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Illuminate Cincinnati with your vision 👁 The BLINK 2024 Call to Artists is now open!

BLINK is in search of:

Local Luminaries - All Cincinnati artists ready to showcase their talents and celebrate our city’s culture + communities.

Worldwide Visionaries - National and international artists who can bring their diverse perspectives and unique art forms to our city.

Are you ready to play a key role in transforming our cityscape into a mesmerizing panorama of light, color, and imagination? Engage with a dynamic community of artists? Showcase your artwork to a vast and diverse audience? Amplify the beauty and unity of our global community?

Submit your application for murals, light-based art, and projection mapping now through Friday, December 15th @ 11:59pm EST at blinkcincinnati.com.

Stay tuned for important announcements in the coming weeks.

Congrats to the Blink team & artists for this great recognition from Fast Company!

Be The Change Dedication https://www.eventbrite.com/e/be-the-change-dedication-tickets-412406146887?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb

Share your joy with us this weekend! 🙂

Limited single day & weekend passes still available: stillsmilingfest.com

Tickets — Still Smiling Fest  tickets on-sale now! Full Weekend Friday & Saturday and one-day general admission passes are available. Everyone’s VIP at Still Smiling Fest! Five Points Alley is a small community courtyard and all ticket holders will get access to a full evening of intimate performances on one main stage. Entr...

Happy Election Tuesday! Thanks again to candidates Aftab Pureval & David Mann for joining us in Five Points Alley for "Our Town Hall", a discussion about growing our cultural economy and supporting black ideas, equity, and joy.

Still deciding your vote? Enquirer - Cincinnati and Kentucky has a great voter guide: https://bit.ly/3bBev8Q

Missed the Town Hall? View a recording here: https://fb.watch/91bg4C6bJZ/

Special thanks again to:
Kathryne Gardette, moderator
Byron Niles Hutchins, sound & lighting and livestream
Sound The Alarm Music Group & Siri Imani

Our Town Hall co-hosts & partners: ArtsWave, The African-American Chamber of Greater Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky, BlaCk OWned Outerwear, Black Art Speaks, Cincinnati Music Accelerator, Cohear, Cincinnati Young Black Professionals - CYBP, Mortar Cincinnati, and Paloozanoire

+ our friends at Esoteric Brewing Company, Revel OTR Urban Winery, BlaCk Coffee Lounge, Just Q'in BBQ, Nina M Dot with King Me Water for providing the refreshments!

Photo credit: Kevin J. Watkins

Come see us tomorrow!

We're two days away from Cincinnati Music Festival's 2021 Outdoor Museum, sponsored by P&G, ArtsWave and Kroger. The project highlights 15 artists paired with 15 Black-owned businesses. Join us Saturday in Washington Park!