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jasonsanford.bsky.social
A big thank you to the Greater Columbus Arts Council for selecting me as a recipient of a Funds for Artists grant! The grant will help me travel to this year's World Science Fiction Convention, where I'm a Hugo Award finalist in two categories. #GCACGrants #ArtMakesCbus #SupportLocalArtists
A big thank you to the Greater Columbus Arts Council for selecting me as a recipient of a Funds for Artists grant! My novella We Who Hunt Alexanders will be published July 22 by Apex Books. #GCACGrants #artmakescbus #columbusarts #supportlocalartists
June 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
thurberhouse.bsky.social
22 years—how time flies! 🕰️ Last weekend, 2004 children's #writer-in-residence Laurie Miller Hornik returned to Thurber House for a visit. Fond memories... ☺️🏡

#asseenincolumbus #asseenincbus #columbus #cbus #columbusohio #614columbus #columbusmakesart #artmakescbus
September 24, 2026 at 3:31 PM
alannag.bsky.social
EarthSky, 2020, Acrylic on Canvas 🎨

#ArtSky #ArtMakesCbus
the painting "EarthSky" by Alanna Gibson
February 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
jen-bryant.bsky.social
Very happy to announce that I received a 2026 Funds for Artists grant from the Greater Columbus Arts Council to support my writing!

#GCACGrants #ArtMakesCbus
July 16, 2026 at 1:34 PM
thurberhouse.bsky.social
"Art—the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised." — James Thurber

#jamesthurber #thurber #quote #quoteoftheday #humor #funny #comedy #lol #art #asseenincolumbus #columbus #columbusohio #columbusmakesart #artmakescbus
May 14, 2026 at 3:30 PM
thurberhouse.bsky.social
What an event! 🤩🙌 Last night, a joyful crowd packed @ccadedu.bsky.social's Canzani Center to meet the incredible Alexander McCall Smith. We love to see our community come together like this! ❤️

#asseenincolumbus #asseenincbus #columbus #columbusohio #columbusmakesart #artmakescbus #book #books
September 23, 2026 at 3:01 PM
jesserbest.bsky.social
A belated but extremely heartfelt thanks to the Greater Columbus Arts Council, for giving me funding in 2024 to hire a sensitivity reader for my upcoming audio drama Everyone Leaves Alive! #GCACGrants #ArtMakesCbus
July 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
thurberhouse.bsky.social
#Columbus showed *up* last night to welcome our new Executive Director, Barbara Fant! 🙌❤️ It was wonderful to celebrate with so many friends and family. Smiles all around! 😀

#asseenincolumbus #asseenincbus #columbusohio #614columbus #columbusmakesart #artmakescbus
September 18, 2026 at 3:04 PM
thurberhouse.bsky.social
Love our #Book Bars? 🥂 Then don't miss our March 25 event/dinner with New York Times bestselling #author, actress, & activist Annabelle Gurwitch at Cure Coffee & Cocktails! 📖🍷

Register ➡️ thurberhouse.org/spring-events-2026/annabelle-gurwitch

#asseenincolumbus #asseenincbus #columbus #artmakescbus
March 12, 2026 at 3:30 PM
thurberhouse.bsky.social
We had a fabulous turnout for our #Writing Submission Party today! 🎉✍️💻 What an inspiring exchange of camaraderie, encouragement, and advice. Thank you to all who came and to @quotidianwriter.bsky.social for hosting!

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#columbus #columbusohio #columbusmakesart #artmakescbus
August 22, 2026 at 6:16 PM
thurberhouse.bsky.social
Hmm.... mysterious new artwork has appeared on the walls at Thurber Center. 🤔😍 Admittedly, we're partial to the Weezer album spoof (just look at Muggs... 😂).

(Thank you, summer interns! 😉🎨)

#funny #humor #lol #art #creativity #columbus #columbusohio #columbusmakesart #artmakescbus
May 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM
thurberhouse.bsky.social
Another week, another picnic! 😁 This Monday, July 13, our friend Wil Haygood returns to Thurber House to discuss his latest book, The War Within a War. We'll see you there! 🏡📖

Register ➡️ thurberhouse.org/events

#columbus #columbusohio #columbusmakesart #artmakescbus #book #books #reading #author
July 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM
thurberhouse.bsky.social
PSA: Our next Adult #Writers' Studio cohorts and Adult #Writing #Workshops are registering now! 🥳 Choose from in-person or virtual.

