Truth & Inspiration - ArtsWave by Cincinnati Magazine

Truth

& Inspiration Artist Showcase

July 14-17, 2022 Cincinnati Art Museum Cincinnati Museum Center National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

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MESSAGE FROM ARTSWAVE’S PRESIDENT & CEO Dear Friends, With our partners, the City of Cincinnati and Duke Energy, ArtsWave is proud to present the second annual showcase of new works by the region’s leading Black and Brown artists. Together, this year and last year’s Black and Brown Artist Program has funded nearly 50 artists with more than $550,000 in artist commissions. A program of this magnitude would not be possible without the help of many others. This includes ArtsWave Life Trustee Dick Rosenthal for beginning conversations that led to the support of Councilman Greg Landsman, Vice Mayor Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney and now, Mayor Aftab Pureval. Toilynn O’Neal Turner, founding director of the Robert O’Neal Multicultural Art Center (ROMAC), and acclaimed artist Annie Ruth provided counsel to our artists, including professional development services focused on grant writing, marketing and fundraising. In addition, the Black and Brown Artist Program receives support from Macy’s, the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, The Jewish Foundation, Hard Rock Casino and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. This year’s “Truth & Inspiration Artist Showcase” features visual art, ﬁlm, music, dance — expanding from two locations to partnering with three different arts organizations: the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Cincinnati Museum Center and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. Each artist proposed an idea that captures “truth” and/or “reconciliation” to a panel of community stakeholders convened by ArtsWave in a competitive process for funding. We received 54 proposals that were vetted for their alignment to the theme, clarity of execution and impact on our larger community. This year, we are thrilled to be able to fund 22 artists with grants of $8,000 to $15,000 each. The artists selected by our panel represent a vast array of points of view, cultural perspectives and artistic disciplines. Through the power of the arts, they evoke empathy, and they demand change. It is our responsibility to hear them and respond. ArtsWave is on an intentional journey toward a more inclusive and equitable Cincinnati through the arts. This showcase is one step on this journey. If you look closely at the work in this exhibition, you’ll see that there is pain and heartache. Skepticism. Futility. Also hope. Imagination. Commitment. These are emotional drivers we can all connect to. If we care about a future where we value all people and all contributions, it starts right here. Please join us and add your intentionality to a growing movement toward a more just, warm and welcoming world.

ALECIA KINTNER | ArtsWave President & CEO

Cover Artwork: “I’m Listening...” by Brent Billingsley

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WELCOME RUBRIC TK MESSAGE FROM THE CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM’S ACTING DIRECTOR As a part of our continuing work supporting diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility, the Cincinnati Art Museum is proud to join forces with ArtsWave, along with the Cincinnati Museum Center and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, to present the “Truth & Inspiration Artist Showcase.” The themes of this year’s showcase closely align with the museum’s mission to contribute to a more vibrant Cincinnati by “inspiring and connecting our communities through the power of art.” The artists featured in the “Truth & Inspiration Visual Art Exhibition” play a vital role in connecting our diverse audiences through their art. The exhibition here features the work of eight ArtsWave grant recipients, providing professional recognition of their work in their “museum debuts.” We applaud this new generation of inspirational Cincinnati artists for their outstanding contributions to the ﬁeld and for their continuation of the great traditions of artmaking here in our city. The Cincinnati Art Museum also thanks you, the people of Cincinnati, for your support of these outstanding artists through your donations to ArtsWave. You are broadening the impact of the arts for all.

