Through our three program arms—Exhibit Columbus, Progressive Preservation, and Columbus Design Institute—we offer talks, tours, gatherings, and celebrations that connect our many communities with work that pursues design excellence and recognizes cultural heritage.
2025 is an Exhibit Columbus exhibition year, so this fall is especially full of opportunities to experience the installations, conversations, and events that make Exhibit Columbus a one-of-a-kind celebration of art, architecture, and community.
Upcoming Events
Exhibit Columbus Next Generation Day
Next Generation Day is a full-day celebration of creativity and inclusion. It starts with youth-led performances and hands-on design activities and ends with the city’s biggest block party.
Miller Prize Conversation: Adaptive Operations
A conversation with Charlie Vinz (Adaptive Operations) and Shannon Stratton (Oxbow Arts), featuring poet Eugene Gloria
Miller Prize Conversation: Studio Barnes
A conversation with Germane Barnes (Studio Barnes) and Joseph Zeal-Henry (City of Boston), featuring poet Mitchell Douglas
YES Design—AND Research: 2025 University Design Research Fellowship Colloquium
Two days of dialogue uniting the six current UDRFellows, past Fellows, and guest experts to explore how design research activates public spaces and strengthens communities.
Miller Prize Conversation: Studio Cooke John
A conversation with Nina Cooke John (Studio Cooke John) and Julia van den Hout (Art Omi), featuring poet Rosalie Moffett
Miller Prize Conversation: AD—WO
A conversation with Emanuel Admassu and Jen Wood (AD—WO) and Billie Tsien (TWBT Architects), featuring poet Mánon Voice