Work out both your creativity and your legs while enjoying the Cincinnati arts scene.
The Cincinnati Art Museum’s Art Climb is celebrating its one-year anniversary with the help of the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra.
CCO musicians — including a cellist and three quartets — will be placed along the zig-zagging staircase, which climbs roughly 450 feet. They will be performing shorts pieces of free music for patrons to enjoy as their make their way up the nine-story structure.
The CCO will be stationed at the Art Climb from 3-4 p.m. on May 8 to active the space.
If you need a break, the Art Climb features 16 landings and four “art plazas,” reserved for rotating outdoor sculptures. Works from the Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum are currently on view.
Intentionally mapped out to land near a Cincinnati Metro bus stop, the Art Climb is meant to physically connect the art museum to surrounding neighborhoods by removing barriers. Located in the northern part of the museum’s grounds, invasive honeysuckle and diseased ash trees were removed in the construction process, though a release notes that effort was put toward retaining as many healthy trees as possible.
To ensure safety, masks are mandatory. If you’d like to visit the museum before or after the Art Climb, reservations are required.
The Art Climb is located at the corner of Eden Park Drive and Gilbert Avenue in Eden Park/Mount Adams.
This article appears in Apr 1-30, 2021.