Popular Cincinnati arts show BLINK will be returning for its third iteration in 2024, and while last year’s festival crossed the river into NKY, it is unclear if that’s happening again. During a press conference with BLINK organizers Tuesday morning, officials announced the festival of lights is returning to the Cincinnati area Thursday through Sunday, […]
Tag: BLINK cincinnati
Posted inCulture
Meet the Covington artist who brought yarn bombing to BLINK Cincinnati
If you visited BLINK Cincinnati last year and went to Washington Park, you probably saw people under a chaos of yarn. Covington Artist Dan Shields was the brains behind the “String Theory for Dummies” installation, an interactive yarn display at the lights and art festival. The display was an art technique that Shields specializes in […]
Posted inCulture
How was BLINK? It’s a mixed bag, according to our readers
BLINK took over the city from Over-the-Rhine through parts of Covington for four days this past weekend. This festival of lights was highly publicized and hyped, and we wondered what our readers thought about it. We asked people to share their thoughts on social media, and the response was a mixed bag. Many commenters felt […]
Posted inBusiness
What’s the food (and drink) situation at BLINK in Covington?
Let there be light. And food. BLINK Cincinnati returns Thursday and runs until Sunday. It is the largest light, art, and projection-mapping event in the United States. BLINK has five geographic zones for the event. One of them, the Covington Zone will have more than a dozen installations. The artwork is food for the eyes […]