Cincinnati Murals Tour

To date artworks has created over 180 murals more than a dozen artist designed public bike racks and more throughout the region.

Cincinnati murals tour. Since accepting a challenge from former cincinnati mayor mark mallory artworks has created more than 130 murals across its 44 neighborhoods. Experience colorful cincinnati like never before by pedaling to its urban masterpieces. I n 2007 former cincinnati mayor mark mallory did a city exchange in philadelphia. Whether youre an out of towner visiting for the first time or a local whos looking to explore cincinnati in a unique way our mural tour is the perfect way to spend a creative day in the queen city.

Learn the stories behind each mural and how they connect to cincinnatis oldest and most historic neighborhood. 36 cincinnati neighborhoods and 7 nearby cities proudly feature artworks murals. Artworks is a non profit organization founded in 1996 by cincinnati native tamara harkavy with a powerful mission. Learn the inside story behind cincinnatis amazing collection of larger than life works of art.

Artworks mural tours its officially mural tour season. We offer mural tour presentations with an artworks expert which can be scheduled as a virtual. The proclamation ceremony kicked off a month long celebration which included the launch of our new mural tour program numerous mural dedications and several special events around the city. We transform people places through investments in creativity.

Explore more than 20 cincinnati murals downtown and in the over the rhine neighborhood in this one hour self guided walking tour. Inspired and impressed mallory returned to cincinnati and challenged the local community art organization artworks to create a mural in each of cincinnatis 52 neighborhoods. We are indefinitely suspending bus tours due to covid 19. We have public weekend walking mural tours which run may october.

The classic spirit of otr walking tour is around a mile long and includes 11 murals in the over the rhine neighborhood including faces of homelessness the golden muse the cincinnati strongman. Henry holtgrewe and many more. Were over half way there. Explore all of artworks public art with this map or ride aboard the cincinnati bell connector and view these murals along the route.

Weekend tours are scheduled to resume july 11 with safety precautions put in place. Since 2007 artworks cincinnati has created more than 180 public murals throughout the city of cincinnati and its neighbors. Purchase weekend mural tour tickets. The pedal wagon welcomes school groups work outings and anyone looking for a fun and educational activity in cincinnati.

We offer private walking group mural tours which can be scheduled on an ongoing basis. He got a firsthand look at their citywide mural program which has completed over 3000 murals around the city over the past 30 years. In 2014 for the first time ever mayor john cranley declared the month of october artworks mural month with an official proclamation. The public artworks span neighborhoods and even states connect with viewers on the street and say a lot about the culture of art within the city.

Visit our weekend tour page to learn more. Depicting a variety of scenes from the meeting of general george rogers clark simon kenton and daniel boone on the mouth of the licking river to jacob price a local african american leader of the late 1800s the murals span hundreds of feet along the floodwall and create a spectacular visual effect. Artworks also offers two guided mural tours.