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Location: Brighton Park - 4420 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago IL 60632
Year(s): 2014-2016, 2019, 2020, 2021
Participants: 40 [4th-8th grade students]
Description: Over several years, Green Star Movement completed several projects at this elementary school in Brighton Park. GSM murals can be found on the main entrance, facing the playing field and playground, and on the theater entrance.
Location: Bronzeville-3663 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Year(s): 2017-2018
Participants: 30 [9th-12th Grade]
Partner(s): After School Matters; Horizon Pharma
Description: This three-panel mural at Perspectives Charter School honors prominent women in Science, Mathematics, and Technology. The mural also highlights the school's values: self-perception, productivity, and relationships.
In 2018, our team worked with Chicago youth to create another installation for Perspective Charter School’s stage backdrop. The mural brings school spirit to the stage by depicting Perspective’s wolverine mascot.
Location: 2524 Central Park Avenue, Chicago, IL 60623
Year(s): 2018 Partners: After School Matters Participants: 9th-12th Grade
Description: This mural, located in Little Village pays tribute to Rosario Castellanos (whom the school was originally named after). Rosario is an influential historical figure from Mexico. She was a famous poet and author in the early 1900’s, known for writing about feminism and cultural oppression. The installation contains a famous quote from Rosario which reads “We have to laugh. Because laughter, we already know is the first evidence of freedom.”
Location: Lake View - 851 W. Waveland, Chicago, IL
Year(s): 2013
Participants: 30 [9th-12th grade students]
Partner(s): After School Matters
Description: Located on columns at the front of the school and the wall facing the playground, these murals feature imagery from international cultures, such as Japan and Mexico.
Inter-American is one of the oldest and most comprehensive dual language schools in the Midwest. Students learn to speak, read and write fluently in both Spanish and English.
Location: 1711 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Year(s): 2018, 2019 Participants: 4th-8th Grade
Description: This West Town Elementary School is home to one of our most recent murals which depicts flower and aztec designs. The mural embodies the latino culture that is at the core of the school.
The indoor columns of Moos Elementary contain 4 words that embody the mission of the school decorated in a Latin American inspired theme.
Location: Near West Side - 1260 W Adams St, Chicago IL 60607
Year(s): 2015-2017
Participants: 360 [4th - 8th grade students]
Description: Over three school years, GSM worked with 4th-8th grade students at Skinner West Elementary to beautify their school with internationally-recognized skylines, three-dimensional stars, and multicultural images and sculptures that celebrate diversity.
Location: 7345 N Washtenaw Ave, Chicago, IL 60645
Partner(s): Ingenuity
Participants: 240 (4th-8th grade)
Year(s): 2019, 2020
Description: Located on the front side of the school, the mural displays Roger’s mascot, the panther, surrounded by a beautiful mandala design. Two new murals located in the main hallway welcome students as they enter the school.
Location: 25 W 47th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Partner(s): SocialWorks Chicago
Participants: 120 (4th-8th grade)
Year(s): 2019
Description: In 2019, we worked with students at Beethoven Elementary to display a mural that included important school subjects. The design includes imagery relating to math, reading, science, and music. The bottom half of the mural even includes ceramic pieces created by some of the students.
Location: Clearing, 6751 W 63rd Pl Chicago, IL 60638
Year(s): 2018
Participants: interns and volunteers
Green Star Team: Jordan Taggart, Elnaz Javani, Jamie Porto
Description: Blair Early Elementary Center serves students ages 3-6 years old with disabilities including developmental delays, autism, and severe/profound cognitive impairments. This mural beautifies their outdoor garden and play space with a colorful scene of nature. The flower petals were individually hand-sculpted by the students.
Location: Roscoe Village, 3500 North Hoyne Avenue Chicago, IL 60618
Year(s): 2017-2018, 2019, 2020-2021
Participants: 4th-8th graders
Description: Our 2018 mural showcased at Audubon Elementary school combines images of architecture from ancient cultures with scenes from beyond the stratosphere in outer space.
In 2017, paying homage to their neighborhood and city, the students of Audubon Elementary in Roscoe Village incorporated the names of main streets near their school and elements of the Chicago flag into their mural. In 2020, our second outdoor mural at Audubon was installed recently. This design illustrates important icons found in the US by including the Statue of Liberty, Route 66, Mount Rushmore, Grand Canyon and a map of the country.
Location: Washington Heights- 10041 S Union Ave, Chicago, IL 60628
Year(s): 2016-2019
Participants: 4th-8th Grade
Description: In 2017, the students at Fernwood Elementary on the far South Side chose to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and President Barack Obama alongside inspiring wording that decorates columns throughout the school's main hallway. Later, we worked with students to extend the mural and pay tribute to other important African American influences; Frederick Douglas, Angela Davis, Malcolm X, and The Black Panther Party. Other mural additions include the first floor hallway that features dancing women and a large tree reminiscent of the tree of life and the importance of African dance.
Location: 6710 N Washtenaw Ave, Chicago, IL 60645
Participants: 30
Year(s): 2019- 2020
Description: The new entrance mosaic at Boone represents the diversity and inclusion of the Boone community, the city, and Lake Michigan. Boone students choose to highlight their robust arts and sports programs. At the heart of the mural is the word 'Welcome' repeated in different languages. Students also included a paw for the beloved Boone mascot, the Bulldog.
Location: 139 S Parkside Ave, Chicago, IL 60644
Participants: 90
Year(s): 2019
Description: The new mural at Oscar DePriest School is our first installation at the school. The design highlights the important historical figure Oscar DePriest, the first African American elected to city council in Chicago and later to Congress, who inspired the school's name. The mural includes a portrait of DePriest as well as the phrases "Engage, Believe, Succeed." Other important elements of the mural include a scene of students celebrating their graduation by throwing their caps and a dolphin and wave scene that represents the school's mascot.
Location: 4055 W Arthington St, Chicago, IL 60624
Participants: 120
Year(s): 2019- 2020
Description: Our first mural at Webster Public School highlights the school’s mascot, the Wildcat. Other images include students playing basketball, studying science, and making art. Green Star worked on a second project in 2020 that ascends the main staircase. Students growing from infancy to adulthood is represented by the silhouettes as well as the caterpillar growing into beautiful butterflies.
Location: 3525 S Honore St, Chicago, IL 60609
Year(s): 2018, 2019
Participants: 90 (4th-8th grade)
Description: At the front of Wendell E. Green Public School there are two mosaic portraits paying tribute to Judge a Green and former Chicago Mayor Harold Washington. The second half of the installation added portraits of similarly influential African American figures, Edith Sampson and Charles E. Freeman.
Location: 3121 W Byron St, Chicago, IL 60618, USA
Partner(s): Ingenuity
Participants: 240 (4th-8th grade)
Year(s): 2019
Description: Located on the facade near the main entrance, two murals depict a group of students together and important school subjects and sports. One mural also includes the cardinal, the school’s mascot, and a quote to highlight diversity: “We are all different in a special way”
Location: 1643 W Bryn Mawr Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Partner(s): Ingenuity
Participants: 240 (4th-8th grade)
Year(s): 2019
Description: Located on the front facade of the school, this mural depicts worldly imagery and unique design elements. Different continents can be seen throughout the mural but each section is unique due to each panel showing a variety of geometric and floral patterns and colors. One panel even includes a portion of the Chicago skyline with the Chicago flag embedded onto the buildings.
