More Than 70 International Artists Descend on Cincinnati for BLINK, a Massive Mural and Light Festival



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Max Sansing. All photos by Halopigg, courtesy of BLINK, shared with permission

For the very first time given that 2019, the most significant community art and mild festival in the U.S. introduced a spate of new will work to Cincinnati. Extra than 70 artists from all-around the planet collected in mid-October for BLINK, a 4-working day celebration that spanned 30 blocks across the Midwestern city. In attendance had been fairly a number of artists featured beforehand on Colossal, including Max Sansing (formerly), PichiAvo (earlier), Shantell Martin (earlier), Nespoon (formerly), and Faith XLVII (previously).

We have gathered some of our favourite performs developed throughout this year’s event—you’ll uncover Martin’s signature line-drawn figures encircling a cityscape, PichiAvo’s vibrant amalgam of artwork background and graffiti, and a new fragile lace style and design from Nespoon—although it’s worthy of heading to BLINK’s Instagram to acquire a peek at the light projections, immersive projects, and other murals, as effectively.

Insane 51

Insert Gasoline

Religion XLVII

PichiAvo

Shantell Martin

Jenny Ustick

Nespoon

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#community artwork
#street artwork

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