DAVID W. LINNENBERG | Cincinnati Art Museum Acting Director

MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR OF CINCINNATI Congratulations on the 2022 “Truth & Inspiration Artist Showcase.” The Black and Brown Artists Program through ArtsWave is an incredible resource for the rich fabric of artists in our city. Cincinnati is nationally recognized for its artistic footprint, and it is this work that encourages us to push further with our involvement. This showcase is among the other festivals, performances and exhibitions that annually provide outlets of expression for local artists and stories for us all in the Cincinnati region to share. I applaud the work of ArtsWave for continuing this program for Black and Brown visionaries in Cincinnati. When I was elected Mayor, I made a promise to grow our city with equity at the center of the frame. By uplifting our Black and Brown artists, we are promoting a powerful and equitable arts community that will keep our city as a leader in the arts and empower our community members. On behalf of the City of Cincinnati, congratulations again. I look forward to welcoming visitors of this showcase to immerse themselves in the talent of Cincinnati’s artists.

AFTAB PUREVAL | Mayor of Cincinnati

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@asha_ama Project: NEW MOON Asha Ama Bias-Daniels is a fashion designer from Cincinnati. After graduating as a Cincinnatus Scholar at UC’s DAAP program, she competed on “Project Runway: UTG” and “Project Runway All Stars.” She has created pieces for artists from Zendaya to Little Big Town. Much of Asha’s work has a duality: soft, rhythmic draping against pieces with armored feel, accentuating our curves in female form. As the Taft Museum of Art’s 2021 Duncanson Artistin-Residence, her “Negro Solstice” explored Black identity and the meaning of the catastrophic events that started in 2020. “New Moon” looks to our future: How will the world look through the power of divine Black female energy? Could we replace war and greed with love and empathy? Death and destruction with creativity and humanity?

DARNELL PIERRE BENJAMIN @darnell.p.benjamin Project: REST

Darnell Pierre Benjamin has been a freelance creative, activist and performing artist for over 18 years. Originally from Louisiana, he attended the University of Houston to earn his MFA in Professional Actor Training. His work lives at the intersection of art and activism, which is apparent in his 2020 ﬁlm “13th & Republic.” Darnell is a professor in the ar ts programs at Nor thern Kentucky University and UC’s College-Conservatory of Music and a certiﬁed educator and performer in the Michael Chekhov Technique. He’s also a member of the Actors Equity Association, the Society of American Fight Directors and Shakespeare Theatre Association. Like James Baldwin once said, “Great art can only be created out of love.”

BRENT BILLINGSLEY @brentlavelle1 Project: I’m Listening...

Brent Billingsley is an artist and an empowering voice behind young, disenfranchised youth. He is a Behavioral Health Specialist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center/Psychiatry and the CEO of Art Reconciliation Truth and Empowerment, a nonproﬁt geared toward therapeutic artistic engagement and the performance arts. Brent graduated from Miami University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Printmaking and from the University of Cincinnati with a Masters in Social Work. He believes that the world can be changed through art, through children and through us. And he believes that art removes many, if not all, barriers!

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FEATURED RUBRIC ARTISTS TK MEANS CAMERON @IamBlaCkOWned Project: It Is Art

Means Cameron is a Cincinnati native raised in the historic West End community. At a young age, he got his ﬁrst taste of entrepreneurship as the neighborhood’s candy kid. Soon after, he realized that he could make more money selling shoes and clothing to people who wanted to dress the way he did. Those experiences followed Means to Miami University, where he studied marketing. Today, Means is Creative Director / Owner of the clothing brand BlaCkOWned™ Outerwear and blaCk Coffee Lounge. Since the BlaCkOWned™ launch in 2011, the brand has been featured in ﬁlms, and had November 16 proclaimed as “BlaCk OWned Day” in the city of Cincinnati. He’s also produced an NFL and Cincinnati Bengals fashion collaboration and won a Regional Emmy Award in 2021.

DAVID CHIMUSORO @chimbabwe Project: Our Baby Knows

David Chimusoro is an artist and storyteller who expresses himself through the mediums of comedy, photography and ﬁlm with the hope of exploring the often hidden beauty of humanity in day-to-day realities. Born in Zimbabwe and having lived in the United States since the age of 12, he’s a third culture kid whose various encounters have led him to form what he calls an “African’s American Experience.”

