Orange Walls Mural Project Complete

The Orange Walls Mural Project, an initiative spearheaded by the WPB Arts Committee, empowered six locals artists to engage the Wicker Park and Bucktown communities located on the near northwest side of Chicago with eye-catching murals in public spaces. WPB is excited to support and celebrate this creative energy by promoting the arts and granting resources directly to artists.

The murals will be located on the highly visible walls of restaurants, retails stores, residential buildings and various other locations within WPB’s boundaries. Whitney Tassie, a WPB Arts Committee member and the Director of Monique Meloche Gallery, says the project “will create a visual identity that unifies the neighborhood, catches the attention of residents and visitors, and inspires creative thought.” Eleanor Mayer, WPB Program Manager, adds that the mural program will provide an alternative to the hard-to-erase graffiti tagging that plagues the walls of local businesses and residences.

Murals have been completed at the intersections of Ashland and Julian, Damen and Division, Milwaukee and Concord, Milwaukee and Honore, North and Bell and soon to be completed at Damen and Pierce.

 

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