An Immersive Art/Food Residency Program

Welcome (M)Art is a program that blurs the lines between art gallery, grocery, and dinner party; providing a unique opportunity for social discourse in Cincinnati.

Ruoyi Shi, Food Envelopes
In many cultures, people insert letters or objects in food and use food as an envelope for secrets, or transform a regular message into a revolution: moon cakes, fortune cookies, King cake, or new year dumplings. In Food Envelopes, Ruoyi Shi will use food to deliver messages. By presenting video installations, edible objects that contain letters inside she will retell the "fish story" in Cincinnati. Ruoyi Shi is an interdisciplinary artist working with objects, writings, performances, and video installations. Shi was born and raised in Nanjing, China. She is a recent MFA graduate from the California Institute of the Arts.

This installation will continuously evolve and is on display from January 15th until March 26th.

Welcome (M)ART is generously funded by the Carol Ann and. Ralph V. Haile, Jr. Foundation