Dear Wexner Center for the Arts,

Thank you for serving the arts community and Columbus. I’ve been to a few exhibits, and I’ve been impressed every time I go.

But one thing bugs me. Your ban on personal photography. Why can’t I take pictures to preserve my memory of my visits, especially visits with my kids? I take my camera with me everywhere when I’m with my kids. When I go to the Zoo. Snap. When I’m at a baseball game. Snap. When I’m at COSI. Snap.

When I’m at the Wex. No Snap.

That gives me a giant

So I can understand your ban if only for commercial purposes. You see, even the Metropolitan Museum of Art allows non-commercial photography.

Still photography is permitted for private, noncommercial use only in the Museum’s galleries devoted to the permanent collection. Photographs cannot be published, sold, reproduced, transferred, distributed, or otherwise commercially exploited in any manner whatsoever. Photography is not permitted in special exhibitions or areas designated as “No Photography”; works of art on loan from private collections or other institutions may not be photographed. The use of flash is prohibited at all times and in all galleries. Movie and video cameras are prohibited. Tripods are allowed Wednesday through Friday, and only with a permit issued by the Information Desk in the Great Hall.

But the Wex says:

Please note: You will be asked to check backpacks, large purses and other large bags, umbrellas, and cameras or recording devices before entering the galleries.

That really bothers me. So I’m putting up some protest art on this page. I hope you listen.

As a side note, think of the social media buzz you are missing out by not allowing us to snap a picture and show our network of all the cool things going on inside the Wex.

Please Wexner, allow for non-commercial photography in the Wex. kthxbai

Oh snap!