Exhibit Columbus Announces 2024–25 Curatorial Partners with a Community Kickoff Event
A team of seven curatorial partners will work with community members to determine the theme and participants for the fifth cycle of Exhibit Columbus, Community Kickoff set for June 26.
Columbus, Indiana — Landmark Columbus Foundation announces the team of seven Curatorial Partners that will steer the direction of the 5th cycle of Exhibit Columbus. These Curatorial Partners form the core of the curatorial team and are charged with creating and advancing the theme of this cycle of Exhibit Columbus. They have extraordinary backgrounds, representing a tremendous depth of experience in architecture, art, design, history, and writing. Each has worked with diverse groups to bring meaningful work to their communities.
“This is a milestone event for our organization, and we are thrilled to have such an inspiring group of curators for the 5th Cycle of Exhibit Columbus,” said Richard McCoy, Executive Director of Landmark Columbus Foundation. “The Landmark team has worked to reimagine how Exhibit Columbus can be used to explore challenges in the heart of one of America’s most celebrated design cities and selected curatorial partners that will excel in this work. This will be a very special two-year cycle that culminates with the exhibition opening in August 2025.”
2024–25 Exhibit Columbus Curatorial Partners
Could Be Design: Joseph Altshuler and Zack Morrison
Chicago and Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
Mila Lipinski
Duvall Decker, Jackson, Mississippi
Rasul Mowatt
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
Preservation Futures: Elizabeth Blazius and Jonathan Solomon (FAIA)
Chicago, Illinois
Too Black
Indianapolis, Indiana
The 2024–25 cycle of Exhibit Columbus will publicly launch on June 26, 2024, with a Community Kickoff event from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Helen Haddad Hall in downtown Columbus. The curators and Landmark Columbus Foundation staff will be introduced in a free, public format while launching a community engagement process. This is the first event of the two-year Exhibit Columbus cycle designed to shape how this dynamic program will explore compelling ideas to empower small- and medium-sized communities to make strategic investments in architecture, art, and design to celebrate culture and improve quality of place.
Launched in 2016 as a program of the nonprofit organization Landmark Columbus Foundation, Exhibit Columbus is an internationally-recognized exploration of community, architecture, art, and design that celebrates the modern legacy of Columbus through a two-year cycle of events that will take place: Symposium (October 24 & 25, 2024), Design Presentations (February 21 & 22, 2025), and culminating in the Exhibition (Opening Day August 15 & 16, runs through the end of November 2025).
2024 Community Kickoff Details
Date: Wednesday, 26 June 2024
Location: Helen Haddad Hall, Columbus, Indiana
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Free registration
Part One: Meet the Partners and LCF Staff
The kickoff will begin with short introductions from each curatorial partner, followed by a coffee and conversation break. Attendees will be able to engage with a large physical model of downtown Columbus and document their relationship to familiar sites around downtown. You can read individual biographies of the Curatorial Partners on the Exhibit Columbus website.
Part Two: Exploring Cultural Resiliency in Columbus and Beyond
Following part one, attendees will engage with the Curatorial Partners and Landmark Team as they explore potential locations and partners for this cycle. From these discussions, the Curatorial Partners will begin to realize a theme for this cycle.
Media Contact
Jamie Goldsborough
jamie@landmarkcolumbus.org
About Landmark Columbus Foundation
Landmark Columbus Foundation (LCF) cares for, celebrates, and advances the cultural heritage of Columbus, Indiana. To fulfill its mission, LCF directs three locally engaged and globally connected programs that are interwoven in their impact and networks: Progressive Preservation, Exhibit Columbus, and Columbus Design Institute. landmarkcolumbusfoundation.org
About Exhibit Columbus
Exhibit Columbus is a feature program of Landmark Columbus Foundation and an exploration of community, architecture, art, and design that activates the modern legacy of Columbus, Indiana. It creates a cycle of programming that uses this context to convene conversations around innovative ideas and commissions site-responsive installations in a free public exhibition. exhibitcolumbus.org
