Arts & Culture

Artist John Sharvin uses metal tongs to steer molten glass connected to a blowpipe onto a cooled glass piece that is oblong. Sharvin, a white bearded man wearing glasses, seems incredibly focused as he takes care to create the effect he wants.
John Sharvin’s cosmic art is fragile but fun

For this 2012 graduate, breaking his celestial bodies is just part of the live-and-grow experience of blowing glass.
A portrait of Adrienne Kennedy gives a close-up view of an attractive black woman whose smiling eyes show her wisdom and her face, her years, as she leans her head on her hand. She’s wearing lipstick on her quietly smiling lips, a black turtleneck sweater with embellishments but no nail polish. Because of the way the photo is shot, her face is very in-focus but the background and her clothing become just hints of color and pattern.
We’re proud this playwright’s a Buckeye, too

Adrienne Hawkins Kennedy has spent six decades writing thought-provoking, poetic works about race and gender. 
Male college students play a violin and a clarinet in performance room with light streaming in from the windows behind them
This new home provides pitch-perfect spaces

The innovative Timashev Family Music Building makes it possible for students and faculty to reach new heights.
Avishar Barua in his kitchen at the start of the day making coffee and surrounded by steam
Avishar Barua is cooking up joy on a daily basis

The psychology and biology major fell in love with a surprise career. Now, the “Top Chef” alum is launching two restaurants.
Katie Silcott wears a t-shirt reading "Your voice has power."
This Grammy finalist’s job: Teach music, spread joy!

Katie Paulson Silcott ’02, ’10 MA shares with middle schoolers the power of music to build confidence and unite people. 
Four people pose in locations where they enjoy music
Top 40: Four Buckeyes, four road trip playlists

We asked an alum, two professors and a student which songs they would queue up for a summer drive. See what you think. 
A female theater employee opens an entry door for a widely grinning Chad Whittington
The man behind CAPA’s curtain shares a day

At Columbus’ premier performing arts group, CEO Chad Whittington ’99 expertly juggles priorities so the shows can go on.
Wearing a paint-splattered smock, a man smiles slightly while painting in his colorful studio.
How painting helped him cope with OCD

Former tennis player Jeff Sparr is dedicated to helping others build mental wellness through creativity, just as he did.
Thousands of digitally rendered and colorful rectangular planes vaguely outline a group of human figures
Chuck Csuri: Comfortable on the edge

The father of digital art helped drive what we see in animated movies, TV graphics and so many more computer creations.
Jo McCulty ’84, ’94 MA
She spent 37 years capturing our best angles

Retiring university photographer Jo McCulty ’84, ’94 MA shares an exclusive tour of her archives to show what makes us Buckeyes.