Songhay Studios Group

INSPRING ! COMPELLING ! DYNAMIC !

MOSAIC MURALS & PUBLIC ART  

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NAVY PIER  GATEWAY PARK Navy Pier WaterMarks Mosaic Bench - "Silurian Seat" 

Kiela sitting on Detail of "Boat Bench"

"Watermarks" 4 Mosaic Benches and Terrazo Path

Navy Pier - Chicago, IL

Collaborative Artist team:  Kiela Smith, Cynthia Weiss, Mirtes Zwierzynski, Olivia Gude with sculptor Jon Pounds

 Chicago Public Art Group

(photo Marc Pokempner)

Navy Pier- "Watermarks" boat bench

(photo Marc Pokempner)

Navy Pier - "Watermarks"- boat bench detail 

(photo Marc Pokempner)

Navy Pier - Turning Basin Bench

(photo Marc Pokempner)

Turning Basin Bench detail

(photo Marc Pokempner)

Navy Pier - Turning Basin Bench

detail of bench back side

Navy Pier - Lock Benches

(photo Marc Pokempner)

Lock benches detail-  Silurian seat

(photo Marc Pokempner)

Signage created collaboratively with Building Residents

City of Chicago Percent for Art Commission

Pullman Branch Library - Kiela Smith-Upton & Nina Smoot-Cain

Ceramic & Glass tile mosaic-

Kiela Smith-Upton & Nina Smoot-Cain

Sharing our Water- Crown School, Chicago, IL  

Kiela Smith-Upton & Nina Smoot-Cain 

Mosaic Columns

Nina Smoot-Cain assited by Kiela Smith

Talcott School Mosaic (wall 1 of 4)

Kiela Smith-Upton & Sally Havlis w/parent & student volunteers

Cement Fresco

Collaborative workshop by the artists of Chicago Public Art Group

Mosaic Mural detail- Elliott Donnelly Youth Center

Kiela Smith assisted by Akhia Neter-t & Youth Center children

City of Chicago Atlas Senior Center

Kiela Smith w/ Seniors and teens