February 01, 2024
FEBRUARY EXHIBITIONS IN THE SHORT NORTH ARTS DISTRICT
Gallery Hop in the Short North Arts District is back again on Feb. 3, from 4 to 8 p.m.
For over 35 years, Gallery Hop has taken over High Street, filling the district with new art exhibitions, local artists, performers, vendors and more. This month, art lovers are invited to take a self-guided tour of local galleries, featuring new artworks on display, as well as explore local boutiques and public art throughout the Short North Arts District.
Scroll down to learn more about each exhibition, gallery hours and more!
SAVE ON PARKING DURING YOUR VISIT TO THE DISTRICT
Parking in the Short North Arts District is free for the first hour when you park here and shop at participating businesses. Valid 9 a.m.-5 p.m., seven days a week!
Visit www.shortnorth.org/shortnorthparking to learn more about participating garages.
FEBRUARY GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
Brandt-Roberts Galleries | 642 N High St.
For the February Gallery Hop, Brandt-Roberts Galleries is proud to feature the work of Caitlin Cartwright. Her new exhibition, “Shadows,” will be on view through Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024.
Brandt-Roberts Galleries’ February Gallery Hop hours are 1-7 p.m.
Columbus Museum of Art at the Pizzuti | 632 Park St.
Start your Gallery Hop early with The Pizzuti for a last chance to visit the exhibition “In All Directions,” from Sarah Rosalena, closing Feb. 4, 2024.
Rosalena’s artworks fuse the materiality of traditional and indigenous craft techniques with emerging technologies to produce objects that break boundaries and borders imposed by colonization. Her hybrid forms of ceramic, textile, and beadwork examine the geo-political effects of climate change, dispossession, and extractive economies through anti-colonial and feminist perspectives. Through her art, Indigenous and craft technologies open new knowledge between the ancient and the futuristic, the human and nonhuman, and handmade and autonomous. The title of the exhibition, “In All Directions,” at once signals the irrelevance of the compass points in the expansiveness of the universe and the potential held in multi-cosmologies, temporalities and the infinite that could help us rewrite the narratives of the past and imagine different futures that break the binary structures rooted in “discovery.”
Columbus Museum of Art at The Pizzuti’s February Gallery Hop hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Marcia Evans Gallery | 8 E. Lincoln St.
Stop by Marcia Evans Gallery during the February Gallery Hop as the OSU Printmaking Department exhibits various printmaking mediums from Professor Sergio Soave, department faculty and students.
Marcia Evans Gallery’s February Gallery Hop hours are 12-8 p.m.
Sean Christopher Gallery Ohio | 815 N. High St. Ste. H
The “2024 Thirteenth Annual Young Hearts Juried Exhibition” features recent artworks by Columbus College of Art and Design (CCAD) students chosen by this year’s Young Hearts guest juror Kayla Suzanne Holdgreve. This yearly group exhibition has been designed by and hosted at SCG since 2012 in keeping with a gallery mission to highlight emerging artists with an Ohio connection. The ongoing annual series is exclusively offered to up-and-coming artists enrolled at CCAD.
The opening reception is on Feb. 3 from 4-8 p.m., with a Juror’s Awards Presentation at 6 p.m. The exhibition will be on view through Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024.
Sharon Weiss Gallery | 20 E Lincoln St.
During the February Gallery Hop, Sharon Weiss Gallery presents a salon show featuring new works by Gallery artists. The exhibition will be on view through Monday, Feb. 26.
Sharon Weiss Gallery’s February Gallery Hop hours are 1-8 p.m.
The Little Blue House by Sharon Weiss Gallery | 24 E Lincoln St.
The Little Blue House by Sharon Weiss Gallery features two galleries and four working studios. The Foyer Gallery changes monthly and exhibits work by resident artists Amy Adams, Lisa Parks Godfrey, Karen LaValley and Tamar Rudavsky. Gallery II exhibits the ever-changing works of women artists, including contemporary and vintage paintings and sculptures.
The Little Blue House’s February Gallery Hop hours are 1-8 p.m.
Studios On High Gallery | 686 N. High St.
During the February Gallery Hop, Studios on High Gallery member artists explore text as a means of creating texture and pattern in their new exhibition, “Text as Texture.” Works include a wide range of media from encaustic and jewelry to mixed-media collage and acrylic. The exhibition will be on view through Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024.
Studios on High Gallery’s February Gallery Hop hours are 12-8 p.m.
OTHER EVENTS
Ginger Rabbit Jazz Lounge | 17 Buttles Ave.
Grab a drink and relax for some of the best jazz in Columbus at Ginger Rabbit. For February Gallery Hop, Ginger Rabbit will host Jazz pianists Robert Mason and Keigo Hiakawa. Mason will kick off the evening with a “Power Hour” show from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Closing out the night, Hirakawa will lead his trio with performances at 7:15 and 9:30 p.m. Doors open 30 minutes before each performance.
Hashtag Comedy Company | First Saturdays with… ROT! | 1253 N. High St.
ROT stands out as a Columbus-renowned indie improv group, born in 2016 from the camaraderie of a close-knit circle of best friends, all of whom share the distinction of being alumni of Ohio State’s Fishbowl Improv. Infused with the vibrant energy of friendship and a lively, playful dynamic, ROT guarantees to whisk you away on an absurd adventure with every performance.
The Short North Arts District’s newest comedy venue, Hashtag Comedy Company, is joining in on the excitement of Gallery Hop with their monthly series, First Saturdays with… ROT! This will be an evening filled with laughter, creativity, and a touch of the unexpected to audiences, making each show an unforgettable experience.
Doors Open at 7 p.m., and the show begins at 7:30 p.m.
Short North Stage | 1187 N. High St.
Don’t miss “The Color Purple,” showing now on the Garden Theatre MainStage. With a joyous score featuring jazz, ragtime, gospel, African music and blues, this musical is a story of hope, a testament to the healing power of love and a celebration of life. This powerful musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel will leave a lasting impression.
Skully’s Music Diner | 1151 N. High St.
ROT stands out as a Columbus-renowned indie improv group, born in 2016 from the camaraderie of a SPACE CAMP presents DirtySnatcha’s Breakout Tour with local support from CRIIOZ, BLUE, GEEKU, SKINNYBOYQ, SKULLK!D, and BEEN JAMMIN b2b JABOR. Doors open at 8 p.m.
GALLERY HOP SPONSORS
Gallery Hop is an event of the Short North Alliance and made possible with support from our sponsors:
