"Canal at Vine Street circa 1900"

• 1100 Race St.  Cincinnati, OH 45202, Barlow Motors Building, Media Bridges in Over-the-Rhine
• A project of the 2007 ArtWorks Summer Program
• Mural dedicated August 2007

The OTR mural is painted on the most prominent wall of the historic Barlow Motors building. It is appropriate that the building is historic, for the mural painted there is historic as well. The mural is a reproduction in paint of a century-old photograph that was taken about a block down from the present mural site.
           
The Apprentices, teaching artist and project manager also had to work on a scissor lift due to the fact the mural begins completely off of the ground. “It’s kind of nerve-wracking [to paint on the scissor lift],” Apprentice Quentin Koopman said. “The whole lift sways back and forth, you just kind of work with it.” Despite this difficulty, the mural turned out beautifully, an extraordinary and everyday reminder of Cincinnati’s history. 

Project Manager:
Michael Blankenship

Teaching Staff:
Rosalind Tallmadge

Apprentice Artists:
Hillary Cutter, Mount Notre Dame
Quentin Koopman, St. Xavier High School
Kelsey Krekeler, Anderson High School

before	An image of the building with the design inserted.
Apprentices draw out the design.	Junior Teacher Rosalind Tallmadge