The Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati has more pigs than Chicago has cows. And they're more Pigturesque. Pigs are proliferating, in downtown Cincinnati, along the riverfront, in Northern Kentucky, at Eden Park and Cincinnati Museum Center. They're the pigs of the Big Pig Gig, an outdoor art event created by ArtWorks, an employment and training program for teens. Many area schools also have created pigs.
Pigs come in sitting, walking and standing poses.
Wings are optional. But artists and sponsors responded with such enthusiasm that the number of pigs is passing the 400 mark. Every day crews install new pigs, and every day hundreds of people go on pig tours, snapping pictures of every pig they find. It's benefiting the artists, promoting the arts, and bringing people downtown. Pigs began appearing May 15 at the Flying Pig Marathon.