- Ethel Spears Mural - Schauer Arts & Activities Center - Hartford WIThis 1940 oil on canvas "Autumn Wisconsin Landscape" by Ethel Spears was originally painted for the Hartford post office. It is now located in the Schauer Arts & Activities Center.
- Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School: Spears Mural - Oak Park ILThis oil on canvas mural, entitled "Child and Sports--Summer" was painted by Ethel Spears in 1937. It is a companion piece to "Child and Sports--Winter" at the Percy Julian Middle School. Both murals were originally installed at the Lowell School. It measures 16'10" by 6'2".
- Kozminski Community Academy Classroom Scenes Mural - Chicago ILThree lunettes and three borders now located at the Kozminski Community Academy in Chicago were produced with the help of New Deal funds in 1942.
- Linne Elementary Mural - Chicago ILThis 6' x 30' mural titled "The Life of Carl Von Linne" was painted by Ethel Spears in 1939 with the help of the WPA's Federal Art Project.
- Nettlehorst School Mural - Chicago ILThe 3'2" x 8'6" mural "Horses in Literature," which hangs in Chicago, Illinois's Nettlehorst School, was painted by Ethel Spears during the Great Depression with Federal Art Project funds.
- Oakton School Heraldic Decorations Frieze - Evanston ILThis fresco (overpainted with acrylic during restoration) by Ethel Spears was completed with FAP funds in 1936.
- Percy Julian Junior High School: Spears Mural - Oak Park ILThis oil on canvas mural "Child and Sports--Winter" measures 16'10" by 6'2." It was painted by Ethel Spears in 1937 with WPA Federal Art Project funding. The mural was originally at the Lowell School in Oak Park. Its companion piece, 'Child and Sports--Summer,' is now located at the Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School.