Local artists' pieces among dozens featured at Obama Presidential Center

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An 83-foot-high glass mural by Julie Meretu on the North Side of the Obama Presidential Center tower can't be missed if you look up.

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It's called "Uprising of the Sun" inspired by President Obama's remarks on the 50th anniversary of the marches from Selma to Montgomery.

It is among 28 pieces commissioned by the Obama Foundation.

"Bending the Arc" by Martin Puryear references Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s quote "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."

It's among the artwork that is outside at the Center.

"It's a dream come true in don't know if I''ll ever be quite settled about this opportunity," artist Tyanna Buie said.

Tyanna Buie's layered print is called "Be the Change."

She recalls being a college student in the Bud Billiken Parade with her youth church group to support a man then running for senate: Barack Obama.

"We turn around and he was like 'I want to thank you for being here' and we were like 'what? oh this is the person to the float,'" Buie recalled. "And then he wins and we were just in that parade! This is the guy."

It's that boomerang effect of that seed that was planted coming back

Visitors will also see "This Land, Shared Sky," an installation from Marie Watt and Nick Cave as they enter the tower.

Before going to the museum, Mark Bradford's three-story piece hangs on a west wall "City of the Big Shoulders".

In the Skyroom, visitors walk beneath Idris Khan's "Sky of Hope" on the conical ceiling with words of inspiration.

Tyanna Buie's "Be the Change" is in the action lounge.

She hopes it will inspire visitors leaving the museum to take action.

Buie learned to used her voice at a young age as a foster child in Chicago and Milwaukee.

Her work as an educator has taken her most recently to the Rhode Island School of Design.

But throughout her career, her art advocates for understanding past and doing better moving forward.

Buie looks forward to returning when the center opens to see people viewing her work and to be in the company of some of America's most acclaimed artists.

And she loves that her piece and so many others will be free and accessible to all.

The center opens on Juneteenth.

To learn more about all the artists showcased at the center, visit obama.org.