- Nichols Middle School Mural - Evanston ILThis mural "Town Meeting" was produced with WPA Federal Art Project funds and painted by Archibald J. Motley, Jr.
- Post Office Mural - Wood River ILThe post office contains a 1937 Section of Fine Arts mural by Archibald Motley entitled "Stagecoach and Mail." Project Description: Unusual work in that it is more of an easel-type painting that is placed in the post office. The scale is excellent and has interesting non-representational elements such as the tree roots and the tree branches. The rear wheels are oversized in relation to the remainder of the coach. Archibald Motley was born in New Orleans of Creole and African American ancestry. His family moved to Chicago, studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. He devoted his work to portraying Black subjects...
- South Side Community Art Center - Chicago ILThe South Side Community Art Center (SSCAC) located at 3831 South Michigan Avenue on the South Side of Chicago, provided a permanent space for the creation and preservation of artwork made by African American artists from the surrounding community. The SSCAC is one of two WPA funded Art Centers that has never closed its doors, and is also the earliest African American Art Center to be created in the United States. The federal government primarily funded the project, but it was financial support from the African American community that made the idea of an Art Center a reality. According to the...