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    New Uses for Old Chairs

    If you’ve spent any time on the north side of town in the last couple of weeks, you may have noticed some unusual art installations at local business such as Clintonville Outfitters or Weiland’s.

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    Chicago had its cows on every corner, and Cincinnati did The Big Pig Gig… in comfortable Columbus, we’re more practical. Forty local artists have gotten together to pimp out chairs for children’s programming at the Clintonville Resource Center. The chairs are making guest appearances all over the community.

    If Columbus is practical, some of the repurposed chairs are joyfully impractical: upside down or electrified. Every single chair has already done its time as a seating device. The objects of art were once cast-off chairs from a local church’s children’s program.

    The project itself is called A Chairitable Art Show and Concert. The chairs will all be recalled on Saturday, April 5 for a big art show, auction, and performance by The Newlands. Admission is free and it kicks off at Maple Grove UMC (7 W. Henderson Road) at 5pm.

    Says coordinator, Dawn Nauman, “I am amazed at the variety of designs and the hard work that has gone into the chairs. The product has exceeded our expectations.” Nauman credits the Clintonville Arts Guild for many of the spectacular contributions.

    You can view the ever-growing list of chairs online at www.docs.com/@dawn.d.nauman.

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    Miriam Bowers Abbott
    Miriam Bowers Abbotthttps://columbusunderground.com
    Miriam Bowers Abbott is a freelancer contributor to Columbus Underground who reviews restaurants, writes food-centric featurettes and occasionally pens other community journalism pieces.
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