Greater Columbus highlights six artists working in Central Ohio: Malcolm Cochran, Yusef Ferguson, Dana Lynn Harper, Marcus Jackson, Michelle Stitzlein, and Bradley Weyandt. Across a range of media and subjects, these artists engage materials, communities, and archival histories in inventive ways. Dana Lynn Harper and Yusef Ferguson rework family heirlooms and video to access intergenerational memory. Bradley Weyandt and Michelle Stitzlein each mix fiber traditions and unconventional materials in large-scale wall works. Marcus Jackson makes reverent street portraits of everyday life in Bipoc communities, while Malcolm Cochran turns to sonorous sculptures to grapple with the representation of innumerable loss.

Bringing together distinct artistic practices, the exhibition reflects the richness and diversity of contemporary art being produced in Central Ohio today. Although each artist approaches different subjects and materials, their works share an interest in how personal experience, collective histories and social realities can be translated into visual form. Through sculpture, photography, textiles, video and mixed media, the exhibition reveals a wide spectrum of creative strategies rooted in both experimentation and lived experience.

Together, the works explore themes of memory, identity, place and community while examining the relationships between material culture and historical narratives. Greater Columbus offers a portrait of a regional artistic landscape that is both deeply connected to its local context and engaged with broader contemporary conversations, highlighting the ways artists continue to expand the possibilities of their chosen media while addressing questions of belonging, resilience and remembrance.