Wexner Center for the Arts discounts and programming

Wexner Center for the Arts, located on campus at Ohio State, is a multidisciplinary research laboratory for the arts with programming featuring performing arts, exhibitions, and media arts.

While the Wex has reopened, they continue to also provide a robust selection of virtual experiences including films, performances,  educational opportunities, and related material on the blog. 

The Wex galleries and store are open Wednesday–Sunday, 11 AM–4 PM (open until 7 PM on Thursday). 

The Wexner Center is a great place to get lost inside for a few hours by yourself, with friends, or with the family. In addition to exhibitions, once they can open fully, they’ll offer tons of events, including talks, films, music and more at the center during the month. 

Exhibitions at Wexner Center for the Arts

To Begin, Again: A Prehistory of the Wex, 1968–89, through August 15. 

Gallery admission is now free on Thursdays after 4 pm and every Sunday thanks to The AEP Foundation.

Learning & Public Practice

YogArts: Select Saturday mornings on Instagram and Facebook for YogArts family movement and meditation sessions created in partnership with The Yoga Carriage @ replenish. FREE! 

Sat, Oct 16, 10:00 AM
Sat, Nov 20, 10:00 AM
Sat, Dec 11, 10:00 AM
Sat, Jan 22, 10:00 AM
Sat, Feb 19, 10:00 AM
Sat, Mar 19, 10:00 AM
Sat, Apr 16, 10:00 AM
Sat, May 21, 10:00 AM

See more upcoming offerings at the calendar.

Performing Arts

On view online through June 30: James Dennen, Anti-gravity Donuts: Performance and Mixed Realities: the “place” of digital proximity, mime & mimesis, and the undetermined vector of emerging virtual technologies…in a pandemic – FREE
Watch here: https://wexarts.org/talks-more/james-dennen-anti

Details for the Wexner Center

Free and discounted admission to The Wexner Center

Wex Center offers FREE admission for exhibitions for everyone on Thursdays after 4 PM and every Sunday courtesy of the American Electric Power Foundation.

General Admission
$9 general public
$7 senior citizens (65 and older), and Ohio State faculty and staff (with BUCK ID)
Free for Wexner Center members, college students with ID, active military and veterans, and anyone under 18
Free on Thursdays after 4 PM and every Sunday
Gallery admission is also free with a ticket to any same-day Wexner Center event.

Columbus Member Advantage Program

If you’re a member of select Central Ohio attractions, you can save $3 on general admission to other attractions through the Columbus Member Advantage program. No coupon is necessary. Simply show your valid participating membership card when you visit! Limited to 4 discounts per membership per day; can’t be combined with other discounts.  

Member Advantage partners for 2022 include:

• Columbus Museum of Art and Pizzuti Collection (see our article)
• Columbus Zoo and Aquarium (see our article)
• Dawes Arboretum (see our article)
• Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (see our article)
• LEGOLAND® Discovery Center Columbus (see our article)
• National Veterans Memorial and Museum (see our article)
• Ohio History Center & Ohio Village (see our article)
• Wexner Center for the Arts (see our article)
• COSI (advanced tickets required)
• The Works: Ohio Center for History, Art and Technology (also qualifies for ASTC reciprocal admission) 

Hours
Mon: Closed
Tue – Wed: 11 am-5 pm
Thu: 11 am-7 pm
Fri-Sun: 11 am-5 pm

Wexner Center for the Arts
1871 N High St
Columbus, OH 43201

Past events; tba for 2022

Wex Center at South Drive-in

The Wex heads to South Drive-in with a free series of three popular and critically acclaimed films of the 1980s, presented monthly beginning Sunday, June 6. 

Admission to all screenings in the Wex series is free, but space is limited and on a first come, first served basis. Complete details about the films to screen will be available at wexarts.org.

The features scheduled for July and August will each be preceded by an Ohio-made short film; selected shorts will be announced closer to the screening dates.