Art Projects

Donate Your Art Stickers!

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Donate your art stickers! Hand-drawn or printed. AnySquared is helping Unity Park to put together 1000 Art-in-the-Park at-home Art Kits to hand out children. We want to put stickers in the kits for the kids! Send or drop-off 20-100 (or many more) kid-friendly stickers to AnySquared! Deadline to receive stickers is May 25, 2020: send … Read more

LIP 20/20 Exhibit Opening Photos By Tristine Walker Imagery

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• LIP 20/20 Exhibit Opening Event was March 7, 2020. It was the last time we had a full house in the space and was a great event. The exhibit is in view through July 1st at the Hairpin Arts Center. (Last week to see exhibit). • LIP = Life in Progress | AnySquared Projects’ … Read more

LIP 20/20 Exhibit Opening Photos By Sara Peak Convery

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• LIP 20/20 Exhibit Opening Event was March 7, 2020. It was the last time we had a full house in the space and was a great event. The exhibit is in view through July 1st at the Hairpin Arts Center. (Last week to see exhibit). • LIP = Life in Progress | AnySquared Projects’ … Read more

LIP 20/20 Exhibit & Arts Festival

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LIP 20/20 Exhibit & Arts Festival
Exhibition Extended Through June 30, 2020
Hairpin Arts Center | 2810 N Milwaukee | Chicago

Most festival events were postponed or canceled due to the Pandemic. We were able to have our beautiful opening on Match 7th 2020 and he last event we hosted was Grow-Op’s workshop on March 10th. We  added limited gallery hours in June 2020. We hosted online the video/performance series in February 2021. We also were able to conduct the ART-OFF later in October 2021.

Festival Schedule

  • LIP 20/20 Exhibition
    Extended Through June 30, 2020 – Gallery Hours
    • Sundays 4–7pm
    • Wednesdays 3pm–8pm
    • Fridays 3pm–8pm
    The gallery is also available by appointment this month.
  • CrimeDrought
    Workshop presented by Mashaun Ali
    Postponed: Date To Be Announced

LIP = Life in Progress  |  AnySquared’s LIP 20/20 Exhibit & ArtsFestival showcases work that expresses definitions and/or critiques of progress that provokes, challenges, or illustrates. Through all media, artists represent, examine, analyze, or dissect what is actual progress, what some consider progress, and what is not. LIP 20/20 seeks to answer and explore this concept with our work, our art, in our communities, and as human beings, both in the city and the world.

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.

#LIP2020  |  This exhibition is part of the larger year-long LIP 20/20 series organized in celebration of AnySquared’s 10th Anniversary. As we reach this milestone, AnySquared is infusing renewed energy and continuing our role as an “arts incubator” going into our next decade with our friends and collaborators. The series will also include a poster series, skills workshops, artist’s exchanges, discussions, public art projects, and additional exhibitions.

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ART OFF! a live art + slaps event

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ART OFF! a live art + slaps event
This event was postponed: We Hosted the ART-OFF on October 2021
Hairpin Arts Center | 2810 N Milwaukee | Chicago

ART-OFF! is an art extravaganza featuring live painting, slaps making tables, and artmaking for the public!! Live painters will have 2.5 hours to complete their art, the audience votes on 3 winners, and the top 3 artists win cool prizes. Our slaps making table is open to all, and the slap that gets the most votes also wins a prize. We’ll projecting prompts of progress created from audience participation to inspire artists to think about Life In Progress.

Live Artists featured at the event include: Mario Mena @hyperdimentionalbeing • Squeak Starzula @squeakstarzula • Akeem @aiselife • Joos @1.s00j • Delisha@delisha___ • Natalia Sustaita @susta.art • Natalia Virafuentes @virafuentes_art • Tekisha Silver https://www.instagram.com/astratesh • Jeff Pak @jpak4ever • Mosher @moshershow • Zach Bartz @imzachbartz • Hailey Marie @hai_ey • Don @Don.mega.art  • Alice Robeson @teamalice42

NOTE: We have a limited number of open sign-up spots for the the live-art contest! ARRIVE EARLY to get those extra spots!

