{"id":34580,"date":"2026-10-01T10:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=34580"},"modified":"2026-09-30T17:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T22:07:09","slug":"chicago-street-art-project-city-script-daniel-ponce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/10\/01\/chicago-street-art-project-city-script-daniel-ponce\/","title":{"rendered":"This Street Art Project is Making Art More Accessible For Chicagoans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6abea28c49333\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>Sivania Aluru stared at a section of blank canvas, pink marker in hand.<\/p>\n<p>Around her, attendees colored in shapes and added their own designs.<\/p>\n<p>But Aluru paused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very much a color-in-the-lines person, so when faced with an open canvas, it really confronts you,\u201d said Aluru of suburban Aurora.<\/p>\n<p>The moment marked Aluru\u2019s first time at City Script, a street art workshop built around a two-sided mural: a color-by-number design on one side and a freestyle section on the other.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6abea28c4995b\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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\" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>City Script\u2019s aim is to make public art less intimidating and to give Chicagoans a way to participate without worrying about getting it perfect, according to founder Daniel Ponce.<\/p>\n<p>A self-taught artist from Albany Park, Ponce said the idea for the project grew from his own experience trying to find his place in Chicago\u2019s art scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt a lack of warmth [from the scene],\u201d Ponce said.<\/p>\n<p>He began exploring what it would look like to make art outside of galleries or traditional spaces, after being inspired at a backyard barbecue. He remembers watching his friend\u2019s older brother spray-paint his graffiti tag on plastic wrap stretched between two poles.<\/p>\n<p>Ponce began holding City Script street art events through his company Proof Studios in March 2025. Since then, the project has held pop-ups in Bronzeville, Pilsen, Hyde Park, Little Village, among other Chicago neighborhoods. For attendees like Alvina Chulanan, City Script helps young people see themselves as artists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6abea28c4ac4a\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\" data-top-percent=\"3%\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: calc(100vw * 0.03); padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1830\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026_10_07_CityScript_Diptych_AR.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026_10_07_CityScript_Diptych_AR.jpg 1830w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026_10_07_CityScript_Diptych_AR-1536x1074.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026_10_07_CityScript_Diptych_AR-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026_10_07_CityScript_Diptych_AR-858x600.jpg 858w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026_10_07_CityScript_Diptych_AR-1187x830.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026_10_07_CityScript_Diptych_AR-768x537.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Participants add to City Script&#039;s display during Ruidosa&#039;s Sonidero Del Barrio event at Ramova Theatre on Sept. 11, 2026.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Araceli Ramirez for Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6abea28c4b230\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>Chulan brought her family to a City Script event at a cafe in Little Village, where her nieces were able to help paint a color-by-number mural. While they hesitated at first, since the girls only recently learned their numbers, they soon became so enthusiastic about drawing that they did not want to put down their markers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s as easy as matching the color to the number. So if you can match those things, you\u2019re good to go,\u201d Chulanan said.<\/p>\n<p>While cafe customers bought food and drinks, Chulan joined in on the painting on the freestyle side, making hearts and geometric shapes. She said she appreciated how the project made art interactive and gave residents a chance to encounter art-making where they already spend time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6abea28c4b5c5\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class='nectar-image-comparison twentytwenty-container'>\n  <img class='skip-lazy' src='https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026_10_08_CityScript_Canvas_AR_01-3.jpg' alt=''>\n  <img class='skip-lazy' src='https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026_10_08_CityScript_Canvas_AR_02-1.jpg' alt=''>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6abea28c4bbac\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>At a Bronzeville event, artist Dante Lockett said City Script allowed him to create a larger piece while connecting with the people contributing to it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re able to communicate, talk to people around your piece, and they\u2019re here, they\u2019re helping you build this mural that you had in your mind,\u201d Lockett said.<\/p>\n<p>For artist Gabby Boseman, City Script offered a different opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>During a City Script activation she helped create with eyewear brand Zenni held at the Blackhawks practice facilities, children and teenagers sketched across her colorful mural with markers. As the event neared its end, Boseman worried that the scribbles and white sections would make the mural look unfinished<\/p>\n<p>But when she stepped back and saw the mural as a whole, she realized that the parts she had been trying to fix made the piece complete.<\/p>\n<p>She said the experience taught her that, \u201cyou can let go, and nothing has to be to perfection. Things can be free and fun, and that\u2019s what people love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ponce is opening a pop-up Proof Studios space at 2826 W. Cermak Road in Little Village through the South Lawndale Small Business Storefront Activation Program.<\/p>\n<p>The studio is set to host panels, live art critiques and City Script events through the end of the year. Ponce hopes programming allows people to \u201cwalk away feeling inspired, or like seen, or felt, or understood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The space is scheduled to open Oct. 10, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><i>Araceli Ramirez is a bilingual multimedia reporter based in Chicago. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6abea28c4bfae\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap \" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"none\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"none\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026.10.08.CityScript_Proof_AR.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026.10.08.CityScript_Proof_AR.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026.10.08.CityScript_Proof_AR-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026.10.08.CityScript_Proof_AR-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026.10.08.CityScript_Proof_AR-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026.10.08.CityScript_Proof_AR-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026.10.08.CityScript_Proof_AR-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026.10.08.CityScript_Proof_AR-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026.10.08.CityScript_Proof_AR-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026.10.08.CityScript_Proof_AR-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026.10.08.CityScript_Proof_AR-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026.10.08.CityScript_Proof_AR-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026.10.08.CityScript_Proof_AR-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Daniel Ponce and Patricia Medina, director of quarter developments at Latinos Progresando, discuss renovations at 2826 W. 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