What's Happening as we Journey into June?
Welcome to our email letter full of updates from Art Space, calls for art, exhibition news, and other fun things! If the email is cut off, please click "read in browser" for the rest! Thanks!
Art Space News:
Art Space is open Monday through Friday from 10AM-3PM. We now have Tuesday Tours with Leslie! Please schedule all tours for Tuesdays between 12PM-2PM.
We will be closing Tuesday, 6/2 at 2PM. Thank you for understanding.
We have brought back our extended Wednesday hours! Our new Wednesday open to close times will be 10AM-6PM.
The next online meeting will be on 6/2/26 from 1-1:45PM. After that, the next meeting will be 6/16/26. Always on a Tuesday! The link will be sent out the day before, with a reminder the day of. If you’ve been missed from the meetings email list, please let me know! I’ll be happy to add you.
Please be aware of food waste at Art Space. If you make food- please eat it, share it, or take it home. Let’s keep our panty available and make sure we stay sustainable.
Upcoming Events
Happy Pride Month!🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Stay Tuned for more fun events and workshops! Take some time to rest.
Calls for Art
If you are interested in any of the below opportunities, please reach out to rgonzalez@concordcounseling.org. By scheduling an appointment, I can help guide you through the application process or find a resource for you, virtually or in person.
Please note: For art opportunities outside of Art Space, it is important for us to be notified you need assistance at least a month in advance! We thank you for your understanding.
Lovely But Dead
Pulp Stiction: Collage as an Act of Resistance
Deadline: June 30th, 2026
Collage was conceived in defiance and it has since belonged to those who refuse to accept the world on the terms it was handed to them. You take what exists. You tear it apart. You rebuild your reality. That is the tradition you are working in.
This is a national open call for collage artists. There is no entry fee. We are looking for work that engages, in whatever way feels true to you, with collage as an act of resistance. That could mean political dissent. It could mean personal survival. Cultural reclamation. Grief. Rage. Community. Joy. The refusal to be erased. There is no single correct answer. The tradition is wide and it belongs to everyone.
Submit here!
Ohio State Fair
Fine Arts Exhibition
Deadline June 3, 2026
Read all about it below!
934 Gallery
2027 Call for Artists
Deadline: June 22, 2026
934 Gallery is now accepting proposals from emerging and established artists for all forms of visual art, video art, installations, and performance art, as part of solo, duo, and group exhibitions for our 2027 exhibition season! All proposals that meet the gallery’s qualifications will be reviewed and scored by our independent jury. The call for artists is open April 20 through June 22.
We encourage you to take your time within the application period to develop a well thought out proposal that reflects your vision. No applications will be reviewed before the close of the application window.
More information and submit here!
Art Related Events
Film Recommendations:
Paris is Burning - June’s Pride Month Essential Viewing
This film chronicles the ball culture of New York City and the African-American, Latino, gay and transgender communities involved in it.
Critics consider the film to be an invaluable documentary of the end of the “Golden Age” of New York City Ballroom scene, and a thoughtful exploration of race, class, gender and sexuality in America.
In 2016, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.”
Watch for FREE here!
More info Here!
700 Bryden Road, Columbus, OH 43205 (Right down the street from Art Space!)
The Columbus Ats Festival is coming up! The 2026 Columbus Arts Festival will feature 250 visual artists, four stages of performances and dozens of food vendors.
📅June 12-14th
⏰Friday:
11:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
⏰Saturday:
10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
⏰Sunday:
10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Coming Soon to High Road Gallery, “Xpect the UnXpected” showcasing the work of local legend Queen Brooks, photographer Jeneen Hobby, and sculptor (and Art Space Member!) Kristin Morris.
On view: June 12- July 18
Reception: June 20 6-8pm
Artist Talk: June 27 6pm
Grants, Workshops, Opportunities
GCAC: 2026 Funds for Artists Grant opens June 1st!
This grant assists artists with making new art, growing artistic skills and marketing to a broader audience.
This Grant is open to:
Individuals who work in the following disciplines: dance, fashion, film, literary, music, theater, visual and multidisciplinary arts who meet GCAC’s definition of a working artist.
Award Amount:
Up to $750
More information!
Zine Making Workshop from the Hilltop Arts Collective, Led By Rebecca Gonzalez
When: Sunday, June 28th 1:30 PM 3:30 PM
Where: Columbus Metro Library Hilltop, Meeting Room 2
Come join this free zine workshop! You get to leave with new skills and a finished, copied mini zine for your own distribution. All supplies provided.
Sign up here!
Creativity, Coping, and Collaging in the LGBTQ+ Community
Tuesdays | 6:00-7:30 PM
June 2nd-June 30th
The WAV Studio: 1327 Sullivant Ave.
Looking to Create and Connect this Pride Month?
Join Puzzling Pictures, a 5-week LGBTQ+ workshop series using collage-making as a creative, trauma-informed practice for personal and collective healing.
Together, participants will discovering how creative expression can support both personal wellness and collective resilience.
Why Attend?
Build meaningful connections in an affirming LGBTQ+ space
Explore collage-making as a healing practice
Express yourself creatively without pressure or prior art experience
RSVP Here!
Local Resources
Reminder that Art Space has our own food pantry and pet pantry, everyone is welcome! Take what you need and leave what you can.
Reminder: Art Space pantry also has frozen meals in the freezer and often refrigerated foods and drinks. Write your name on your personal items or otherwise they may be eaten.List of Food Pantry Resources in Columbus:
Calendar of support groups offered through MHAOhio: Calendar here.
This is a DIY list of Trans inclusive providers in Ohio. Please note this is not a comprehensive list. Google Document of Trans Inclusive Providers in Ohio
Can you or someone you know benefit from a free digital skills class? There’s the possibility to qualify for a free device at the end of the 4-class series as well! Digital Skills Hub
There are Free Admission Sundays at the Columbus Museum of Art! Every Sunday from 10AM-5PM.
Jewish Family Services has opened back up The Columbus Financial Empowerment Center, which offers free one-on-one financial counseling as a public service for all Central Ohio residents. More info here!
Looking for links from our past update emails? They will be posted on the Substack soon! Keep an eye out.
Something Fun!
Queering the Map is a community generated counter-mapping platform for digitally archiving LGBTQ2IA+ experience in relation to physical space.
The platform provides an interface to collaboratively record the cartography of queer life—from park benches to the middle of the ocean—in order to preserve our histories and unfolding realities, which continue to be invalidated, contested, and erased.
Through mapping LGBTQ2IA+ experience in its intersectional permutations, the project works to generate affinities across difference and beyond borders — revealing the ways in which we are intimately connected.
Starting conversations can be difficult. Here’s some fun ways to connect with others:
Have a great day! 🌞
Looking for info to share about Art Space? Send out our new Link Tree!
If you haven’t already, give our social media a follow for more updates and information! Feel free to tag us in any of your art-making processes.
Facebook.com/1221artspace
Instagram.com/1221artspace
If you or someone you know are in search of a dresser, check out this memo from one of our members!
If you’ve reached this point, thank you! Have a wonderful rest of the month. :)