Cesta do školy — Chemis, Jihlava
Chemis (Dmitrij Proškin) · “Cesta do školy” (The Way to School), mural, 2021 · Wall of the water reservoir under Brněnský most, Jihlava, Czech Republic
Photo as published on Street Art Utopia in November 2021; photographer not named. Full photograph shown.
Cesta do školy (The Way to School) is a 2021 mural by the Czech street artist Chemis on the wall of the water reservoir under Brněnský most in Jihlava. A boy with a school backpack seems to stand behind a real metal railing. Chemis made it for STAR, a street-art project for social inclusion run by EPMA with the city of Jihlava, and children from a Jihlava children’s home painted their own designs on the same wall under his guidance. EPMA, 27 Oct 2021 · Czech Radio (iRozhlas) · Jihlavský deník, 21 Dec 2021 Checked
4 things to know
- Made for social inclusionEPMA says Chemis created the mural in Jihlava’s Stříbrné údolí as part of the international project STAR (Street ARt for Social Inclusion), which EPMA runs in partnership with the city of Jihlava. EPMA, 27 Oct 2021 · EPMA, 21 Jun 2021 Checked
- One wall, two partsThe mural has two parts: in one Chemis took on the theme of social inclusion, and in the other children made a mural on the theme “Problems of Our World”. Jihlavský deník says children from the Jihlava children’s home painted their own designs on the wall of the underground tank, supervised by Chemis. Jihlavský deník, 29 Oct 2021 · Jihlavský deník, 21 Dec 2021 · Czech Radio (iRozhlas) Checked
- A film was plannedThe children filmed the work on mobile phones and, guided by lecturers from the Centre for Documentary Film, were to make a short documentary, Czech Radio reported. We found no sign that the film was released. Czech Radio (iRozhlas) · Jihlavský deník, 21 Dec 2021 Reported
- The artist’s messageChemis’s statement, as published by Street Art Utopia with its photo: “Let’s find a little empathy in us to give everyone the same chance and not build the barriers that these children have to overcome.” Street Art Utopia, 5 Nov 2021 Reported
Where it is
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- On the wall of the water reservoir under Brněnský most in Jihlava. Czech Radio (iRozhlas) · Jihlavský deník, 21 Dec 2021 Checked Street Art Cities gives the address Křižíkova 555/13, 586 01 Jihlava. Street Art Cities Reported
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- The Maps button opens the point on the Street Art Cities entry (49.3948639, 15.5976528).
Sightings
- 202127 Oct
Presented by EPMA
- 202129 Oct
Unveiling set for 1 Nov
- 20215 Nov
In SAU “The barriers children have to overcome”
- 202121 Dec
Deník report with photos
- 202627 Aug
Marked seen on Street Art Cities
Every stamp links to the dated source. All stamps are amber: presentations, reports and records, not camera dates. Street Art Cities, where users mark artworks they have seen, had this one marked as seen on 27 August 2026 and lists it as active. We found no free-licensed photo of the mural.
On the record
Může street art změnit pohled na svět?
“CESTA DO ŠKOLY by ChemiS”
English: “THE WAY TO SCHOOL by ChemiS”, the caption of the post’s main image. The post adds: “ChemiS představuje svůj nový mural art, který vznikl v Jihlavě ve Stříbrném údolí v rámci mezinárodního projektu STAR (Street ARt for Social Inclusion)” (“ChemiS presents his new mural art, created in Jihlava in Stříbrné údolí as part of the international project STAR”).
Na stěně vodárny v Jihlavě je dílo od světoznámého sprejera. S dílem pomáhaly i místní děti
“Jeho obraz najdete na stěně vodárny pod Brněnským mostem.”
English: “You will find his painting on the wall of the water reservoir under Brněnský most.”
Street art pro Jihlavu: Děti posprejovaly most svými pocity, vznikne i dokument
“Jejich mentor v krajském městě Vysočiny také vytvořil dílo, které má tematicky vyjadřovat začlenění do kolektivu.”
