Kyle Brown

This towering stained-glass window inside the Chicago Loop Synagogue was created by late artist Abraham Rattner and installed in 1960.

Saving iconic religious art in Chicago: Loop stained glass, River Grove mosaic at risk

There are fears over what could happen to a towering stained-glass work at financially troubled Chicago Loop Synagogue and a mosaic at River Grove’s old Guerin Catholic high school.

By Kyle Brown

This mural created by Ahmad Lee, also known as Reco the Great, includes a large jaguar and an eagle as well as writing utensils, ghosts and the Chicago flag. It was created as part of a beautification project at Martin Luther King Jr. College Preparatory High School.

Murals and Mosaics

Artists, volunteers transformed King College Prep’s halls with murals

With the help of the organization Chi Gives Back, they turned the walls of the South Side school into canvases filled with art.

By Kyle Brown

The mosaic titled “Fabric of Our Lives” at the Bernard Horwich Jewish Community Center, 3003 W. Touhy Ave.

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Restored mosaic on the Far North Side highlights Jewish immigrants’ struggles

It has adorned the Bernard Horwich JCC on Touhy Avenue in West Ridge since 1980. It portrays the challenges they faced coming here in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

By Kyle Brown

This mural, painted on wall outside apartments near Division Street and Springfield Avenue., was designed and mostly done by middle school students.

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Students’ mural in Humboldt Park spotlights what’s important to its creators

So it includes famous people whose deaths touched them. And it also spotlights the Black Lives Matter movement and LGBTQ rights.

By Kyle Brown

“On the Wings of Water,” a mosaic completed at O’Hare Airport in 2007, offers an enduring environmental statement on the importance of water to our planet.

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Next time you’re at O’Hare Airport between Terminals 2 and 3, look up

You’ll see a mosaic, installed in 2007, titled ‘On the Wings of Water.’ It’s meant to make people think about how we take care of that precious resource.

By Kyle Brown

Jesus is depicted as a Black man in this mural on the dome-like ceiling of Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church, 2401 S. Wabash Ave.

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More than a century old, mural portraying Jesus as Black still inspires but needs a touchup

The “Risen Christ Mural” that adorns the ceiling of Quinn A.M.E. Church on the Near South Side was painted by a church member named Proctor Chisholm in 1904.

By Kyle Brown

Artist Kristianna Jacques says the sun at the center of the Rogers Park mural “Color Through Chaos” has rain clouds at either side to convey the message to not “get stuck in the clouds.”

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Rogers Park mural addresses racial unrest of the past year

Artists CJ Williams and Kristianna Jacques painted “Color Through Chaos” on the side of a restaurant in response to weeks of protests in Chicago over the summer.

By Kyle Brown

This mural at 15th and Morgan streets was painted by Nick Goettling in 2013, depicting the old Maxwell Street market and its environs.

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Maxwell Street mural spotlights the history of the storied market and neighborhood

Nick Goettling aimed to keep the memory of the once-bustling marketplace alive in the mural he painted on a retaining wall near 15th and Morgan streets.

By Kyle Brown