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Community Mural weekend: Priming & Prepping

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Priming of the wall: neighbors from Medill who lent us electricity came by to see what we were doing and hung out with us.
Uneekd sprays and David follows priming the sky. With old mural peeaking through.
Priming begins with the grey on the right sid of the wall.
Uneek going over the wall with a greenish blue.
Friday Afternoon, before priming — our much-loved mural from 5 years ago.
After priming on Saturday morning.

Community Mural Weekend: Priming & Prepping Wall Friday, July 24!
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For 5 years AnySquared & ABC’s Project Logan have maintained the Community Wall at Medill. Needed touch-ups have required repainting over much of
the original mural.

When AnySquared organized the old mural on the community wall 5 year ago, we remember how difficult the bumpy wall was to roll and how long it took to prime. Because of that AnySquared & ABC decided to budget some of our benefit funds to hire Uneek to prime our wall quickly in one night.

On Friday, July 24th Flash ABC came armed with print outs from a file that Tracy from AnySquared prepared earlier in the day with the grid of colors. With three 5-gallon buckets of donated paint in green, blue, and grey, Flash and Tracy embarked on guiding Uneek on where the colors go.

We ran into a power glitch with the generator and sprayer and tried a few different things. After a while, Attitude7 walked the block on Medill and asked Sarah, a nearby neighbor, if she could donate some electricity to run the sprayer from an extension cord. After a and hour two delay, and with the help of this wonderful neighbor’s power, the spraying began. We were out on Friday until 1:30 or 2am, but the job got done and ready for Saturday!

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ABC’s Project Logan | projectlogan.tumblr.com

Community Mural: Organized by AnySquared & ABC! Art + Community | PHOTOS!

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Full Set of Photos:
Community Mural: Organized by AnySquared and ABC! Art + Community

Art Community: Anysquared, ABC & Project Logan

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

Art + Community!
AnySquared & ABC/Project Logan
Community Mural PAINT DAY!
Sunday July 26 11am–6pm
Paint with with us at the wall at Medill and Milwaukee behind the tracks.

We’ll have paint materials. Come dressed for painting. All welcome! All Ages. Families encouraged.

For 5 years AnySquared & ABC’s Project Logan have maintained the Community Wall. Needed touch-ups have required repainting over much of
the original mural. On July 26th we will transform this wall into a new mural.

Volunteer during the Sunday Paint Day and/or help prep the wall on
the Saturday evening before: Inbox AnySquared at projects@anysquared.com

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ABC | artisticbombingcrew.com
Project Logan | projectlogan.tumblr.com

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Thanks to everyone who came out to
the House Party Community Mural Benefit!

Gratitude to our neighbors for their direct donations and raffle prizes to help us make the mural happen: 

  • Cole’s Bar
  • Cafe Mustache
  • Temple of the Dog & Meow Lounge
  • Hairitics
  • Hyman Interiors
  • The Radler
  • Bucket O’ Blood
  • Threads Etc.
  • The East Room
  • The Boiler Room
  • Art & Science
  • Plus artists Nino Rodriguez, Lucky Gnome, and Rita Garcia Sindelar

Thanks also to our wonderful Community Mural Volunteers and Unity Park Logan Square for lending us a tent plus other useful things!

Arting in the Park | PHOTOS

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Arting in the Park 2015
AnySquared & ABC had a great time at Unity Park!

AnySquared & ABC joined Unity Park in Logan Square‘s Art in the the Park event for some painting in the park at the artists tent! Check out the park page for photos of all of the activities at this yearly event! FUN! Gratitude to Unity Park for making it possible.

Also, thanks to all the artists who came out to paint with us: ‪Flash ABC‬, ‪Gretchen Hasse‬, ‪Tracy Kostenbader, Sarah Bell‬, Larry W. Green, ‪Kyle Henderson, Robert Castillo, Tamiz Ciccone‬, ‪Jane Michalski‬, ‪Estrellita Kissis‬, Sebastian, ‪Rocko Miranda‬, Alfonso, ‪Steve Ediger‬, ‪Kelly Mathews‬, George Larson, Uneek, Gilbert, Jeff Strong, plus all who joined us at the park including Letty, Hector, Javier, Ali and many others!

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Figure Tuesdays

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Figure Tuesdays at AnyWhere Space
7pm to 10pm
AnySquared’s AnyWhere Space, 2328 N. Milwaukee

• July 7
• July 14
• July 21

$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. After this installment, we will take a short break and start another 6-weeks.

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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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Always Making Things at the Studio!

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MAKE & MEET!

AnySquared Studio Day
Wednesdays from 3pm to 8pm
Anywhere Space, 2328 N. Milwaukee

Stop in for artmaking or to talk about collaborations! Free.
Check out photos from 5+ years of artmaking sessions

Check out info about our Community Mural!

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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.

AnySquared.com  |  twitter: @AnySquared  |  facebook: AnySquared

Help us Make the Mural Happen!

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Help us make the Mural Happen! Join AnySquared & ABC/Project Logan for our House Party!
DJ LabRat Spins Oldskool + More!

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House Party!
Community Mural Benefit + Raffle Drawing

Saturday, June 27, 7pm-midnight
AnyWhere Space, 2328 N Milwaukee
Sliding scale donation | facebook invitation

  • Great Raffle Prizes from
    Cole’s Bar (fancy bottle of Patron, Red Bull cases), Cafe Mustache
    (t-shirts), Temple of the Dog & Meow Lounge ($50 gift certificate +
    dog treats), Hairitics ($30 gift certificate toward a fabulous haircut), Radler ($75 gift
    certificate), Bucket O’ Blood (book/record), Boiler Room (two $25 gift
    certificates), Art & Science (Men’s Haircut GC + CREW product $80 package), plus, art by local artists and more fun items! Thanks everyone for donating! Also, thank you Cole’s Bar, Threads Etc.,The East Room for direct donations to purchase materials for the mural!
  • Thanks to our wonderful Commmunity Mural Committee Volunteers for getting those raffle tickets out there, planning the party, and inviting your friends!

For 5 years AnySquared & ABC’s Project Logan have maintained the Community Wall. Needed touch-ups have required repainting over much of
the original mural. This summer we will transform this wall into a new mural.

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

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