Painting the Street; ArtsWave

Dan and I were set to volunteer for ArtsWave's "Painting the Street" event... until I got knocked out by a bit of food poisoning. Whee!

We were able to slip downstairs to see the progress the community was making, however. We ran into friends like JT Barse and Jenny Kessler-- Jenny had been volunteering all morning to help coordinate the painters, and she said that the painting was going much faster than the team had anticipated.

It was incredible to see so many people flooding 12th Street! It's a road I pass every day on my commute-by-foot to work, and I hope the paint (and the interest in visiting this new street mural!) sticks around for a while.

Here are some of the great shots Dan snapped on our visit:








That last picture was snapped from our balcony, to give you an idea of how close to our "backyard" this new community project is. Yea!

ArtsWave website: http://theartswave.org/home

Paint the Street

When it comes to art, you have to admit Cincinnati is a hotspot these days. Whether it's ArtWorks projects throughout the city, or Shepard Fairey murals popping up all over, it's become a very important part of life in the city.

The latest project is from our own Fine Arts Fund and it sounds like it's going to be incredible. The goal is to paint 12th street. Yes, all of it - between Main and Central Parkway. They're still planning things a bit, and there will be more information forthcoming, however we wanted to start getting the word out about this as they are going to need lots of volunteers.

They recently held a community design meeting to gather ideas for this project and now it's up to five artists to develop the final design. We can't wait to see what they come up with.

For more information about the project visit the Fine Arts Fund website. On the same page you can sign up as a volunteer.