New art for ArtsWave kickoff

Cincinnati, Ohio – Tide. Pampers. Charmin. Febreze. Bounty. Just a few of Procter & Gamble’s billion-dollar brands. 

Music Hall. The Contemporary Arts Center. Playhouse in the Park. Cincinnati Art Museum. The Taft Museum. Just a few of Cincinnati’s most recognizable arts institutions.

In addition to being the world’s foremost consumer goods company, P&G also supports the arts, in particular the annual ArtsWave campaign that helps funds hundreds of arts organizations and programs throughout the region (including the Fitton Center).

Working with AGAR – the creative force behind BLINK - ArtsWave commissioned Fitton Center artist and mosaics instructor Lori Kay Farr to create work for P&G to celebrate the kickoff and inspire participation in the 2026-2027 campaign.

Farr didn’t make traditional mosaic pieces with glass or tiles. Instead, she used colored window film on clear acrylic panels - black tape mimicked the traditional grout work – to create faux stained-glass windows representing the above-named organizations.

“I made 150 square feet of art in 30 days,” Farr said. “It was a big, big project, but I’m happy how it all came together and how it looked in the end.”

The largest piece featured 10 2x3-foot panels worth of Music Hall, which hung in the skywalk connecting the twin P&G towers at world headquarters in downtown Cincinnati. Farr’s Contemporary Arts Center panels went to P&G’s Winton Hills campus, while Playhouse appeared at Beckett Ridge. The Art Museum and Taft Museum went to the Mason offices.

“It went faster as I learned the materials,” she said. “It was a fun material to work with. You could get a lot of colors not available in traditional glass, so I had some fun with that.”

Farr also created a Butler County mashup featuring the Fitton Center and Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park that appeared in P&G’s St. Bernard offices.

All the pieces spent the month of February on view at their respective P&G homes. With the campaign kicked off and currently in high gear, Farr hopes to bring the Fitton/Pyramid Hill panels home from St. Bernard to be part of the 10^th Biennial Member Show running May 2 to June 26 at the Fitton Center. From there, she would like it to be on permanent view in the mosaic studio.

“My degree from Bowling Green is in environmental arts,” Farr said. “Working with AGAR, who does all kids of great immersive art, was a great way for me to use my degree and make something people can not only see, but experience. The window film made these beautiful, colorful shadows that projected down on the floors. It was like an extra layer depending on how the sun hit it.

“It was a great opportunity for a great cause. And now I hope we can keep inspiring people with the work by having it seen where we teach the craft.”

Enjoy a look at some of Farr's artwork in the gallery below

The Fitton Center for Creative Arts is located at 101 S. Monument Avenue on the Riverfront in downtown Hamilton, Ohio.

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