EVANSTON, Ill. – If you drive too fast, you could miss it. But a chance turn into one alley just north of Chicago will transport you into a drive-thru art gallery. “I wanted to take this place this ...

When Evanston resident Teresa Parod takes out the garbage in the alley behind her house, she’s often greeted by people photographing her garage door. It’s adorned with a colorful mural that depicts ...

The history of 1112 Tower Ave. flows across the back door of the building. Bright colors and bold shapes pay homage to the businesses that once resided there -- a tea shop, a guitar store and, as ...

The first time you walk into the Back Door bar, you see them: a swarming crowd, an ocean of faces smiling at you. It's not a surprise party — or an intervention — but the walls themselves. A giant ...

Cherie Nowlin McBride has painted many portraits in her lifetime, but the two-panel mural of fanciful dancers she created for Katy Visual and Performing Arts Center is one of the largest. "It took me ...

MANKATO — There may have been times when Lisa Bierer has been without health insurance, but the Mankato woman's always had artistic talent. She also has an attitude of gratitude. Recently, the ...

Chicago’s most Instagrammable alley, a new home development near the Illinois Medical District, is getting its second half, a row of lively garage-door murals facing the first half, which were ...

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