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March 2024
The Enquirer: Things to do in Cincinnati this week: March 25-31
WYSO: ‘She Has A Voice That Needs To Be Heard.’ Artist Celebrates Black Hair, Explores Mental Health
December 2023
Cincinnati Business Courier: ArtsWave approves more than $212 in grants for artists of color
CityBeat: Wave Pool Exhibit Shares Stories of Societal Issues Through Communally Crafted Quilts
October 2023
BELT Magazine: The Year Ceramics Took Cincinnati
WGUC: Cincinnati Spotlight - 10/18/23 - Say Alive - Make Art at Wave Pool Gallery
Fotofocus: Q&A with Anissa Lewis, Artist and Wave Pool Executive Director
Cincinnati Business Courier: ‘The Convening’ previews Charles Gaines’ monumental work coming to Cincinnati in 2024
September 2023
Observer: What to See at the 2023 Armory Show
Warren County Post: A 12 Foot Puppet Named Little Amal Will Be Visiting Cincinnati on Friday
Ocula Magazine: At The Armory Show, A New New York Emerges
August 2023
Soapbox Cincinnati: This fall, The Convening melds similar programs from New York City and Cincinnati
Movers & Makers: New interactive Wave Pool exhibit to highlight important, ‘sometimes hidden’ women in history
WGUC: Wave Pool’s POOL PARTY August 19
Local12: Wave Pool art fulfillment center holds pool party for neighborhood
Sawinery: Most Popular Wood Working Classes In Cincinnati
July 2023
Cincinnati Business Courier: ArtsWave approves nearly $10 million in grants
Cincinnati Business Courier: Wave Pool’s new leader Anissa Lewis channels art to bring positive change to the community
Movers & Makers: Southwest Ohio artists, organizations win millions in grant dollars from Ohio Arts Council
June 2023
UC News: School of Art helps establish first artist-in-residency program
May 2023
CityBeat: An Artistic Quest for Calm: Wave Pool Hopes to Slow Down Speeding Drivers With a New Art Installation in Camp Washington
Movers & Makers: Wave Pool names new executive director to succeed founder Cal Cullen
Cincinnati Business Courier: Seven Cincinnati organizations receive grants from National Endowment for the Arts
WVXU: Immigrants have always been integral to Camp Washington. This place wants them to feel welcome.
WVXU: Camp Washington’s art community is weird, wild, and growing
April 2023
WYSO: Envisioning What’s Possible: Calcagno Cullen leads Cincinnati’s Wave Pool in connecting art and community
CityBeat: Wave Pool Exhibit One Year, One Outfit Aims to Show Beauty of Slow, Locally Made Fashion
WVXU News: Camp Washington’s art community is weird, wild and growing
March 2023
KC Studio: Christopher Leitch: ‘Cooking from Memory’
February 2023
Welcome America: Twelve nonprofits, local governments receive funding for projects to foster, deepen belonging in local communities
Cincinnati Business Courier: After 30 years, national ceramics conference returns to ‘a very different city’
January 2023
CityBeat: Wave Pool Exhibit Provides the Ultimate Gift of Art and Human Connection
November 2022
Art Ladders: The Creative Climb: Connections at Wave Pool with Co-Founder and Executive Director Cal Cullen
Movers & Makers: Wave Pool among 11 nonprofits at NY’s Javits Center Armory Show (page 40)
September 2022
Eazel Magazine: Six Artists Whose Works I Can’t Stop Thinking About: The Armory Show 2022
Sixty Inches From Center: A Review of Artist Run Spaces at the Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati
Collector Daily: Photography Highlights from the 2022 Armory Show
CityBeat: Artists, Makers Open Their Doors in Camp Washington for ‘Made in Camp’ Community Event
July 2022
Cincinnati Enquirer: It's hard moving across the world. Cincinnati's Welcome Project helps make it easier
Cincinnati Magazine: Wave Pool Opens Farmers Market
June 2022
CityPeople: A new farmers market in Camp Washington Farmer’s Market launches July 7
Creative Time: Charles Gaines - The American Manifest
May 2022
The New York Times: An Elegant Return to Form at The Independent Art Fair
ArtNews: Artists and Activists Banded Together to Tell Abortion Stories at an Impassioned New York Event
