#ArtUnitesCbus Temporary Mural Installation Winter 2020
The Art Unites Cbus project came about as a solution to an immediate challenge, how to turn broken windows into messages of support for Black Lives. Columbus businesses and organizations hired artists to paint the temporary plywood with messages that ranged from calls for justice, humanity and hope to expressions of Black pride, beauty and excellence. The popularity of the murals created a demand that they be preserved and exhibited once they came down. A committee was formed, the Greater Columbus Arts Council coordinated preservation, storage, and documentation of the murals, and then the committee curated the panels into groupings for exhibit. The first exhibition of this temporary public art comprised nine sites and went up in November 2020 and came down in spring of 2021. (Images below best viewed on a desktop computer).
#ArtUnitesCbus at the Coleman’s Pointe include two cube installations.
- Artist: Rosa Rumora
- untitled/artist unknown
- Artists: Justin Nottke & Kristen Schwenger
- Art by Schaeffer
- Artist: Hakim Callwood
- untitled/artist unknown
- Artist: Roberta Lago
#ArtUnitesCbus at Easton Towne Center included a row of seven murals wrapped around the northeast corner of New Bond and Fenlon streets.
- Artist: Katyana P.
- Artists: Promise McLeod & Peter Franz
- Artists: Richard Duarte Brown and Shelbi Harris-Rosboro
- Artist: Adam Hernandez
- Artist: Caeleigh Featherstone
- Artist: Jade Davis
- Artist: Planthropy
#ArtUnitesCbus at Huntington Center
The Huntington Center in downtown Columbus was one of the original sites for the temporary murals in summer 2020. Later the murals were removed from windows and built into two cube installations of nine murals that were situated in front of the building, facing High St. and the Statehouse.
- Artist: Andy Clarkson
- Artist: Amy Haggard
- Artists: Francesca Miller & Chineze Okpaloaka
- Artist (mural on the right): Charley Frances
- Artist: Kayneisha Holloway
- Artists: Andrea Johnson and Donna Alena Hrabcakova
- Artists: Janai Rakes & Aslur (left) Jordan Cultice (right)
#ArtUnitesCbus at the King Arts Complex included two cube installations with 13 murals.
- Artists unkown
- Artists: Sitiah Hodge (left) Katerina (Harris) Armeria
- Artist: Promise McLeod
- Artists: Shayana P. (left) Promise McLeod (right)
- Artists: Stephanie Rond (visual) Dionne Custer Edwards (Poem)
- Artist: Peter Franz (left)
- Artists: Shelbi Harris-Rosboro & Felicia Dunson (FDZ)
#ArtUnitesCbus at Lincoln Theatre included one cube installation with five murals.
- Artist unknown
- Artists: Bryant Anthony (Bee1ne) (left) Lisa C. Shepherd (right)
- Artist: Siobhan Fitzgerald & Brittany
- Artist unknown
#ArtUnitesCbus at Maroon Arts Group Box Park included five installations: two murals on the gallery, three murals on the stage, a cube of four murals, a free-standing mural near by and four murals along a fence facing Mt. Vernon Avenue.
- Artists unknown
- Artists: Siobhan Fitzgerald & Kelsey Yappel
- Artist: Anonymous
- Artist anonymous
- Artist unknown
- Artist: Joe Hoye (left) unknown (right)
- Artist Unknown
- Artists: Richard Duate Brown, Malik Carrington, & Mindy Staley
- Artist unknown
- Artist unkown
- Artist: Adrianna age 13
- Artist: Dan Gerdeman
- Artist unknown
#ArtUnitesCbus at McConnell Arts Center included 12 murals in three cubes and one stairwell installation.
- Artist unknown
- Artist: Lauren Ashleigh
- Artist: Nicholas Schukay
- Artist: Sean Fink
- Artist: Ashton Najarian
- Artists: Adam Hernandez, Joseph Hernandez & Caeleigh Featherstone
- Artists: Jade Davis (left) Katie Golonka (right)
- Artists: Adam Hernandez, Joseph Hernandez & Caeleigh Featherstone
- Artists: (visual) Stephani Rond (poem) Cynthia Amoah, Dionne Custer Edwards, Barbara Fant, Bahirah Malik, Nafisah Malik and Tyiesha Radford Shorts
- Artists: Hakim Callwood, Kayneisha Holloway, Bryan Christopher Moss, Ariel Peguero
- Artist: Bryan Christopher Moss
#ArtUnitesCbus at Ohio History Connection included five cubes with 23 murals.
- Artists: Mr. Zacros & Unagi
- Artists: Niko & Raul Ernesto Bermudez
- Artists: Mr. Zacros & Unagi
- Artists: Molly Bobkch, Eric LeGault, Kelsi Minerd
- Artists: Adalyn, age 13 (left) and Jade Davis (right)
- Artists: Kelsey Yappel & Erik D. Johnson
- Artists: Molly Bobich, Eric LeGault & Kelsi Minerd
- Artist: Shelbi Harris-
- Artists: AJ Venderelli (left) Adan Hernandez (right)
- Artists: Aaron Haah, Cory Minton, Aly Moore, Jillian Smith
- Artists: Mr. Zacros & Unagi
- Artist: Hilary Frambes
- Artist: Derrick Callender
- Artists: Kaycee Nwakudu & Halle D’Amico
- Artists: Laurie Clements, Brenden Spivey, Wil Wong Yee
- Artists: Michol Childress, Daidria Eckels, Danielle Poling, Kellagh Frank
- Artists: Kaycee Nsakudu & Halle D’Amico
- Artists: Derrick Callender (left) Chelsea Boyd (right)
- Artist: Karalea Lane
#ArtUnitesCbus in the Short North included one long cube with seven murals.
- Artist: Jessica Kavinsky
- Artists: Aaron Campanella, Emily Datsko, Rachel Herman, Bryan Lightfeild, Libby Riddell
- Artist unknown
- Artist: Jan Solari
- Artists: Becca Parsons, Meg Beech, & Teresa
- Artist: Lea Barker
- Artist Unknown
- Artist: Kara Gitlitz