Business School students were invited to contribute ideas to highlight their break room mural designed and painted by Arts Alive Chicago artist, Cyd Smillie. “Unlock Your Potential” is the motto of the school and when completed the lyrics to a rap song written by two of the students are painted along the lower edge. The … Continue reading NWBC Mural
Arts Alive Chicago partnered with Six Corners Association to invite area artists to design and construct bicycle themed sculptures at their Six Corners Bar-B-Que Fest booth. The sculptures were then (temporarily) planted in the parkway along Irving Park to promote the idea of bicycles and the incoming bike racks and bike lanes.
Arts Alive Chicago just couldn’t resist helping Barbara open her frozen yogurt shop with a little flourish…
Artist Cyd Smillie teaches students how to design National images for their bucket drums to be used in an international parade through the neighborhood.
A huge undertaking by Tony Sparrow and OIPA to paint both sides of Irving Park with monuments from around the world. First time ever the columns were included in the painting.
Hep Cat, designed by Tony Sparrow, was the first “art for art sake” mural done in conjunction with Arts Alive Chicago (then in transition and identified as Arts Alive 4 Chicago because the name AAC was already taken). This is when Jerry Rowgowski and Shannon Kemp joined the team and one of the murals the … Continue reading HepCat Mural
At their annual dinner Six Corners Business Association welcomed National Veteran’s Art Museum, Filament Theatre, Taurus Restaurant and Six Corners Bistro. Arts Alive/45 received a beautiful wood plaque commending their work in the arts and community.[nggallery id=94]
In response to a social media post, Arts Alive Chicago (then Arts Alive/45) painted the “End of Watch” mural, designed by Jill Arena and painted by Cyd Smillie, to honor all the fallen officers in the City of Chicago. At the dedication family and fellow officers were invited to fill in the badge number of … Continue reading End of Watch Mural
Arts Alive Chicago (then Arts Alive/45) partnered with area poet Yvonne Zipter to do a poetry walk through the Six Corners neighborhood for Chicago Artists Month 2012 titled Block-By Block. When Yvonne planned to read a poem about running in the morning fog with her dogs, we asked the building owner of the KLEE if we could … Continue reading Running with Dogs Mural
On August 20, 2012 Cyd Smillie accepted recognition for the work she and Arts Alive/45 have done in the community.