art plus community

What About Chicago – Music Night

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What About Chicago? Music Night + Open Night Postponed: Date To Be Announced Hairpin Arts Center  | 2810 N Milwaukee | Chicago What About Chicago? hosts a Music Night + Open Night as the final event of the LIP 20/20 Arts Festival We love you wherever you art, but we hope that on Friday March … Read more

CrimeDrought the Solution: a Workshop

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CrimeDrought: The Solution A Workshop Presented by Mashaun Ali Date To Be Announced TRAP HOUSE Chicago uses street-wear and dialogs as tools to transform individuals, communities, and culture. People always talk about the violence and crime rates in Chicago, but we’re here to start real meaningful conversations and promote a crime-free city. It’s up to … Read more

Dinner+Video: Creative Conversations Screening

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Dinner + Video: Creative Conversations Potluck & Video Screening
Postponed: Dates To Be Announced
Hairpin Arts Center | 2810 N Milwaukee | Chicago

Schedule
5pm | Arrival & Explore Exhibition
5:30pm | Potluck Dinner (Free with a dish)**
6:15pm–8pm | LIP 20/20 Video Screening (Free)

Videos (schedule TBA) • Fainting Spells by Neha Chawla & Elisabeth James • One To Another by Sarawut Chutiwongpeti • Shake before Vandalizing by Andrew Garcia • My Guernica & The Others by Olga Guse • And the land shivers, and everything disappears, and nothing remains, but all the birds, some still flying, with no place to rest by Kassandra Spence • Throwing my Weight Around by Rebecca Kautz • LOMBRICS by Marco Morelli • AnySquared Documentary by Kimberly Rosette

Creative Conversations: Potluck Supper at the Hairpin Arts Center! Expand your circle of friends and neighbors at learn what is going on in the neighborhood, share, eat and connect with other people doing exciting work in the Logan Square/Avondale community.

**Dinner is FREE if you bring a potluck contribution (for 6-8 people) or a $10 donation toward your meal. Cash bar for beer, wine, and sparkling water.

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

LIP = Life in Progress  |  AnySquared Projects’ LIP 20/20 Exhibition & Arts Festival at the Hairpin Arts Center in March showcases work that expresses definitions and/or critiques of “progress.” 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 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.

AnySquared.com
projects@anysquared.com
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facebook | AnySquared
twitter | AnySquared

Complexing Chicago Graffiti

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Complexing Chicago Graffiti Postponed: Date To Be Announced Hairpin Arts Center | 2810 N Milwaukee | Chicago Panel Moderated by FLASH: • FESS  • TSEL • PENGO • TEEL • MONSTROCHIKA • BBOYB • DOLLARS • ZENA A History of Chicago Graffiti Art I. GRAFFITI ROOTS. II. CHICAGO LETTER STRUCTURE III. THE CHICAGO FUTURE For … Read more

Art. Swap. Meet. & 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

Project Logan: Help paint huge block-long Aztec Mural

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Busy Weekend with our friends at Project Logan and Renegades of Funk! Friday & SaturdayAugust 2 & 38am to 1pm (both days) Help paint this huge block-long Aztec Mural at Project Logan!Near Fullerton & Milwaukee Ave (behind the bank parking lot). All invited to paint and fill in! Paint will be provided, but you can … Read more

Art@Coles #36 Group Show

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#36 | An Art @ Cole’s Group Show | October 23–November 29, 2018
Art Reception: Sunday, November 4, from 5:30-8:30pm: facebook event >
Cole’s Bar, 2338 N. Milwaukee, Chicago (Note: Coles is 21+ venue)

Featuring Artists:
John Bambino
Juan A. Cano
Timothy Inklebarger
Lewis Lain
Gary Lehman
David Orozco

Art@Coles is organized by AnySquared Projects.

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AnySquared.com  | Supporting and nurturing artists and creating community for nearly 9 years, AnySquared is an all-volunteer collaborative and artistic network. AnySquared’s mission is to support, produce and promote collaborative projects that facilitate arts activities through inclusive participation.

Studio Day Artmaking Sessions

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Drop-In Artmaking Sessions: AnySquared’s Studio Day Wednesdays from 3–10pm at 2328 N. Milwaukee Ave in Chicago. Join us for our free weekly event! Stop in. Make Art. Meet People. Be Social or Stay Focused. Plot Liberation. At Studio Day we also discuss art projects.

After more than 8 years of Wednesdays, AnySquared continues to nurture artists and create community!

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AnySquared’s Studio Day

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1/10/18 Studio Day
1/10/18 Studio Day
1/10/18 Studio Day

AnySquared’s Studio Day
Artmaking Sessions Every Wednesday
3pm–10pm
 2328 N. Milwaukee Ave

Join us weekly! Stop in. Make Art. Meet People. Brainstorm Projects. Plot Liberation. Be Social or Stay Focused. At Studio Day AnySquared also discusses upcoming art projects.

After 8 years of Wednesdays, AnySquared continues to nurture artists and create community at our weekly sessions. Free.

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AnySquared is an all-volunteer collaborative and 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 it together.