MICHAEL COPPAGE

@michael_coppage Project: 12 Commandments Michael Coppage is a conceptual artist using an interdisciplinary, dialectical approach to address social issues surrounding race and language. He earned a BFA in Sculpture from Memphis College of Art and an MFA in Studio Art from The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and has lived in Cincinnati since 2007. Coppage is the two-time recipient of ArtsWave’s Black and Brown Artist Program grant. He has also received an Ohio Pretrial Justice Grant and Awesome Foundation grants in New York and Philadelphia. He gained national attention with his recent project, “Black Box,” a community impact project aimed at demystifying Black people and creating authentic experiences that replace bias and preconceived notions related to the term “Black.” He has several collaborative pieces set for completion this year and also released a podcast on Spotify titled “Black Box.”

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FEATURED ARTISTS ASA FEATHERSTONE IV @savvyoso Project: laying the foundation

Asa (AYE-suh) Featherstone IV creates both short documentary and still photography that examine the human experience by bringing new perspectives to commonly understood topics and showing the value in people around us. His work feels both personal and vulnerable in hopes that it can be used as a tool that allows us to learn more about one another and connect authentically. His first solo exhibition, “Over/Time,” premiered in 2020, featuring 26 images of entirely new work about his personal experience with racism in America. This work is currently traveling and will continue through 2022. He also hosts the “Thorn in My Side” podcast, where he speaks with guests about the everyday experience of Black and Brown people from across the country.

ASHLEY AYA FERGUSON @ashleyayaferguson Project: Change the View

Ashley Aya Ferguson is a writer most inspired by real life. Through poetry, children’s literature and creative nonﬁction, she invites readers to live inside of a feeling, creating access that can’t be ignored. Ashley is the author of two ﬁve-star rated children’s books: “Girl, You Are Magic!” and “Boy, You Are Brilliant!” Her forthcoming book, “I Am Not Afraid of Spiders,” will be available in summer 2022. Ashley is also currently writing a colorful memoir based on her journey as an ambitious single mother, and most recently spent time crafting it at the Hurston/Wright Writer’s Weekend. She currently resides in Cincinnati with her daughter, Nia.

ERIN FUNG

@erinnluff Project: Regeneration Erin Fung is a clarinetist based out of Edmonton, Alberta and Cincinnati who has performed with the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Victoria and Winnipeg Symphony Orchestras. She is Acting Principal Clarinetist of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and the Lexington Philharmonic. She strives to nurture the expressive and emotional power inherent in music, and her goal is to connect people through music and bridge cultural divides in a real, tangible and emotionally healing way. Erin aspires to collaborate with like-minded artists to come up with new ideas. She is guided by the belief that art must challenge us to consider how we can move toward a more equitable and just society.

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FEATURED ARTISTS IMAN JABRAH

@the.artist.neighborhood Project: Amid Exhibition Iman Jabrah is a Palestinian American multidisciplinary artist currently pursuing her MFA at China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, China. She holds a BFA from Northern Kentucky University in New Media Art. She also performed at the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center and the New York Abrons Arts Center Amphitheater and exhibited works internationally. Iman continues to proudly conﬁrm her Palestinian American identity, living life without borders, and continues to give back to her community whether in Palestine, Cincinnati or China. Her main focus is to reunite Palestinians in the diaspora through the art community, exhibitions, residencies and collective projects.

JONESY

@thejonesyverse @samegardendoc Project: Same Garden: An Identity Series Jonesy (she/they) is a 29-year-old self-taught, mixed race, multidisciplinary, queer artist currently based in Cincinnati. Her work focuses on human intersectionality and fantasizes a world that thrives beyond basic heteronormative thinking. With a BFA in Theater Performance and Dance from the University of Wyoming, her ﬁrst love was understanding and interpreting human emotions through story work. Jonesy was awarded a spot in the 2017-2018 Bruce E. Coyle Acting internship at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and has since expanded beyond the stage. Her work has been featured in the 2020 “Black and Brown Faces” exhibition, and her visual art work can be seen around the Greater Cincinnati area, including the “BLACK LIVES MATTER!” mural at City Hall and the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s Otto M. Budig Theater.

