![]() Did Jake put himself in the mural? Only he knows for sure. Bottoms Up, with two nice cocktail lounges and restaurant Cadillac Bar and Grill. Next time you’re in a Melt location, give the mural a good look. Howard the Magician is playing school assemblies thru Central Ohio. ![]() “For example, in the Melt Columbus mural, I hid things like an eggplant, a 45 record, a walkman, I made a list on the wall - so when people are waiting for their food they can find them.” “A mural has to be super detailed so it never gets old,” continues Jake. “Who is that person?” “Is that Dorothy Fuldheim?” “I see Bob Hope!” “I think that’s Murray Saul doing a ‘Get Down!’” Mission accomplished, Jake! The murals at Melt are hypnotizing and create conversations. “He said he wanted it to have some Cleveland people in it to which I said, ‘It’ll have everything from Cleveland in it ever.’ I can draw on my vast knowledge of Cleveland esoterica and distill it all into one thing.” “Matt came to me with the Melt Murals,” says Jake. Murals at the Grog Shop, Melt and Blue Arrow Records also fill Jake’s portfolio. (who creates Melt’s monthly specials posters). Jake has done thousands of fliers and created a comic, The Lake Erie Monster, which he co-created with fellow Cleveland artist John G. Then other bands started asking him to do their fliers and a career was born. In high school, he created fliers for his band out of necessity. Being forced into a box never suited him because creative people need to create. Jake hated high school, which pushed him farther into his own head and his own art. But some of his most visible art graces the walls of Melt locations all over the state. This ephemeral art has been a mainstay in Cleveland, adorning telephone poles, coffee shop bulletin boards and college kids’ dorm rooms for decades. Cleveland artist Jake Kelly has been creating fliers for bands and the Grog Shop for longer than he would probably like to admit. You’ve probably seen his art and didn’t even know it.
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