Yes And
On view through November 30, 2025
Free, family-friendly, outdoors, open to everyone
Experience the Exhibition
Find your way around and learn more about the exhibition with these three guides.
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.
Field Guide
Get to know the 2024–25 Exhibit Columbus participants who created the fourth cycle, Yes And, 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 2025 Exhibition.
Activity Guide
The Activity Guide is an opportunity for kids of all ages to experience Yes And through a series of activities at each of the 12 installations. Find your way using the map on the cover. Have fun exploring, and remember to tag @exhibitcolumbus!
PUBLIC/SCHOOL/GROUNDS
by César Lopez, Jess Myers, Amelyn Ng, and Germán Pallares-Avitia
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
Visit the Landmark Columbus Foundation shop for Exhibit Columbus merch, including Yes And t-shirt and Exhibition poster.
2025 Exhibition Press
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The Architect's Newspaper: The fifth Exhibit Columbus delivers a range of community-focused design commissions
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Architectural Record: Exhibit Columbus’s Improv Theater–Inspired 2025 Exhibition Opens to the Public
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STIR World: Exhibit Columbus: a time and a place to see the city as a living museum
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Wallpaper*: Germane Barnes just transformed a humble Indiana parking garage into an enormous sub-woofer system
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Dezeen: Massive speakers and swimming pool in front of mid-century library feature at Exhibit Columbus
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Dezeen: Exhibit Columbus removes controversial installation with statues of semi-nude architects
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The Republic Newspaper: Exhibit Columbus welcomes visitors to Yes, And installations on opening weekend
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The Republic Newspaper: Exhibit Columbus to host Next Generation Day, honor ‘Yes And’ youth and organizers
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The Republic Newspaper: Exhibit Columbus removes installation, did not meet standards
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World-Architects: Bringing New Life to an Old Theater
2025 Exhibition Presenting Sponsor
Elwood Staffing
J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize Presenting Sponsors
Adaptive Operations, Tracy L. Haddad Foundation
AD—WO, African American Foundation of Bartholomew County
Studio Barnes, Deer Crossing Fund
Studio Cooke John, Efroymson Family Fund
University Design Research Fellowship Presenting Sponsor
Johnson Ventures
High School Design Team
Cummins Inc.
STEM Projects
City of Columbus
Communication Design
Columbus Area Visitors Center
Media Support
QMIX, WQRT, Big Car
Friday Welcome Reception Presenting Sponsor
The Mark and Wendy Elwood Foundation
Friday Preview Party on the Roof Presenting Sponsor
Hotel Indigo Columbus Architectural Center
Saturday Exhibition Tour Presenting Sponsor
Heritage Fund, John & Sarah Lechleiter
Saturday Curatorial Conversations Presenting Sponsor
ESL and Spectrum Lighting
Saturday Avenue of the Architects Opening Celebration Presenting Sponsor
Schumaker Family
Variety Show Presenting Sponsor
Herbert Simon Family Foundation
Animation Presenting Sponsor
Moravec Realty
Entertainment
The Office of Downtown Development
Opening Day Activations Presenting Sponsor
Coca-Cola Columbus
Exhibition Map Sponsor
Dunlap & Company
Field Guide Sponsor
Taylor Bros. Construction Co., Inc.
Activity Guide Sponsor
Merritt Chase
Exhibition Supporters
Eric and Nikki Robbins
Miller Prize Conversations Supporting Sponsor
The Mark and Wendy Elwood Foundation
UDRF Colloquium
Allen Whitehall Clowes Charitable Foundation
2025 Exhibition Support
Yes And
Yes And Curatorial Theme
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 is a participatory call to work from existing material to shape positive change.
Through a cycle of events, Exhibit Columbus will encourage the public to collaborate in the creation of the ongoing performance of the city. Whether we’re 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.
Curatorial Partners
The seven Curatorial Partners form the core of the curatorial team and are charged with creating and advancing the theme of this cycle of Exhibit Columbus.
Their background represents a depth of experience in architecture, history, design, writing, and performing arts. Each curator has worked with people and within groups to bring a thoughtful and artistic approach to collaborating within diverse communities.
Learn more about the two-year cycle of Yes And
Exhibit Columbus is a 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 two-year cycle of programming that uses the context of Columbus to convene conversations around innovative ideas and then commissions site-responsive installations to create a free, public exhibition that demonstrates the power of art and architecture to make cities better places to live for everyone.
Exhibit Columbus creates four signature events: Community Kickoff, Symposium, Design Presentations, and Exhibition. Learn more about each event here, and follow along below to learn more about the full two-year cycle, Yes And, from 2024–25.