LORENA MOLINA

@beingmoli @thirdspacegellery.cincy Project: Third Space Gallery Lorena Molina is a Salvadoran multidisciplinary artist and an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Cincinnati. Through the use of photography, video, performance and installation, she explores identity, intimacy, pain and how we witness the suffering of others. The work interrogates relationships and the formation of relationships as political acts that are guided by negotiations of power and privilege. Lorena’s work is driven by a deep sense of displacement experienced after a 12-year-old civil war forced her and her family to migrate to the United States. Her current work looks at identity in the margins, which is both a place where extreme violence and pain happens but also a place for resisting, dreaming, healing and thriving.

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FEATURED ARTISTS EMILY HANAKO MOMOHARA

@ehmomohara Project: Namba: A Japanese American’s Incarceration and Life of Resilience Emily Hanako Momohara grew up outside Seattle, Washington in a mixed-race family. Her work focuses on heritage, multiculturalism, immigration and social justice. She’s exhibited at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles and at the Okinawa Prefecture Museum and Art Gallery in Naha, Japan. Emily is featured in public art projects with For Freedoms and Photoville and has worked with Ohio Progressive Asian Women’s Leadership to art direct and photograph for several public education and community support projects such as “{in}Visible” and “Love Has No Borders.” She serves as Associate Professor of Studio Art at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and is a board trustee at the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center.

ANGELIQUE MONTES @frocellogirl Project: Refraction

Angelique Montes debuted in 2010 at the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra Concerto Competition and then received her Bachelor’s in Cello Performance at the Oberlin Conservatory, where she studied with Amir Eldan. She currently studies with Alan Rafferty at University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, working toward a Doctorate in Musical Arts in Cello Performance in 2022. Angelique is working on recording and releasing her debut album, “Refraction,” as a collection of cello solo and electroacoustic pieces (including two new commissioned works) written by Black composers. When she isn’t practicing, teaching or performing, she enjoys baking/cooking, playing ping-pong and drinking warm tea.

GABRIEL MARTINEZ RUBIO

@gabo_m7 Project: Monarca: Lost Butterﬂy (in Memoriam) Gabriel Martinez Rubio has developed his career as a dancer and choreographer between Mexico and the United States. He’s worked as a dancer, choreographer and dance teacher with different dance companies, theater companies and a variety of independent projects, including Cincinnati’s Mutual Dance Theatre. Gabriel’s work strives to represent contemporary society, while being a link between the Hispanic community and the Greater Cincinnati community to bridge cultural divides. He was awarded a Black and Brown Artist Program grant from ArtsWave to create an interdisciplinary piece that includes video interviews from diverse voices in the Latinx immigrant community as well as original choreography that invites the audience to reﬂect on the immigrant experience and how we can come together.

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FEATURED ARTISTS ANNIE RUTH

@whoisannieruth Project: On Her Shoulders Arts Curriculum Connections Annie Ruth is an internationally respected visual artist, author and ar ts educator. She has published over 40 volumes of poetry, books and articles for both children and adults. Her arts curriculum sets are used in museums, educational and cultural institutions around the world. Annie has exhibited in both national and international museums, institutions and venues including the National Afro American Museum & Cultural Center, Cincinnati Museum Center and National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. Her commissioned works are in the collections of Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, the Presbyterian Foundation and numerous other corporate and private collections.

REBECCA NAVA SOTO

@rebeccanavasoto Project: Tepozzanilli: Live Stream Transmission Rebecca Nava Soto is a multidisciplinary Latinx artist and educator using mixed media painting, digital media, performance and ephemeral installations to explore themes of perception, iconography, writing/image-making, technology and mysticism. Through material and process, her research and influences operate at a hinge point with a self-generating element, revealing a mediumistic relationship through art. Despite colonialism’s best efforts, Rebecca believes our ancestors spirits live on through us. Art brings forth what is hiding beneath the surface, revealing a sustenance that can guide us, heal us and empower us individually and collectively.

