"The Scribe, Fish, and the Sea"

• 5201 Whetsel Ave.  Cincinnati, OH 45227 in Madisonville
• A project of the 2007 ArtWorks Summer Program
• In partnership with the Madisonville Arts Center
• Mural dedicated August 2007
  
  

While being painted, the Madisonville mural was almost completely obscured by four levels of sturdy scaffolding. Now it is unveiled and the mural is an ocean of color and design. With bright colors and images inspired by the sea, while waves crowning the mural rise above the top edge of the building to create a whimsical horizon for the new Madisonville Arts Center (MAC).  The other stunning component of the MAC are the mosaics columns set at the building’s entryway, a multicolored wash made of a variety of different tile and glass fragments, that swirl around to welcome visitors. 
           
The MAC is lucky to have this mural, as is the whole community. Antoine Trammell, a Madisonville resident and mural Apprentice told me, “Everybody pays more attention to this building. Nobody worried about the building before now—I didn’t—but now people are interested.”

Project Manager:
Rebecca Nava

Teaching Staff:
Skip Cullen
Katie Swartz
Julie Laugesen

Apprentice Artists:
Tyler Baker, SCPA
Andrea Bellen
Tanner Bowden
Ryan Buffington, Walnut Hills
Blake Daniels, Turpin
Devin Green, SCPA
Malik Grier, Phoenix Community Learning Center
Andrea Grisell, SCPA
Kristin Guastaferro
Andra Haynes, SCPA
Madalen McGrory, Walnut Hills
Marcus Murphy, Winton Woods Middle School
Ali Rice
Chris Riesenberg
Emma Roberts, Anderson High School
Jeremy Ross, LaSalle
Hannah Stark, McNicholas High School
Michael Taylor, Withrow University
Antoine Trammell, Hughes Center
Ebonaé Ward, SCPA

Before	Apprentices present the design to the building owner.
A Mosaic was made for the entryway. Lead Artist Rebecca Nava and Teaching Julie Laugesen.	Apprentices worked on four stories of scaffoling.

Thanks to the Madisonville Arts Center