Every kid dreams of a party like this …
. .. with ice cream
… and cake
… and cookies
… friends and happiness
… and our imaginary friends too
All for this young lady
… It’s a good day for her.
Ice Cream Daydream is a vibrant mural created by ArtWorks at 33 East 12th Street in Cincinnati’s Over the Rhine district. This mural is full of imagination, fun and joy.
ArtWorks is a unique non-profit organization that employs and trains local youth to create art in the community. To date, ArtWorks is responsible for over 100 murals throughout Cincinnati – which many are in the main part of the city.
This post is for Resa, Toronto’s lady of style who also captures street art in Toronto and Winnipeg as a hobby. Resa recently declared March as Kid’s Month on her blog – so this is the first of my two posts for her celebration.
A Frank Angle 
This kid dreams of the same party, Frank.
Thank you for sharing this.
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Cayman,
This mural definitely has dreams and parties on the brain. Gotta love it.
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This is beautiful, so much colour and detail- this adult dreams of a similar party too! 🙂
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Lenora,
Definitely a colorful mural … and fun and playful. Cheers to the party in your future. 🙂
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Lovely and fun post, Frank! Well done.
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Merril,
Definitely a fun mural. Glad you enjoyed it.
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What a happy mural.
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Audra,
Happy is one of the perfect adjectives for this mural. 🙂
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Whaddya mean every kid? I dream of this. 🙂
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Ray,
Now that made me laugh. Well done! … and keep on dreamin’!!!!
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So very cool. I love how the arts benefits children (and the rest of us) encouraging us to never stop dreaming, believing and inspiring us to seek out wonderment. Love, love, love the mural!
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Brigitte,
ArtWorks has done fabulous work in our city both for and with people. Such a wide variety of murals, and more are on the way … and I’ve only captured a few. I’ll have another one for kids in about 2 weeks.
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Terrific, Frank. I think you ought to do a picture book on the Cinci murals. Could be a fundraiser for Artworks.
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Neat!
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Elyse,
Be careful, just making sure you don’t give people the impression that your are a softie.
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This is fabulous! Resa’s gonna love it!
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Yeah, dear Dale… I sure do! 😀
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Dale,
I had no doubt … and I think she’ll like the second one too (in about two weeks).
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😁
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I love the street murals they are always bursting with talent. I like Ice cream Daydream the colors are bright and so kid friendly.
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Kim,
The street murals here are wonderful … and this one is unquestionably vibrant, fun, and perfect for kids.
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I won’t grow up….sung by Peter Pan for all of us “kids”.
Thanks aFa…super post…ARTWORKS…yes, indeed…Art works.
XOXRRR
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Raye,
This mural definitely invites all of us to dream and enjoy will encouraging us to stay young. A toast to ArtWorks.
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It’s a good day for her as well as myself…because I got invited to the party via this post. (Thanks for the invite Frank!)
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Yeah, thanks, Frank! 😀
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Bruce,
A good day for a party and a party makes a good day. Cheers.
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Thanks for highlighting ArtWorks again Frank. Love the vivid playful colors!
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Gabe,
Glad you enjoyed this colorful treat. The ArtWorks murals in Cincinnati ae outstanding … Over 100, and I’ve only touched on a few here … Check them out https://afrankangle.wordpress.com/category/ohio/cincinnati/murals/
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Wow. You weren’t kidding. Just finished what feels like a playful tour of Cincinnati. Very impressive. Thanks
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Thanks for visiting them and glad you enjoyed the treats. Quite the variety … over 100 of them throughout the city, although most in downtown and adjacent neighborhood. More to come here!
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This mural series is quite different from the previous examples. I think the element of whimsy and the appeal to children of all ages is really very nice. I’m so impressed with the entire ArtWorks series. Many cities have small groupings, but this particular effort is so substantial.
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Debra,
Glad you appreciate ArtWorks. Oh yes … quite substantial and I’ve only toughed on a small portion of them. Whimsical is another good descriptor here. and definitely for the kid in all of us.
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I was a kid once… I didn’t like it.
Maybe it was because I didn’t have wonderful murals of ice cream, cake, cookies and creatures.
If I had a hat, it would be off to Resa.
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😀 😀 😀
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Mudge,
Of course you didn’t like being a kid … well, or a young adult … or even an older adult … and so on and so on.
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Yeah, you’re right. I’ll probably complain about being dead, too.
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Now that’s an explanation!
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OMG!!! Frank, you are a darling. ⭐ I adore this. This mural is perfect for Kids’ Month.
This will be my Wednesday post for KM….. as a reblog.
KM is turning out to be a flood of love and enthusiasm. ❤
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Resa,
I knew you would like this one … as you will the next one (which I’ll wait until the middle of the month to post). This one of the ones I captured several weeks ago that I mentioned.
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Children can express themselves so freely with art. These are fun and fabulous little creations.
Love them ….
Isadora 😎
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Isadora,
Glad you enjoyed this. ArtWorks have done great work in Cincinnati, so I enjoy featuring them when I can. This one unquestionably expresses fun!
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Reblogged this on Graffiti Lux and Murals and commented:
An ice-cream dream to you, Frank! What a wonderful post for Kids’ Month. It’s synchronicity. I decide to have a Kids’ Month, and you find an Ice Cream Dream mural. Thank you times the stars!
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Love it, Frank! Cincinnati is a vibrant, wonderful city.
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Brenda,
Thank you. This is a one of 100+ murals that are fabulous. More to come here … and one more soon for Resa’s Kid’s month.
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I love how Resa makes us feel free to just love art. It doesn’t have to be complicated. Or world changing. It just makes the world a better place through color and effort. There’s a lesson there.
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Well stated. 😀
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I really like that. So positive and happy.
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Betsy,
Positive and happy are good adjectives for this mural. Glad you enjoyed it! More murals to come!!!!
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Great! What a lovely city you have.
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Like any city, it has its ups and downs … and the murals are one of the big positives (at least in my opinion).
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How unique! Love the colors!
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