Happy Little Trees: An Evening of Art & Joy with Nic Hankins

Date & Time

Thursday
March 5, 2026
5:30-8:00 PM

Location

ArtWorks
2429 Gilbert Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45206

Join ArtWorks and CET for a special live painting demonstration by Nic Hankins, Bob Ross Certified Instructor and host of The Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins. All tickets include charcuterie, a drink ticket, and a raffle entry to take home Nic’s finished painting. VIP tickets also include VIP seating, an instructional art book, and a meet & greet book signing with Nic. 100% of proceeds benefit our two nonprofits!

General Admission- $50

General Admission tickets include admission to live painting demo by Bob Ross certified instructor and host of The Joy of Painting Nicholas Hankins, drink ticket, charcuterie cone, and a raffle entry to win Nic’s painting.

VIP- $80

VIP tickets include everything from the General Admission ticket PLUS VIP seating, instructional art book The Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins Book 33 ($21 value!), and a meet & greet and book signing with Nic.

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On the left three letters are stacked on top of each other vertically, reading capital 'A', capital 'A', and capital 'C' in yellow orange san serif font. In black, sans serif font face are the following words are stacked on top of each other: Art Academy of Cincinnati, College of Art & Design.
Dark blue shield shape with a yellow border, with the letters 'M', 'S', and 'J' above the yellow sun motif with a square dark blue cross in the center and the year '1920' below that. The following words are centered below the outlined shield: Mount St. Joseph University, Department of Creative Arts
Black and white logo for Bob Ross, depicting his iconic hairstyle in a light grey circle. A small crt style television icon in black and white with two 'bunny-rabbit' ear antenna is in the lower left with a paintbrush in the foreground and a painter's palette behind it. The words 'TV's Favorite Painter' in all caps under the television icon.
logo in dark blue with a laurel branches circling a cursive capital letter 'R', two doves and a single flower motif. The words 'Rockwen; appear below the emblem in all caps, large font size will the following centered below in an all caps, medium font size 'Charitiable Foundation'

Questions? Contact us: 513-345-6552, events@publicmediaconnect.org