonth, we're celebrating the life and legacy of artist Nancy Holt (1938–2014). For five decades, Holt worked across media, including sculpture, works on paper, film, and photography. She described herself as a perception artist, exploring how we observe the world around us. Nancy Holt: Power Systems at the Wexner Center for the Arts features works surrounding Holt's exploration of natural and human-made sources of power. In 1984 Nancy Holt was recruited to design the reclamation of a massive landfill four miles from Manhattan, New York. She developed "Sky Mound"—an earthwork that would mitigate environmental damage and transform the landfill into a sculptural observatory. Holt saw "Sky Mound" as a model for thinking about how to open our eyes to the waste that we create. Featured in the galleries are numerous drawings and images of Holt's plans for "Sky Mound." Throughout this month, we'll share more about Holt’s exploration of perception and systems. Check back on social to see more about artist Nancy Holt and plan your visit to the exhibition at WexArts.info/PowerSystems. #NancyHolt #PowerSystems #HoltSmithsonFoundation — Nancy Holt at the site of Sky Mound in 1985. I-A Landfill, Hackensack Meadowlands, New Jersey. Photographer yet to be identified.

Columbus animator Benny Zelkowicz will introduce his new film THE SACRED SOCIETY at the Wexner Center for the Arts Tuesday, March 4 at 7pm. The film was made with the support of an Ohio Humanities Film Fellowship at the Wex grant as well as post-production support from the Wex's Film/Video Studio residency. It's a beautiful example of the sand animation technique. #animation https://lnkd.in/g6Csma5v

Congratulations to our Director of Technical Services, John Smith, on his retirement from Wexner Center for the Arts. John started his career at the center when the building first opened in 1989—and he has left a lasting legacy on the work at the Wex. For over 35 years, John has been involved in ambitious and innovative creative work from artists, performers, educators, and filmmakers. As the center evolved, his duties and team expanded; he oversaw an extensive technical services team of stage managers, lighting supervisors, audio engineers, and video specialists. During his tenure, John supported shows and creative works such as Ann Hamilton “appetite” (1998), White Oak Dance Project, Andy Warhol “Other Voices, Other Rooms” (2008), Annie Leibovitz (2012), Bill T. Jones Still/Here (1994), and many more. Please join us in congratulating John on his many years of service and creativity to the Wex! We wish him the best in this new chapter.

Tours at the Wexner Center for the Arts work with organizations to offer new and exciting ways to experience the art in our galleries. Last week, we were joined by Ohio State's Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy and COSAA (Central Ohio Student Advocates for the Arts) for their Museum Advocacy Day program. During the tour, participants engaged with freestyle rapper and artist Peniel Cromwell who reacted to the immersive installations now on view at the Wex. "Nancy Holt: Power Systems" and "Maria Hupfield: The Endless Return of Fabulous Panther (Biimskojiwan)" are on view through June 29, 2025.

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Join artist Kathy High and art historian Jennifer Johung for a conversation connecting art and biotechnology, February 25 at the Wexner Center for the Arts. This conversation will explore High’s art practice, which focuses on understanding the complexity and uncertainty of life. In discussion with Johung, the two will highlight the ethics that determine what separates the living, the dead, and the inanimate, and how we cross these boundaries. Grab your FREE tickets and learn more about our speakers at https://lnkd.in/e5Jw97gU This dialogue is part of the Arts, Technology and Social Change series, a micro-residency program sponsored by Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme.

Join our team! Internship applications are open for the Autumn 2025–Spring 2026 academic year. ?? Positions are available in the Communications and Marketing, Exhibitions, Film/Video, and Learning & Public Practice departments. Interns at the Wex also participate in a center-wide internship cohort. Throughout the year, the Department of Learning & Public Practice offers professional development sessions and gatherings with fellow cohort members. Head to WexArts.info/Internships25 to learn more and see the available positions. We can't wait to work with you!

The first English-language Canadian film to screen at the Cannes Film Festival, David Secter's WINTER KEPT US WARM (1965) follows the slowly intensifying relationship between two male students at the University of Toronto. David Marriott of Canadian International Pictures introduces the new restoration Sat, Feb 22 at 4pm as part of the 11th annual restoration fest Cinema Revival at?the Wexner Center for the Arts.

Explore global issues and common ground through debates, workshops, and performances at the 2025 #NightOfIdeas. ?? Organized by Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education, the Night of Ideas (La nuit des idées) is a dynamic event happening in cities across the US aimed at fostering dialogue on urgent global issues. This year’s theme, Common Ground, guides an evening of incisive talks, discussions, and performances hosted by the French Center of Excellence at Ohio State in partnership with the Wexner Center for the Arts on April 1. This interdisciplinary gathering of Ohio State scholars and artists begins with a keynote from osuhistory Professor Bart Elmore at 5 PM. Elmore will present "Confronting Climate Change: Lessons from the Past That Can Help Us Protect This Blue Planet," offering some key lessons he has learned from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and his historical studies that can help us solve one of the biggest challenges we face as a global community. ?? Join us for this evening with action-oriented experts. Learn more about the speakers, presentations, and event at wexarts.org. ?? Night of Ideas is copresented by Ohio State’s French Center of Excellence, Department of French and Italian, and Wexner Center for the Arts, along with the Consulate General of France in Chicago, and Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education, a division of the French Embassy in the in the US.