April 2022
Cincinnati Magazine: Cal Cullen Makes Waves
March 2022
City Beat: Cincinnati Native Rachel Rampleman Documents the Vibrant Alternative-Drag Community in ‘Life Is Drag’ Exhibit at Wave Pool
January 2022
ArtDaily: Exhibition at Wave Pool features artists working within the context of a larger collective
Cincinnati Enquirer: COVID-19 is closing down the arts again. A door opens to explore something new
November 2021
Business Courier: Former classmates reunite to transform 111-year-old vacant firehouse into arts center
CityBeat: Kickstart the Arts; Greater Cincinnati Organizations Emerge from the Pandemic with Big Plans
Movers and Makers: Welcome (M)Art to transform Welcome Project space throughout 2022
October 2021
Spectrum News: Wood shop program helps women Heal from trauma
September 2021
WCPO: Owning Your Own Voice program helping women work through trauma as they learn to work wood
Soapbox: Women’s empowerment program Owning Your Own Voice expands into a woodworking collaboration
July 2021
Business Courier: Cincinnati arts organization eyes move to historic building
WCPO: With Hamilton firehouse sold, Cincinnati Arts Organization Plans to Move In
Soapbox Media: Andy Warhol Foundation awards significant grant to Wave Pool to support community-centered art
June 2021
Movers & Makers: Warhol Foundation boosts emerging artists through Wave Pool grant
ArtForum: Warhol Foundation Announces Spring 2021 Grantees
May 2021
Journal News: Cincinnati Arts Organization May Expand into Historic Hamilton Firehouse
April 2021
Movers & Makers: Wave Pool Represents Cincinnati At The Armory Show This Fall
March 2021
Wave Pool Trauma and Addiction Project Teaches “Owning Your Own Voice”
CityBeat: Best Inclusive, Free Boxing Classes
February 2021
Cincinnati’s Wave Pool Gallery Offering Tax Season Support Group For Artists
How Cincinnati’s Independent Art Galleries Are Navigating The Pandemic
January 2021
WGUC: Wave Pool
December 2020
Soapbox: Westside Holiday Guide: Shop Camp Washington and Westwood
November 2020
Local 12: Local Artists Sell Work At Christmas Art Bazaar
AEQAI: Issues of the Day, How They Relate To Art
October 2020
AEQAI: Social Justice and Art: How Do They Interact
CityBeat: ‘Popsicles to the Polls’ Ice Cream Truck Handing Out Free Treats and Voting Info Across Cincinnati
CityBeat: Camp Washington’s Neighborhood Open House ‘Made in Camp’ Features More Than 40 Artists and Makers
September 2020
CityBeat: Cincy’s Interactive After-School Camp cARTwheel Offers hands-On Arts and Culture Activities Led by Online Counselors
CityBeat: Cincinnati Art Museum’s Outdoor Art Climb to Transform into Voter Registration Hub and Activity Zone
Soapbox: Not Just For Show: Camp Washington’s Creative Telethon
CityBeat: Camp Washington’s Wave Pool Gallery and Community Hub Hosts Virtual Telethon and Variety Show Fundraiser
Cincinnati Magazine: Wave Pool Uses Art To Connect A Community
Cincinnati Magazine: Artist Anissa Lewis on Community, Creativity, and ‘Camp Delivery’
Cincinnati Art Museum: The Voices Talents and Mission behind Terence Hammonds’ Protest Platters
August 2020
CityBeat: Brooklynite Nola Hanson Brings Trans Boxing to Cincinnati via Camp Washington’s Wave Pool
Soapbox: Meet the Makers
Soapbox: Camp Washington Residents Create A Brighter Future
CityBeat: Wave Pool’s August Artist in Residence to Host Free Virtual Boxing Classes for LGBTQIA+ Community
July 2020
CityBeat: Learn New Art Skills with the Taft Museum’s and The Welcome Project’s Virtual Studio Collaboration
WGUC: Cincinnati Spotlight Intermission - Wave Pool
CAC and Wave Pool Creating Residencies for Area Artists
CityBeat: Photographer Looking for Women for ‘Scream Sessions’ to Exhibit this Fall at Wave Pool
Cincinnati Refined: The Welcome Project Lets Local Immigrant and Refugees Showcase Their Culture and Sell Art
Local 12: ‘Camp cARTwheel’ Provides a Virtual Camp Option
June 2020
Business Courier: Greater Cincinnati arts organizations unite to create virtual summercamp
