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

Break Artists Block Postponed

This Workshop will be rescheduled. Art Process: How Break through Artists Block & Beat the Blank Page with Facilitator Alice Gabriel at AnySquared, 2328 N Milwaukee, Chicago. This workshop is part of AnySquared’s Skillshare Series. Alice Gabrielle will show you how to get started from reference photo to finished piece! This workshop will show you … Read more

Home Not Home: Mindfulness Workshop

Thank you Alice Gabriel for an amazing workshop that made all who participated slow down. The Mindfulness and Art Therapy Workshop took everyone on a journey through techniques to be aware and explores questions of what does safety and home mean to you through breathing exercises, awareness of your body, and a drawing activity. The … Read more

Home Not Home | Workshop Oracle Deck | PHOTOS

Thank you Clau Rocha @frog.eyes.toad.heart for creating and facilitating beautiful Collaborative Collage Oracle Deck Workshop as part of AnySquared’s Home Not Home Exhibit & Programming at Agitator Gallery, 3581 W Fullerton! The workshop encouraged everyone to engage with one another and experience the joy of creating loosely, quickly, and without perfection. Clau guided everyone with … Read more

Mindfulness + Art Therapy Workshop | July 7

Learn mindfulness techniques and explore questions of what does safety and home mean to you? Join facilitator Alice Gabrielle @teamalice42 for this workshop. Mindfulness + Art Therapy WorkshopFriday July 7th from 6pm–8pmExhibition Open Hours + Friday Art Session: 3pm–8pmAgitator Gallery, 3851 W. Fullerton in Chicago. This free workshop is part of AnySquared’s Home Not Home … Read more

Collaborative Collage Oracle Deck Workshop! | July 6

Help create a something beautiful at this workshop — facilitated by Clau Rocha @frog.eyes.toad.heart. Join AnySquared this Thursday July 6th from 8pm–9:45pm during open hours at Agitator Gallery, 3851 W. Fullerton, Chicago. Supplies provided. Open hours for the exhibit on Thursday will be from 7pm–10pm. This free workshop is part of AnySquared’s Home Not Home … Read more

Home Not Home Premiere: Exhibition + Programs

AnySquared’s HOME NOT HOME Exhibit June 24th–July 10th, 2023 and includes a full schedule of programming at Agitator Gallery, 3851 W Fullerton, Chicago. See full schedule below. AnySquared’s HOME NOT HOME Exhibition investigates various themes, including: belonging/not belonging, freedom/captivity, safety/danger, comfort/discomfort, inclusive/exclusive, building/destroying, and place/displacement. HOME NOT HOME is an examination of the complicated dichotomies … Read more

Great Anatomy Workshop: Hands | PHOTOS

AnySquared’s SkillShare Series! Photos from our free workshop with instructor and talented and adept artist Noa Aleman / @noa_aleman ANYSQUARED ARTS NFPSupporting and nurturing artists and creating community for over 13 years, AnySquared is a nonprofit artists collaborative, a network, and a platform for artists. AnySquared’s mission is to support, produce, and promote collaborative projects that … Read more