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Part of AnySquared’s LIP 20/20 Exhibit & Arts Festival
March 7–28, 2020

LIP = Life in Progress  |  The LIP 20/20 Exhibit & Arts Festival showcases work that expresses definitions and/or critiques of progress that provokes, challenges, or illustrates. Through all media, artists represent, examine, analyze, or dissect what is actual progress, what some consider progress, and what is not. LIP 20/20 seeks to answer and explore this concept with our work, our art, in our communities, and as human beings, both in the city and the world.  #LIP2020

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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.

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Art. Swap. Meet. 2020 & AnySquared’s 10th Birthday Party!

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Art Swap was on FIRE! Thanks to everyone who joined in the Swap and helped AnySquared celebrate our birthday at the Studio! Love to all the AnySquared crew behind the scenes who made it happen! ❤️ keep making art in 2020 everyone. Thanks @garciaeffects and @akira.portraits for the photos: see full album on AnySquared’s Facebook … Read more

Call for Artists: LIP 20/20 Exhibit & Art Festival

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CALL FOR ARTISTS! For questions about the exhibition or application, email projects@anysquared.com. http://anysquared.com/LIP2020.html

LIP 20/20 exhibition | March 7–March 28, 202
Hairpin Arts Center, 2810 N. Milwaukee, Chicago
#LIP2020 | LIP = Life in Progress

Accepting Submissions for | Painting, Drawing, Photography, Sculpture, Installation, Interactive Piece, Video, Performance, Spoken Word, Music, and Sound as well as Workshop Proposals.

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This exhibition is  part of the larger LIP 20/20 ART SERIES organized in the next year in honor of AnySquared’s 10th anniversary. The year-long series will include exhibitions, community building events, a poster series, and public art.

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LIP 20/20 Online Submission Form: Deadline 1/22/20

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LIP 20/20 exhibition | March 7–March 28, 2020
Hairpin Arts Center, 2810 N. Milwaukee, Chicago
#LIP2020

CALL FOR ARTISTS! Deadline January 22, 2020 Open to artists in Chicago and the Surroundings Area

Accepting Submissions for | Painting, Drawing, Photography, Sculpture, Installation, Interactive Piece, Video, Performance, Spoken Word, Music, and Sound as well as Workshop Proposals.

LIP= Life in Progress  |  AnySquared Projects is seeking work that expresses definitions and/or critiques of progress. Progress can mean many things, as time moves forward, how can we explore this concept with our work, our art, in our communities, and as human beings, both in the city and the world?

Through all media, AnySquared asks artists to represent, examine, analyze, or dissect what is actual progress, what some consider progress, and what is the difference between those two concepts. We seek art that provokes, challenges, and illustrates that change. While not a requirement, you are encouraged to create new work based on this general theme for exhibition.

Requirements | See Online Submission Form >
For questions about the exhibition or application, email projects@anysquared.com.

This exhibition is  part of the larger LIP 20/20 ART SERIES organized in the next year in honor of AnySquared’s 10th anniversary. The year-long series will include exhibitions, community building events, a poster series, and community murals. Visit website for LIP 20/20

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TWENTYunderTWENTY Exhibition+Events | PHOTOS

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AnySquared’s October 10th TWENTYunderTWENTY Exhibition Opening was amazing! The exhibition was the culmination of our arts mentor and exhibit program in summer and fall of 2019 that featured Chicago artists age 20-years-old and under. Thanks everyone who supported our program, exhibit and events through the October 20th Wrap-Up party. A special thank you to all … Read more

Twenty Under Twenty Program Underway!

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AnySquared’s TwentyUnderTwenty features Chicago artists age 20-years-old and under. This arts mentor and exhibit program has been created, conceptualized, and curated and by Helen Sanchez-Cortes. Look for our full schedule of events Oct 10-20: the opening, our gallery hours, a creative conversation pot-luck, and an art party. Events Posted Here > TwentyUnderTwenty artists making art … Read more