Source: Marie Barcelona photos
Art and Artists
Mural at Comprehensive Community Solutions, 917 S. Main Street, by Anthony Llewellen (Chicago), 2022
North facing (top)
South facing (bottom), on Kent Street
Source: Google.com/maps, August 2022
Rockford is crawling with ghost signs, by Jim Hagerty, mystateline.com, October 20-21, 2022
Rockford is crawling with ghost signs
Source: mystateline.com, October 20-21, 2022
Virgil Abloh Loses Private Battle With Cancer
Source: Jake Coyle, Associated Press, Rockford Register Star, Aug. 29, 2021.
Local Artist, Major Fashion Designer Virgil Abloh Dies At 41
Source: Thibault Camus/ AP File
Source: Rockford Register Star, USA Today Network, Nov. 29, 2021.
Mural of Northern Goshawk, by Aerosol Kingdom, Justin Suarez, located at 1631 Rural Street, location of Silky Screens Printing Co., Rural Oaks, painted 2021
Source: Sinnissippi Audubon Society Facebook, 2021
Mural by Justus Roe, 525 N. Sixth Street, 2018
Source: bing.com
“Rebirth,” mural by Tom Edwards, north side of the Jefferson-Horton American Legion Hall, 1010 South Main Street, Jasper St. Angel building, dedicated November 5, 1978
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Sources: Rockford Register-Star, November 7, 1978; photographed by Jean Lythgoe September 2, 2021
Lantern, by local artist, John McNamara, part of CRE8IV 2021 sculpture, located at the northwest corner of South Main and Green Streets
Photographed by Jean Lythgoe, August 30, 2021
“The Bees Knees,” “From Sea to the Sun,” and “Native Elements,” three towers from the SPARKS Summer Programs, mentored by Susan Burton, located at the northwest corner of South Main and Cedar Streets
Three new towers, “The Bees Knees,” “From Sea to the Sun,” and “Native Elements” joined the sculpture scene in downtown Rockford. Youth from the SPARKS Summer Programs were mentored by Susan Burton, a nationally known mosaic artist. Located at the northwest corner of South Main and Cedar Streets across from the Embassy Suites. The south side of the Webbs Norman Center, formerly the downtown Post Office can be seen in the background.
Photographed by Jean Lythgoe, August 30, 2021.