What About Chicago – Music Night

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

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

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 ChutiwongpetiShake before Vandalizing by Andrew GarciaMy Guernica & The Others by Olga GuseAnd the land shivers, and everything disappears, and nothing remains, but all the birds, some still flying, with no place to rest by Kassandra SpenceThrowing my Weight Around by Rebecca KautzLOMBRICS 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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ART OFF! a live art + slaps event

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.

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Complexing Chicago Graffiti

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

Seeking Progress Within Our Food System

Seeking Progress w/in Our Food System Workshop presented by Grow-Op Chicago’s Glad Matt and Mah Nu Tuesday March 10 from 7pm–9pm Hairpin Arts Center, 2810 N Milwaukee | Chicago We navigate different ways to better advocate for and engage with our local food systems. Through group discussions and a short presentation we’ll learn about resources, … Read more

TWENTYunderTWENTY Exhibition+Events | PHOTOS

AnySquared’s October 10th TWENTYunderTWENTY Exhibition Opening was amazing! The exhibition was the culmination of our arts mentor and exhibit program in summer and fall of 2019 that featured Chicago artists age 20-years-old and under. Thanks everyone who supported our program, exhibit and events through the October 20th Wrap-Up party. A special thank you to all … Read more

Project Logan: Help paint huge block-long Aztec Mural

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

The Art of Project Logan Exhibit! Opening — PHOTOS!

AnySquared in cooperation with ABC presents Art@Cole’s 37th exhibit showcasing Project Logan artists. The opening featured the exhibit, a slideshow, a holiday art sale, and LARDO playing the blues. For the past 8 years, artists have given their time, effort, and artistic impressions to provide Logan Square with free art on the Project Logan mural … Read more

Art@Coles #36 Group Show


#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.