I grew up near Columbus. It's funny, but we were so involved with getting through life that we didn't always appreciate it until we would go elsewhere and people would get excited when we mentioned the town. Thanks for reminding me to appreciate what it there every day.

I didn't even know Columbus, indiana existed and now I want to visit it for a week.

This is where I live at, it's small but a cool town. I like it when it's December, the lights on the trees are so PRETTY

the memories.. I grew up in Columbus and i went to Lincoln Elementary and then Central middle school right across the street and then Columbnus East, i remember knocking the wind out of myself slidong down that long hand rail in the still image of Lincoln that this video shows. i had my first kiss on the playground in that school, and took manytrips and visits to the Library which was ony a few blocks from Lincoln and we had to walk past the Irwin Gardens to get there.. looking back the people of Columbnus really dont relize how beautifull the town is..Columbus will always hold a special place in my heart.

That piece from the highschool students was surprisingly thoughtful and restrained. Good on em

I left Columbus last year and now I miss it and would move back in a heart beat

I love these episodes in small towns even more than those for the big cities.

As an architecture junkie, this episode was gold.

Thank you so much for highlighting Columbus! I worked at a summer camp in art colony of Nashville, In, not that far away and would go into Columbus on the weekends. I loved going over the bridge and taking in the sights! This makes and smile!

I visited briefly a few years ago, I hadn't known it existed either (I'm not American) and I just found out about it by sheer luck. Driven by an interest for architecture, we drove there on our way to Kentucky. A surreally beautiful place, it turned out to be.

Fascinating! My husband and I, transplanted from southwestern VA, visited there last year. We discovered that Columbus is more than a "day trip". Saw only a fraction of the architectural sites and had a grand time. Thanks for cluing me in to Exhibit Columbus.

My hometown. But I'm going to Uni in Canada, seeing this, I miss Columbus so much.

Beautifully done. Thank you so much for this tour of a place I didn't even know was there. I am filled with joy to know that it does.

Wow oh wow, I loved Alchemy.

I visited Columbus many years ago. I’d like to see it again. Thanks

Maybe for a Facebook Art Assignment we could take pictures of interesting structures in our towns.

A special thanks to AA for a thoughtful, wonderful piece about architectural design. Columbus' benefactor believed that design matters in people's lives. Money also helps, but this belief is essential to good architecture. More architecture, please. It would be nice to see a piece where the designer has little money, but embraces and is driven by the desire to design a built environment that matters. (I have a little list.)

Had no idea Columbus, Indiana was so rad! I'm going to have to take a trip now. Really great Art Trip video, Mark and Sarah!

I’m from Columbus originally!! Thank you so much for covering my old hometown! :)

Excellent video!!!! Thank you.

An amazing place I've never been to. Or even heard of (my bad, I guess). Although I moved from the Midwest 40 years ago (yikes...), I want to go back to see this. Thanks for this channel! 💗

Wonderful tour of inspiring architecture and sublime landscape architecture!

Lol, so there's another random place in Indiana where you drive around, completely bored out of your mind because everything is flat and there's nothing but corn everywhere; and then BOOM ART! If you're looking for more on the northeast side, Muncie has a FANTASTIC outdoor garden, Fort Wayne has several art exhibits along with the bridges at IPFW, and even a tiny drive-through town of Decatur has an extremely unique outdoor sculpture tour and is trying to remodel old buildings into little park areas. I'm not sure if those awesome utensil sculptures are still there, which are exactly what they sound like, sculptures made entirely out of silverware. Indiana is such a Weird state.

And thanks for highlighting form and design and more sculpture please!

Such an awesome little town! I'm from UC and learning about their art contribution was awesome to hear about.

I hoped Zaharakos would get a shout out. We visited Columbus on our way back from Fort Wayne a few years ago and we stopped there. I told my husband we should stop in there since he had never been. He was instantly obsessed. I spent the next several months explaining to my husband repeatedly why we couldn’t quite our jobs, uproot our whole life, and move there just to be closer to an ice cream parlor.

I love these videos so much, they are my faves! Super happy to see a new one so soon after the last one

What a well-considered town

My roommate is from here and he was always telling me how artistic the city is but I had no idea!

My college choir was supposed to sing a concert on our tour on year at the church you showed in the video, but there was a misunderstanding and it didn't work out. However, we ended up getting to walk around the downtown instead and it is one of my favorite memories from that tour now. I was not expecting such incredibly beautiful and interesting things to be found in such a small town in Indiana. I really enjoyed getting to watch this and relive those memories while learning lots of new things about Columbus.

Beautiful town well maintained.

Wow. I don't know why so many wealthy people choose to live in McMansions when they could commission beautiful spaces to inhabit like the Miller House and Garden. This video really makes me want to cross a few states and give it a visit some time, but until that happens at least I can see the Columbus film coming out to see more of these great building through a screen. Also, the park at the end reminds me of the plain of jars in Laos.

