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BO BARTLETT CENTER MEET LOCAL ARTISTS
The red brick, former textile warehouse The Gallery on Tenth is an artists’
turned gallery space on the banks of the cooperative and encourages interest in the
Chattahoochee River is the Columbus State visual arts. More than 20 member artists
University’s Corn Center for Visual Arts. have works for sale in many media varieties,
Enter the Bo Bartlett Center. The center including original watercolors, oils, pastels,
displays 14 monumental paintings by acrylics, photography, pottery, glass fusion
Bartlett, a native of Columbus, along with and hand-blown glass.
his more than 300 paintings and drawings 9 E. 10th St.
and complete archive of sketchbooks, 706.321.8948 | galleryon10th.com
correspondence, journals, photographs, and
objects d’art relevant to the production of “This is a great place to see the local art scene
Bartlett’s work. The center features rotating after lunch in one of the pubs and topped off with
exhibitions of American artists of national a walk along the river.”
and international acclaim. This is a highly
regarded creative learning laboratory that is Columbus, you’ll see, will not let you
part gallery/museum, part experimental arts go easily. There is always something new,
incubator, and part community center. inspiring, and mind-bending in Georgia’s
Corn Center for the Visual Arts second-largest city full of art, science and
921 Front Ave. history experiences.
706.507.8432 | bobartlettcenter.org

“Love this cool gallery! Seems like his work just Columbus Murals
goes on and on. Very educational with regards
to learning about Bo Barlett and his work.”

Another gallery within the Corn Center
with national and international appeal
resides in the Norman Shannon and Emmy
Lou P. Illges Gallery. New exhibitions debut
regularly in the 3,250-square foot space with
20-foot-high walls, and are accompanied by
lectures and gallery talks. Both galleries are
free and open to the public.
Corn Center for the Visual Arts
941 Front Ave.
706.507.8301 | columbusstate.edu/art/
galleries-and-exhibitions/galleries

“Each room has its own unique way of allowing
patrons to interact with and/or analyze the art in
the form of questions, puzzles, games, an open
discussion board.”

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