CrossCuts Mural Day 6

Posted on Jul 7, 2014 in Chicago, CrossCuts Mural, Murals, Public Art, Tony Passero
CrossCuts Mural Day 6

Day 6 at the CrossCuts Mural located on Addison Avenue between the Kennedy Expressway exit ramp and Avondale Avenue. Shannon Kemp Passero took the lead this morning working with Shawn Cassera through the entire day on going through each panel of the wall cleaning up lines and working in detail. Both Shannon and Shawn deserve […]

CrossCuts Mural Day 5

Posted on Jul 6, 2014 in Chicago, CrossCuts Mural, Murals, Public Art, Tony Passero
CrossCuts Mural Day 5

Day 5 at the CrossCuts Mural located on Addison Avenue between the Kennedy Expressway exit ramp and Avondale Avenue. After wrapping late last night I worked into the evening on sketching and a revising a design solution for the two side panels that wrap the wall at the Kennedy exit. Shannon worked deep into the […]

CrossCuts Mural Day 4

Posted on Jul 5, 2014 in Chicago, CrossCuts Mural, Murals, Public Art, Tony Passero
CrossCuts Mural Day 4

Day 4 at the CrossCuts Mural located on Addison Avenue between the Kennedy Expressway exit ramp and Avondale Avenue. I arrived at the site super early to survey the wall and plan out a course of action for the day. The mural location is usually a spot of hustle and bustle but as today was […]

CrossCuts Mural Day 3

Posted on Jul 3, 2014 in Chicago, CrossCuts Mural, Murals, Public Art, Tony Passero
CrossCuts Mural Day 3

Day 3 at the CrossCuts Mural located on Addison Avenue between the Kennedy Expressway exit ramp and Avondale Avenue. I met up with the first wave of artists which included Cyd Smilie, Shannon Kemp Passero, Juan Carlos Frias, Maria Guasso and Jonathan Herrera from Day 2 along with Victoria Granacki, Annalis DeLaCruz and Grace Bazylewski. […]

CrossCuts Mural Day 2

Posted on Jul 2, 2014 in Chicago, CrossCuts Mural, Murals, Public Art, Tony Passero
CrossCuts Mural Day 2

Day 2 at the CrossCuts Mural located on Addison Avenue between the Kennedy Expressway exit ramp and Avondale Avenue. The Addison and Avondale Mural and Garden Committee asked me to open the painting of the piece to local artists so they can participate in the execution of the mural. After having some meetings and a […]

CrossCuts Mural Day 1

Posted on Jun 27, 2014 in Chicago, CrossCuts Mural, Murals, Public Art, Tony Passero
CrossCuts Mural Day 1

Cyd Smillie of Arts Alive Chicago contacted me to let me know she had some summer interns available for immediate work and as such Cyd had planned to utilize them to get an early jump on scraping the wall yesterday. Cyd managed these hard working young ladies so well that by mid-morning they had not […]

CrossCuts Mural Announcement

Posted on Jun 24, 2014 in Chicago, CrossCuts Mural, Murals, Public Art, Tony Passero
CrossCuts Mural Announcement

Pleased to announce I will be working to execute a new mural on Addison Avenue between the Kennedy Expressway exit ramp and Avondale Avenue. The Addison and Avondale Mural and Garden committee asked me to come up with a mural that would work with Rafael Lopez’s mural on the south wall. Rafael Lopez is a […]