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To be the leader in employing student and emerging artists to create art that enlivens the Greater Cincinnati community.
ArtWorks connects artists of all ages with opportunities in the arts through inspiring apprenticeships, community partnerships and public art.
• Founded in 1996, ArtWorks is a non-profit arts organization that connects artists of
all ages with opportunities in the arts through inspiring apprenticeships, community
partnerships, and public art.
• 1996 marked the inaugural ArtWorks Summer Program, a job training and
employment program in the arts for talented Greater Cincinnati area teenagers.
• The ArtWorks Summer Program hires teens aged 14 – 19 to work with professional
artists to make innovative public art to enrich the Greater Cincinnati community.
• Since 1996, ArtWorks has employed more than 2000 teenagers and 375 professional
artists.
• Hired teenagers, on average, come from as many as three states, 54 zip codes, 67
schools, and 70 neighborhoods. Ethnic makeup on average is 37% African American,
6% Other, 4% Asian, 1% Latino and 52% Caucasian. (Each program year the
demographics shift slightly, but remain fairly consistent with the above composition.)
• In addition to the Summer Program, ArtWorks presents public art projects. 2000's
Big Pig Gig was its first venture where more than 400 artful fiberglass pigs scattered
throughout Downtown Cincinnati. ArtWorks also brought public art projects
Bats Incredible! (2003) and TOM: The Outdoor Museum (2006, 2008) to Cincinnati.
• MuralWorks is ArtWorks' newest initiative, a year-round public art program bringing
murals to Cincinnati neighborhoods. In 2007, the inaugural year of MuralWorks, nine
murals were painted in: Clifton, Downtown, Madisonville, Millvale, Northside,
Over-the-Rhine, Price Hill, Roselawn, and Walnut Hills.
• ArtWorks opened the ArtWorks Gallery at 811 Race St. Downtown in 2003. The
ArtWorks Gallery is dedicated to presenting exhibits by ArtWorks programming,
emerging and established regional, national, and international artists.
• ArtWorks has partnered with organizations like the Cincinnati Art Museum,
the Contemporary Arts Center, the Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati Children's
Hospital Medical Center, the Arts Consortium, the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical
Gardens, the Cincinnati Park Board, Media Bridges, the University of Cincinnati
College-Conservatory of Music Preparatory Department, Newport on the Levee,
CityBeat, Metro, Drums for Peace and many more.
ArtWorks is consistently recognized for its outstanding programming:
• CityBeat Best of Cincinnati Award: Best Arts Organization - 2008
• CityBeat Best of Cincinnati Award: Best Use of Public Funds: MuralWorks - 2008
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CityBeat Best of Cincinnati Award: Best Fundraiser: Secret ArtWorks - 2008 • AAM Museum Publications Design Competition Award for Polar - 2007
• Cincinnati Magazine , Best Public Art, The Outdoor Museum – 2006
• CityBeat Best of Cincinnati Award – Best way to trick people into liking public art,
Scoop City Ice Cream Truck – 2005
• Ohio Society of Professional Journalists awards EDITORIAL INK the Best Defense of
Literacy award –2004
• CityBeat Best of Cincinnati Award –“Best Hope for the Future” Editorial Ink - 2004
• Post Corbett Award, Special Awards Category - 2001
• Ohio Arts Education Association Distinguished Organization for Art Education - 2001
• Downtown Residence Council Community Outreach - 2001
• CityBeat Best of Cincinnati Award- Best Arts Organization - 2000
• Post Corbett Finalist for Community/Educational Programming, Extraordinary Events
- 2000
• Recognized by the State of Ohio as one of the leading programs of its kind - 1999
• CityBeat, Best Outdoor Education Program, Best Neighborhood Arts Organization
- 1998
• Post Corbett Award for Community/Educational Programming, Extraordinary Events
Category finalist - 1997
• Cincinnati Magazine, Best Outdoor Education Program - 1996
• Recognized for programming by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and Cincinnati
Mayor Roxanne Qualls at Gallery 37, Chicago - 1996
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