Greektown Chicago Celebrates America’s 250th Anniversary With New Art Exhibit We the People: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Beauty in Greektown Chicago
Artistic beauty is ablaze in Greektown Chicago, this summer, with the neighborhood’s new outdoor and indoor art exhibit, We the People: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Beauty in Greektown Chicago, opening on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, and running through May 2027.
A public ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held on June 9 from 4:30-5:30 p.m. at Elysian Field at the corner of Halsted Street and Van Buren Street (401 S. Halsted Street).
In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, and with inspiration from the Statue of Liberty and the ideas of ancient Greek thinkers, the creatively painted artworks in Greektown Chicago’s We the People exhibit feature a golden flaming torch and a scroll representing the Declaration.
A total of 40 original artworks will be on display throughout the Greektown neighborhood, including 20 outdoor painted sculptures along South Halsted Street from Madison Street to Van Buren Street, and 20 similarly-themed paintings on canvases displayed inside and in the windows of Greektown businesses throughout the community.
The original sculpture was created by Eve Moran, who leads the Greektown Arts Committee for Greektown SSA #16.
Professional and emerging artists featured in We the People include:
- Sculpture artists Arturo Barrera, Bonnie Loboda, Victoria Martin, James Mesplé, Katie Meuser, Mark Nelson, Elena Pach, Terry Poulos, Alyssa M. Ramirez and Alex Cardoso, Fernando Ramirez, and Kiki Whitehead
- Canvas artists Annabelle Broeffle, Juan A. Cano, Angelina Genova, Debra Hand, Robyn Jablonski,Malika Jackson, Beatriz E. Ledesma, Max Li, Molly McGrath, Patricia Owsiany, Susan Stevens, Pam Stola, Diane Thodos, Chuck Walker, Maureen Warren, Rebecca Zaragoza, and students at Holy Trinity High School
The We the People art exhibit is sponsored by Greektown SSA #16, the neighborhood’s business improvement district, and created by the Greektown Arts Committee with production assistance from the Chicago Greektown Educational Foundation.
Through this association, 13 Chicagoland Greek schools are participating in decorating the outdoor sculptures or painting artworks on canvas: Plato Academy, Guardian Angel Orthodox Day School, St. Nectarios Greek School, Holy Cross Sophocles Greek School, St. George Greek School, Hellenic American Academy, St. Demetrios Pythagoras Greek School, St. Demetrios Solon Greek School, Koraes Elementary School, Holy Apostles Hellenic Academy, Aristotle Greek School, Plutarchos Hellenic Language & Heritage Academy, and St. John the Baptist Pythagoras Greek School.
