2. We are a visual arts company with over
80 years of collective experience
(with Nina Smoot-Cain & our team of independent artist collaborators)
Public Art
Murals
Fine Art
Consulting & Training
3. Kiela Smith-Upton
President
Songhay Studios Group Incorporated
Visual artist and Entrepreneur
! School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Bachelor of Fine Art Degree (BFA), Presidential Merit Scholar
Parson’s School of Design, Summer 1991 - Cote D’Ivoire, West Africa
! 20 years experience
Past clients include: Community organizations, artists, small businesses, city
agencies, nonprofits, galleries, museums, contractors, architects, and schools.
Past Projects & Sites include: Navy Pier; City of Chicago Pullman Branch Library;
100+ Chicago Public Schools; Suburban schools; Terra, DuSable, Field & Spertus
Museums; Genesis “Green Home”; Committee for Public Art; Neighborhood
Reinvestment Corporation; University of Illinois; Chicago Park District, etc.
! Strength in collaborating with clients
! Recipient of grants and awards
! Published in books and magazines