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C.F. Payne with Jenny Roesel Ustick and ArtWorks

<div>Cincinnati-based illustrator C.F. Payne painted a tribute to the city's rich cultural legacy and Jenny Roesel Ustick led a team of ArtWorksCincy interns and teaching assistants translating the work onto the side of the local Public Broadcasting affiliate, across the street from the historic Music Hall. (The detail is of Leontyne Price, performing the lead in Aida.)</div>

The Singing Mural

Lizzy DuQuette

<div>Sponsored by ArtWorks Cincinnati and Keep Cincinnati Beautiful in an effort to make the section of Over-The-Rhine east of Main St. a more vibrant and walkable part of the neighborhood. Aeqai Journal says multi-media artist DuQuette sees drawing at the root of all she does, and this small work reflects her uncommon ability to create expressive human form while maintaining freedom and simplicity.</div>

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Icy & Sot

<div>Rapid changes in Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine have had a devastating affect on long-time residents, with as many as 800 units of affordable housing lost in one year. Over-the-Rhine Housing Network responded with innovative plans to empower residents and have saved 45 historic buildings. In 2017 they partnered with ArtWorks and <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https://www.instagram.com/strategiestoendhomelessness/&amp;t=OWQ0NzkyNTdjNzIwM2RmOGZiNmU0YWMzMWIxYTkyN2QzZDk0NjYxZSxTc21SSkxtag==&amp;b=t:L7NC_8c6HtVg1n2UnB0RTQ&amp;p=https://scenefromthesidewalk.tumblr.com/post/178915704621/october-10-2018-faces-of-homelessness-by-icy&amp;m=1">@StrategiesToEndHomelessness</a> and Iranian-born ICY and SOT were asked to raise awareness of Cincinnati’s housing and homelessness issues. The brothers spent time listening to the varied stories of individuals and families and 6 community members became a permanent reminder of the ongoing challenges.&nbsp; <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https://www.instagram.com/icyandsot/&amp;t=NzM0NGQ2MGFlOGEyYjFiNjI2NmE1OGMwNDI2YmZkZjU0NzEyZmNkZixTc21SSkxtag==&amp;b=t:L7NC_8c6HtVg1n2UnB0RTQ&amp;p=https://scenefromthesidewalk.tumblr.com/post/178915704621/october-10-2018-faces-of-homelessness-by-icy&amp;m=1">@icyandsot</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https://www.instagram.com/artworkscincy/&amp;t=MGQ4MzAxM2Y4ZDNiMzljNDYxMTZiNWU4NzkyZjRmNDJhOTQ2ZGFlZixTc21SSkxtag==&amp;b=t:L7NC_8c6HtVg1n2UnB0RTQ&amp;p=https://scenefromthesidewalk.tumblr.com/post/178915704621/october-10-2018-faces-of-homelessness-by-icy&amp;m=1">@artworkscincy </a>&nbsp;</div>

Faces of Homelessness

Natalie Lanese

<div><em>Cincinnati Enquirer</em> reader selected inaugural Cincinnati Legends mural honoring local recording legend and film star Rosemary Clooney. Painted for ArtWorks Cincinnati by Toledo, Ohio artist Natalie Lanese, best known for her collage work as well as use of hard edged patterns.&nbsp;</div>

Swing Around Rosie

Tim Parsley

<div>Celebration of Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man," written for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Created in 2012 by Tim Parsley and a group of students, for ArtWorks Cincinnati.</div>

The Golden Muse

The London Police

<div>Repeat visitors to Covington, KY and its BLDG Gallery, The London Police created this 2016 work in memory of its late owner Mike Amann, casting him as the pilot of some kind of space dog. The London Police also created a related song "Kentucky Fried Dog," telling their tongue-in-cheek tale of their beloved dog being sold to a chicken farm.</div>

Kentucky Fried Dog

Add Fuel

<div>&nbsp;An inherent part of my process as an artist is to explore and investigate (before even sketching any lines). In the research process for Blink, and also due to a great input from my friend John Beam, i found out about Cincinnati based Rookwood and their amazing history and story (and catalogue!).<br><br>‘LINEAGE’ re-imagines geometry and bass relief fauna and floral ceramic imagery into a colourful and dynamic space between pattern and figurative, where the deeply present ceramic history of Cincinnati in now expanded into a modern urban presence.&nbsp;<br><br>Part of Blink Cincinnati 2022</div>

LINEAGE

Matthew Dayler

<div>One of three works by Dayler for Contemporary Arts Center's commemoration of the 25th anniversary of Cincinnati's controversial Robert Mapplethorpe exhibit—"The Perfect Moment"—and the high-profile obscenity trial that followed.&nbsp;</div>

"From the Inside"

