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Community Mural Weekend Paint Day

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Community Mural Weekend 2015: Paint Day
Art+Community | Grassroots
Community
Made  |  Independent Art
Making Art happen! 

July 24-26, 2015
AnySquared and ABC/Project Logan primed the wall, projected and outlined
the design. We hosted the Community Paint Day where 100+ people from
the neighborhood came out to help and to paint throughout the day! We got a lot of work done in 7 hours! AnySquared & ABC/Project Logan completed the
wall in the following weeks. Check out these links about the mural:

Gratitude to neighbors who donated to make it happen:
Cole’s Bar, Cafe Mustache, Temple of the Dog, Hairitics, Hyman
Interiors, Radler, Bucket O’ Blood, Threads Etc, East Room, Boiler Room,
Art+Science and artists Nino Rodriguez, Lucky Gnome, and Rita Garcia
Sindelar.

Thanks to our wonderful Community Mural Volunteers.

Big thanks to Unity Park in Logan Square for their neighborly help throughout this project as well as lending us the tent and coolers for the Sunday Paint Day!

Check out our Community Mural Project for 2016

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Good Times! House Party Benefit for the Community Mural

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lots of nibbles
“Our handosme doorman.” photo by Gretchen Hasse
“Excellent company in the best of moods” photo by Gretchen Hasse
“The crew approves…” photo by Gretchen Hasse
“Raffle Excitement” photo by Gretchen Hasse
“Here is how you fill out a raffle ticket!” photo by Gretchen Hasse
“Happiness abounds!” photo by Gretchen Hasse
Gretchen and Steve! photo by Helene Smith
“In honor of Flash’s birthday, Dan started singing a Polish song…” photo by Gretchen Hasse
“Everyone at the house party is gorgeous, obviously!” photo by Gretchen Hasse

Good Times!

A few photos from our House Party Community Mural Benefit on Saturday, June 27th. We raised a some dollars (and our goal) for the Mural at Medill, had some fun, and
celebrated Flash’s birthday! Gratitude to all who donated food and drink or volunteered! Thanks to our neighbors who donated raffle prizes or made direct donations! For more photos check out the full House Party album on facebook

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Community Mural
Paint Day
Help Us Paint on Sunday, July 26 11am-6pm!

Check out the photos on facebook of our Paint Day! >>

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Figure Tuesdays

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Figure Tuesdays at AnyWhere Space
7pm to 10 pm

• June 30
• July 7
• July 14
• July 21

AnySquared’s AnyWhere Space, 2328 N. Milwaukee
$12 donation each 3-hour session (toward paying the model!)

Brush up on life drawing skills, or try for the first time.
Although
not a formal class, we share knowledge and skills. Limited basic
materials available to share, but bring your own if you
have them. Drop-ins are fine, but attending multiple sessions
encouraged. Starting with a 6-week installment, and will extend it as interest develops.

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Matthew J. Hilker — Photos

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Art @ Coles gallery page for Matt Hilker

thegeneha:

On my first visit to Cafe Mustache in Chicago’s Logan Square I was stunned to see Matthew J. Hilker’s Adventure Time portraits. They were hung on the wall with paper clips. Obsessively detailed and wonderfully creepy. I really love them! I can only post 10 in one post, there are many more.

Beyond Matt’s Facebook page and this entry on the art gallery page for Cole’s Bar he has almost no online presence. He’s a man of mystery…

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Work by Mike Bolsinga Now On Display at Handlebar

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Work by Mike Bolsinga Now On Display at Handlebar 2311 W. North  |  Chicago Mike’s Website Interview with Mike from last summer _____ AnySquared is an all-volunteer collaborative and artistic network headquartered in Logan Square’s AnyWhere Space in Chicago. Propelled by a deep sense of cooperation with artists, neighbors and the wider community, our mission … Read more

An Intimate Reading & Screening | Beverly Reed Scott (Oye’) & Eliaz Rodriguez

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Join us for another AnySquared’s Residency event at Hairpin

An Intimate Reading & Screening:
Films by Eliaz Rodriguez &
Reading by Beverly Reed Scott (Oye’)

Saturday October 25
Begins promptly at 7pm and ends at 9pm
Hairpin Arts Center, 2810 N. Milwaukee
Event is free.

This special event features AnySquared’s Cinema Minima Residency’s “Best-In-Show” filmmaker Eliaz Rodriguez. He will screen his film “Beverly” — based on Beverly Reed Scott’s essay “I Do But Do He” — and his new rough cut film “Tea Man, Steep!.”

We are also excited to showcase our Cinema Minima essay winner and gifted writer Beverly Reed Scott (Oye’) as she reads from her new memoir “My Perilous Journey #1 Vol. 1.”

  • Beverly (4:16)
    Directed, Screenplay & Edited by: Eliaz Rodriguez.
    Story by: Beverly Scott
    Synopsis: Beverly is wrapped up in her thoughts as she strives to land the man she deserves.
    Starring: Wanjiku Kairu, Jeremy Solomon, and Matthew Stromer.

  • Tea Man, Steep! (Rough-cut, 12:00)
    Directed & Edited by: Eliaz Rodriguez.
    Written by: Eliaz Rodriguez & Jeff Phillips
    Synopsis: Caleb found his passion in life, tea, and he attempts to acquaint his friends and coworkers with this love. Starring: Jeff Phillips, Donny Rodriguez, and John Piotrowski.

Please also see our “Because Art” exhibit at the space before the event – doors open at 6:15pm.

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Eliaz Rodriguez is a self-taught filmmaker from Chicago. In 2008 he co-created the comedy group Wood Sugars and over the next five years produced/directed hundreds of films, web series, podcasts, and live comedy shows. In October of 2013 he made his first solo short film, an adaptation of a true story entitled Beverly, which went on to win Best In Show of the Cinema Minima Residency and Best of Fest of the Indie Incubator Film Fest. Eliaz can also be heard weekly on segments of the podcast he engineers, named CinemaJaw – the greatest movies podcast ever.

Beverly Reed Scott (Oye’) is a gifted writer and fierce activist. Her prose, poetry and messages are conjured from her soul and her rhythmic alignment with nature. She is a natural storyteller, trained in Original Voice Technique by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Jungian Analyst and bestselling author. Her voice is colored by her experiences, having been born, raised in Englewood during the 60’s and 70’s, her coming of age tales are wrought with anguish, joy, love and pain. She is publishing her memoir as a serial and will read from My Perilous Journey #1 Vol. 1.

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This event is part of AnySquared’s Cinema Minima programming during our Residency at Hairpin.

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Artist Angela Davis Fegan | Because Art Featured Artist | VIDEO

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Angela Davis Fegan, aka Lavender Menace, has been a longtime collaborator with AnySquared. We are pleased to share this video on her thoughts about her process and whether she considers herself an artist.  |  AngelaDavisFegan.com____ Angela Davis Fegan was a Featured Artist in AnySquared’s Fall 2014 Because Art Exhibition.

Peanut Gallery Artists

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Art@Cole’s 23rd exhibit featuring the Peanut Gallery Artists

See article in LoganSquarist about the reception event!

On display Now

The Peanut Gallery is a space for creative collaboration, experimentation, exhibition and good, old-fashioned mingling. Our goal is to connect creative people with one another and nurture a vibrant, inclusive community, while encouraging questioning of established norms and general, good-spirited mischief. We believe that 10 minds are greater than one, and collaboration/ communication/ cooperation is the basis for progress.

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