While COVID-19 took center stage last year and disrupted everyday life and its daily routines, many West Chicago residents discovered their own creativity through a project of the West Chicago Cultural Arts Commission, and provided hope and positivity to others through the ancient art form of Japanese Haiku. Over 100 Haiku yard signs installed throughout […]
Autumn Haiku Provide Hope and Positivity
Begin your Autumn Haiku adventure by locating the sixty-plus Haiku yard signs that have been installed by the West Chicago Cultural Arts Commission on a online interactive map provided by the City’s GIS specialist. The haiku, created by members of the community, provide positivity and connectivity during the difficult days of the pandemic. Residents and […]
2020 People’s Choice Art Banner Winner Announced
The West Chicago Cultural Arts Commission is pleased to announce Emese Toth as the People’s Choice Award Winner of the 2020 Art Banner Exhibit, Home. She received the most number of online votes of the 17 artists who participated. Toth’s artwork, titled The Journey, provides a glimpse of the artist’s interpretation of the universal theme […]
Hosts Needed for Fall Haiku Yard Signs
The West Chicago Cultural Arts Commission is calling on the poet in all of us through its latest public art project, and inviting residents and businesses be part of the creativity that will be display by hosting a Fall Haiku yard sign. Commission members are gratified by the response to this public art project, which, in […]
Autumn Haiku Yard Sign Public Art Project Announced
Since the summer of 2020 and through the end of October, residents and visitors to West Chicago have enjoyed the bright pink yard signs featuring haiku, an English language poem written in the Japanese poetry style drawing on short, concise wording with a reference to nature. A total of 49 yard signs were placed in […]
