Ryan Tova Katz painted a mural in Evanston to honor Northwestern's Class of 2020 grads.
Artist Ryan Tova Katz painted a mural at 829 Foster St. in Evanston in honor of the 2020 Northwestern graduates. The project took three days and spans the entire side of a building.
Scroll through the slideshow below to see some behind-the-scenes photos of the mural in the making — and the final product.
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Reader Responses
Beautiful mural. Innovative.
—William Carroll Green Cove Springs, Fla.
That is incredibly beautiful! You are so talented and creative!
—Mike Schrock '92 MBA, Orono, Minn., via Northwestern Magazine
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