MICHAEL THOMPSON @blaccswn Project: Sanctuaries

Michael Thompson is a multimedia artist, designer and poet. He takes on the role of artist as archivist, collecting things, spaces and histories to add to his art and life. He draws in sensibilities and practices from scientific and philosophical fields and enjoys collaborating outside the typical scope of the art world. His practice focuses on visual and human ecology, dignity and nuance, using both his art and poetry as a manner of abolishing the compartmentalized reality which he experiences as an observer of the world. Michael’s current work has found him using painting, journalism and poetry in his multi-year project, “Sanctuaries.” He is a TEDx Speaker, Artist-in-Residence at the Cincinnati Art Museum and Contemporary Arts Center, and a former resident at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.

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FEATURED ARTISTS MARGARET TUNG

@margaret_horncat Project: New Music for the Queen City and Beyond Margaret Tung is the Visiting Assistant Professor of Horn at the University of Kentucky. Hailed as “masterly” in the Chicago Classical Review, she has performed with the famed Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Zurich Opera Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and was a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Margaret has shared the stage with Yo-Yo Ma and performed at several International Horn Symposiums throughout the years, including in 2016, when she commissioned and performed the world premiere performance of John Cheetham’s “Sonata for Horn and Piano.” Her most recent recording release, “Concertos for Orchestra” with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, was nominated for a GRAMMY Award.

KAILAH WARE

@kailahwiththecamera Project: Story Share Kailah Ware is a mixed media artist and entrepreneur whose work focuses on community activism, women’s issues and social justice. She graduated from Wright State University with her degree in Motion Pictures Production and a minor in Studio Art. Kailah’s work has been featured at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport and the Woodward Theater, and she’s had ﬁ lms screened at the Black LGBT Film Festival. She collaborated with Wright State University to develop a Film Institute at Zwilabonzie High School in Durban, South Africa to teach high schoolers how to produce short ﬁ lms around social, political and cultural issues happening there.

ASHA THE ARTIST @ashatheartist Project: Mood Altering

Asha is a self-educated artist and creator residing in Cincinnati who wields her personal identity as a queer, African American woman within her practice, exploring social justice themes such as race, sexuality and mental health. While her primary medium is oil paint, she also engages in multimedia projects to unite diverse populations through shared experiences and common narratives, facilitate understanding and promote change. Asha is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati, with her bachelor’s degree in communications, a minor in women’s and gender studies, as well as a certiﬁ cate in public relations. She is an artist and an active participant in the local art community, collaborating with local artists, frequently displaying her artwork in both local and regional exhibitions.

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FEATURED ARTISTS LAMONTE YOUNG

@blade_triple Project: Black Arts Revamped A graduate of Cincinnati Public Schools, Lamonte Young furthered his studies in Electronic Media at University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. Shortly after completing his fi rst documentary fi lm, he realized his passion lay more in creating videos when the opportunity to study music ran dry. Over the past 20 years, Lamonte has created a TV show on public access, “Fortified Mindz,” as well as TV pilots, commercials, several music videos and fi lm competitions. In 2015, while working for Price Hill Will, he debuted a documentary about the inclusion and diversity efforts the three communities of Price Hill were conducting. He also created the Warsaw Ave. Film Festival that MyCincinnati/Price Hill Will adopted as part of their community engagement efforts.

Building an Inclusive and Equitable Community through the Arts The arts offer the potential to change hearts and minds. ArtsWave is working with local arts organizations through “Lifting As We Learn,” a sector-wide Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access (DEIA) plan. Long-term goals are to diversify audiences, staff and boards and to grow a roster of stable, thriving cultural organizations led by people of color.

