District Art & Apparel

Longtime friends Nick Harper and Garrett McLaren run District Art and Apparel, 1251 N. High St., with a mission to make art more affordable and approachable in the Short North.District Art and Apparel features all original artwork, as well as affordable prints for art lovers without a huge budget. It also features startup fashion brands in rotation, as well as events.Harper is an art lover and painter himself, with a decent sized art collection. He and McLaren went to school together up through high school, before McLaren moved to Chicago almost a decade ago. Once he returned to Columbus, McLaren approached Harper about opening up an art gallery. That was just seven months ago.Harper and McLaren’s goal with District Art and Apparel is to be the “un-gallery,”