Our fifth globe for the non-profit “Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet,” features calls for environmental stewardship from a variety of world religions and spiritual practices. Cool Globes asked Nancy to create a globe in memory of deceased Cool Globes artist Deborah Boardman, whose 2007 globe, “The Spirit of Stewardship,” needed to be […]
We broke out the studio scaffolding to create giant temporary signage for Brave IT, an interactive thought leadership and networking event designed for the modern IT professional at Revel Fulton Market.
Sierra Nevada sponsored this craft beer celebration at Navy Pier and hired us to create a chalk mural as a photo backdrop. We designed a Chicago-themed mural with the skyline and the Beer Camp “hops-air balloon” logo.
This mural at Embassy Suites is our biggest project yet–over 1,600 square feet of painted mural! The mural is inspired by Chicago’s city motto since the 1830s, “Urbs in Horto,” Latin for “city in a garden.” Our goal in designing the mural was to honor Chicago’s enduring commitment to blending architecture and nature in beautiful […]
Over the course of three days, we painted these four murals live during the Radiological Society of North America’s Annual Meeting. We designed and executed three 3′ x 4′ vintage poster inspired Chicago murals and a fourth 6′ x 9′ showstopper radiology/diversity mural. This was our second year live painting at RSNA and we have […]
We helped The Revival, an improv theater on Chicago’s South Side, stand out with a two-story outdoor mural of a hand holding a microphone.
Rock Bottom Brewery held a special event with the retro theme of “The Beverly Hills Hotel.” We captured that iconic style on the chalkboards presenting the food and drink specials.
We returned to Evanston’s oldest pizzeria and one of our favorite clients, Gigio’s Pizzeria. We updated their chalkboard menus and dined on their delicious vegetarian tacos.
Several months after the Marriott Marquis Chicago opened in the South Loop neighborhood, the hotel began work renovating a space on their first floor that would eventually become Showroom Food Hall. Located on Motor Row, Showroom is inspired by Chicago’s automobile era and showcases five different food concepts. It even houses a vintage airstream trailer […]
We completed our first mosaic project with a ceramic mushroom sculpture at a private residence! Inspired by the Murakami exhibit at the MCA, we repaired the (previously) damaged sculpture, painted it a bright red, and added a beautiful mosaic eye. The mushroom is keeping a watchful eye on Sheridan Road in Highland Park.
We were commissioned by Medieval Times to create a gigantic castle-themed mural in front of the MCA and outside the Lurie Children’s Hospital to show everyone who the “bravest kids in the land” are. This mural for “World Kindness Week” was part of Medieval Times’ on-going Chivalry in Action community service initiative. Watch our mural […]
We were hired to help celebrate Leo Burnett’s 83rd birthday. During this event focused on wellness, employees of the ad agency shared their “morning mantras” with us and we captured them live with hand-lettering.
We chalked it up at Navy Pier for I Heart Halal, the first-ever Halal lifestyle expo in the U.S. Deli Halal hired us to share their mission of providing pure, wholesome and humane deli meats using four 8′ x 4′ chalkboards to illustrate their story. Watch a video of us creating the chalk mural below!
We upgraded the menu boards for Foodstuffs, a gourmet food deli chain with four locations in the northern suburbs. Our stomachs were rumbling as we listed each delicious sandwich and salad.
The Chicago Children’s Theatre: The Station asked us to help with their first annual neighborhood event, BOING. The BOING event was a day full of fun, games, and creative expression. We contributed with a 100-foot-long pavement drawing of a dragon and imaginative fairytale lands that attendees brought to life with colored chalk.
Facebook hired us for their 2017 Communities Summit to create two live murals on-location at Revel Space in the West Loop. The Summit welcomed members of Facebook’s most active “communities” and Mark Zuckerberg even stopped by. One of our murals featured a map of the U.S. that highlighted where participants live. In the other mural, […]
In the afterglow of the Cubs 2016 World Series win, fans celebrated by chalking Wrigley’s famous bricks, specifically the memorial walk along Waveland Ave. Nancy, inspired by the win and Coach Steve Madden’s inspirational quote “Try Not To Suck,” decided this was the Studio’s opportunity to celebrate with the rest of Chicago. Along with Studio […]
In 2017, the South Loop welcomed Chicago’s sixth largest hotel in the Marriott Marquis. This Marriott is located near McCormick Place, the largest convention center in North America, and boasts among other amenities a full-service, 400-seat restaurant: Woven + Bound. The Marriott Marquis Chicago contacted Pochis Bank Art Studio to add hand-lettered specials and illustrations […]
This project was a cold one! We created a Chicago-inspired mural on the rooftop deck of a private residence in late fall. This mural illustrates our client’s love of Chicago and the environment. Following the creation of this mural in 40-50 degree weather, we decided that 65 degrees is our new outdoor mural minimum temperature.
Voices for Illinois Children, an independent advocacy organization that champions strong public policies and investments for all children in the state, hired us to create two live chalk art murals based on guest suggestions.
Social media and digital marketing agency Zócalo Group was so impressed with the chalk wall mural Pochis Bank Art Studio created to welcome Art Van to their offices that they again contacted our team to design and render a cosmetic-themed chalk wall for beauty retailer Ulta. Ulta Beauty provides cosmetics, fragrance, skin, hair care products […]
