Title: Visionary Reality Threshold

Size: 90 ft. x 45 ft.

Location: 1005 Walnut St. Cincinnati, Ohio (corner of Walnut St. and W Central Parkway)

Date: Summer 2019

Partner: ArtWorks

Designer: Saya Woolfalk

Mural Painting Team:

Paul Loehle | Lead Teaching Artist
Charley Frances | Teaching Artist
Ashna Khanna | Teaching Artist

Program Manager: Liz Miller

Cincinnati Youth Apprentices:
Lyle Casey
Alisar Darouich
Wesley Ericson
Margaret Faulkner
Simon Feist
DaeQuan Ford
Megan Grafe
Haley Green
Henry Linderman
Josie Masset
Malik Mitchell
Natalie Pope
Ashiki Rai
Marcelo Roman
Natalie St. George
Bri Wales
Rowan Weckman

133 Unique Colors

17 Youth Apprentices

3 Teaching Artists

Charley Frances joined the Cincinnati ArtWorks staff during the summer of 2019 as a Mural Teaching Artist for the implementation of this 90 ft. x 45 ft. mural. Designed by Saya Woolfalk, over the course of 8 weeks from June 17 – August 9, 2019 a team of 3 teaching artists and 17 local youth apprentices from all different school districts brought this mural to life.

About the Design

This mural features a series of mandala-like portals inviting the viewer in to explore pattern work encouraging personal reflection. The mural was activated with a performance and projection mapping designed by Woolfalk and featured as a part of the 2019 BLINK festival, Illuminated by ArtsWave.

About Saya Woolfalk

Saya Woolfalk is a New York based artist who uses science fiction and fantasy to re-imagine the world in multiple dimensions. Born in Gifu City, Japan to a mixed race family marrying Asian and African American heritage, Saya Woolfalk lives, works, and performs the provocative concept of cultural hybridity. Her trans-national background informs colorful, multi-disciplinary work which explores the future of racial and cultural cross-pollination and questions the utopian possibilities of cultural hybridity.