Art Trip: Columbus, Indiana | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
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- Visit the architectural mecca of Columbus, Indiana, to bask in the mid-century glory of Eliel and Eero Saarinen’s masterpieces and a series of new and innovative installations by renowned designers. We explore the first exhibition of Exhibit Columbus, an annual exploration of architecture, art, design, and community, and ask questions about the value of good design.
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We visit:
Miller House and Garden: www.imamuseum.org/page/miller-...
Exhibit Columbus: exhibitcolumbus.org/
Baker's Fine Gifts & Accessories: 433 Washington St, Columbus, IN
Le Petit Caraibes: 412 Washington St, Columbus, IN
The Commons: thecommonscolumbus.com/thecomm...
First Christian Church and North Christian Church: columbus.in.us/churches/
Mill Race Park: columbus.in.us/see-do/mill-ra...
Any visit to Columbus should start here: columbus.in.us/
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I grew up near Columbus. It's funny, but we were so involved with getting through life that we didn't always appreciate it until we would go elsewhere and people would get excited when we mentioned the town. Thanks for reminding me to appreciate what it there every day.
I didn't even know Columbus, indiana existed and now I want to visit it for a week.
I don’t think you will need a week but maybe at 4 days. Trust me I live here
I went there for a week three years ago, it was great. Friendly people, cheap prices, easy to drive streets, and the art installations and painted rocks hidden around were nice
That piece from the highschool students was surprisingly thoughtful and restrained. Good on em
Avery Suzuki As one of the high school designers I want to say thank you for your kind words! It has been an honor to be a part of the team and I'm so grateful!
This is where I live at, it's small but a cool town. I like it when it's December, the lights on the trees are so PRETTY
the memories.. I grew up in Columbus and i went to Lincoln Elementary and then Central middle school right across the street and then Columbnus East, i remember knocking the wind out of myself slidong down that long hand rail in the still image of Lincoln that this video shows. i had my first kiss on the playground in that school, and took manytrips and visits to the Library which was ony a few blocks from Lincoln and we had to walk past the Irwin Gardens to get there.. looking back the people of Columbnus really dont relize how beautifull the town is..Columbus will always hold a special place in my heart.
I left Columbus last year and now I miss it and would move back in a heart beat
I love these episodes in small towns even more than those for the big cities.
As an architecture junkie, this episode was gold.
Wonderful!
I visited briefly a few years ago, I hadn't known it existed either (I'm not American) and I just found out about it by sheer luck. Driven by an interest for architecture, we drove there on our way to Kentucky. A surreally beautiful place, it turned out to be.
Wow oh wow, I loved Alchemy.
Thank you so much for highlighting Columbus! I worked at a summer camp in art colony of Nashville, In, not that far away and would go into Columbus on the weekends. I loved going over the bridge and taking in the sights! This makes and smile!
My hometown. But I'm going to Uni in Canada, seeing this, I miss Columbus so much.
Maybe for a Facebook Art Assignment we could take pictures of interesting structures in our towns.
That sounds like a good idea
+SciJoy love this idea.
I'm in on this idea! Interesting to define what a "structure" is and is not ...
I would so do that!
That would be a great assignment :)
Beautifully done. Thank you so much for this tour of a place I didn't even know was there. I am filled with joy to know that it does.
Fascinating! My husband and I, transplanted from southwestern VA, visited there last year. We discovered that Columbus is more than a "day trip". Saw only a fraction of the architectural sites and had a grand time. Thanks for cluing me in to Exhibit Columbus.
I visited Columbus many years ago. I’d like to see it again. Thanks
An amazing place I've never been to. Or even heard of (my bad, I guess). Although I moved from the Midwest 40 years ago (yikes...), I want to go back to see this. Thanks for this channel! 💗
Lol, so there's another random place in Indiana where you drive around, completely bored out of your mind because everything is flat and there's nothing but corn everywhere; and then BOOM ART!
