| Lori Kay Harris-Farr with KanSOWsky and Sowwy Night (Photo provided by Lori Kay Harris-Farr) |
A former Bowling Green woman is adding her own helping of pork to Cincinnati’s Big Pig Gig do re wee.
The public art display features 100 fiberglass pigs placed around the city.
Lori Kay Harris-Farr, a 1984 graduate of Bowling Green High School and now of Cincinnati, was involved in
creating two of the first pigs to be put on exhibit in Fountain Square.
Harris-Farr designed her own pig with wings, "Sowwy Night," a play on Vincent Van Gogh’s famous
"Starry Night" painting.
She said that "Sowwy Night" is especially popular since everyone recognizes the Van Gogh
painting that inspired it.
Harris-Farr, who teaches art at a cooperative for home-schooled students also designed a pig inspired by
the work of Russian abstract painter Wassily Kandinsky.
That work, "KanSOWsky," was put together by students in the co-op. The mosaic pig was created
using glass tiles, and constructed with the help of about 45 students, ages 4 through 19 at the Curious
Kids Home School Co-op.
Harris-Farr graduated in 1989 from Bowling Green State University with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in
environmental design. She now focuses on mural work.
She is married to Darrin Farr, also a graduate of BG high and BGSU.
Cincinnati originally did a larger version with 400 pigs in 2000. ArtWorks decided to revive the project
in conjunction with the World Choir Games, which will be held in the city from July 4 through July 14.
It is the first time that event is being presented in North America.
Harris-Farr said it was a way of offering a fun activity for those coming from all over the world for the
choir event.
