Cultural Arts Center — Attraction in Columbus

I have attended many events, over the years, at the Cultural Arts Center.

I had initially known the Cultural Arts Center as the "Columbus Cultural Arts Center" [that I had always abbreviated as "CCAC"]; however, somewhere along the way, the word "Columbus" was removed from their name so I can no longer use the "CCAC" abbreviation.

The two most recent events that I had been planning to attend at the Cultural Arts Center had been canceled because of COVID-19 so I had not been there for several years until yesterday.

I just happened to be walking past the Cultural Arts Center yesterday [5-2-2022] -- while on my way to a different location -- and while they had been open -- so I stopped by for a brief visit.

It might be helpful for people planning to visit the Cultural Arts Center to know that, for four of the six days when they are open, they close at 4:00 p.m. and then re-open at 7:00 p.m. that same day.

I had just happened to arrive, yesterday, ten minutes before their 4:00 p.m. closing time.

I was therefore able to "rush around" the several galleries and other spaces that are inside of the building for ten minutes or so [before the building had closed] and then spend ten additional minutes outside of the building [taking some photographs for Google Maps] before moving on to my next...

The ceramics class was great. The only down side is that you better be prepared to miss work in order to get into a class because of their weird sign up policy. They allows walk ups to start the day of the specific class (a weekday) at 9 am, they do not allow online signup until later that night. At least I think this is how it works, they made it really complicated for a select few donors who do not have internet access. I would not try to go into work late unless you plan on being several hours late. The line waits are at least an hour, in general. It just seems counter intuitive to have a sign up policy like this when the classes are mostly evenings for people who work. It used to open Saturdays online and was first come first serve. I agree that there should be a walk up option, but it should be combined first come first serve. As this was changed without any real feedback from members, I hope that they have a group of people looking at changing...

Do not take classes with the ceramics instructor Sandy/Sandra Lang. She is the type of teacher that makes people not want to return. I truly believe that she is destructive to the environment at the cultural arts center. An unhappy person who hates to teach. She will degrade your work and won’t give you any constructive feedback. I have advised everyone I know to stay away from her classes, and to stick with Sarah or Adena. They are both kind people who want to help members of the community get in touch with their artistic selves. They are happy to be there and happy to have new students. They want to help people learn. It’s unfortunate that with years of complaints from many students, that the center allows Sandra Lang to stay employed there. Maybe it will change someday 🙂 everyone else is lovely and it’s a great place...