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When Lea Pinsky and Dustin Harris moved back to Evanston from Chicago in 2012, they were eager to spread public art in their hometown. The married couple had been painting murals together in Chicago since 2005 and were hired to paint two murals in Evanston in 2016. Pinsky said positive reactions from the community inspired...
We get ideas for our weekly “Murals and Mosaics” series from readers sending in tips, by searching social media and by roaming the city and suburbs on the lookout.
This week’s Murals and Mosaics newsletter takes a look at a mural on the Southeast Side, a new painting celebrating the Chicago Bulls and another piece of art in Austin chronicling Black history in Chicago.
This is how Chicago-based artist Max Sansing created his Shine mural.
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