If you're looking for more on the northeast side, Muncie has a FANTASTIC outdoor garden, Fort Wayne has several art exhibits along with the bridges at IPFW, and even a tiny drive-through town of Decatur has an extremely unique outdoor sculpture tour and is trying to remodel old buildings into little park areas. I'm not sure if those awesome utensil sculptures are still there, which are exactly what they sound like, sculptures made entirely out of silverware.
Indiana is such a Weird state.
and of course all the stuff in Indy!
I lived in Indianapolis many years ago and loved it.
You have been mistaken if you come to Columbus driving from Bloomington.
I hoped Zaharakos would get a shout out. We visited Columbus on our way back from Fort Wayne a few years ago and we stopped there. I told my husband we should stop in there since he had never been. He was instantly obsessed. I spent the next several months explaining to my husband repeatedly why we couldn’t quite our jobs, uproot our whole life, and move there just to be closer to an ice cream parlor.
We couldn't NOT go to Zaharakos. I was SO FULL after lunch, but some things just need to be done.
Excellent video!!!! Thank you.
Had no idea Columbus, Indiana was so rad! I'm going to have to take a trip now. Really great Art Trip video, Mark and Sarah!
My roommate is from here and he was always telling me how artistic the city is but I had no idea!
I love these videos so much, they are my faves! Super happy to see a new one so soon after the last one
I’m from Columbus originally!! Thank you so much for covering my old hometown! :)
A special thanks to AA for a thoughtful, wonderful piece about architectural design. Columbus' benefactor believed that design matters in people's lives. Money also helps, but this belief is essential to good architecture. More architecture, please. It would be nice to see a piece where the designer has little money, but embraces and is driven by the desire to design a built environment that matters. (I have a little list.)
And thanks for highlighting form and design and more sculpture please!
Wonderful tour of inspiring architecture and sublime landscape architecture!
Such an awesome little town! I'm from UC and learning about their art contribution was awesome to hear about.
The only other reference I have of a small town in Indiana comes from Parks&Rec, so I'm glad too see it's not actually like that
What a well-considered town
Wow. I don't know why so many wealthy people choose to live in McMansions when they could commission beautiful spaces to inhabit like the Miller House and Garden. This video really makes me want to cross a few states and give it a visit some time, but until that happens at least I can see the Columbus film coming out to see more of these great building through a screen.
Also, the park at the end reminds me of the plain of jars in Laos.
I did not know about the Plain of Jars, and I am astounded. WOW WOW WOW. (And I hear you re: McMansions. If they could only see what the same money (or less!) could buy!)
My college choir was supposed to sing a concert on our tour on year at the church you showed in the video, but there was a misunderstanding and it didn't work out. However, we ended up getting to walk around the downtown instead and it is one of my favorite memories from that tour now. I was not expecting such incredibly beautiful and interesting things to be found in such a small town in Indiana. I really enjoyed getting to watch this and relive those memories while learning lots of new things about Columbus.
Beautiful! Thank you so much for this. I was absolutely mesmerised. I want to go to Columbus right now!!
Come on over
Beautiful town well maintained.
I have to cut through the middle of Columbus in order to make the trip to my university in Bloomington. I've been thinking about stopping and doing a bit of a photography survey. However, I am much less enthusiastic than you. While individual buildings and art are indeed very beautiful, I find the town taken as a whole to be quite jarring. The wide array of different styles in a manner of just a few blocks clashes as I travel through. But what strikes me even more is how a brand new, beautifully designed bridge can open up into clear and obvious signs of hardship and poverty. Down a single street from downtown, I see empty parking lots behind which stand gutted gas stations, liquor stores, and boarded-up shops. The naked contrast between investment in art and clear neglect of large segments of the community strikes me as grotesque.
Thank you for sharing. What insight. I was noticing that in the sky shots. Really bizarre. Reminded me of New Orleans in that way.
The jarring contradictions are really at the center of the cultural identity of nearly all American cities. Columbus has worked really hard to navigate the gaps between haves and have nots ... so much to explore.