Fox19: Camp cARTwheel Offering Virtual Arts, Culture Summer Camp Program
Cincinnati People: Arts Join Together to Create Virtual Camp Program
CityBeat: Sidney Cherie Hilley’s ‘Faux Real’ Examines Deepfakes in a Virtual and In-Person Exhibit at Camp Washington’s Wave Pool
May 2020
Wave Pool Serves Dual Missions With Two New Programs
Half of Terence Hammonds Platter Sales This Week Go to the Cincinnati Bail Out Fund
Fotofocus: Wave Pool Pivots to Launch New Projections in Light of COVID19
Cincinnati Enquirer: Light and Sound Show Touring Cincinnati is the Mini-Mobile BLINK You Need Right Now
Cincinnati Enquirer: The art of crawling out from the rubble of pandemic
Cincinnati Enquirer: Immigrant and Refugee Chefs Share Love of Food With Cincinnati via Meal Kits
CityBeat: Wave Pool’s Frozen ‘Welcome Table’ Box Dinners Blend Storytelling and Cuisine from Immigrant Chefs
WVXU: Immigrant Chefs Are Sharing Meals and Stories
Channel 12: Camp Washington Art Gallery Delivering Food Boxes
April 2020
Business Courier: Idled Cincinnati Arts Groups Perform Acts of Kindness to Help Those Struggling
WVXU: Wave Pool Gallery Donating Food To Families During Pandemic
Business Courier: Greater Cincinnati Arts Provide Help in Time of Crisis
Cincinnati Edition: Wave Pool Gallery Donating Food to Families During Pandemic
CityBeat: Camp Washington’s Wave Pool Gallery Delivering Food Boxes To Neighbors In Need
CityBeat: Best Reason To Let A Stranger Draw On You
CityBeat: Best Welcome News Of A Project Expansion
March 2020
CityBeat: Camp Washington’s Wave Pool Offers Online Live-Streaming Option for Upcoming Exhibition Openings
February 2020
AEQAI: MIDWESTHETICS: “Sentiments of Here” At Wave Pool and “Leap Year Cake Farm” At Thunder-Sky
CityBeat: Camp Washington’s The Welcome Project Will Soon Expand to Include A Market
January 2020
WVXU: Ringing In the New Year with Cincinnati’s Artists
Fox 19: Sentiments of Here
CityBeat: Eat a Heart Shaped Pizza Cooked from the Ashes of Your Love Letters in Camp Washington
December 2019
CityBeat: 25 Important Moments in the Greater Cincinnati Arts Scene from the Past 25 Years
Cincinnati Magazine: Best of City Winners 2019: NonProfit Arts Space
November 2019
Cincinnati Experience: Everything’s Coming Up Camp Washington
October 2019
Creative City Podcast: Creative Placemaking with Cal Cullen and Margy Waller
Soapbox: Creative Placemaking Summit Comes to Cincinnati
September 2019
City Beat: People’s Liberty’s Final Installation Seeks Advice For ‘Future Homecomers’
City Beat: Camp Washington’s Wave Pool Celebrates it’s Fifth Anniversary with High Five Fiesta Fundraiser and Party
August 2019
City Beat: Cincinnati’s Table Connects the Recently Immigrated to Their Neighbors Through Free, Traveling Dinner Parties
Soapbox: A Pioneering Survey Assesses the Needs of Local Artists
Movers and Makers: Wave Pool heating up summer with Pool Party, Drawing Marathon
City Beat: Industrial Arts
July 2019
City Beat: Courtside with Wave Pool’s Artist in Residence Abigail Smithson
City Beat: Camp Washington's The Welcome Project Hosts a Rüya Turkish Coffee Pop-Up
June 2019
Movers and Makers: Beauty is in the Street
CityBeat: The Uncanny Valley at Wave Pool Appropriates AI for the Everyday
May 2019
Hyperallergic: The Potential of Participatory Museum Exhibits
CityBeat: Meet FRINGE, Camp Washington’s Pop-Up Bookshop
April 2019
CityBeat: REVIEW: Tania El Khoury’s ‘As Far As My Fingertips Take Me’
WLWT: Wave Pool Has Free And Fun Events Tonight For Art Lovers
March 2019
WVXU: She Was Looking For The Funniest Joke In Cincinnati, Here’s What She Found
CityBeat: Wave Pool's New Exhibit Delves into the Wonderfully Weird and Mundane
February 2019
SoapBox Media: Calling all change makers: Memorial Hall will host Cincinnati’s inaugural Good Discovery(s) Festival
CityBeat: 'Start Over Tomorrow While There’s Still Time' at Wave Pool Embraces Wit and Absurdity in Line Drawing and Text
WVXU: No Joke: This Woman This is Searching for the Funniest Joke in Cincinnati
January 2019
