Pochis Bank Art Studio was hired to create LIVE chalk pavement art at the Lakeview Chamber of Commerce Sunday Spot event. Every Sunday in the month of September at the intersection of Lincoln and Marshfield, the Lakeview Chambers of Commerce holds a family fun street fest filled with local vendors, musicians, and artists. Knowing that young […]
A few weeks ago, Nancy traveled to Chesterton, IN to participate as a volunteer artist at Fontline Foundation‘s 2nd annual art festival, “Hooked on Art”. You may remember our Dr. Seuss-inspired mural from last year’s festival, when we were honored to be a featured artist as well. Just like last year, the weather was beautiful and […]
Last weekend, Nancy Pochis Bank Art Studio sent our summer studio interns and partner artists Poppy Golland and Tracee Badway to the 30th Annual Port Clinton Art Festival. There they worked together to chalk a 10′ x 10′ pavement mural of Renoir’s famous impressionist painting “Two Sisters (One the Terrace)”. Along with our chalk mural […]
Fortunately for Nancy Pochis Bank Studio, the rain held out at the Gold Coast Art Fair (GCAF) on Saturday and allowed the artists to finish their chalk mural inspired by Gustave Caillebotte’s “Paris Street; Rainy Day” — part of the Art Institute of Chicago’s permanent collection and the new Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity exhibit. The GCAF-goers […]
Nancy Pochis Bank Studio headed out to Gately Stadium on Friday to help create a “players’ lounge” for the Nike 7 on 7 CPS football tournament. The Studio chalked up the wall with an outline of the Chicago ‘L’ and the 16 schools that participated in the tournament. The football players could see their school’s […]
Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo has been home to Red Kangaroos since 2007, but last Friday another, much larger, PURPLE kangaroo was spotted between the lions and sea lions. In fact, it was right among the visitors! Nancy Pochis Bank Studio and Amanda Paulson, along with hundreds of passing children, chalked the Aussie Hair Care‘s purple and pink kangaroo logo […]
This week, Nancy Pochis Bank Art Studio participated in Highland Park High School’s annual event, FOCUS on the Arts. Nancy, Amanda Paulson, and Tracee Badway, along with dozens of talented and enthusiastic HPHS students, created giant pavement art versions of masterpieces from Grant Wood and Picasso. Despite the frigid winds, both murals were successfully completed on schedule […]
Sunset Over Oak Street Inspired by Lichtenstein The Oak Street Business Council asked us to play a part in their First Annual Summer Block Party by creating a grand sidewalk chalk mural. A team from Nancy Pochis Bank Art Studio drew inspiration from Roy Lichtenstein’s Ben-Day dots and vibrant colors to create a compelling Chicago skyline. […]
Continuing our “faithful” week… Nancy Pochis Bank Art Studio was commissioned to create this large logo to celebrate the Cardinal’s visit to St. Jerome Croatian Catholic Church on their 100th anniversary. Thanks to the newest Chalk Art Team member Amanda Paulson for her help with this project.
Nancy Pochis Bank Art Studio was recently hired by Critical Mass Advertising Agency to create a mural in Cuban-Miami style. Located on the chalkboard walls of their office suite lobby, the artwork was to welcome a potential client, The City of Miami Tourism Office. The agency’s Senior Vice President and Creative Director had their portraits […]
This summer included work on several corporate chalk art projects with Tracee Badway and Nancy Pochis Bank Art Studio’s summer interns Nikki and Jacq. NALCO The studio was hired by the HR department at NALCO to help create excitement for an upcoming employee expo. We did two separate installations on NALCO campus using their tree logo. Cochlear […]
This 17-foot-wide chalk mural took ten hours to complete. Nancy Pochis Bank Art Studio was commissioned by a romantic young fellow whose girlfriend loves London. He used our chalk art to for a very creative wedding proposal on July 3rd. We also made a trail of chalk art leading from her house to the mural. Watch […]
After the success of last year’s chalk art, Bialetti asked Nancy Pochis Bank Art Studio to create another promotional piece for their annual booth at the “International Home and Houseware Show” at McCormick Place. This board features a fan-favorite of the show Top Chef, Fabio Viviani, who led cooking demos in the booth throughout the week, advertising […]
Nancy Pochis Bank Art Studio was down in St. Louis with Tracee Badway this week creating sidewalk art during the Work Truck Show to help promote a new truck called TerraStar. We were hired by Navistar’s marketing agency who was looking for a new attention-grabbing method to advertise the truck’s launch. This 10′ x 5′ […]
NPB Studio and Tracee Badway created this “very funny” chalk artwork yesterday on Michigan Avenue, outside the Tribune tower. Tracee is waving and Nancy is wearing the hat. The team chalked from 9:30 am (when the rain ended) until 5:00 pm. It was a long day but the crowds were supportive and excited. And, we were quite […]
Nancy Pochis Bank Art Studio was hired by TBS to create “very funny” sidewalk chalk art as a promotion for the comedy festival TBS is hosting in Chicago this weekend. This is the maquette based on some laughing friends (with whom Nancy watched the Cubs lose to the Twins last weekend). It’s nice to focus on […]