✍️ Register ➡️ www.thurberhouse.org/current-events-programs

#asseenincolumbus #columbus #columbusohio #columbusmakesart #artmakescbus @quotidianwriter.bsky.social
August 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM
everyman-from-ohio.bsky.social
🎨 Exciting news! I’ve been awarded a Greater Columbus Arts Council Funds for Artists grant! Huge thanks to @colsarts for supporting artists! Stay tuned! 🚀✨

#GCACGrants #ArtMakesCbus #ColumbusArts #SupportLocalArtists #UnleashCreatives @unleashcreatives.bsky.social
January 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
thurberhouse.bsky.social
Shout out to Director of Children's Education Meg Brown, #Columbus College of Art & Design interns Chantè & Gia, & our teen selection committee, who are halfway through making #writing & #art picks for this year's Flip the Page: Central Ohio's Teen Literary Journal! 📗
#columbusmakesart #artmakescbus
March 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
thurberhouse.bsky.social
Four days until our first 2026 Summer Literary Picnic! 😁 This Wednesday, June 10, join crime thriller #authors Andrew Welsh-Huggins & Robin Yocum at Thurber House. 🏡🥪🍎

Register ➡️ thurberhouse.org/summer-events-2026

#asseenincolumbus #columbus #columbusohio #columbusmakesart #artmakescbus
June 6, 2026 at 1:00 PM
thurberhouse.bsky.social
Now available: the 2025 edition of Flip the Page: Central #Ohio's #Teen #Literary Journal! 🎉📗🎨 FTP features #writing & #art by teens ages 13-19 & is curated by a teen committee under the guidance of Thurber House.

Get a copy today! ➡️ www.amazon.com/Flip-Page-20...

#columbusmakesart #artmakescbus
June 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
thurberhouse.bsky.social
Thurber House is on Bluesky! Follow us for posts about #writing, #reading, #books, art, #humor, & more.

#amwriting #writer #writers #write #writingcommunity #writerslife #reading #read #amreading #jamesthurber #thurber #asseenincolumbus #asseenincbus #columbus #cbus #columbusmakesart #artmakescbus
November 19, 2024 at 6:12 PM
nitasweeney.com
Hurrah! BTW, thanks to Ohio Arts Council for the grant I received earlier this year!! #thanks #ohio #asseenincolumbus #asseenincbus #columbus #cbus #columbusohio #columbusmakesart #artmakescbus #ohiomakesart #artsohio #supportthearts
thurberhouse.bsky.social Thurber House @thurberhouse.bsky.social · Aug 14
We're so happy to share that the Ohio Arts Council has renewed operating support of Thurber House for the 2025-2026 fiscal year! #ThankYou! ❤️🏡📖✍️🎨

#thanks #ohio #asseenincolumbus #asseenincbus #columbus #cbus #columbusohio #columbusmakesart #artmakescbus #ohiomakesart #artsohio #supportthearts
August 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
nitasweeney.com
Sorry I missed this! Congratulations to Barbara Fant, new Executive Director. #columbusmakesart #artmakescbus
thurberhouse.bsky.social Thurber House @thurberhouse.bsky.social · 11d
#Columbus showed *up* last night to welcome our new Executive Director, Barbara Fant! 🙌❤️ It was wonderful to celebrate with so many friends and family. Smiles all around! 😀

#asseenincolumbus #asseenincbus #columbusohio #614columbus #columbusmakesart #artmakescbus
September 18, 2026 at 10:14 PM
www.jenknox.net
THANK YOU for supporting artists!! I have funds to go to residency to work on a collab project & prep my essay collection for publication.
jenknox.substack.com
The Greater Columbus Arts Council gifted me space and time to write. 🙏
#GCACGrants #ArtMakesCbus #ColumbusArts #SupportLocalArtists
March 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
thurberhouse.bsky.social
Summer, HERE WE COME! 🤩 NEW #summer events: John Kenney, Sharon Short, @scottwoods.bsky.social with Hanif Abdurraqib, Linda Castillo, & a family-friendly BBQ at Green Lawn Cemetery!

More ➡ www.thurberhouse.org/summer-events-2025

#asseenincolumbus #asseenincbus #columbusmakesart #artmakescbus
April 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
lisagainmusic.bsky.social
Tune into @wcbe905columbus.bsky.social this Friday, Feb, 21st at 11am to catch Mark Sims, Shiloh Hawkins & I live in Studio A! 🎉☮️🎉☮️🎉☮️🎉☮️🎉☮️
#WCBE #Cbus #OhioMusic #Artmakescbus #Originalmusic #Musicismyart
February 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
thurberhouse.bsky.social
"James Thurber, Consummate Doodler" by Navied Mahdavian of @newyorker.com. ✏️〰️🖊

Read the article ➡️ www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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#jamesthurber #thurber #cartoons #cartooning #art #columbus/hashtag/columbusmakesart" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#columbusmakesart #artmakescbus #asseenincolumbus #asseenincbus #columbus #cbus #columbusohio #ohio
Navied Mahdavian on James Thurber
It wasn’t until I started cartooning myself that I realized he only made it look easy.
www.newyorker.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
thurberhouse.bsky.social
#Congrats to our Central #Ohio #PoetryOutLoud semi-finalists, Zeke & Akua, who took 1st & 3rd place at last night's state finals!! 🎉🤩👏 Zeke is headed to nationals in Washington, D.C. on May 5-7!

#congratulations #poetry #asseenincolumbus #asseenincbus #columbus #cbus #columbusmakesart #artmakescbus
February 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM