Step Up to Art

07/18/2023

We just received word that signage at the Upper Ohio Avenue Steps and Fig Alley Steps will be installed next week!

03/17/2023

03/12/2023

On the Planning Commission agenda as a consent item, this Friday, is a report and recommendation to name the unnamed public stairway, from the bottom of the Ghost Garden mural to Vine Street, the “Fig Alley Steps”!

08/03/2022

Were you involved in the original community focus groups to discuss design interventions for the Ohio Avenue Steps? We'd love it if you re-engage with us! We want to know what you think of the artwork on the stairway risers.

Drop us a line through the Step Up to Art website, under "Contact Us.": https://stepuptoartlab.org/contact-form

05/24/2022

Final approval came today!
Art on the upper Ohio Avenue Steps is coming next week!

At last! After more than a year securing grant funding, facilitating community discussions, garnering neighborhood support, gaining approval from various city committees and City Council, and checking all the boxes with the law department, an art donation agreement from University of Cincinnati was just signed today by City Of Cincinnati! This means that the extensive Step Up to Art mural on the stairs by Dai Williams and Lizzy DuQuette can begin!

Now, let’s just get a dry day soon.

05/11/2022

If any of you will be in NYC next week, Professor Kate Bonansinga will present about Step Up to Art on May 18th.

We're just waiting for the green light from the City for the artist team to begin mural work on the upper Ohio Avenue Steps!

Contemporary art installations evoke memories and create new contexts to buildings, places, and institutions. In view of the worldwide debate about the role of museums and the significance of art in public space, we invited practitioners and academics to discuss the role of temporary art installatio

04/06/2022

How about we re-introduce yourselves, in advance of the transformation of the Ohio Avenue Steps?

12/16/2021