Exhibit Columbus

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Opening Weekend

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Exhibit Columbus ✦ Opening Weekend ✦

2025 Opening Weekend

15 & 16 August

Columbus, Indiana

Exhibit Columbus

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Opening Weekend

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Exhibit Columbus ✦ Opening Weekend ✦

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Who

Exhibit Columbus

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Opening Weekend

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Exhibit Columbus ✦ Opening Weekend ✦

2024–25 Exhibit Columbus Participants

J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize Recipients Adaptive Operations, AD—WO, Studio Barnes, Studio Cooke John University Design Research Fellows Chandler Ahrens, Constance Vale, and Kelley Van Dyck Murphy, Sarah Aziz, Akima Brackeen, Andrew Fu, Aaron Goldstein, and Aleksandr Mergold, Michael Jefferson and Suzanne Lettieri, César Lopez, Jess Myers, Amelyn Ng, and Germán Pallares-Avitia Communication Designers Sing-Sing Design Education Teams with professor Spencer Steenblik, with Davida Harden Curatorial Partners

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Sunset Preview Party

Friday
August 15

8 pm – 11 pm
4th Street

Time to celebrate the opening of Yes And with a Sunset Preview Party along 4th Street. Enjoy sunset views overlooking downtown with food and drinks from local bars and restaurants plus curated music by a special guest DJ.

Exhibition Walking Tour

Saturday
August 16

9 am – 11:30 am
Tour starts at the Columbus Area Visitors Center

The guided Walking Tour will begin at the Columbus Area Visitors Center with light breakfast and refreshments provided by Lucabe Coffee Co. and will conclude at The Crump after visiting all 13 installations in the exhibition.

Installation Activations

Saturday
August 16

All day throughout the exhibition

All 13 Exhibit Columbus installations will be activated by their site and community partners during Opening Day. Full site activation schedule coming soon!

Curatorial Conversation

Saturday
August 16

9 am – 11:30 am
First Christian Church Sanctuary

In the sanctuary of First Christian Church, the 531 5th Street Curatorial Team will discuss how this cycle of Exhibit Columbus came to be, and how it embodies the theme, Yes And. Light refreshments will be provided by Lucabe Coffee Co.

Avenue of Architects Celebration

Saturday
August 16

5:30 pm – 10:30 pm
5th Street at Library Plaza

Enjoy food trucks and vendors, specialty drinks, activities, and entertainment while enjoying the Exhibit Columbus installations on the Avenue of Architects. At 7 pm, all Exhibit Columbus participants will be honored on stage, and then we’ll host the Yes And Variety Show finale!

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Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO, Designed by the public

1 Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO
Designed by the public

PAU, Interoculus

2 PAU
InterOculus

PORT THE PLOT PROJECT

3 PORT
THE PLOT PROJECT

Studio Zewde, Echoes of the Hill

4 Studio Zewde
Echoes of the Hill

Altshuler Morrison, A Carousel for Columbus

5 Joseph Altshuler and Zack Morrison
A Carousel for Columbus

Colangelo and Sharpless, Ground Rules

7 Jessica Colangelo and Charles Sharpless
Ground Rules

Hunker and Corso, Side Effects

9 Molly Hunker and Greg Corso
Side Effects

BLDS, PIPE UP!

11 Halina Steiner, Tameka Baba, Shelby Doyle, and Forbes Lipschitz
PIPE UP!

Bravo Morales, PRISMA

6 Esteban Garica Bravo and Maria Clara Morales
PRISMA

Deborah Garcia, RECORDAR

8 Deborah Garcia
RESPONDER

MacDonald and Schumann, Sylvan Scrapple

10 Katie MacDonald and Kyle Schumann
Sylvan Scrapple

High School Design Team, Machi

12 MACHI

BCSC

Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation Kindergarten through sixth grade

Signals, Chris Grimley, Public by Design

Signals, Chris Grimley
Public by Design