Over the past two years, ArtsWave backed up the commitment with action: Created a new grants program supporting 28 arts organizations led by or mostly serving African Americans

Commissioned 49 artists to create new works through grants from the Black and Brown Artist Program

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Jumpstarted and supported Paloozanoire’s “Black & Brown Faces” exhibition over the last two years at Cincinnati Art Museum

Funded the artists behind downtown’s “Black Lives Matter!” mural and the “Black Excellence in Zone 15” mural in Lincoln Heights

Partnered with the Cincinnati Music Festival to create an Outdoor Museum in Washington Park

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Community is the commitment we make to each other When a community is strong, it’s more than a collection of streets and buildings. It’s a place that nurtures and helps its residents thrive. That’s what happens when people share the commitment to make things better together. That’s why we’re proud to support the 2022 Truth & Inspiration Artist Showcase.

Robert O’Neal Multicultural Art Center

ROMAC celebrates, advances and preserves African American culture and achievement through the arts, history, and education, while also uplifting the rich diversity of artists and cultures of Greater Cincinnati. SCAN to find us on Facebook for upcoming collaborations and events! Toilynn O’Neal Turner ROMAC, Founding Director 513-655-5402 www.theromac.org

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Brent Billingsley, behavioral specialist, College Hill, stands in front of the artwork he created that now adorns the Cincinnati Bell Connector.

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Truth & Inspiration Artist Showcase Thursday, July 14 Cincinnati Art Museum

5 p.m. | Artist Celebration featuring Angelique Montes playing selections from her album “Refraction” in the Great Hall

Friday, July 15

Cincinnati Art Museum 10 a.m. |Press Conference & Ribbon Cutting featuring Margaret Tung playing selections from “New Music for the Queen City and Beyond” in the Great Hall 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (daily) | Truth & Inspiration Visual Art Exhibition in the Schiff Gallery. On display July 15 through Aug 14, 2022. Included Artwork and Artists: "NEW MOON" by Asha Ama "Mood Altering" by Asha the Artist "REST" by Darnell Pierre Benjamin "It Is Art" by Means Cameron “12 Commandments” by Michael Coppage "Amid Exhibition" by Iman Jabrah "Tepozzanilli: Live Stream Transmission" by Rebecca Nava Soto "Sanctuaries" by Michael Thompson

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (All events in the Harriet Tubman Theater)

3 p.m. | “Monarca - Lost Butterfly (In Memoriam)” contemporary dance with film by Gabriel Martinez Rubio 4 p.m. | “Namba: A Japanese American’s Incarceration and Life of Resilience” documentary by Emily Hanako Momohara with Q&A

Sunday, July 17

Cincinnati Art Museum: Film Festival (All films in the Fath Auditorium)

"Story Share" by Kailah Ware

2:55 p.m. | “Monarca - Lost Butterfly (In Memoriam)” by Gabriel Martinez Rubio

Saturday, July 16

3:10 p.m. | “It Is Art” by Means Cameron

10 a.m. to noon | “On Her Shoulders” a masterclass by Annie Ruth

Exhibitions

Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati Art Museum 11:30 a.m. | “I Am Not Afraid of Spiders” book reading by Ashley Aya Ferguson at the Rosenthal Education Center 12:30 p.m. | “Mood Altering” panel discussion by Asha the Artist in the Fath Auditorium 1:45 p.m. | “Story Share” short film by Kailah Ware and testimonial in the Fath Auditorium

3:30 p.m. | “I’m Listening...” documentary by Brent Billingsley

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center | “I’m Listening...” mural on display by Brent Billingsley in the Everyday Freedom Hero Gallery. On display now through Sept 22, 2022. Cincinnati Museum Center | “Regeneration” by Erin Fung, part of “America’s Epic Treasures featuring Preternatural by Michael Scott” on the Lower Level. On display now through Jan 8, 2023.