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Michele Clark High School by Erica Hawkinson

 

Location: Austin, 5101 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60644
Year(s): 2017-2018
Participants: 9th-12th grade, volunteers and summer interns 
Description: Inside Michele Clark Magnet High School the pillars are decorated with 4 particularly influential African American icons that have made a lasting impact on many lives through their philanthropic work: Michele Clark Barack Obama, Chance the Rapper, and Muhammad Ali.

The 2017 mural at the Michelle Clark High School depicts a plane soaring over the city of Chicago, in honor of the bright futures that await the wonderful Clark students!

Dulles Elementary by Erica Hawkinson

 

Location: Parkway Garden - 6311 S Calumet, Chicago IL 60637
Year(s): 2015-2016
Participants: 150 [4th-8th grade students]
Description: The first project at Dulles included two murals, one which promotes peace, innovation, and unity through a rainbow and flying doves.  The second mural spices up the school's entrance with a cool geometric design. In our second year, the students worked on a mural which faces 63rd St and features images of two children set in a block pattern and the uplifting phrase, "We are the future!"