Cincinnati should be a cultural mecca in 2003, starting with a lengthy run of The Lion King and continuing through museum openings, public art project Bats Incredible!, Tall Stacks and Baseball as America and Vatican exhibits at Cincinnati Museum Center.

What better time for an informal Arts Slogan competition?

Here are the choices that flew in a timely fashion. (Entries are now closed.)

Peruse the lengthy list, pick your favorite and send your vote to Jackie Demaline at jdemaline@enquirer.com. You can send drawings/cartoons of a suitable Arts Mascot to Jackie Demaline's attention at Cincinnati Enquirer, 312 Elm St., Cincinnati OH 45202.

1. Cincinnati arts: Let your spirit soar!

2. Cincinnati: The Art of It All!

3. Pig Out on the Arts!

4. Cincinnati: A Work of Arts!

5. Only the Best! Cincinnati Arts

6. Come to your senses in Cincinnati!

7. FIVE WAYS to love Cincinnati:

Song-dance-play-make music

And paint the town!

GOETTA IN TOUCH WITH ARTS!

8. CincinnARTi

9. Art Class

10. Cath-ART-ic: Cincinnati's best medicine!

11. Cincinnati is Major League Arts!

12. Cincinnati: No arts left behind!

13. You saw WHAT? In Cincinnati? Our arts will amaze you.

14. What will you discover today? Cincinnati arts.

15. CincinnARTy has it all!

16. CincinnARTy: It's a Hit!

17. Cincinnati Arts + Audiences = Thunder and Lightning. Jolt your soul!

18. Find your heart in Cincinnati's arts!

19. This is Cincinnati? This is Cincinnati! The magic is the arts!

20. Cincinnati: Where the Arts Keep Rollin' Along!

21. Cincinnati 2003: When the Arts Fly!

22. WARNING: People who don't want serious fun should go home right now.

BEWARE Cincinnati Arts!

23. Do it. Feel it. See it. Be it. Cincinnati Arts.

24. The Arts. Experience them.

25. Queen City Culture Diet:

Low fat, low carbs, low sugar,

Low salt, non-dairy

You'll feel Great!

26. What's round and pink and flies all over?

A Cincinnati culture vulture!

27. Pig out on Culture!

28. Let the curtain go up on Cincinnati!

The best shows in town are in OUR town!

29. Heavy breathing! Sweaty skin! Tingling talk!

All under one curtain!

Artists (hard) at work for you in Cincinnati!

30. The Arts. Make the connection.

31. Wake up to the arts and dream!

32. In Cincinnati, arts make us smARTer!

33. The Queen City: Artstown, USA

34. Surprise! THIS is Cincinnati

and it's a kick in the ARTS!

35. Don't be a dummy, be a smarty

Come and join our arty party!

36. The Arts Capital of the Midwest

37. Cincinnati: Queen of HeARTS.

38. Believe in the Seen. Arts in Cincinnati

39. Cincinnati Arts. For Those Who Prefer to See Things Differently

40. Come to Cincinnati and Find Your Muse

41. Cincinnati: An Artistic Coming of Age

42. Cincinnati: Queen City of Arts

43. Out of the Ordinary into the Extraordinary

44. One world. One language. That's arts.

And, put on your flying piggy cap for these:

45. Earn Your Wings. Celebrate the Arts.

46. Culturally Astute Pigs of a Feather Flock Together

47. Who says Great Art won't Fly in Cincinnati?

48. Hog wild about the arts.

49. If you wait until pigs fly, you'll miss the best pARTS

50. Pigs Fly, Art Lives, Excitement Awaits