YES AND
2025 Exhibition
Yes And
On view through November 30, 2025
Downtown Columbus, Indiana
Free, family-friendly, outdoors, open to everyone
2025 Exhibition Map
A printed map and more are available at the Columbus Area Visitor Center on 5th Street, an ideal starting point for exploring the exhibition. Sing-Sing’s thirteen unique installation animations are also on view.
2025 Field Guide
Get to know the 2022–23 Exhibit Columbus participants who created the fourth cycle, Public by Design, together. The Field Guide will tell you more about the creative characters behind the inspiring work of community, architecture, art, and design visible in the 2023 Exhibition.
2025 Activity Guide
The Activity Guide is an opportunity for kids of all ages to experience Public by Design through a series of activities at each of the 13 installations. Find your way using the map on the cover. Have fun exploring, and don't forget to tag @exhibitcolumbus!
PUBLIC/SCHOOL/GROUNDS
by César Lopez, Jess Myers, Amelyn Ng, and Germán Pallares-Avitia
Visit the Landmark Columbus Foundation shop for all Exhibit Columbus merch, including Public by Design t-shirt and Exhibition poster.
Infohubs
Visit any one of our downtown Columbus Infohub locations to pick up a Field Guide, Activity Guide, and a map. This group is happy to tell you more about Yes And and where to go.
Bartholomew County Historical Society
Cleo Rogers Memorial Library
The Office of Downtown Development
Yes Cinema
2024–25 Curatorial Theme Yes And
For the fifth cycle of Exhibit Columbus, Yes And invites contributors to explore the legacy of Columbus, Indiana, by adding to the multiple and overlapping lives of buildings and spaces. Originating in improv theater, Yes And is a technique for affirming and building upon an idea to create a shared narrative. It serves as a participatory call to work from existing material to shape positive change.
Through a cycle of events, Exhibit Columbus encourages the public to collaborate in the creation of the ongoing performance of the city. Whether recovering architectural remnants, reflecting on cultural legacy, staging a dramatic spectacle, or reimagining public play, Yes And invites everybody to the public spaces of Columbus to expand what forms of togetherness and collaboration are possible.
2023 Exhibition Support
2023 Exhibition, Public by Design
Johnson Ventures
J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize Installations
Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO, Designed by the public
Elwood StaffingPAU, InterOculus
Tracy L. Haddad FoundationPORT, THE PLOT PROJECT
Schumaker FamilyStudio Zewde, Echoes of the Hill
Deer Crossing Fund
