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 5 p.m. 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. The exhibit will be on display through May 2026.
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 SSA #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 Apostoles, 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, teams of student artists are participating from St. Ignatius College Prep and Holy Trinity High School.
To learn more about Flowering Grecian Urns, visit greektownchicago.org.