The Columbus Museum of Art defines creativity as “the process of using critical thinking and imagination to generate new ideas that have value.” A fairly straightforward definition, as most would agree, for a far more complex word. And no not Read More…
Laura Ziegler 1927-2017
In the 1940s, Columbus native Laura Ziegler won a scholarship to the Columbus Art School (now Columbus College of Art and Design), graduated from Ohio State where sculptor Irwin Frey was her mentor, and studied at Cranbrook Academy of Art Read More…
Posted in Day to Day
On Becoming a Mentor
Andre Williams has been coming to the museum since 2014. He started coming because he heard there was a free music studio available at Teen Open Studio. In 2016 when he turned 20 he was brought on as official staff Read More…
Posted in Musings from the Center for Creativity
Championing Creativity All the Time
Recently I had an experience that left my head swimming. It was the last session of the Teaching for Creativity Institute , and we were closing out the year with a day of teacher-led workshops. The participants in the Institute Read More…
Posted in Musings from the Center for Creativity
2017 Columbus City Schools Day for Families at Columbus Museum of Art
Research tells us that creativity in this country is declining, most severely in children ages 6-12. One essential component of creativity is critical thinking. Critical thinking skills are the focus of a nearly 50-year partnership with Columbus City Schools (CCS), Read More…
Women Artists Who Changed the Art World: Honoré Sharrer
If Honoré Sharrer is an artist you’ve never heard of I’m not surprised. Sometimes the artists who have the most impact are not the artists dominating the headlines. This is especially true for women artists. Columbus Museum of Art has Read More…
Posted in Notes from Nannette