Nicole Trimble

<div>Sponsored by Hamilton, Ohio's Street Spark program Nicole Trimble, partner in Bright Wall Collective mural company, and her small team of assistants were inspired by the mid-century neon sign across the street and the Cadillac dealership that used to occupy this space in creating this mid-50s Cadillac Eldorado.</div>

Hey-Caddy-O

Phil Rowland

<div>Following completion of a grant project for People's Liberty in Cincinnati—creating an immersive interactive map of the city on the walls and floor and inviting the public to color the blank areas—Phil Rowland took the idea on the road. A few months later Rowland partnered with Renaissance Covington to create this Covington map.</div>

John A. Ruthven

<div>Once the most numerous bird in the U.S., the last passenger pigeon died in 1914 despite the best efforts of the Cincinnati Nature Center to keep the species alive. Born 10 years later Cincinnati wildlife artist and conservationist John Ruthven was later dubbed the 20th century Audubon. To help commemorate the 100th anniversary of Martha's passing Ruthven worked with an ArtWorks Cincinnati team led by Tim Parsley and painted this large scale reproduction of his painting of Martha's flock soaring over the bird run at the Cincinnati Zoo."</div>

Martha, the Last Passenger Pigeon

Morag Myerscough with JR Ustick and ArtWorksCincy

<div>The last of a five-part series in an urban renewal project sponsored by Walnut Hills Redevelopment Foundation, BLDG, and ArtWorks. Each mural installation marks an entry to 5 Points Alley Park. This, the largest, was designed by North London artist Morag Myerscough and installed by Jenny Roesel Ustick and her team of ArtWorks apprentices.&nbsp;</div>

#5: We are Walnut Hills / 5 Points Alley

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Ault Park bridge 

Jenny Roesel Ustick and ArtWorks

<div>German-born emigre to the US, Winold Reiss, created his most memorable work in Cincinnati in 1933—a pair of 22' x 110' mosaics telling the story of the city's history on the walls of its new Union Terminal. In 2013 Jenny Ustick led a team of ArtWorks teaching assistants and youth apprentices adapting the hands of Reiss's mosaic for the outside of the Duke Energy Convention Center, and adding the hands of two convention center employees and one ArtWorks apprentice as a “nod to Cincinnati’s vibrant future.”</div>

The Hands that Built Our City

Charley Harper

Jenny Roesel Ustick

<div>Charley Harper (1922–2007) was a proponent and practitioner of 'minimal realism,' celebrated for his highly stylized wildlife posters, prints, and book illustrations. In 2012 Jenny Ustick led a team of ArtWorks Cincinnati teaching artists and apprentices, adapting this Harper design depicting the mating and homemaking ritual of bluebirds.</div>

Homecoming (Blue Birds)

Chuck Tingley

<div>Once the city "built on beer" Rhinegeist Brewery is leading Cincinnati's resurgence on the national beer scene. In 2016 they partnered with ArtWorks and commissioned Buffalo, New York artist Tingley to paint this beer-making inspired portrait of the hop.</div>

Rise

Scott Donaldson

<div>Working primarily as a set designer and scene painter Scott Donaldson's 2011 mural in Cincinnati's Over The Rhine neighborhood is inspired by Dutch still lifes but takes a surreal turn with the inclusion of flying fish and winged pigs.</div>

Cincinnati's Table

Jason Snell

<div>A turn-of-the-century advertising inspired visual story recounting the tale of Henry Holtgrewe, touted at the time to be the world's strongest man.</div>

The Cincinnati Strongman

Jonathan Queen

<div>Still life painter primarily known for his paintings of toys, Jonathan Queen painted this 2012 abundant harvest theme on the side of Kroger's headquarters. Working with ArtWorks Cincinnati Queen was assisted by a team of apprentices aged 16 to 21.</div>

Fresh Harvest

Elizabeth Nourse

<div>1892 self-portrait by Cincinnati native Elizabeth Nourse, recreated in 2015 by an Eric Ruegg led ArtWorks Cincinnati team. After moving to Paris Nourse was one of only a few women artists to gain acceptance by the male juries of the Paris Salon and achieve international recognition.</div>

Self Portrait, Elizabeth Nourse

<div>Across the street from K–12 School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Tim Parsley worked with a team of apprentices to create the first ArtWorks-sponsored mural in downtown Cincinnati. The 2007 mural juxtaposes portraits of the apprentices with silhouettes of figures engaged in a variety of creative pursuits.</div>

The Face of the Arts

Tim Parsley and ArtWorks

<div>Covington, Kentucky art great Frank Duveneck painted The Cobbler's Apprentice while at the Royal Academy of Munich and sold the painting in Germany for $25. The work eventually made it to Cincinnati's Taft Museum and in 2011 @TimParsley led a team of @ArtWorksCincy teaching assistants and youth interns adapting the original, replacing a cigar with a bat, just a short block from The Great American Ballpark.</div>

