West Englewood youth center mural turns students into superheroes

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Artist Joe "Cujo" Nelson created a comic book-themed mural for the Joyce Mpower House, a youth digital arts center in West Englewood, depicting students as superheroes to make them feel welcomed. The two-story mural at 6410 S. Honore St. features a Chicago skyline, a girl with a camera, a boy with headphones, and words like "Unity!" and "Pow!" Nelson used spray paint exclusively for the piece. Nelson also collaborated with mosaic artist JoVonna Jackson on a separate mural at 235 E. 103rd St., which includes community-focused words and imagery. Jackson experimented with new mosaic techniques and received approval from her teenage daughters.


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