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• Historical Preservation, Fine Art and Technical Education, and Community Development
• The 111 West 11^th Street Restoration, 1993 - 1995
• Design Meets Environmental Conservation: Early Passive Solar, Building Montauk, 1980
• Public Sculpture: Rendering the Unicorn, 1979
• Leading Landmark Art Installations at NKU: First-ever collaborations with world renowned artists Donald Judd, 1977, and Red Grooms, 1979

• Public Murals, Anyone? 
• Recognizing Covington Leaders and Their Communities: The Local Heroes Mural Project, 1995

"You want me to be the Artistic Director of a mural project working with art students, working artists, community and business leaders, and attempt to synthesize and translate the views of all into a single community mural?"  "Sure, when can I start?"

Hear how Kevin was asked to live his best life through his work on each of these murals, pioneering Covington's New Regionalism movement, which demonstrated the ability for artists to work within the community in which they live.  A culturally diverse, publicly directed mural made by art students and community artists, awarded a grant from the NEA, supported by eight institutions, and painted in a Madison Avenue storefront, the 10' x 40' mural depicting personages instrumental in Covington's development hung in the Reading Room of the Kenton County Public Library, Covington Branch, until 2013, where it served as the focal entry point to one of the state's largest Kentucky and Local History collections.  Taken down in 2013, due to major building restoration work by the Library, a new initiative by library leadership is currently underway to restore and re-hang this sentinel work representing Covington history and community. 

This small group lecture will also discuss other public mural projects in which Kevin participated, including The Imago Mural, Imago Earth Center, 2001, and The Covington TANK Mural, 220 Madison Avenue, Covington, 2002, led by local artist, former student and lifetime friend, Peter D. Jaquish.