Ohio Craft Museum — Local services in Columbus

I visited the Ohio Craft Museum [at 1665 W. Fifth Ave. in the "Fifth by Northwest" neighborhood of Columbus] yesterday [8-22-2022] for possibly my first time.

I have been familiar with Ohio Designer Craftsmen [the organization that operates the Ohio Craft Museum] for many years because I used to edit an "arts calendar" in central Ohio and am fairly certain that I had included Ohio Designer Craftsmen events in that calendar.

Currently on display in the main room of the Ohio Craft Museum is a traveling exhibit [featuring artists from Pittsburgh], "Food Justice: Growing a Healthier Community Through Art."

Photographs of the "Food Justice" exhibit are not allowed so you will need to visit the Ohio Craft Museum "in person" [before 9-24-2022] if you want to see that exhibit. Some of the elements of that exhibit are sounds that obviously cannot be transmitted via a photograph.

During my brief visit to the Ohio Craft Museum, I had been able to take (1.) several photographs of the building itself and (2.) several photographs of artworks [some of which are for sale] that are on display in smaller rooms that are near the main room.

Two of the people with whom I had spoken during my brief visit to the Ohio Craft Museum remember me from when I had worked for the former Long's Commercial Art Supply in the basement of the former Long's Book Store at 1836 N. High St.

If you want to be able to view -- and possibly purchase -- artworks that have been created by artists from all over Ohio, I strongly recommend visiting the Ohio...

This is a great, often overlooked (due to a fairly nondescript building) year round craft musuem/gallery. There is a parking lot with free parking. I highly recommend stopping by leading up to the winter holidays as the building upstairs is packed with a large variety of unique, handmade, holiday crafts that make really distinctive gifts. I've stopped here probably a decade now for Xmas and consistently get accolades from my gift recipients. There's a used furniture store right next door that I love checking out when I leave...

This place is a little gem in the Grandview Heights area. It's not large, but always worth a stop--interesting, unique gifts from craftsmen and women from the region. It also has rotating exhibits that are noteworthy. The art and food justice display August-September 2022 is fascinating. I didn't know what to expect but suffice it to say that the art educated powerfully. Hard to believe admission is free. They also have excellent craft camps during the summer--my daughter went one year in sixth grade...