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Sitting on a quarter-acre patch of land near East McMillan Avenue and Gilbert Street in the historic and diverse Walnut Hills neighborhood of Cincinnati, 5 Points Alley Park has become an important symbol of renewal and a magnet for new business. A partnership between Cincinnati’s 22-year-old community mural program, @ArtWorksCincy,@WalnutHillsRF, and @theBLDG capped a series of five mural commissions marking the entries to the park with this, the largest of the series. Designed by North London designer Morag Myerscough with her characteristic bold use of color, shape, and typography, the composition was handed off to Jenny Ustick who oversaw the ArtWorks team putting paint on the wall.  @moragmyerscough/  @j_r_ustick/

Cincinnati native C.F. Payne is an internationally renowned illustrator and caricaturist who’s work has appeared on covers of prominent publications like @Time Magazine, the “Molly” books of the American Girl series, and a series of postage stamps featuring famous singers. In 2011 Payne created a tribute to participants in Cincinnati’s rich cultural legacy, including a portrait of Leontyne Price, the first African American to become a leading artist for @MetOpera, performing the lead in Aida. Talented local artist and muralist Jenny Roesel Ustick was then tasked by Artworks Cincinnati with translating Payne’s artwork for the side wall of CET, the local PBS affiliate, on Central Parkway across the street from the city’s historic Music Hall—leading a team of three teaching assistants and 15 youth apprentices.  @cfoxpayne  @j_r_ustick  @artworkscincy