The Cobbler's Apprentice Plays Ball

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Stop N Lock Graffiti Wall

Joe Hedges

<div>Joe Hedges, working with Jasmine Akers and a team of youth apprentices, created this 2013 celebration of Kentucky nature for ArtWorks Cincinnati. The work includes a brachiopod fossil, a Kentucky tulip poplar blossom, a male cardinal, goldenrod blossoms with a honeybee, a spotted bass, a viceroy butterfly and a mastodon skeleton.</div>

Kentucky Natural History

Jenny Roesel Ustick and Kiik Create

<div>When new hospitality concept 21c Museum Hotel expanded to Cincinnati and acquired the 100-year-old Metropole they partnered with Northern Kentucky creative studio and gallery BLDG on a gallery exhibit titled “Vibrant Minds Colorful Lines” and asked Ustick and the Kiik Create team of Manoela and Gray to paint "Vibrant Dreams" in the alley north of the hotel.&nbsp;</div>

Vibrant Dreams

Robert Dafford

<div>Named after John A. Roebling who built the neighboring bridge in 1866 as a prototype for the Brooklyn Bridge, The Roebling Murals were created by Louisiana muralist Robert Dafford and a team of assistants between 2002 and 2005. The 18 panels painted on the flood wall of the Ohio River tell the history of Covington, Kentucky, highlighting important people, places, and events. (The detail above is of Baptist minister and successful lumber dealer Jacob Price, an important civic leader who helped establish Covington schools for African American children.)&nbsp; <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https://www.instagram.com/daffordmurals&amp;t=NzkzMmVmZThjMDI0ZjJjYWMwZmQwODczMmZmOTQyNzg2MGQxYzI0MSxKbXMybjQwVA==&amp;b=t:L7NC_8c6HtVg1n2UnB0RTQ&amp;p=https://scenefromthesidewalk.tumblr.com/post/177200522381/august-20-2018-the-roebling-murals-by-robert&amp;m=1">@daffordmurals</a> &nbsp;</div>

The Roebling Murals

<div>Obsessed with toys, Jonathan Queen's 2015 paintings for a new carousel in Smale Riverfront Park made him a Cincinnati celebrity. A year later Queen painted this celebration of Kenner Toys' Cincinnati history, showcasing some of their most adored characters.</div>

Cincinnati Toy Heritage

Eduardo Kobra

<div>ArtWorks Cincinnati's 125th installation and largest to date: a 2016 tribute to Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong—Wapakoneta, Ohio native and first man to step on the moon.</div>

Armstrong

Nicole Trimble and Taylor Welch

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Taking Flight

Faile

<div>2014 work by Faile—Brooklyn-based artists Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller—created for BLDG Refuge and infusing the pair's signature motifs with several hints of Kentucky culture.</div>

Around the Corner

Kristine Donnelly and ArtWorks

<div>Cincinnati's Evanston neighborhood was home to King Records, a country label that expanded into R&amp;B and helped launch the career of James Brown. In 2009 artist and paper sculptor @KristineDonnellyArt led a team of @ArtWorksCincy teaching assistants and student apprentices in painting this mural, offering inspiring lyrics for life to a new generation and honoring the role King Records played in the community.&nbsp;</div>

What are the Lyrics to Your Song?

Galo

<div>Trained as a designer, Italian artist Galo started painting his signature characters after meeting Chaz of The London Police while living in Amsterdam. This 2016 work in Northern Kentucky was painted leading up to his "199C: House of Cards” show at BLDG Gallery.</div>

Swoon

<div>One of five wheatpaste pieces Caledonia Curry, aka Swoon, installed near Findlay Market for the 2017 Blink Cincinnati festival.&nbsp;</div>

<div>The 100th mural produced by ArtWorks Cincinnati was created by Jason Snell with the support of a Nathan Weikert led team of teachers and apprentices. The work celebrates Georgia-born Ezzard Charles who moved to live with his grandmother in Cincinnati at age 9. In addition to becoming a two-time World Heavyweight Champion "Ezz" was a jazz musician and worked to promote education and community responsibility.</div>

The Cincinnati Cobra

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Duck Creek

Kenton Brett

<div>2013 ArtWorks Cincinnati mural honoring the work of Tender Mercies which provides housing and support for local homeless adults with histories of mental illness. Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park set painter Kenton Brett created a mandala of everyday objects to serve as a reminder of the things that provide a sense of home but are not necessarily a given for the impoverished.&nbsp;</div>

No Place Like Home

Ernest Zacharevic

<div>Lithuanian-born, Malaysian resident Ernest Zacharevic creates work that responds directly to its surroundings and engages with the local community and culture. For the 2017 Blink Festival in Cincinnati he painted this portrait of a young girl living in the building, and incorporated a memorial to recently passed graffiti and tattoo legend Jason Brunson, aka Rapes One, son of prominent tattoo studio, Designs By Dana, founders Dana and Dot Brunson.</div>

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