Painting the boards

After downtown Downers Grove put up boards due to windows being broken, an art teacher started a mural and invited kids and their families to come paint the boards of businesses with permission.

The brown and peach dots in the heart represent faces. There is also a small brown dot = peach dot. The orange key is a key and Ezri firmly believes O’s should be hearts.

When we came back the next day more was added by other artists!

This was my painting.

Later it had so many more hearts. I loved that the new artists took care to leave our work showing.

Here are some other boards near ours – I loved the mix of kids’ art with adult artists.

The boards are down now and I’m glad they aren’t needed but I miss the messages and art brightening our downtown.