Local artists have joined the effort to unite Ohio State’s campus with University District neighborhoods. The “Emerging Artists” exhibition is one of many events sponsored through the “Arts & Community Spirit” project.”The exhibition is a very important beginning for the Ohio State University College of the Arts and the University District Organization to begin to build the community together,” said Project Director Lauren Bucek. The exhibition is part of an ongoing series of University District arts events jointly sponsored by the UDO and the OSU College of the Arts, said Co-Curator Dianne Efsic.The artists are from the University District, which is the area from Hudson Street to Fifth Avenue to the Olentangy River to the railroad tracks, said Tassy Thompson, co-curator of the exhibition. The artists are not only OSU students and faculty members, they are people of all ages with full-time careers, including doctors, scientists, massage therapists and building contractors, Thompson said. “The ‘Emerging Artists’ exhibition represents artists who are determined to be artists no matter what their profession,” Thompson said.The artists range from those with exhibit experience to those with no exhibit experience, Thompson said. Although the artists are diverse, they all have a professional attitude toward art; they are not hobby artists, Thompson said.Kirsten Bremer, a research scientist and mother of two girls, said she tries to create pottery that is a combination of beauty and function.”Art is an important part of my life,” Bremer said.The exhibit features a range of around 20 pieces of pottery, sculptures with metal and wood, landscape paintings, prints, drawings and painted figures.Included in the exhibit is Maya Baron’s “Mancola,” hand-made African games constructed of marble and wood, Thompson said.”Emerging Artists” runs through April 29 at the Northwood ARTSpace Gallery, 2231 N. High St. A public reception at the gallery will kick off the exhibit on April 5.