In partnership with Corporex. ArtWorks has partnered with Corporex to create two murals at Ovation, a 25-acre mixed-use development located along the Ohio River. Two murals were completed in the early summer of 2024 to help bring life to the concept of CASA – Color, Art, Sound and Architecture. The community at Ovation has been intentionally crafted to offer residents and guests a dynamic blend of visual and auditory experiences across the property through CASA.

The first mural, “Resilience (Sunrise),” was designed by Adrienne Dixon, a multidisciplinary artist, art educator, and arts administrator who received her MFA from the University of Cincinnati School of Design Architecture Art and Planning in Fine Art in 2022, and her BFA in Painting from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2011. Throughout her career, she has participated in a diverse array of exhibitions across the United States and abroad. Currently, she serves as an adjunct professor at her alma mater, and as a Creative Projects Manager at ArtWorks Cincinnati, all while continuing to further her research in her artistic studio practice in Camp Washington. Dixon’s mural will be positioned at the eastern end of the hotel, facing the MegaCorp Pavilion and offering an ideal vantage point to view the sunrise.

The second mural, “I Wrap Myself in Starlight,” was created by Emily Howard. Howard is a printmaker, illustrator and author working out of her home studio just south of Nashville, Tenn. She earned her BFA in studio arts at the University of Kentucky and then an MFA and accompanying MAE from the University of Cincinnati. She has served as an art teacher in several schools across Northern Kentucky and in various roles participating in the ArtWorks summer mural program. Inspired by mythologies, folklore, the natural world and the divine human form, Howard creates limited edition linocut prints, original paintings, printed home goods and sculptures, which she sells through her online shop and at art fairs. Her mural will be situated on Third Street on the west end of the building, overlooking Ovation Office Building I and the Ohio Riverfront.