Akira & AnySquared Performances

Black & Indigenous Futures Akira & AnySquared Performances An evening of joy, music and dancing celebrating the land and our existence! Saturday October 14 Doors 4:30pm Performance 5pm–7:30pm Comfort Station | 2579 N Milwaukee | Chicago Part of the Black and Indigenous Futures Exhibition at Comfort Station Check back for full lineup for October 14th!

Palenque LSNA’s Dia De Muertos Celebration!

An Amazing Day at Palenque LSNA’s Dia De Muertos Celebration on Sunday. Gratitude to our AnySquared Volunteers for facilitating some of the arts activities of the day: @marikuchin, @bobaflexx73,  @dude_itsjm,  @duranjames61,  @spideysenseknight,  @tracykostenbader, and @junkbox_art. Thank you Norma Rios Norma Rios and Palenque LSNA for inviting us to participate! ___ ANYSQUARED ARTS NFP | Supporting and nurturing artists and creating community … Read more

Exciting Bookbinding Workshop | PHOTOS

Bookbinding Basics Workshop on Friday: part of AnySquared SkillShare Series. Thanks everyone who made it out to the 2nd installment! Tracy Kostenbader went through materials and techniques as we worked on the textblocks that we sewed in the first workshop: tipping on endsheets, then lining the spines, and glueing up and make the hardcovers, and finally … Read more

Bookbinding Basics #2: Making Covers | Oct 6

AnySquared’s SkillShare Series! Join us for this free followup workshop with experienced book conservator, artist Tracy Kostenbader / @tracykostenbader. In Part 2, she will take you through more techniques and materials of bookbinding, how to make a cover, and case in a book. Bring a textblock. A limited number of textblocks will be available. Bookbinding … Read more

Bookbinding Basics Workshop #1 | Sept 22

AnySquared’s SkillShare Series! Join us for this free workshop with experienced book conservator, artist Tracy Kostenbader / @tracykostenbader. She will take you through the techniques and materials of bookbinding, how to make signatures, and sew a book. Bookbinding Basics is Friday September 22nd 6pm–8pm at AnySquared 2328 N Milwaukee. Supplies Provided, But you are welcome … Read more

Hecho En | A Glorious Artmaking Weekend

Check out the photos from Saturday & Sunday August 26 & 27th! We had an amazing time at Hecho En Art Fair! Thank you Pilsen Arts and Community House for inviting AnySquared to Hecho En to make live art and organize family artmaking activity! So fun last weekend! AnySquared Organized Live Art! AnySquared Organized Family … Read more

Great Day at the Battle for the Eagle 2023

Thanks to Renegades of Funk (ROF) for inviting to do an arts activity at the Battle for the Eagle! This free annual event organized by ROF where B-boys, writers, rappers & MC come together at the eagle in Logan Square, Chicago. We brought supplies to share with everyone to make stickers and art. Take 2 … Read more

Art in the Park/Arte en el Parque! PHOTOS

Art in the Park/Arte en el Parque 2023! Thanks to all the AnySquared and Unity Park volunteers who made it happen on Saturday July 22! Special thanks to Helen Sanchez-Cortes for creating and organizing the arts activities including the “woodshop” and “building together.” Unity Park becomes an open arts studio for this 4-hour Art in … Read more

Art in the Park/Arte en el Parque | July 22

Join Unity Park Advisory Council and AnySquared at Art in the Park/ Arte en el Parque 2023 on Saturday July 22 / el sábado 22 de julio from 10am–2pm at Unity Park, 2636 N Kimball Ave. Building Together || This year’s theme celebrates collective art making! Children and their families are invited to come and … Read more

Logan Square Dog Park Touch Up

This Summer in partnership with Haas Park and collaboration with Renegades of Funk (ROF), our crew touched up the Logan Squared Dog Park Mural and added more to the mural over a few weeks. Created and painted by AnySquared, ROF, with over 40 artists and more that 200 community members, the dog park mural was … Read more