Priscilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center

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Columbus Recreation and Parks Department's Cultural Arts Center offers classes in fine art, is home to two art galleries, and has been a Columbus institution nearly 50 years.

This week in pictures 📸🎨
05/30/2026

This week in pictures 📸🎨

We need volunteers to assist at the Cultural Arts Center during !!!You can sign up today from the link in our bio or by...
05/29/2026

We need volunteers to assist at the Cultural Arts Center during !!!

You can sign up today from the link in our bio or by scanning this QR code.

Columbus Arts Fest runs Friday, June 12 to Sunday, June 14. The CAC will be alive with art demonstrations, chalk art on our🐮, hosting the Patron Party, and proudly exhibiting our biennial Student/ Faculty show, CENTERED, which will be on display in the Main Gallery.

05/28/2026

Do you want to be our next Artist in Residence?

We are officially accepting submissions for our next Artist(s) in Residence!

Open only to Franklin County residents. Applications accepted until 11:59pm on June 27, 2026. To apply, follow the link in our bio or on our website.

Here’s the info:
Call opens: 5/27/26
Call closes: 6/27/26
Finalists announced: 8/3/26

Residency Dates:
#1 8/31/26 - 12/20/26
#2 2/22/27 - 6/19/27

Residency Benefits:
* 16-week residency
* Private studio space
* Loft Gallery Exhibition
* $2000 stipend
* Free parking
* CAC Class Allowance
* CAC Workshop Teaching Opportunities
* Supportive, creative community

Please be advised, this is a work-only residency. This residency does not provide housing of any kind.

We are officially accepting submissions for our next Artist(s) in Residence!From today until 11:59pm on June 27th, you c...
05/27/2026

We are officially accepting submissions for our next Artist(s) in Residence!

From today until 11:59pm on June 27th, you can apply for one of our two upcoming Artist Residencies.

Open only to Franklin County residents. To apply, follow the link in our bio or on our website.

Here’s the info:
Call opens: 5/27/26
Call closes: 6/27/26
Finalists announced: 8/3/26

Residency Dates:
#1 8/31/26 - 12/20/26
#2 2/22/27 - 6/19/27

Residency Benefits:
* 16-week residency
* Private studio space
* Loft Gallery Exhibition
* $2000 stipend
* Free parking
* CAC Class Allowance
* CAC Workshop Teaching Opportunities
* Supportive, creative community

Please be advised, this is a work-only residency. This residency does not provide housing of any kind.

05/26/2026

Walk through our revamped Main Gallery and witness the captivating work by Nicholas Hill.

“The Pandemic Portraits” is on display through June 6.

05/20/2026

Take a walk through the Loft Gallery and view “Staying in Place,” a joint show featuring works by Marge Bender, Barb Vogel, and Paula Flicker.

Exhibition continues through June 6.

We’d like to introduce you to our newest Artist-in-Residence, Dana Lynn-Harper. Dana Lynn Harper is a multimedia sculptu...
05/20/2026

We’d like to introduce you to our newest Artist-in-Residence, Dana Lynn-Harper.

Dana Lynn Harper is a multimedia sculptural artist living and working in Columbus, OH. She will be our artist-in-residence through August 2026.

Dana is a professor at CCAD, has work currently on display at the Columbus Museum of Art, is preparing for an exhibition in Chicago coming up this Summer.

Dana holds a BFA in Art & Technology from The Ohio State University and an MFA in Sculpture from Penn State University, where she was awarded the Bunton Waller Fellowship.

We are excited to see what she creates during her tenure here and how the space and time at the CAC shapes her process.

Follow along for updates throughout her residency.

Today was an exciting day!We were greeted by none other than Priscilla R Tyson!She came by to visit her center, check ou...
05/14/2026

Today was an exciting day!

We were greeted by none other than Priscilla R Tyson!

She came by to visit her center, check out the renovations, and join the audience at today’s Conversation & Coffee.

We are so grateful to Priscilla for her passion and dedication to our artistic community.

We all know how special this building is as well as the people who work and create here. It takes a community to make art possible and ours is a strong one.

Thank you, Priscilla. And to everyone who makes this place the sanctuary that it is.

Address

139 W Main Street
Columbus, OH
43215

Opening Hours

Monday 1pm - 4pm
7pm - 10pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
7pm - 10pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
7pm - 10pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
7pm - 10pm
Friday 9am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm

Telephone

+16146457047

Website

https://anc.apm.activecommunities.com/columbusrecparks1/home?locale=en-US&utm_sour

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