ART IN THE PARK 2021 | It was a beautiful day of art plus community on Saturday July 31st at Unity Park! Thank you to everyone who came out and especially those who volunteered for to make ART in the Park/ ARTE en el Parque a wonderful time!
Painted by artists of all ages, the “Taking Care of Each Other” community banner mural was drawn by artist Helen Sanchez-Cortes. Helen is an AnySquared Member and is also the lead organizer of this year’s Art in the Park art activities. The banner honors the mutual aid, love, and care we share as a community living through the ongoing pandemic together. With the help of the community, the painting of the banner was completed in 4 hours! At the end of the day, the AnySquared crew hung the beautiful and vibrant piece on the park fence for all to enjoy at Kimball and Schubert (2636 N. Kimball).
Activities during Art in the Park:
At the “Creative Function Junction,” Unity Park volunteer Sarah Falkiner organized and helped children create many useful items using recyclables (while taking care of the earth in the process!) Families had fun making treasure boxes and multimedia collages at the “Craft Corner,” lead by Unity Park’s Connie Baznik. For the “Painting Together” activity, the amazing Unity Park and AnySquared volunteers distributed paint the entire day for families to make art on canvases and also help paint the banner mural. AnySquared’s Katie Klimacek pitched in to paint faces and arms of children for the day!!! DJ Rica Fils made it more fun with music!
Deep love to the AnySquared Crew who made the painting events and the banner mural happen: Helen, Tracy, Brett, Amie, Maxx, Katie, Amadeo, Matt, Noon, Juan, Andrew, Adrian, and Elliot.
Much gratitude to Unity Park Advisory Council for their tireless work in hosting and funding this event every year to bring art to the community! Thank you also to all of the Unity Park volunteers who were essential in making the event happen! Thanks to Logan Square Mutual Aid for providing the take-home Art bags & Craft bags we helped assemble to give away to families!
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AnySquared is an all-volunteer collaborative and artists network. Propelled by a deep sense of cooperation with artists, neighbors and the wider community, our mission is to support, produce and promote collaborative projects that facilitate arts activities through inclusive participation. Our foundation is built upon the idea that we can do anything as long as we do it together.