
Pathways like College Credit Plus, work-study and apprenticeship learning models, Of color, women, and first-generation and low-income students. We’ve helped thousands more start or continue their college education in those sameįields even as college enrollment has dropped nationwide, especially among students The humanities, social sciences, and STEM fields. To one of our four-year university partners to complete their bachelor’s degree in Our graduates also earn credentials in programs designed to prepare them to transfer Like information technology, advanced manufacturing, supply chain management and logistics, engineering, construction and skilled trades, health sciences and more.

Outcomes right now or whenever it’s right for them. Good-paying jobs in high-demand career fields and to pursue further higher education Over the course of 2021, Columbus State students have earned more than 2,700 associateĭegrees and nearly 2,900 industry-recognized certificates, positioning them to fill We have pressedįorward – leaning in to our mission, vision, and values – to innovate, partner, and Pathways to high-quality, affordable education and training that prepares studentsįor sustainable careers and builds a diverse and talented workforce. Bartlett lives and works in Columbus, Georgia, and Wheaton Island, Maine.Columbus State is delivering on its promise to transform lives by creating multiple Bartlett’s work has been acquired by numerous private and public collections, including Crystal Bridges of American Art, Denver Art Museum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the Seattle Art Museum. His style and approach can be understood in the tradition of such noted American artists as Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Norman Rockwell and three generations of the Wyeth family. “As an adaptive reuse project, the Bo Bartlett Center represented a wonderful opportunity to reinforce how natural, creative and inspiring surroundings can have a positive effect on people’s lives,” said Tom Kundig, principal and owner of Olson Kundig.īartlett’s vision reflects his upbringing in a small southern town, where storytelling was an important part of life and tradition, and his complex mural-scale figurative paintings are deeply laden with personal history. The architecture team is led by Tom Kundig, design principal, and project managers Edward Lalonde and Angus MacGregor.

Olson Kundig is a Seattle-based design practice dedicated to the idea that buildings can serve as a bridge between nature, culture and people. A large skylight that runs the length of the building will introduce natural daylight throughout the space. Soaring 23-foot-high ceilings in the main gallery will accommodate Bartlett’s large-scale works.
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The interior renovation of the repurposed building will feature four galleries with sliding and pivoting walls for dynamic spatial flexibility and adaptability grand lobby interactive research center storage and archive space for Bartlett’s work and office and reception areas.

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In addition, the center will offer a full range of educational outreach and programming for the surrounding region, with a particular focus on providing access to art training and the development of creativity for traditionally underserved communities. A rotating exhibitions gallery will feature the work of visiting American artists of national and international acclaim, who will also teach master classes. As a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Art, Bartlett will conduct annual workshops at the center. A unique partnership between a living mid-career artist and a state university, the center will house more than 300 paintings and drawings of Bartlett’s, as well as his complete archive of sketch books, correspondence, journals, recordings, photographs, artistic notes, memorabilia, objects and objets d’art.Īs part of the College of the Arts at CSU, the Bartlett Center will serve as a catalyst for arts collaboration across the campus and around the country, with a full scope of exhibitions and programs that will encourage experimentation and bridge art forms, including music, dance, theater, film and visual art.