The only other reference I have of a small town in Indiana comes from Parks&Rec, so I'm glad too see it's not actually like that

Love it! I am hoping to checkout the movie Columbus soon.

Beautiful! Thank you so much for this. I was absolutely mesmerised. I want to go to Columbus right now!!

I live in Indianapolis, I'm going to visit there soon.

Ah! Such a wonderful video. Thank you for such an architecture-filled episode! I really need to visit this duo of Saarinen churches. There is so much beauty in the simple forms rendered with precision and elegance, and the way the horizontal suddenly transitions into a light-filled spire... marvelous. Otherworldly is a good description. I'm really intrigued and excited by the idea of the/a foundation that provides funding encourage and push the level of architecture in any building. Also really excited for all the installation art that plays off of, interacts with, and creates new forms and spaces of/with said architecture. And the great questions they and you all raised! Hopefully some of the installation art will be there still should I make it to visit someday. :)

As a person who has been in a lot of churches, the artistry in them usually seems to be limited to making them huge. In the larger scheme of things, the church's purpose and the community within it is more important than the building itself, but watching this video makes me feel like the building should reflect the church's mission. I think the churches in this video do that-especially the second one. TL;DR, these are the coolest churches I've ever seen.

I'm guessing this was at least partly inspired by the new film Columbus? The cinematography in that captured the beauty of this town and its architecture so well, I don't know how anyone wouldn't want to visit afterwards!

Jeez I love these programs.

Mill Race Park is still a floodplain, make no mistake 😂

I've seen tourism ads for Columbus boasting its unique and innovative architecture and design (and the guy in charge of marketing Columbus has been on AA before if I'm not mistaken) so I've been curious if it really is such a hidden gem for everything architecture/design/art and I'm glad to see that it is-definitely somewhere I would like to visit!

I live in Columbus, Indiana. It's not the best place, but the art here has always been fascinating.

Now I want to live in Columbus

Great, as always !

I have to cut through the middle of Columbus in order to make the trip to my university in Bloomington. I've been thinking about stopping and doing a bit of a photography survey. However, I am much less enthusiastic than you. While individual buildings and art are indeed very beautiful, I find the town taken as a whole to be quite jarring. The wide array of different styles in a manner of just a few blocks clashes as I travel through. But what strikes me even more is how a brand new, beautifully designed bridge can open up into clear and obvious signs of hardship and poverty. Down a single street from downtown, I see empty parking lots behind which stand gutted gas stations, liquor stores, and boarded-up shops. The naked contrast between investment in art and clear neglect of large segments of the community strikes me as grotesque.

I used to think that when I get to travel to USA, I thought I would go to New York, but after watching this video I will definitely go to this town

I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!!

Love,love,love .

So, Sarah, what did you think of the film COLUMBUS?

Ive been to Columbus indiana. 90% of the time I was looking for painted rocks

That was...kinda wonderful. unexpected. i guess that's the point.

Love it

I found Eagleton, Indiana.

Wow! I can’t wait to visit Colombus. Which months are the best for walking outside with kids? Not too humid. Beautiful art and architecture.

Columbus also has three Dale Chihuly installations.

love thiss

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Id really like to see you come to an Australian city and do an art trip video on that :)

If you liked this video, you should consider checking out the film Columbus

Crump Theater

All I wanted to do when I lived there to get the hell out, which I did just before I turned 18

If you want a small tip to pronouncing the last name of Eero and Eliel, which I happen to share, you can answer to this comment ☺️

Are you guys going to do any Art Trips to LA for PST:LA/LA?

That wood structure is no longer in front of the library....

thank you ...happy Columbus Day October 9, 2017

VP Mike Pence went to Columbus North High School

Mike Pence Used to be Former Governor of Indiana Vice President to Donald Trump For Four Years.

Dear Art Assignment Team, This video is really wonderful. The way you film cities & art is engrossing, informative, & beautiful. The way you describe art is helpful for both those who are educated about the art scene & those who only really experience art through KZfaq. So I look up Columbus, Indiana & learn it's the hometown of Vice President Mike Pence. All the better as far as I'm concerned. He is a good man. Whatever your political opinions, you'll agree he & his wife are the nicest people in Washington. You knew this & didn't mention it. I'm curious if you thought about mentioning it & decided not to. I'm wondering about your decision making process here. Were you concerned that left of center viewers wouldn't be able to see past their disgust of the other side to appreciate the innovative art & architecture of Columbus if they knew its role in shaping our current administration? Was it in the back of your mind that the whole time that Bartholomew County hasn't voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1964? Does it make you feel happy & grateful to know great art can come from anywhere & anyone? Or slightly uncomfortable? Those few artists who publicly disavow Art Prize because it's founded by Rick DeVos, do you really think aesthetics & expression are their priority? Does everyone who holds a banner that says "diversity" really mean it? (These questions don't need a response, it's to make you question what you thought you knew.) I hope to visit Columbus someday. Keep up the good work.

Everybody in the comments I live here

Im happy to live in a druggy state

This is very pretentious