community mural

Help make it happen! Community Mural Project 2016: Logan Square Dog Park

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Community Mural Project 2016: Dog ParkHelp make it happen! After seeing our 2015 community mural last year, the Logan Square Dog Park Committee invited AnySquared and ABC (Artistic Bombing Crew) to create a new mural this summer at the park. AnySquared is glad to team up with ABC again for this 2016 project! On April … Read more

Newletter: Call for Artists, Studio Days + More News

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Newletter: Call for Artists, Studio Day Wednesdays, Figure Tuesdays + More Arts News

Article: Wall brings community together in Logan Square

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AnySquared’s Community Mural Weekend: Friday Night’s Prepping & Priming > Saturday Night’s Projecting & Outlining > Sunday’s Community Paint Day > Full facebook album of photos from weekend > DNAInfo Article about the mural > Check out our Community Mural Project for 2016 _____ AnySquared.com  |  twitter: @AnySquared  |  facebook: AnySquared

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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ABC’s Project Logan | projectlogan.tumblr.com

Community Mural Weekend: Projecting and Outining

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Projecting and Outling the Wall Saturday Night
Tracy hand! Moving around the transparency on the old school projector.
Tracy paints Pluto…
Projecting the planet transparecy while a neighbor watched.
Outling from an unnamed arrival…
Flash about to spray!
The far way view of projecting the train section.
Brian and George outling.
A crew outlining a section. Plus HerPrettyGhost documenting!
George outlining

Community Mural Weekend: Projecting & Outlining Wall Saturday July 25!
Art+Community | Grassroots
Community
Made  |  Independent Art
Making Art happen!

Saturday night we had 2 different projectors, and 2 generators going at either ends of the wall at the same time.. As we lined up the image on each end of the the wall, a 10-20 person crew split up and sprayed outlines from the projections. After each of the 4 sections was projected we met in the middle at the 5th. The thing that took the longest for each of the 5 sections was the wiggling around of the projectors to get them proportional and lined up. Once the spraying began, it went quickly. We had the whole skeleton design of the mural guidelined out in 2 hours!

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ABC’s Project Logan | projectlogan.tumblr.com

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!
Art+Community | Grassroots
Community
Made  |  Independent Art
Making Art happen! 

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!

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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Paint. Draw. Collage. Engage.

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Make & Meet

Artmaking Studio Day Wednesdays
Paint. Draw. Collage. Engage.
Drop in hours are 3pm to 8pm | Free!
2328 N. Milwaukee Avenue  |  Chicago.

We have plenty of basic supplies and share them, but you are welcome to
bring your own and make, share ideas, brainstorm, or discuss
collaborations.

Note: Although we “officially” end at 8pm, we tend to go to 9pm or
10pm. Check to see if the sandwich board is out front, or text 773-712-0590.

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