Exhibit Columbus ends but installations to remain

This year’s round of Exhibit Columbus installations wrapped up on Sunday, but many of the projects will remain in the community for years to come.

According to the Landmark Columbus Foundation, of the 13 installations for this year’s cycle most will be staying in the community, with some staying in place and others finding new homes.

The Ellipsis installation will remain at the site of the former Irwin Block Building on Fifth Street, the Accessing Nostalgia installation at the Crump Theatre will remain and the Apart, Together work will become a permanent feature of Ovation Technology Group’s downtown plaza.

Columbus Youth Camp will be the new home for the Lift installation, while the Inside Out work will be reinstalled at the Columbus Area Visitors Center.

Students from the Columbus Area Career Connections, or C4, program will be refinishing the Public/School/Grounds work to be used as a play area for indoor events.

Several others installations have either been acquired by private individuals or disassembled as intended. The two design education team installations are being returned to the teams that created them.

Richard McCoy, executive director of the Landmark Columbus Foundation, said it is heartwarming to know that so many installations will find permanent places in the community.

This was the fifth two-year cycle for Exhibit Columbus, which launched in 2016. Exhibit Columbus works in two year cycles, with a symposium year of planning and discussions with selected designers, followed by a year with installations at various architectural and significant locations around the city.

McCoy said the theme announcement and planning for the next new cycle will start early next year.

You can get more information at exhibitcolumbus.org

Photo: Public School Grounds exhibit by by César Lopez, Jess Myers, Amelyn Ng, and Germán Pallares-Avitia, courtesy of Exhibit Columbus