Chess Sundays at The Pizzuti

Chess Sundays are happening at The Pizzuti, the Columbus Museum of Art's satellite campus in the Short North Arts District. It's a straightforward setup: you just grab a board and play on site. The sessions run every Sunday from 10 AM to 4 PM, now through January 3, so you've got plenty of weekends to work with if this one doesn't fit your schedule.

If you haven't spent much time there, The Pizzuti is a historic 1911 building dedicated to the museum's contemporary art collection. The grounds were redesigned by the award-winning studio TERREMOTO in their first Midwest project, which planted more than seventy native species. Inside, a third-floor gallery is home to Bar Room (2022/2025), a permanent installation by artist Tavares Strachan that turns the room into a fully realized reggae bar. The space also hosts Night Shift, a monthly evening series with rotating DJs.

It also houses the Bill Horrigan Study Collection, gifted by the curator and writer Bill Horrigan (1951-2025), whose career at The Ohio State University's Wexner Center helped establish Columbus as a hub for experimental film and video. So, between the chess, you can wander through the contemporary art and the film collection.

Chess Sundays is a free program for members and pass holders. It runs Sundays from 10 AM to 4 PM through January 3 at The Pizzuti in the Short North.