Don't miss out on our fundraiser, Hyde Park tour & featured artists!

Don't miss out! Our annual Fundraiser "Paint the Town" is fast approaching- Oct. 21- and discounted tickets are available only until Oct. 1! Click here to get your ticket now!

This year we will be honoring Alderman Mary Ann Smith and the project Indian Land Dancing (check it out above!)

Contact CPAG staff with any questions or call (312) 427-2724 x 14 to order your tickets or for information about sponsorships! ________________________________________________________________
In other news, if you are looking for something to do this Saturday, October 2nd come join us for a Hyde Park Public Art Tour at 2pm!


The tour will begin and end at 5226 S. Harper. Jon Pounds, CPAG's executive director, will be leading the tour that includes works from Margaret Burroughs, Terry Evans, John Himmelfarb and Calvin Holmes.

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October means it's Chicago Artists' Month! Congratulations to CPAG artists Bernard Williams and Rahmaan Barnes!


CPAG is also participating in CAM through numerous meet-and-greets taking place at various playgrounds throughout the city where CPAG has contributed to public art. Check out the following playgrounds on these days and times (drop in on one or more!):


Margate Park (4921 N. Marine Dr) Sat. oct 9, noon-4pm with Jim Brenner and Sat. Oct 16, noon-4pm with Corinne Peterson.

Mt. Greenwood Playground (3724 W. 111th St) Sat. Oct 9, noon-4pm with Todd Osborne, and Sat. Oct 16, noon-4pm with Jim Brenner.


Commercial Club Park (1845 W. Rice) Sat. Oct 9, noon-4pm with Phil Schuster, and Sat. Oct 16, noon-4pm with Jon Pounds.



Palmer Square Playlot (3100 W. Palmer) Sat. Oct 9, noon-4pm with Roman Villareal.


Jesse Owens Playground (8800 S. Clyde) Sat. Oct 9, noon-4pm with Julia Sowles0-Barlow.


Skinner Park Playground (1331 W. Adams) Sat. Oct 16, noon-4pm with Phil Schuster.

FREE DANCE PREFORMANCE AT SKINNER PARK!!

DanceWorks Chicago will present excerpts from their repertoire as part of Chicago Performs! Sponsored by The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, presented in partnership with the Chicago Park District's Performances in the Park series.

Inspired by Chicago Public Art Group's Vegetable Dragon by Phil Schuster

DanceWorks Chicago on the scene in the West Loop!!

Tuesday, September 28th at 2:45pm
Skinner Park, 1331 W Adams

FREE Dance Preformance!

DanceWorks Chicago is dedicated to creating an
environment conducive to nurturing experiences of significance for everyone
from artist to audience.

With inspiring artists and dances, DanceWorks Chicago is always moving.

Paint the Town 2010!

Chicago Public Arts Group's annual benefit, Paint the Town, is coming up on Thursday, October 21st! Come enjoy silent and live auctions, food, drinks and fun while observing some of Chicago's finest artists. Paint the Town will be honoring Alderman Mary Ann Smith and Indian Land Dancing, which is pictured above (read on for more information about the CPAG's honored work!)

Tickets for Paint the Town are now available for $85 if purchased by October 1st and $100 thereafter. Please click here to purchase tickets. Or call/email Nora with questions or more information.

For Indian Land Dancing, CPAG artists Tracy Van Duinen, Todd Osborne, and Cynthia Weiss worked closely with several American Indian tribes to create a shared vision that celebrates the importance of family, community, and the value of knowing one's culture and history in our contemporary world. None of this would have been possible without the leadership of Alderman Smith, who initiated the project and was a dynamic force in making this vision a reality. Take a look under Lake Shore Drive at Foster Avenue to see how an ordinary underpass has become an inspirational drive-through gallery.

Update! Bloomingdale Trail Mural Dedication! New time and location!

Please note that the dedication event for the Bloomingdale Trail Mural will now be held at

4:30- 5:30pm at the Humboldt Park Public Library (North Ave. and Troy St.) on Thursday, Sept. 9.

Note the new location and time.

See you there!

Spotlight on Two Fabulous CPAG projects, and Join Us For a Dedication

Chicago Public Art Group has been working around Chicago this summer to create public art projects that are lasting testaments to the abilities and power of the communities that developed and fabrication each project. Check out two specific project from this year: Arc of Nature, located at the Bartlett Ravine in Fort Sheridan (part of the Openlands Lakeshore Preserve), and Bloomgindale Mural, The Intro, located at Bloomingdale Ave. between Albany and Whipple Aves.
Arc of Nature, Bartlett Ravine, Fort Sheridan, part of the Openlands Lakeshore Preserve.

Funded by Openlands, CPAG artists Ginny Sykes and Augustina Droze designed Arc of Nature as a multimedia mural that speaks to the particular ecosystem within the ravine environment and the ongoing restoration work of the ravine. Meant to inspire and engage visitors as they walk down the ravine towards the lake, the poetic, symbolic, and multilayered mural suggests real and metaphoric connections between the variety of human experiences with nature. This 32 feet by 50 feet mural, consisting of aluminum, mosaic glass tile, and painted surfaces, is an absolute beauty!

Congratulations to all involved: Ginny Symes, Augustina Droze, Julia Sowles-Barlow, Bart Conklin, Joann Li, and Kelley Leung! And special thanks to Openlands for being such a supportive partner and letting CPAG be a part of their overall Lakeshore Preserve Project! Be on the look out for information about the dedication of the entire Lakeshore Preserve Project.

Bloomingdale Mural, The Intro Bloomingdale Ave. between Albany and Whipple Aves. in the Logan Square neighborhood

Through a partnership with Logan Square Neighborhood Association, CPAG lead artist Juan Carlos Perez worked with youth apprentices, neighborhood residents, and volunteers to create this bright and optimistic mural, which brings a renewed sense of community to Logan Square. On August 21, volunteers from the Chicago Foundation for Women helped complete the mural.

Join us on Thursday, Sept. 9th at the mural site, 5pm-7pm to dedicate this mural and to honor all who were involved!

Special thanks to this project's funders and supporters: The Field Foundation of Illinois, the Chicago Foundation for Women, Friends of Bloomingdale Trail, The Trust for Public Land, Illinois Department of Human Services, and Put Illinois to Work.

Assistant Artists: William Nicholson and Patricia Sotarello.