Life at CCAD

We work hard and play hard in Columbus, and we love to fuel it all with coffee. New roasters have popped up all over the city in the last few years, and — lucky you — several are just a few minutes away from CCAD.

Brioso Roastery and Coffee Bar

Franklinton, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Columbus, is experiencing a creative renaissance. From galleries to tech and design centers, Franklinton has plenty of opportunities for people to pick up a paintbrush, throw around some clay, or even fly through the air. Here are a few of our favorite things to do in the creative community just west of downtown.

We fly our pride flags 24/7/365 in Columbus, and we don’t tolerate haters. The annual Pride Parade draws half a million people to the Short North every June for a giant, rainbow-colored party. We even have a favorite drag queen (love you, Nina!) who’s one of the city’s biggest celebs. Don’t sit on the sidelines! We’ve rounded up seven ways for you to get to know Columbus’ awesome, active LGBT community any time of year.

Thanks to a mixture of creativity, immigration, business headquarters, colleges and universities, and some X-factor awesomeness, Columbus has a killer restaurant scene that extends from downtown all the way out to the ’burbs. And you need take only a few steps off campus to explore the offerings. Here are nine bites and beverages to get you started:

Art school was an inevitable destination for David Butler.

The son of an arts educator, Butler grew up in a house where his affinity for drawing was always encouraged — even when he was being punished.

Columbus is the fastest-growing major metropolitan area in the U.S. Here's proof:

Four titans of the contemporary art world are on view in Beeler Gallery, each bringing larger than life work to the walls (and ceiling) of the gallery.

The area that makes up Columbus’ Short North neighborhood is only about a dozen blocks centered around High Street, but it is home to a remarkable 15 art galleries.

These galleries are as varied as the art within them. There are old stalwarts like pm gallery, the longest continually operating gallery in the neighborhood it has called home since 1980.

In the past decade, the national press seemingly discovered Columbus as a Midwestern cultural mecca. Trend piece after trend piece praised the city for exceeding expectations, but invariably these stories all seem to zero in on one Columbus neighborhood in particular: the Short North.