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Sunday, September 23, 2012
Park(ing) Day Cincinnati 2012
The
third Friday in September is international Park[ing] Day. From Austin, Texas to Paris,
France and in between, people take over parking spaces to celebrate the value
of public space in cities.
Cincinnati has participated for the past five years with community members setting up in the central business district, Over-the-Rhine, and Uptown neighborhoods. This year, Merchants of Main Street partnered with Art on the Streets to create temporary art in parking spots – replacing cars with stages and galleries. Artists created a fun and provocative series of shows illustrating the benefits of serendipitous art in public places.
As people walked home from work, out to events, down to the Reds game -- we saw smiles, dancing, bubble-blowing, lemonade-stand-gabbing, hula-hooping and much more.
Artists
and artistic organizations of all kinds participated with dance, visual installations, participatory drawing, music, painting, face-painting, and more!
The Cincinnati Ballet dancers practiced at the barre ~~ replacing a car.
Pones, Inc – the
innovative artists collaborative -- created a beach dance party complete with sand, sunscreen and tunes.
Art Beyond Boundaries, which occupies a storefront on Main Street, brought its face-painting skills out to a parking spot in front. (Photo by James H. Bolden.)
Landscape
architecture and urban design firm, PLACE Workshop created a mini-ball park with popcorn and fans as a tribute to “this
years World Series Champions, the Cincinnati Reds!”.
Molly Wellman set up a lemonade stand in the parking spot in front of Japp's.
Queen City Bike created a mini-parklet compete with bikes and flower-filled baskets.
1305 Gallery set up a dinner party tableau.
Circus Mojo turned two parking spots into the center ring in front of Coffee Emporium ~~ traffic slowed and people honked as they passed by. Walkers stopped to try out a hula hoop or ring toss.
And there were musicians and
visual artists creating on the spot.
Robin Alicia-Clare Hoskins installed a collaborative art project.
Tenley Rissover on the Park[ing] stage she created in front of Iris.
Josh Kruer painting in the street.
Over the Rhine Community Housing installed a mini studio for all.
Over on Vine Street, we had a chance to preview the future Tucker's Parklet – a permanent mini-park planned for a parking spot during in front of the restaurant.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Friday, July 27, 2012
Cincinnati Streets
Dozens of artists surprise people in public places to launch Art on the Streets Cincinnati.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Magic Moment of International Serendipity
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
bARTer Lab in Two Parts: Street Art = Special Places
want to see more art like this?
We're having a conversation about street art at bARTer Lab -- and then we're going to create some!
We hope you'll join us for this two-part event in April and May.
On April 9 at 7:30 PM at Know Theatre, we'll have a discussion with a group of key players -- city officials, police, artists, developers, neighborhood leaders, and more. Everyone is welcome!
We'll answer questions like these:
- What is street art? Is it temporary and/or permanent? Is it visual and/or performance-based?
- What is the value of street art? What is good street art?
- What's legal street art? What's not?
- Are there laws or rules in Cincinnati about performing on the sidewalk?
- What kind of street art do we want to encourage?
- Are there changes in city laws or practice that we can make to have more of the street art we want?
- What would we need to do to make those changes?
- How can we highlight the value of street art with an event on May 14?
On May 14, we'll develop a plan to take art to the streets -- at about 7:30 that night, at MOTR on Main.
Full press release after the jump.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
RADIUS: The Short Film/IMPACT: Making of RADIUS
Note: Be sure to watch the "behind the scenes" video after the credits.
This is the world's first game-sourced movie.
This is the world's first game-sourced movie.
It was shot during a music festival, Final Friday gallery hop, and theatre events and then edited from more than 2,000 unique photographs and other pieces of content that arts audience members at these events provided. The images in the film literally came from their cameras.
Radius tells the story of a man's investigation into a mysterious superhero and the startling revelation behind this hero's rapid rise. The main character was unable to recognize his own potential superpowers and the effect those powers could have on his community, and so he created a fantasy world to explain the good things happening around him. But once his perspective changed, he understood.
Radius was created by Possible Worldwide, a WPP Digital company. The filmmakers were inspired by the Topos Partnership’s ground-breaking work in The Arts Ripple Effect: A Research-Based Strategy to Build Shared Responsibility for the Arts. Completed in 2008, the year-long research initiative examined the effectiveness of traditional arguments for supporting the arts, and revealed powerful insights into what people value about the arts.
The key insight that a thriving arts scene creates a ripple effect of benefits throughout the community such as safer streets, booming businesses, and a vibrant atmosphere became the foundation of an expanded mission for ArtsWave, a Cincinnati-based arts advocacy and funding organization, and the narrative theme of Radius.
The key insight that a thriving arts scene creates a ripple effect of benefits throughout the community such as safer streets, booming businesses, and a vibrant atmosphere became the foundation of an expanded mission for ArtsWave, a Cincinnati-based arts advocacy and funding organization, and the narrative theme of Radius.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
The BRIGHT RIde
In December 2011, Cincinnati bicycle riders created a visual spectacle of serendipitous art with the first ever BRIGHT Ride. We dressed up ourselves and our bikes in our holiday best.
We had lights (some provided by ArtsWave) and wreathes on bikes -- even a tiny lit-up tree on a rack. We saw lots of red clothing, fancy hats and helmets, and Bicycle Santa with his sleigh rode along.
Bicycle Santa counted 63 helpers! We rode about 10 miles -- including right past the celebration and tree on Fountain Square to Over-the-Rhine where the annual Light Up OTR events were taking place.
Coffee Emporium sponsored a warm-up stop and hot chocolate at the start too. Reser Bicycles donated front and rear lights and Mobo Bicycle Coop opened it's doors for those who wanted to "dress up" together. Lots of smiles -- on riders and watchers.
The BRIGHT Ride from ArtsWave on Vimeo.
Cincinnati area cyclists created a visual spectacle of serendipitous art with the first ever BRIGHT Ride in December 2011.
Friday, December 23, 2011
'Twas the Night Before Christmas Video - Cincinnati Edition 2011
Great fun to be producer of this classic with a local, humorous twist.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Bootsy Collins Surprise Singing TaDa
| Twinkle, Twinkle Ta Da! |
Monday, December 19, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Creating Opportunities -- New Report ROCKS
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| Click to Read |
The rise of participatory arts and its implications for arts groups
Arts participation is being redefined as people increasingly choose to engage with art in new, more active and expressive ways. This compelling trend carries profound implications, and fresh opportunities, for a nonprofit arts sector that has struggled to adapt to demographic and technological changes.
A new study commissioned by The James Irvine Foundation and conducted by WolfBrown draws insights from more than 100 nonprofit arts groups and other experts in the U.S., U.K. and Australia. The report presents a new model for understanding levels of arts engagement as well as case studies of participatory arts in practice. It also addresses many of the concerns that arts organizations may have in supporting participatory arts practices and provides inspiration and ideas for exploring this growing trend.
- WolfBrown, October 21, 2011
Absolutely honored to be mentioned in this report about the new world of engaging community in the arts!
Thursday, October 20, 2011
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