Mural Project for MLK Day 2011

Myself and a few other students from the Masters in Art Education Program at Columbia College designed a mural for a community center. We worked closely with Chicago Hopes, a wonderful organization which provides programming and tutoring for CPS students who are homeless. The mural was painted in the library room at a community center on MLK day by both the kids at the center and Columbia College students.

We had about 10 kids who helped us throughout the day. The littlest ones painted all the things they could reach, and the older kids worked hard on the butterflies and other flora and fauna which resides near the ceiling.

I will post some pictures of the process and the final result. There are many ways to create a mural, but I like the process we chose when you're working with a group of artists from the get go.