>> WHEN ART IS IN A PUBLIC PLACE, IT IS ACCESSIBLE.

IT ADDS A DIMENSION TO BOTH THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING AND THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE WHO SEE IT.

THOMAS J. MOYER HAD SO MANY PASSIONS, INCLUDING ART AND ARCHITECTURE.

AND NOW, THOMAS J. MOYER OHIO JUDICIAL CENTER, HE APPROACHED ME ABOUT HELPING THE COURT BUILD AN ART COLLECTION.

WE PULLED IN MARY GRAY.

>> I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM THIS WOMAN BY THE NAME OF RUTHIE NEWCOMER, INTRODUCED HERSELF.

SHE HAD GOTTEN MY NAME FROM A COLLEAGUE AND WONDERED IF I WOULD BE WILLING AND ABLE TO HELP WITH THEY'RE COLLECTION OF THE PORTRAITS.

I WAS INITIALLY ASKED TO DO THE CONDITION REPORT FOR ALL THE PORTRAIT IN THE BUILDING.

SO I DID THAT, AND THEN THAT ROLLED INTO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT ACQUIRING CONTEMPORARY ART FOR THE BUILDING.

AND THAT, AWAY WE WENT.

WE TALK TO GALLERISTS, ARTISTS, ALL THROUGHOUT OHIO AND BUILT A CORE OF A COLLECTION.

>> OUR JOB WAS DO BRING IT IN AND HAVE A DISCUSSION ON WHICH PIECES WOULD WORK BEST.

BUT RUTHIE AND I I THINK WERE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHERE IN THE STATE WE WERE LOOKING.

WE TRIED TO DO THE ENTIRE STATE OF OHIO, AT LEAST THE FOUR QUADRANTS, AND WE TRIED TO BRING AS MUCH DIVERSITY AS WE COULD AMONG THE ARTISTS FEATURED IN THE COLLECTION.

>> THIS EXPERIENCE WAS INCREDIBLE.

I LOVE ART.

I WAS HIGH ENERGY ABOUT IT.

IT WAS SO MUCH FUN TO BE UP AND ABOUT LOOKING AT ALL THIS WORK AND THEN COMING BACK TO THE COURT AND HAVE THE CHIEF JUSTICE BE SO HAPPY AND EXCITED ABOUT WHAT HE WAS SEEING.

>> THE ARTWORK DISPLAYED HERE BRINGS ORDER AND SYMMETRY TO A CHAOTIC WORLD, IN MUCH A WAY THAT LAW CREATES ORDER IN A CIVIL SOCIETY.

TONIGHT, A NEW GENERATION OF ARTISTS TAKE THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACE IN THE ADMISSION OF THIS FACILITY AS A MONUMENT FOR THE PEOPLE OF OHIO.

>> ONE OF MY FAVORITE PIECES IS A WOOD CUT.

IT'S HANGING MANY N THE ROBING ROOM.

THAT'S WHERE THE JUDGE PUTS ON HIS ROBE BEFORE WE MARCH OUT SINGLE FILE AND TAKE THE BENCH.

IT'S RIGHT NEAR THE ELEVATOR, SO I SEE IT COMING AND GOING.

AND IT'S A WOOD CUT, AND IT REMINDS ME OF THE RURAL LANDSCAPE OF OHIO.

>> I ALWAYS GOT THE SENSE FROM CHIEF JUSTICE MOYER IT WASN'T JUST ABOUT BRINGING PRETTY PICTURES INTO THE BUILDING.

BUT I TRULY BELIEVE THAT HE WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ARTISTS AND UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF ART IN ALL OUR LIVES.

CHIEF JUSTICE MOYER APPRECIATED THE BEAUTY THAT ARTWORK WOULD BRING TO THE BUILDING, BUT HE ALSO WANTED, I BELIEVE, TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS, PARTICULARLY IN OHIO.

AND TO GIVE PURPOSE AND MEANING TO THOSE WHO WERE GOING TO SEE THE ARTWORK IN THE BUILDING.

ARTWORK CAN CHANGE LIVES.

>> I THINK THAT WHEN THE ART CAME INTO THE BUILDING, IT WAS EXCITING.

IT WAS EXCITING FOR THE STAFF.

SOME PEOPLE WERE VERY INVOLVED IN ART, SOME HAD NOT BEEN INVOLVED WITH ART.

SO TO HAVE THEM LIVE WITH ART WAS INCREDIBLE.

THEY WERE ALL THROUGH THE BUILDING AND THROUGHOUT THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE BUILDING, VERY KEEN ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD SEE.

AND THEN, EMORY ROBINSON AND NICHOLAS HILL CAME IN AND DID A BROWN BAG LUNCH TO TALK ABOUT ART IN GENERAL.

AND I THINK 99% OF THE STAFF CAME TO THAT.

IT WAS A PLEASURE.

>> RARELY WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ART IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, DO ANYONE -- DO THEY NOT KNOW THE NAME AMINAH ROBINSON.

AMINAH'S WORK, AND AMINAH AS A HUMAN BEING HAVE HAD SUCH A HUGE IMPACT HERE IN OHIO.

IN MY OPINION, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE KOJO KAMAU REPRESENTED IN THE COURT'S COLLECTION BECAUSE KOJO WAS SUCH A CRITICAL VOICE IN THE COLUMBUS BLACK COMMUNITY THROUGH HIS PHOTOGRAPHY, AND I JUST THINK IT'S TERRIFIC THAT WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF HIS WORK IN THE COLLECTION, AND HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOREVER MORE HERE IN THE BUILDING.

SEVERAL YEARS AGO, IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT THE TIME I WAS WORKING ON THE COURT PROJECT THAT I SAW A SIGN OUT IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE LOCAL FRAMERS, AND IT SAID, ART IS NOT A LUXURY, AND HE HAD BUMPER STICKERS MADE.

I THINK WE STILL SEE THEM AROUND TIME.

AND I THINK THAT STATEMENT EXISTS HERE, THAT IT ISN'T JUST FOR AESTHETIC PLEASURE, BUT IT'S ALSO SUPPORTING ARTISTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF OHIO.