ArtsWave organizes the community to paint the street, which causes us to smile more.

These are people thinking big – like, a half-mile kinda big. Imagine creating a painting on a canvas equal to the square footage of a football field. Well ArtsWave did more than just imagine it – they organized it and made it happen. The organization’s mission is to help create the kind of thriving arts environment that makes the Cincinnati region a better place to live, work, play and stay. We saw this video at the recent TEDxCincy event earlier this month, but were just reminded of it again of its awesomeness when we got our weekly SoapBox newsletter.

On September 1, 1,500 people from neighborhoods all over the region gathered to paint a this half-mile of pavement not far from our office. Check out this time-lapse video for a minute and a half view of the 12 hour process. Thanks ArtsWave!

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