Green Spaces at ArtWorks

Green Spaces: Every Day Is Earth Day opens Thursday night at ArtWorks in downtown Cincinnati. The exhibit features work by Visionaries & Voices artists in response to the concept of “green.” The work varies from the creative reuse of materials to the subject of landscape, manmade or natural.

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Bethany Center in San Francisco

The Bethany Center in the Mission District of San Francisco features a large-scale mural by Dan Fontes. Entitled Salud!, it depicts active seniors engaging in fun activities. In a neighborhood that’s practically covered in murals, including its alleys and other institutional buildings, this building, with its single, narrow, mural-covered facade, seems almost subdued.

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A Word from the NYC Embassy

I seem to be a magnet for New Yorkers [faux real and for real] in Cincinnati. Last week, I met a man who was in town briefly, and staying downtown. He was refreshingly unjerk-like, so we chatted about things to do over the weekend. I told him about Bockfest and encouraged him to venture north [...]

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Hamburg Calendar by Sigrid+Hans Lammle

Whoa, feast your eyes on these illustrations for a 1957 calendar. Designed by the German creative duo of Sigrid and Hans Lammle, the illustrations depict a candy-colored Hamburg. When can I move in?

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Germania Building Redux

When I documented the Germania Building in Over-the-Rhine back in October, I completely spaced on its tile details. Odd Cincy‘s recent post on swastika tile reminded me to post these photos.

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Elsewhere

Enjoy Your Weekend: 6-8 Mar 09: my new weekly event column for BuyCincy; add your own events in the comments! Cincinnati’s Urban Gardening Program Launches: awesomeness! Metro Reducing Service by 3%: after I read this article, I actually had a dream of becoming stranded out in the far reaches of the metro area. Backed by [...]

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Mixed Media Work by Darra Crosby

NYU- and SCAD-educated, current Portlander Darra Crosby uses chalk and acrylic to depict homes in which she has lived or spent time, starting at the front door of each one and rendering all the details she can remember. “The more discernible objects and areas are made permanent with paint, while those left in chalk represent [...]

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OTR’s Imagination Alley

Hands down, one of my favorite spots in the basin — Imagination Alley between Vine and Republic Streets. Actually, according to this, the project is called Imagination Alley and the Imagine Peace and Unity Archway. Artist Suzanne Fisher worked with Memorial Community Center, Washington Park School, the Drop-In Center, St. Francis Seraph Art Club, Peaslee [...]

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Time Is the Enemy (Revisited) by Dzine

When the Sedgwick Station on the Brown Line in Chicago was renovated a couple of years ago, this mosaic mural by Dzine [a.k.a. Carlos Rolon] was added. Made of hand-cut Venetian glass and mirror, it adds a psychedelic element to the historic station, its sensuous curves and bright colors contrasting with the reflected rectilinearity of [...]

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On Being a Jerk

A few weeks ago, I struck up a conversation with a man who seemed unnecessarily rude and aggressive. Jerk-like. We bantered back and forth, until I made some crack about it. He responded with the non-answer, “I just fucking moved here from Soho.”

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