Right Brain
"...Imagination will take you everywhere else."
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"Blessed Today, Blessing Tomorrow"
St. Josaphat Parish
Donor recognition mosaic mural

King College Prep High School
Mosaic Murals
Click here to See them on CBS 2 News!
Collaboratively designed by artists
Marjorie Boyles & Kiela Smith-Upton assisted by
Kathleen Belmares, visiting artist Nina Smoot-Cain &
33 teen artist apprentices



Past Exhibition "Off The Wall"
April 1- May 1, 2011
Alumni Muralists from
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Including Kiela Smith-Upton of Songhay Studios &
Nina Smoot-Cain of Studio 629
Click here for PHOTOS OF Wall of Struggle & Dreams Restoration
Detail of "Shared Histories"
Mosaic, Painted & sculptural relief mural- 26' x 6'
Nina Smoot Cain & Kiela Smith-Upton, @2010
TARKINGTON SCHOOL
MAIN OFFICE
PAST event @ our studio
Collaboration with The IAE
(Institute for Arts Entrepreneurship)

INTERIOR MURAL
2009 - BY Artists Kiela Smith-Upton &
Arlene Turner Crawford w/ Max Sansing
with Hearst School 7th & 8th graders / Design concept - Ms. Vides, Asst. Principal
Custom Mosaics, Collage & Artist's Acrylic Paint on panels




Herzl School Entrance
Collaborative Custom mosaic mural by Kiela Smith-Upton & Nina Smoot-Cain
inspired by designs of Herzl School students
Coming Soon !!!
Goldblatt School painted murals
by artist Max Sansing
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