Exhibit Columbus will be bringing 18 art and architectural installations to Columbus starting in August.

Exhibit Columbus is intended to become an annual signature event for the city, focusing attention on the art, design and architecture that makes Columbus famous.

The centerpiece of the project will be the five sites along Fifth Street where design teams will be competing for the J. Irwin and Xenia Miller Prize. Richard McCoy with Landmark Columbus explains :

The five Miller Prize contestant locations will be on Fifth Street — First Christian Church, the Bartholomew County Public Library, the Irwin Conference Center, The Cummins headquarters and Mill Race Park.

The actual installations will go up August 26th and will be up at the 18 locations around the city for three months.

A preview event is set for tonight at the Pump House Brewery in downtown Columbus, but it has already filled all 200 available seats.