Skinner West Elementary

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.

 

Colvin House

 

Location:  Edgewater-5940 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60660
Year(s): 2017
Participants: 30 [9th-12th Grade]
Partner(s): After School Matters; 48th Ward
Description: Over the fall of 2016, teens in our After School Matters program at Broadway Armory explored the ideas of identity and diversity during our design workshops, then they combined their thoughtful sketches into a masterpiece that showcases the beauty of multiculturalism. In the spring of 2017, they finally created and installed the mural at Colvin House in Edgewater.

Stevenson Elementary

 

Location: Ashburn - 8010 S. Kostner, Chicago IL 60652
Year(s): 2017
Participants: 120 [4th-8th grade students]
Partner(s): Creative Schools Fund
Description: The students at Stevenson Elementary completed a music-themed mural that blends music staffs, musicians, and dancers from around the world.