English: “Their mentor also created a work in the Vysočina regional capital whose theme is meant to express inclusion in a group.”
The facts
- Artist
- Chemis (also written ChemiS), whom EPMA and Street Art Cities name as Dmitrij Proškin; Jihlavský deník spells it Dimitrij. EPMA, 21 Jun 2021 · Street Art Cities · Jihlavský deník, 21 Dec 2021 Checked
- Title
- “Cesta do školy” (The Way to School), in the caption of EPMA’s announcement. Street Art Cities lists it as “Mural art – vodárna” and Street Art Utopia as “The barriers children have to overcome”. EPMA, 27 Oct 2021 · Street Art Cities Reported
- Year
- 2021. EPMA, 27 Oct 2021 · Jihlavský deník, 21 Dec 2021 · Czech Radio (iRozhlas) Checked The unveiling was announced for Monday 1 November 2021 from 4 pm. Jihlavský deník, 29 Oct 2021 Reported
- Project
- STAR (Street Art for Social Inclusion), run by EPMA in partnership with the city of Jihlava. EPMA, 21 Jun 2021 · EPMA, 27 Oct 2021 · Czech Radio (iRozhlas) Checked
- Theme
- Social inclusion; in Jihlavský deník’s words, inclusion in a group. Jihlavský deník, 29 Oct 2021 · Jihlavský deník, 21 Dec 2021 Checked
- Place
- Wall of the water reservoir (an underground tank) under Brněnský most, Jihlava; EPMA places it in Stříbrné údolí. Czech Radio (iRozhlas) · Jihlavský deník, 21 Dec 2021 · EPMA, 27 Oct 2021 Checked Address Křižíkova 555/13, 586 01 Jihlava; map point 49.3948639, 15.5976528. Street Art Cities Reported
- Children
- Children from the Jihlava children’s home painted the other part of the wall, with Chemis as their mentor. Jihlavský deník, 21 Dec 2021 · Czech Radio (iRozhlas) Checked
- Status
- Listed as active and last marked as seen on 27 August 2026. Street Art Cities Reported
- Our photo
- As published on Street Art Utopia on 5 November 2021; the photographer is not named there. Street Art Utopia
Related
- On Street Art Utopia: The barriers children have to overcome (5 November 2021) and Who Lives Under the Bridge? (8 Photos) (15 November 2026).
- The STAR project and the partnership with the city of Jihlava. EPMA
All sources (7)
Official
- EPMA: “Může street art změnit pohled na svět?”, 27 October 2021. Image caption “CESTA DO ŠKOLY by ChemiS”; new mural in Stříbrné údolí for STAR.
- EPMA: “EPMA celebrates official partnership with Jihlava city on STAR project”, 21 June 2021. The project’s aim; Dmitrij Proškin (Chemis) at the first meeting at the future mural site.
Press
- Czech Radio (iRozhlas): “Na stěně vodárny v Jihlavě je dílo od světoznámého sprejera. S dílem pomáhaly i místní děti”, 2021 (no day shown on the page). The water-reservoir wall under Brněnský most; children from the children’s home; a planned short documentary.
- Jihlavský deník: “Street art pro Jihlavu: Děti posprejovaly most svými pocity, vznikne i dokument”, by Martin Singr, 21 December 2021. Children’s designs on the wall of the underground tank under Chemis’s supervision; his own work on inclusion.
- Jihlavský deník (reader reporter): “Přední street artista Chemis odtajní malby v Jihlavě. Tvořily je i děti”, 29 October 2021. Unveiling set for 1 November 2021; the mural’s two parts. Photos supplied by EPMA, so not independent of it.
Records
- Street Art Cities: “Mural art – vodárna”. Artist Dmitrij Proškin a.k.a. Chemis; Křižíkova 555/13, Jihlava; map point 49.3948639, 15.5976528 (used for the Maps button); active, last marked as seen 27 August 2026.
Street Art Utopia
- Street Art Utopia: “The barriers children have to overcome”, 5 November 2021. The photo on this page and Chemis’s statement.
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