The mall is a good example of how Columbus is falling apart. It has been falling apart the last 10 years. It was once a nice, although fairly small, mall, but now it only houses a couple of businesses and is very eerie to walk in because it is mostly empty
I have lived here for 17 years now but like many smaller cities I'm sometimes still considered a "newcomer" by those who were were born, raised and stayed here. I would have previously seen the contrasting styles of architecture from different eras as clashing but living and walking amidst them I find a compelling connection between the contrasting styles and absolutely love the contrasts and the complements that I experience here.
Columbus is thriving economically but like many cities and town there is a definite economic gap between the "haves" and "have nots". Poverty, drugs and unemployment within an overall environment where many jobs go unfilled due to lack of qualified applicants. There are no easy answers but the problems are being addressed and no part of town is being neglected.
The economy is multi-faceted with a diverse manufacturing base with smaller niches in architectural and sports tourism as well as being a retail hub for south-central Indiana. The evidence of many closed businesses has more to do with the overall changing trends in shopping habits by all of us.
There is obviously an emphasis on art and architecture here but there are actually very few tax dollars going to support it, mostly private funded by very generous individuals, business and public-private partnerships. It helps to create a very high quality of life. I'm very proud to be a part of this community and welcome you all to visit us here!
The town as a whole is "quite jarring?" Besides its unique collection of modern architecture and design, Columbus is no different than any other Midwest town. Every town and city has obvious signs of hardship and poverty, I mean just drive around Btown a bit more than just what is near campus. These different styles from block to block that "clash" tell the story and history of the city, like a quilt. Not every house and neighborhood were built at the same time, so of course there will be different architectural styles. The city is far from being neglected. Improvements are being made all over, and sure, there are still areas that need some help, but they arent being neglected in favor of art. Next time you cut through you should stop and explore the city and what it has to offer.
I'm guessing this was at least partly inspired by the new film Columbus? The cinematography in that captured the beauty of this town and its architecture so well, I don't know how anyone wouldn't want to visit afterwards!
Columbus is indeed a gorgeous film! It didn't inspire this video, though. I've been planning to make an art trip here and cover Exhibit Columbus during it's run for a while. Just a happy confluence of events.
Jeez I love these programs.
As a person who has been in a lot of churches, the artistry in them usually seems to be limited to making them huge. In the larger scheme of things, the church's purpose and the community within it is more important than the building itself, but watching this video makes me feel like the building should reflect the church's mission. I think the churches in this video do that-especially the second one.
TL;DR, these are the coolest churches I've ever seen.
Mill Race Park is still a floodplain, make no mistake 😂
I live in Indianapolis, I'm going to visit there soon.
You really should. Exhibit Columbus is only there until Nov 26, so don't delay!
Ah! Such a wonderful video. Thank you for such an architecture-filled episode! I really need to visit this duo of Saarinen churches. There is so much beauty in the simple forms rendered with precision and elegance, and the way the horizontal suddenly transitions into a light-filled spire... marvelous. Otherworldly is a good description. I'm really intrigued and excited by the idea of the/a foundation that provides funding encourage and push the level of architecture in any building. Also really excited for all the installation art that plays off of, interacts with, and creates new forms and spaces of/with said architecture. And the great questions they and you all raised! Hopefully some of the installation art will be there still should I make it to visit someday. :)
Love it! I am hoping to checkout the movie Columbus soon.
I live in Columbus, Indiana. It's not the best place, but the art here has always been fascinating.
Where is the best place?
@@sharksport01 definitely not fucking Columbus, I live there, all there is here is metheads, weirdos, homeless people, and a cop on about every corner. It's littered with trash, this place really sucks, the only they got going for em is the architecture, that's it, literally nothing else.
@@SuperBuildsInMC As someone who grew up in Seymour and lived in DC and Chicago, trust me, Columbus does NOT suck.
Now I want to live in Columbus
Nothing here 🤣🤣
I've seen tourism ads for Columbus boasting its unique and innovative architecture and design (and the guy in charge of marketing Columbus has been on AA before if I'm not mistaken) so I've been curious if it really is such a hidden gem for everything architecture/design/art and I'm glad to see that it is-definitely somewhere I would like to visit!
