Announcing the launch of the Humanities Institute Makerspace! On select afternoons this academic year, 198 Hagerty Hall will be open for drop-in art-making, OR the HI MS will travel to locations around the Oval. Led by a rotating list of co-sponsors, the maker space will offer projects and materials in a variety of media, with projects reflecting the content and interests of our centers and other humanities affiliates.
Makerspace events are free, open to everyone and welcoming to all. No registration is required- drop in and make art in your own time.
This HI Makerspace event will feature Valentine-themed cards, postcards and bookmarks as part of the University Libraries Brain Breaks series. We’ll have the usual Valentine materials—paper, doilies, stickers, and more—plus Medieval illustrations of the original Saint Valentine, curated by our students in the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Stop by the table behind the Ask Us Desk and make a card for a friend or a loved one, or use our materials to make a bookmark or mini collage.
Remaining dates and themes for SP26 are as follows:
Friday, February 13: Celebrate the Lunar New Year by creating Spring Festival Couplets (chunlian) with the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures in 020 Page Hall.
Thursday, March 5: Crepe paper flowers at the Wexner Center for the Arts.
Tuesday, March 24: The Thompson Library Brain Break Team will travel to 198 Hagerty Hall. Project TBD.
Friday, April 24: The Wexner Center for the Arts Community Studio will travel to 198 Hagerty. Project TBD.
For more information, or if you are interested in co-hosting an upcoming afternoon makerspace in AU26, email Megan Moriarty, Marketing and Communications Specialist for the Humanities Institute.