Artwork on the Road: Get Over to Halsted for Hello there, Helios, an Homage to the Sunlight in Greektown

“Under 1 Sun” by preschool as a result of 8th grade students at Plato Academy. Photograph by Nancy Bishop.

Chicago is recognised for its community artwork and you usually locate it in higher-targeted traffic parts like Michigan Avenue or on Loop office environment constructing plazas. But this summer season, we propose you take a detour to the Greektown community on Halsted Street, just west of the Loop.  There you’ll locate Greektown Chicago has opened its new outdoor art exhibit, Hi Helios! The warming suns of Chicago’s Greektown, with 24 vibrant three-dimensional artworks lining Halsted from Madison to Van Buren streets. The exhibit will be on display by spring 2022.

The sculptures are all the same dimensions and shape—my size—so they are not overwhelming giants or climbing difficulties. Every single a single celebrates the sunshine and has been intended and colorfully decorated with imagery inspired by the sun and mythologies from Greek, Aztec, Yoruba, Japanese and Indigenous American cultures.

“Our Healing Power” by Rebecca Zaragoza. Photo by Nancy Bishop.

The get the job done is completed by a various team of expert and rising Chicago artists who get the job done in lots of media, in addition faculty groups. Seven Chicago-location Greek educational institutions developed works for the Hello there Helios! exhibit: Holy Wisdom Academy Greek College (Willow Springs), Koraes Elementary School (Palos Hills), Plato Academy (Des Plaines), Pythagoras Greek University at the St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church (Elmhurst), Pythagoras Greek School of St. John the Baptist (Des Plaines), St. Demetrios Solon Greek University (Chicago) and St. George Greek School (Chicago). The sun sculpture structure/develop is by Eve Moran and Connie Hinkle for the Greektown Arts Committee.

“Helios the Sunshine Shining in the Sky” by Molly McGrath. Photograph by Nancy Bishop.

Good day Helios! is sponsored by Greektown SSA #16, the neighborhood’s business enterprise improvement district, and created by the Greektown Arts Committee in partnership with the Chicago Greektown Academic Foundation. A map showing the destinations of the artworks in Greektown is available here. Visit greektownchicago.org for additional facts.

In August, you can watch the art yet again through Style of Greektown, a competition of Greek foodstuff and lifestyle, the weekend of August 27-29. There also will be are living songs and entertainment, Greek dancing, one of a kind purchasing and retail, and household pleasant things to do.

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