Celebrate hip hop’s influence on art, fashion at Cincinnati Art Museum’s new exhibit

WELL, THE ARTS ARE A HUGE PART OF WHAT MAKES CINCINNATI SO SPECIAL THIS MORNING. ARTS WAVE AND THE CINCINNATI REGIONAL CHAMBER RELEASED A REPORT DETAILING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ARTS AND CULTURE HERE IN THE CINCINNATI AREA. THAT’S RIGHT. IN THE IMPACT IS HUGE. AS YOU MAY IMAGINE, THE ARTS BRINGING IN A TOTAL OF $1.6 BILLION OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. IN 2022 ALONE, THE INDUSTRY BROUGHT IN NEARLY 150 MILLION MORE DOLLARS THAN IN 2021. THAT’S ALSO CREATED OVER 6500 JOBS. ARTS WAVES PRESIDENT AND CEO ALICIA KINTER SAYS, BECAUSE OF THIS, ART IS MORE THAN A LUXURY. WE HAVE CREATIVITY EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US, WITHIN US. WE CAN BE INSPIRED BY ARTS AND ARTISTS. THEY ARE IN OUR MIDST AROUND US. THE ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN THE REGION ARE WELCOMING AND OUTREACHING TO EVERYBODY. SO LUCKY THEORIES ARE JUST FOR A FEW. THE ARTS ARE FOR ALL. LOOKING AHEAD, OFFICIALS SAY CURRENT TRENDS SHOW A $2.8 BILLION IMPACT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. I JUST WENT TO THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. THEY HAD WE HAD THEM ON THE SHOW, ACTUALLY. THEY WERE DOING THE BIGGIE AND TUPAC RENDITION WITH THE SYMPHONY, AND IT WAS SO AMAZING, AND I JUST HAD TO TIP MY HAT OFF TO THEM. SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING, PEOPLE YOU CAN TELL THAT USUALLY DON’T GO TO THE SYMPHONY. AND SO I JUST LOVE HOW ACCESSIBLE, FIRST OF ALL, THE ARTS ARE HERE IN CINCINNATI AND IT’S GOOD. IT REALLY IS A LOT A MIXTURE OF GOOD THINGS THAT COME TO THE CITY THAT ARE YOU KNOW, BORN AND BRED HERE IN THE CITY. AND IT’S JUST AMAZING. I AGREE, I DO THINK THAT I KNOW WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, IT FELT LIKE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, ONLY WEALTHY PEOPLE COULD GO TO, AND NOW IT IS MUCH MORE A MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE. AND I THINK THERE’S SO MUCH GOING ON THAT YOU CAN FIND SOMETHING THAT INTERESTS YOU. THE OTHER THING THAT THIS MADE ME THINK IS WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IN OUR SCHOOLS, OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, JUNIOR HIGHS AND HIGH SCHOOLS, THAT WE’RE NOT ELIMINATING THE ARTS. AND I KNOW SOMETIMES THAT BECOMES THE FIRST THING THAT’S CUT WHEN THERE’S A FUNDING ISSUE FOR ART CLASSES AND MUSIC CLASSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I THINK THIS IS JUST ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF WHY THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE A PRIORITY. AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT THE THE ARTS COMMUNITY IN CINCINNATI, THE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY, THEY DO REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE KID

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