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Navigation: 3 mega menus (Events, Eat & Drink, Explore) with 2/3 link pane + 1/3 editorial spotlight panel. 2 simple dropdowns (Parking & Safety, About) with icon + label + description per row. Donate CTA styled as distinct button. Per SNA_Navigation_Strategy_OSA: mega menus trigger on hover (200ms open / 300ms close delay in production); editorial panels are CMS-managed single post references with fallback defaults; Explore groups subpages by section (Art & Culture, Shopping, Experiences, Stay); Shopping nav shows only Fashion, Gifts, and All Shopping (analytics-informed — other categories accessible via landing page); Events editorial panel uses NAVY background; Eat & Drink and Explore editorial panels use white background. Mobile: all menus convert to accordion drawers, editorial panels omitted.
Inside a gallery during Gallery Hop — people engaged with work, not an empty white room
Still Showing
Ten galleries. Monthly openings. One of the longest-running gallery hops in the country. The Short North's gallery culture isn't the biggest in Columbus — it's the most consistent. First Saturday of every month, something is on view. Come find it.
§1 — Page Hero. Full-width, editorial-weight hero. "Still Showing" is the recommended headline — short, confident, directly addresses the "what makes this an arts district" question without being defensive. Copy leans into the "consistent and ongoing" argument rather than scale — honest about the current inventory (ten galleries) while framing it as a feature. No hero CTA button — the Browse section and Spotlight below do the orienting work. If SNA does not have photography of people inside galleries, this is a high-priority content gap.
Directory
Short North Galleries
All active galleries in the district. Filtered by type, medium, or browse them all.
Type
All
Commercial
Nonprofit
Artist-Run
Open Today
[ Gallery interior — exhibition photography ]
CommercialPainting & Drawing
Gallery Name
Contemporary painting and sculpture · Gallery Hop participant
Current: Spring Group Exhibition
View Gallery →
Open Today
[ Gallery interior — exhibition photography ]
CommercialPhotography
Gallery Name
Photography and mixed media · Established 1998
Current: [Exhibition Title]
View Gallery →
[ Gallery interior — exhibition photography ]
NonprofitEmerging / All Media
Gallery Name
Community arts organization · Rotating exhibitions monthly
View Gallery →
Open Today
[ Gallery interior — exhibition photography ]
CommercialSculpture
Gallery Name
Sculpture and installation · Gallery Hop participant
Current: [Exhibition Title]
View Gallery →
[ Gallery interior — exhibition photography ]
Artist-RunMixed Media
Gallery Name
Artist-run cooperative space · Open by appointment
View Gallery →
[ Gallery interior — exhibition photography ]
CommercialPainting & Drawing
Gallery Name
Contemporary fine art · Gallery Hop participant
View Gallery →
§2 — Browse & Filter: Gallery Directory. 3-up card grid, no pagination needed at ~10 galleries. Filter by Type (Commercial / Nonprofit / Artist-Run) and Medium (dropdown). "Open Today" badge if hours data supports it. Current exhibition title on cards is aspirational — requires galleries to keep CMS updated. Filter labels must be confirmed against District 360 tagging before building. If tagging is unavailable at launch, start sort-only (A–Z).
[ Wide Gallery Hop photograph — crowd energy inside a gallery, people and art visible. Evening atmosphere. Not just High Street foot traffic. ]
Editorial Spotlight
Gallery Hop
First Saturday of Every Month
Gallery Hop has been running in the Short North since 1984. First Saturday of every month, galleries stay open late, artists are present, and High Street fills up. It is the oldest monthly gallery walk in the United States. Come for the art. Stay for everything else.
This Month's Highlights
[Gallery Name]
Spring Group Exhibition — emerging painters from central Ohio
[Gallery Name]
[Exhibition Title] — photography and mixed media
[Gallery Name]
[Exhibition Title] — new sculpture installation opening night
See This Month's Galleries →
§3 — Editorial Spotlight: Gallery Hop. Gallery Hop is the permanent spotlight subject on this page — it does not rotate. What rotates is the editorial framing: month-specific, seasonal, featured gallery/artist of the month. Includes 2–4 gallery highlights with exhibition teasers. "First Saturday of every month" must appear typographically prominent. This is the page's strongest proof point for ongoing gallery culture. Visually dominant — dark/high-contrast background. Monthly update cadence (first week of each month). Owned by SNA Communications / Marketing Team. Confirm bandwidth before launch — this is the highest editorial maintenance commitment on the page.
What's On
Currently on View
Active and upcoming exhibitions across Short North galleries. Updated from the events feed.
[ Exhibition thumbnail ]
Mar 1 – Apr 12, 2026
[Exhibition Title]
One-sentence description of the exhibition — medium, theme, or curatorial perspective.
[ Exhibition thumbnail ]
Mar 15 – May 3, 2026
[Exhibition Title]
One-sentence description of the exhibition — medium, theme, or curatorial perspective.
[ Exhibition thumbnail ]
Apr 5 – Jun 1, 2026
Opening Soon
[Exhibition Title]
One-sentence description of the exhibition — medium, theme, or curatorial perspective.
[ Exhibition thumbnail ]
Feb 20 – Mar 30, 2026
[Exhibition Title]
One-sentence description of the exhibition — medium, theme, or curatorial perspective.
[ Exhibition thumbnail ]
Mar 8 – Apr 20, 2026
[Exhibition Title]
One-sentence description of the exhibition — medium, theme, or curatorial perspective.
[ Exhibition thumbnail ]
Apr 10 – May 15, 2026
Opening Soon
[Exhibition Title]
One-sentence description of the exhibition — medium, theme, or curatorial perspective.
§4 — Currently on View. Auto-populated from the events feed — exhibition-type events with active date ranges, plus upcoming within 30 days. Current exhibitions shown first, then upcoming (marked "Opening Soon"). Each entry: title, gallery (linked), artist, dates, one-sentence description, thumbnail. 3-up card grid preferred if images available; compact list if images inconsistent. Highest-maintenance and highest-impact section. No manual data entry — driven by events feed. Fallback state shown if feed returns no exhibitions. Integration dependency: confirm events feed taxonomy distinguishes exhibitions from other event types. Accessibility: all exhibition images require alt text at the event record level.
Make a Night of It
Beyond the Gallery
The gallery visit is the occasion. Here's what completes the evening.
[ Portrait of an artist at work — the making process, not posing in front of work. ]
Artists & Creatives
The people behind the work — meet the artists shaping the district.
Meet the Makers →
[ Gallery Hop crowd energy — people, movement, evening atmosphere. ]
Gallery Hop
First Saturday of every month. Galleries open late. You should be there.
See What's On →
[ Restaurant or bar with evening, social atmosphere. Warm, not transactional. ]
Eat & Drink
Before the Hop, after the opening, or anywhere in between.
Find a Table →
§5 — Cross-Sell Block. "Make a Night of It" — the gallery visit is the occasion, these tiles complete the evening. Three tiles: Artists & Creatives, Gallery Hop (Events), Eat & Drink. The Gallery Hop tile and the Spotlight above it are intentionally related — the Spotlight provides editorial depth, this tile provides a simple navigational prompt. Tile images should be warm and social in tone — evening-occasion cross-sells. Standard 3-tile layout on desktop, single column on mobile.
PRE-FOOTER — Global component displayed on every page. Combines newsletter signup + social links into a persistent strip above the footer.
Footer consolidates full sitemap. Social links in pre-footer above. Links connect to wireframes where available; # = placeholder for pages not yet wireframed.