ArtWorks' MuralWorks program will produce ten more murals this summer, bringing the total to 56 produced by the youth summer employment program.
Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory and ArtWorks Director Tamara Harkavy announced yesterday that 115 youth, ages 14 to 21, have been hired as apprentices to create new pieces of public art. Thirty-two professional artists have been enlisted to serve as leaders and mentors.
This summer's murals will be painted at:
- Petri's Flowers, 229 Fairfield Avenue in Bellevue;
- Cincinnati Public Schools Board of Education Office, 2156 Burnet Avenue in Corryville;
- Licking River Greenway and Trails, 2200 Eastern Avenue in Covington;
- Buschle Law Offices, 119 E Court Street, Downtown;
- Kroger, 1014 Vine Street, Downtown;
- Evendale Cultural Arts Center, 10500 Reading Road;
- Mount Adams, location TBA;
- Loesch Hardware, 3142 Madison Road in Oakley;
- 28 W Thirteenth Street in Over-the-Rhine;
- Covedale Pet Hospital, 4518 W Eighth Street in West Price Hill;
"This program not only revitalizes neighborhoods with great pieces of public art, but it also puts our young people to work, teaching them how to work together to develop and implement large-scale projects,"Mallory said in a prepared release. "I am confident that the ArtWorks Summer Program will leave a positive impact on our city for years."
ArtWorks apprentice artists will also work on five additional public art projects this summer, including painting pigs as part of the Big Pig Gig, scanning the handprints of Cincinnati citizens to create a public art installation for this year's FOTOFOCUScelebration, and painting and restoring backdrops for the Children's Theatre of Cincinnati's ArtReach program.
Partners in ArtWorks' summer projects include ProKids, Cincinnati Public Schools, Taft Museum of Art, Vision 2015, and Kroger.
Previous reading on BC:
Building official gets go-ahead for six MuralWorks sites (10/12/09)
Notwithstanding ordinance allows for more MuralWorks murals (12/17/08)
Video shows young muralists describing 'Campy' (7/21/08)
Not everyone loves 'Campy Washington' (7/17/08)