Thanks, yes, I have been on AA. Come visit!
Great, as always !
Love,love,love .
I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!!
The film Columbus is on view at Cranbrook Art Museum this weekend, perfect timing for this vid.
Ive been to Columbus indiana. 90% of the time I was looking for painted rocks
I live here
I used to think that when I get to travel to USA, I thought I would go to New York, but after watching this video I will definitely go to this town
I live here come check it out
Love it
Wow! I can’t wait to visit Colombus. Which months are the best for walking outside with kids? Not too humid. Beautiful art and architecture.
That was...kinda wonderful. unexpected. i guess that's the point.
So, Sarah, what did you think of the film COLUMBUS?
I found Eagleton, Indiana.
love thiss
Id really like to see you come to an Australian city and do an art trip video on that :)
Mitchell Attwood I’m well on board for Art Trip: MONA. Hobart in general would be incredible, but I feel like you need a full weekend just for MONA.
Columbus also has three Dale Chihuly installations.
🎉
If you liked this video, you should consider checking out the film Columbus
If you want a small tip to pronouncing the last name of Eero and Eliel, which I happen to share, you can answer to this comment ☺️
And Eliel is el ee el.
All I wanted to do when I lived there to get the hell out, which I did just before I turned 18
Are you guys going to do any Art Trips to LA for PST:LA/LA?
YES. Very excited about it. We'll be in there in a few weeks!
Yay! I am so excited. I just got back from seeing 20 shows in 5 days. There is a lot of art to see. Can't wait to see The Art Assignment's take on such an ambitious initiative (:
What were your highlights?
Axé Bahia at the Fowler was really amazing, as well as Radical Women at the Hammer (although the show is a bit overwhelming just because of its massive scale). It was great seeing such a wide breadth of work from artists that I have never had the chance to see in person. Laura Aguilar's retrospective was probably one of my favorites, her work felt really poignant and special to me as a queer person. The Argentinian photography show at the Getty was also amazing.
I'd really recommend Condemned To Be Modern at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, it was a really interesting approach to showing architecture through the lens of conceptual art. (Also it is right across the way from Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House, which is an added bonus and especially interesting because of it's Mayan Revival style). I did not get the chance to see Axis Mundo, but I did stop in One Gallery which had archival work connected to the show that was compelling. Those were probably my favorites out of the 20 shows that I saw. Anna Maria Maiolino's retrospective was also really great, but I wasn't the biggest fan of the curatorial choices.
Crump Theater
thank you ...happy Columbus Day October 9, 2017
That wood structure is no longer in front of the library....
VP Mike Pence went to Columbus North High School
Dear Art Assignment Team,
This video is really wonderful. The way you film cities & art is engrossing, informative, & beautiful. The way you describe art is helpful for both those who are educated about the art scene & those who only really experience art through UA-cam.
So I look up Columbus, Indiana & learn it's the hometown of Vice President Mike Pence. All the better as far as I'm concerned. He is a good man. Whatever your political opinions, you'll agree he & his wife are the nicest people in Washington.
You knew this & didn't mention it. I'm curious if you thought about mentioning it & decided not to. I'm wondering about your decision making process here.
Were you concerned that left of center viewers wouldn't be able to see past their disgust of the other side to appreciate the innovative art & architecture of Columbus if they knew its role in shaping our current administration?
Was it in the back of your mind that the whole time that Bartholomew County hasn't voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1964?
Does it make you feel happy & grateful to know great art can come from anywhere & anyone? Or slightly uncomfortable?
Those few artists who publicly disavow Art Prize because it's founded by Rick DeVos, do you really think aesthetics & expression are their priority? Does everyone who holds a banner that says "diversity" really mean it?
(These questions don't need a response, it's to make you question what you thought you knew.)
I hope to visit Columbus someday.
Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the kind words! And you know, It never occurred to me to mention Pence in the video. I only mentioned information I felt to be relevant to the experience of art and architecture and design in the town.
Everybody in the comments I live here
Hello
Im happy to live in a druggy state
This is very pretentious