Flowering Grecian Urns Ribbon Cutting
Artistic flowers are blooming in Chicago’s Greektown neighborhood this summer, with the new outdoor art exhibit Flowering Grecian Urns opening on Thursday, June 5 with a public ribbon-cutting ceremony at Elysian Field. Inspired by Chloris, the Greek goddess of flowers, the 31 vibrant Grecian urn sculptures are decorated in a floral and vine relief, and vibrantly hand painted. Participating artists include 17 local professional and emerging artists, as well as student teams from two high schools and 12 Greek schools across Chicagoland.
Professional and emerging artists featured in this year’s Greektown art exhibition include Arturo Barrera, Annabelle Broeffle, Juan Cano, Alexandra Damato, Malika Jackson, Bonnie Loboda, Victoria Martin, James Mesple, Katie Meuser, Mark Nelson, Patricia Owsiany, Terry Poulos, Fernando Ramirez, Diane Thodos, Chuck Walker, Kiki Whitehead and Rebecca Zaragoza.
The Flowering Grecian Urns art exhibit is sponsored by Greektown’s Special Service Area #16, the neighborhood’s business improvement district, in partnership with the Chicago Greektown Educational Foundation. Through this association, 12 Chicagoland Greek schools are participating in decorating the urn sculptures: Saint Demetrios Solon, St. George Greek School, Saint Haralampos Aristotle Greek School, St. John Pythagoras Greek School, Plato Academy, St. Nectarios Greek School, Holy Apostles, Holy Cross Sophocles Greek School, St. John Guardian Angel School, Koraes Elementary School, St. Spyridon Plutarchos Greek School, and St. Demetrios Pythagoras Greek School. Additionally, two are painted by Chicago area student artists from St. Ignatius College Prep and Holy Trinity High School.
Greektown Chicago was honored to have Consul General of Greece in Chicago Emmanuel Koubarakis and 34th Ward Alderman Bill Conway cut the ribbon, alongside Greektown SSA16 Chair Eve Moran, Greektown SSA16 Program Director Tia Angelos, and Chicago Greektown Educational Foundation President Irene Koumi.
The public street art exhibit will be on display along Greektown’s strip of Halsted through May 2026, so make sure to stop and see the urns when you come down for lunch or dinner!