Movers and Makers: Wave Pool Artist In Residence Sophie Lindsey Explores Identity Through Humor
Aim of Cincinnati’s Table: Building Bridges in the Community
Cincinnati Enquirer: You May Have the Funniest Joke in Cincinnati
CityBeat: U.K. Artist Sophie Lindsey and Wave Pool Want to Hear Your Funniest Joke
CityBeat: Camp Washington's Wave Pool is Kicking Off 2019 with Double Openings
December 2018
CityBeat: Notable Visual Art Moments of 2018
AEQAI: Welcome Project Hosts a Series of Neighborhood Dinners
AEQAI: Sophie Lindsey and the Art of Minute but Meaningful Intervention
Cincinnati Enquirer: You Wont Find This Art In An Expected Place
November 2018
Sculpture Magazine: Rage Against The Machines: A Conversation with Pedro Reyes
City Beat: Wave Pool’s ‘Invisible Labor’ Seeks to Spotlight the Unseen
September 2018
Wave Pool Gallery’s Welcome Project Receives Impact 100 Grant
WCPO: Impact 100 to Award Four NonProfits $104,000 and Hopes the Region Can Help Too
CityBeat": The Contemporary Arts Center's War Gastronomy Use Recipes to Share Stories of Relocation
August 2018
Movers and Makers: War Gastronomy tells tale via refugees recipes
Mini Makerfaire: The Welcome Project
July 2018
Movers and Makers: Wave Pool's fundraiser set to make a spash
CityBeat: 'Let It Grow' Exhibit at Wave Pool is Perfect for Plant Ladies
June 2018
Cincinnati Non-profits vie for $400k in Pitch Context
May 2018
WKRC Local 12: 9x18: The Parking Lot Art Experiment
ArtsWave: How To Be A Real Artist
CityBeat: Staff Pick: 9x18: Parking Lot Art Experiment
CityBeat: Top Five Arts and Culture Events for This Weekend
April 2018
Art21: Caroline Woolard & Pedro Reyes Work with Refugee Communities, New Jack Whitten Exhibition in Baltimore & More
Business Courier: Refugees find voice through art at The Welcome Project in Camp Washington
CityBeat: Inside Camp Washington's interactive and experimental art abode
CityBeat Best Of: Best Reinterpretation of the Phrase "Car Wash"
CityBeat Best Of: Best Art Gallery to Really Understand the Importance of Community Engagement
March 2018
Cincinnati Magazine: Wave Pool and Cradle Cincinnati Team Up to Talk Sex at a Pop Up Nail Salon
Cincinnati Enquirer: 'We are doing holes in these rifles before the rifles make holes in us'
CityBeat: March For Our Lives + Wave Pool Performance
GCTN America: Full Frame: Close Up Girl Noticed
City Beat: Chase Public, People's Liberty Boost Camp Washington's Cultural Growth
February 2018
CityBeat: Wave Pool offers Evil Eye glove making class to prep for March 24th March for Our Lives
Dark Asana Yoga
January 2018
The Northerner: What to Do
CityBeat: Murals with a Message
November 2017
WCPO: Wave Pool is helping young artists navigate the 'art world hustle' with a curatorial residency
CityBeat: Seeing Our Oneness With Elephants
Local Non-Profit Gives Refugees the "Long Welcome"
October 2017
Serenading the Bones: Animal Magnetism at Wave Pool Gallery
WCPO: Artists, makers, creating a new sense of community in Camp Washington
September 2017
Women of Cincy: Cal Cullen: Changing the Current
CityBeat: The Sleep Show at Wave Pool
August 2017
Art Daily: Wave Pool Announces Curatorial Residency Program
WCPO: Artists and book lovers have new 'Gathering Space' in Camp Washington
Soapbox: Newly Founded Welcome Project integrates refugees into local community through art
CityBeat: Fall Arts Preview
July 2017
Local 12: Contribute to Prayer Flags for Cincinnati Arts Project
CityBeat: Prayer Flags for a Better City
June 2017
CityBeat: New ArtWorks Murals Feature Big Names
WCPO: Cincinnati is becoming hub of humanitarian innovation, with focus on people-centered funding
Enquirer: Meet new murals coming to Cincy this summer
CityBeat: Persistence of Mammery
May 2017
WCPO: Refugees get a Warm Welcome and a Helping Hand
CityBeat: Wave Pool is Redefining Our Contemporary Art
Local 12: Welcome Project gives immigrants, refugees place to sell art, handmade goods
April 2017
Alternative art fair at center of immersive experience in Camp Washington
January 2017
Wave Pool Upgrades Our Art Scene