
Photo by Hadley Fruits | Exhibit Columbus Work is underway on “InterOculus,” a canopy designed to light up over the intersection of Fourth and Washington streets downtown.

Workers with Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO of Mexico City, Mexico, were painting bright blue finishing touches on a 24-foot-high, whimsical, bookshelf-like backdrop for the Miller Prize installation known as “Designed By the Public.”

Photo by Hadley Fruits | Exhibit Columbus
Workers with Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO of Mexico City, Mexico, were painting bright blue finishing touches on a 24-foot-high, whimsical, bookshelf-like backdrop for the Miller Prize installation known as “Designed By the Public.”

Photo by Jana Wiersema | The Republic Workers for Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO of Mexico City, Mexico, were painting bright blue finishing touches on a 24-foot-high, whimsical, bookshelf-like backdrop for the Miller Prize installation known as “Designed By the Public.”
Photo by Jana Wiersema | The Republic Workers for Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO of Mexico City, Mexico, were painting bright blue finishing touches on a 24-foot-high, whimsical, bookshelf-like backdrop for the Miller Prize installation known as “Designed By the Public.”

Photo by Hadley Fruits | Exhibit Columbus Workers begin installation of “Ground Rules” by Jessica Colangelo and Charles Sharpless, representing the University of Arkansas Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design Fayetteville at the Cummins Inc. headquarters in downtown Columbus.

Mike Wolanin | The Republic Columbus North C4 student Beatriz Santana, left, talks with her teacher Darin Johnson as they setup up their Exhibit Columbus installation named Machi off Washington Street in Columbus, Ind., Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023.

Mike Wolanin | The Republic Members of the Columbus C4 program Exhibit Columbus design and build team setup their Exhibit Columbus installation named Machi off Washington Street in Columbus, Ind., Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023.

Mike Wolanin | The Republic Members of the Columbus C4 program Exhibit Columbus design and build team setup their Exhibit Columbus installation named Machi off Washington Street in Columbus, Ind., Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023.

Mike Wolanin | The Republic Members of the Columbus C4 program Exhibit Columbus design and build team setup their Exhibit Columbus installation named Machi off Washington Street in Columbus, Ind., Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023.

Mike Wolanin | The Republic Columbus North C4 student Bryce Olson uses a string to check the alignment of the high school design team’s Exhibit Columbus installation named Machi off Washington Street in Columbus, Ind., Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023.

Mike Wolanin | The Republic Columbus East C4 student Oliver Bush welds part of the high school design team’s Exhibit Columbus installation named Machi off Washington Street in Columbus, Ind., Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023.

Mike Wolanin | The Republic Members of the Columbus C4 program Exhibit Columbus design and build team setup their Exhibit Columbus installation named Machi off Washington Street in Columbus, Ind., Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023.

Mike Wolanin | The Republic Columbus C4 students Beatriz Santana, left, and Brooke Leslie make measurements as they help setup the high school design team’s Exhibit Columbus installation named Machi off Washington Street in Columbus, Ind., Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023.

Mike Wolanin | The Republic Members of the Columbus C4 program Exhibit Columbus design and build team Ashley Perez, from left, Judah Nickoll, Eddy Lin and Brooke Leslie pose for a photo in front of part of their Exhibit Columbus installation name Machi at Columbus North High School in Columbus, Ind., Monday, Aug. 14, 2023.
Photos by Hadley Fruits and Mike Wolanin