A queer and non-binary artist in the south, Josey is aiming to illustrate a reality unseen in the day-to-day.
‘Trauma with a Candied Twist’: Josey Posy
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Columbus Souls: Artist Jarrod Turner
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I’ve always had the desire to create. I have a passion for music and did the band thing for years. I’ve taken a break from that and started focusing on this new thing (visual art), after returning from a trip to Howard Finster Paradise Garden (in Summerville, Georgia). Howard’s art was all I could think about. I even dreamed about it. The following day I painted a snake on a...
Columbus Souls: Wayne, Homeless Vet, Shares Inspiring Words Downtown
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Wayne shares words from poet Amy Turn Sharp Wayne’s been homeless or “home free” for ten years in our downtown Columbus area, after being in the military for three years. He always loves sharing positive or inspiring messages to people struggling like he has in his life. Incredible & creative local eatery, Frank’s Alley on Broadway, often helps him spread the word on...
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“My family was in the army for 20 years and retired here, I lived in Hawaii, Belgium, and Kentucky before this. People say there is nothing to do here but I love walking around downtown, and working at Freeze Frame can be fun. I’ve been studying Music Ed at Columbus State University, I’ve played the violin for 10 years, was a fiddle player only briefly in middle school when...
Melisha Shmitt: Broadway Fortune Teller, Future Filmmaker
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WRITTEN BY SCOTT BERSON If you’ve taken a walk down Broadway recently, you might have come across an interesting sight near 11th Street. For many weeks now, Columbus local Melisha Schmitt has been offering free tarot readings for passerby outside Iron Bank Coffee. But she isn’t just telling fortunes for fun and profit—she wants to help the city’s least fortunate along the way. “I just kind...
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I'm prior active duty and got into it because of injuries and dealing with PTSD.
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“You think your income will be cut in half when you join a partner in business, but it doubles and triples if it’s the right partner! Whereas a year ago, on my own, I may have 3-4 real estate closings in a great month. Now, together, we may have up to 4 closings in one day! There is a lot of rejection that comes with the territory, but having a good partner makes it easier to laugh...
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“I play here every Tuesday and Thursday night,
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"I was a finance major for 3 years. I loved the idea of wearing a suit and tie.
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“CSU did a symposium. They took us around for the day and it really impressed me. The creative director guy always comes over to Spencer, where I go to school, and checks up on me to see if I’m still interested; and I am. I want to continue manifesting my art. Quincy Brown came here, to my school, on tour for his movie, and everybody was trying to figure out a way to get...