Art and Culture in Chicago
"Pilsen is the heart of the Mexican-American community in Chicago, and the neighborhood is also home to the city’s most vibrant mural scene. These public artworks originate in an art movement from the 1960s that blended elements of the political, religious, and cultural. These works celebrate the Mexican and Chicanx culture in all its forms and expressions. Check out Galeria del Barrio at 16th Street and Blue Island, a 1976 mural by Aurelio Diaz. Across the street, take a look at Sam Kirk’s Weaving Cultures. Another favorite is Jeff Zimmerman’s Increíbles Las Cosas Que Se Ven, a three-panel mural atop a laundromat at 19th and Ashland. But because there’s street art to be admired all over the city, the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events has created a mural registry that compiles all of Chicago’s murals — check it out and create your own street-art itinerary." - MATADOR_NETWORK
