Amelia Ickes

The mural titled “Home,” done by the Mural Mafia at 16th Street and Ashland Avenue.

Mural Mafia brings its graffiti-oriented take on public art to Chicago

The traveling group of artists is aiming to have murals in all 50 states. Its recent work includes pieces along the Hubbard Street viaduct, at 16th and Ashland and at Grand and Chicago.

By Amelia Ickes

Thomas Melvin says he aimed with his mural at 205 N. Peoria St. to let people see the city, in effect, through famed architect Louis Sullivan’s eyes.

Murals and Mosaics

Thomas Melvin pays homage to Louis Sullivan with 2 murals in Fulton Market

The Albany Park artist echoed Sullivan’s ornamental style, for instance with an eye through which you view the city’s skyline — in effect seeing through the architect’s eyes.

By Amelia Ickes

Mauricio Ramirez combined images of a young boy and an Aztec eagle warrior in his “Pilsen Warrior Mural.” The mural at 1541 W. 18th St. is meant to portray evolution and to honor the iconic figure.

Murals and Mosaics

In Pilsen, an artist uses an iconic Aztec warrior figure to symbolize stages of life

Mauricio Ramirez says his ‘Pilsen Warrior Mural’ on the side of an apartment building at 1541 W. 18th St. is ‘all about the evolution.’

By Amelia Ickes

“Prairie Hyacinth” by Laura Marie Sanchez, at 1324 W. Devon Ave., is one of three mosaic installations that make up the Edgewater Garden Project.

Murals and Mosaics

New mosaics along Devon Avenue aim to reflect the mosaic of people living nearby

Chicago Mosaic School, Edgewater Garden Project so far includes three flower mosaics between Lakewood and Glenwood avenues.

By Amelia Ickes