Special Event

Announcing: Art Swap 2022!

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ART SWAP! Saturday, February 26th 6pm-11pm at Hairpin Arts Center, 2810 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago. Eventbrite | facebook event | Photos: last Art Swap All artists welcome to participate in the swap. Friends welcome to watch! ANYSQUARED’SART SWAP IS BACK! Mix & mingle as artists swap art! We’ll also have an interactive art wall, refreshments … Read more

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

ART. SWAP, MEET! Artist Networking Event & Closing Party

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Fun for all! Art Swap 2014 was our final AnySquared Residency event at the Hairpin Arts Center and the last chance to view our excellent Because Art exhibit!

Gratitude to all of the artists who generously brought their work to share!
See more photos of swappers >>

Thanks for being the Art Swap Photographer Robert Castillo! Plus, thank you to Jane Michalski, Gretchen Hasse, and Brian Herrera for volunteering and AnySquared’s Brett Swinney for holding the tickets throughout the evening!

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AnySquared Projects is also grateful to the Hairpin Arts Center and Gretchen Henninger for this opportunity to program their space with many events during our residency.

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Interstellar Outer-Body Film Screening | PHOTOS

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November 1st Cinema Culture presented their Interstellar Outer-Body screening of sci-fi films. Thanks Amir George for putting together a great lineup of short films, by local filmmakers Nelson Carvajal, Jason Ogawa, and Floyd Webb as well as other excellent selections for our AnySquared Residency.

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AnySquared Projects is grateful to the Hairpin Arts Center for this opportunity to program their space during our 6-week residency.

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Story Forms — PHOTOS

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On November 2nd, Gretchen Hasse, Lewis Lain, and Carlos J. Matallana presented the Story Forms artists talk exploring the use of narrative in their work. All the artists were also part of AnySquared’s Because Art exhibit for our residency. (Photos by Sheila Lewis.) Thank all of you for the insightful discussion about how you work! … Read more

Cinema Culture | Interstellar Outer-Body screening of sci-fi films | PHOTOS

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November 1st Cinema Culture presented their Interstellar Outer-Body screening of sci-fi films at the Hairpin Arts Center. Thanks Amir George for putting together a great lineup of short films, by local filmmakers Nelson Carvajal, Jason Ogawa, and Floyd Webb as well as other excellent selections for our AnySquared Residency.

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AnySquared Projects is grateful to the Hairpin Arts Center for this opportunity to program their space during our residency.

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Art Swap Meet

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ART. SWAP. MEET!
An Artist Networking Event & AnySquared Residency Closing Party

Saturday, November 15, 6:30pm – 10pm
Hairpin Arts Center, 2810 N. Milwaukee


How to Art. Swap. Meet.?
1. Bring a Piece of Art
2. Grab a Number
3. Meet Artists/Swap Art (swap begins at 7:30)
4. Take Home New Art

ARTISTS PARTICIPATE!
Join AnySquared at this event where artists & neighbors mix, mingle, and swap art!  Bring your art, grab a random number at the door. We’ll display it for everyone to see. After 7:30pm, we begin drawing numbers. When your number is called, select a piece from the pool of art displayed, meet the artist who you’ve selected, and take home their work. You’ll also meet the artist who picks your piece to take home!

This event is also open to non-artists.
$2 suggested donation with piece of art
$5 without art.

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RSVP at projects@anysquared.com
or contact us to volunteer for this event!

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Story Forms | Artists Talk & Workshop Exploring Narratives

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STORY FORMS! Artists Talk & Workshop Exploring Narratives

Sunday, November 1, from 1:30pm to 3pm
AnySquared’s Residency at Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago

Join AnySquared at the last public day of our full exhibit featuring three of “Because Art” exhibiting artists for and artist talk and workshop:

  • Carlos J. Matallana
  • Gretchen Hasse
  • Lewis Lain

An Art+Community Event!
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This event is part of AnySquared’s Residency at the Hairpin Arts Center where Anysquared is activating the space through Mid-November. See all of our programming: http://anysquared.com/2014residency.html

Anysquared is an all-volunteer collaborative artistic 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 ourselves and do it together.

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Cinema Culture: Interstellar Outer Body

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Cinema Culture Presents
Interstellar Outer-Body
Sci-fi Film Screening with Performance
at AnySquared’s Residency

Saturday November 1, at 7:00pm – 10:30pm
Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave 2nd Fl, Chicago, Illinois 60618

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Cinema Culture crash lands into AnySquared at Hairpin for a program presenting sci-fi cinema and performances. “Interstellar Outer-Body” is a celestial experience that explores the transcendence through space and time beyond the cosmos and out of the psyche. Cinema Culture’s Amir George hosts with new works by Jason Ogawa, Floyd Webb, and Nelson Carvajal.
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Image: still from the Stonehart music video by Jason Ogawa.

This event is part of AnySquared’s Residency programming. AnySquared Projects thanks the Hairpin Arts Center for offering us this opportunity to create this event with Cinema Culture at their wonderful space. See our programming this week and through mid-November!

AnySquared is an all-volunteer collaborative artistic 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 ourselves and do it together.

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What a Powerful & Wonderful Event on Saturday | PHOTOS

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photo by Lisa Phillips

What a powerful and wonderful event on Saturday. Thanks to Beverly Reed Scott for sharing the first installment of her new book and Eliaz Rodriguez for sharing his film “Beverly” and new film “Tea Man, Steep!”

We were excited to include this reading and screening as one of our AnySquared Residency programs this month at the Hairpin Arts Center!

More programs to come this week! See Schedule:
http://anysquared.com/2014residency.html