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Artists recently painted viaducts where Ricardo Alonzo and students had created environmentally themed historic murals a half-century ago. The future of the new work and the remaining older art is murky.
The challenges that Puerto Rican native Reynaldo “Guaracibo” Rodriguez has experienced inspired a work that he says delivers a message of hope and appreciation.
The mural by artist Fernando Lechón is on the side of an Ecuadorian restaurant, Avenida del Sabor, on West Diversey Avenue.
Chicago artists Alma Dominguez and Mario Mena depict the paths immigrants take to Chicago from Mexico and South America. Their work appears at the new home of the PODER immigrant integration center.
Artist Ryan Tova Katz says she wanted to paint Marsha P. Johnson “in the life she deserved.”
“My strategy was to try to include as many representations of people as I thought was possible,” Ali Cantarella says.
Chosen from about 600 submissions, 19 new murals now grace the viaducts of 53rd and 55th streets under the Metra tracks.
Uptown newcomer paints first murals in adopted neighborhood
As if an ice cream shop isn’t fun enough, Shawn Smith’s colorful design delivers more smiles and laughs.
A decade ago, Fisher created the Big Fruit mural visible from the Howard Street station, and a new mural — a facade on a facade — can be seen on the Blue Line.