Excerpts from the ChicagoSuntimes.com:
Artist Dwight White II has seen a nurse who lives in his apartment building coming and going at late hours. She has no idea she’s the inspiration for a mural he painted on the side of Lulu’s Hot Dogs, 1000 S. Leavitt St., in which she’s dressed like Captain America.
The artwork is part of Murals for Medical Relief, a campaign that’s tapping local artists to paint murals on buildings near the Illinois Medical District on the near west side honoring medical workers, police officers, and
first respondersfirefighters. The campaign’s website has a map showing where each mural is located. The artists are donating their time, and local businesses are donating the wall space.A GoFundMe campaign tied to the project is up and running with donations to be given to Cook County Health, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and Rush University Medical Center. Prints of the artwork will also be sold online with half the proceeds going to the artists and half going toward the charity fundraising effort.
A second mural is being painted on the side of Chilango, a Mexican street food restaurant at 1437 W. Taylor St.
