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Spoken Word & Music Event | Home Not Home

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Excited for our special event as part of the programming for AnySquared’s Home Not Home Exhibition! AnySquared Presents HOME NOT HOME: A Spoken Word & Music EventSaturday July 1 st from 5:30pm–9:30pmDoors Open 5:30pm. Event begins at 6pm.Agitator Gallery, 3851 W Fullerton, Chicago.Facebook Invite FEATURINGMars Caulton • Kao Ra Zen • Angelique Ambers • Mira … Read more

Amazing AnySquared Performance Night! PHOTOS

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What an amazing night with the AnySquared Regulars & friends! Sunday April 23rd was filled with music and community! Gratitude to our excellent MC and performer @arynhills.wav! Thank you to everyone in the audience and gratitude to each and every performer including DJ Marco @officialmarcv | DJ Skizznugget @meistermayo | Sewerpipes @sewerpipes666 | Gen Rocket … Read more

LIP Exhibition Gallery Hours

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AnySquared’s LIP 20/20 Exhibit & Arts Festival
Exhibition Extended Through July 1st, 2020
Hairpin Arts Center | 2810 N Milwaukee | Chicago

In June, we are hosting Community Art Days during LIP 20/20 Exhibit hours where people can make signs/posters/stickers at the Hairpin Arts Center centering on #BlackLivesMatter.

UPDATED Exhibit Hours & Community Art Days

  • Wednesday June 24, from 3pm–8pm**
  • Friday June 26, from 2pm–7pm
    (Sudden Impact Concert 7pm-9pm Streaming from Hairpin)
  • Sunday June 28, from 4pm–7pm
  • Monday June 29, from 6pm-8:30pm
  • Wednesday July 1, from 3pm–8pm** (Last exhibit day!)

**Note: we will stay later on Wednesdays if people are present. The gallery is also available by appointment this month.

LIP = Life in Progress  |  AnySquared Projects’ LIP20/20 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

ARTISTS  |  ADR • Adriana Poterash • Akira • Alejandro Ontiveros Robles • Alexandra Galvan • Alex Wells Shapiro • Alexis Lovely • Alfonso Piloto Nieves Ruiz • Alice Roberson • Alma Dominguez • Amie Sell • Andrew Garcia • Andy Meholick • Angela Davis Fegan • Anna Reed • Anthony Bartley • Applepop • ATYL (Alex Lee) • B’Rael Ali Thunder • Brian Herrera • Cameron Feeley • Carlos Anegas Vazquez • Christian Navas • David Castrejon • dial8r • EAZEL • Ellen Holtzblatt • Emilio Nadales • Emily Holmes • Fire Falco • Flash ABC • Frankie Peace • Frederick Nitsch • Gabriel Patti • The Gray Fox 11 & Korkox • Gretchen Hasse • Haley Achler • Helen Sanchez-Cortes • Holiday Gerry • Iz Mozer • Jae Green • Jameil Al-Oboudi • Jane Michalski • Jerkbeard • Jesus R. Hernandez • Jill Sutton • Juan A. Cano • Julie Sulzen • Kassandra Spence • Katherine Nemanich • Kathryn Eli • Kao Ra Zen • Kelly Mathews • Larry Green • lewis lain • Linda Platt • Liz Olney • Lucien Caillouet • Lucky Gnome • Makeba Kedem-Dubose • Marco Morelli • Marianna Buchwald • Maria Galvan • Mars Caulton • Marvin Tate • Melecio Castillo • Meredith Mays Epsino • Mia Le • Michaelangelo Quintello • Michael Miller • mr.pintamuro • Natalia Virafuentes • Neha Chawla & Elisabeth James • Nguyen Tran • Olga Guse • Orlando Martinez • Penelope Thrasher • Rebecca Kautz • Sara Peak Convery • Sarawut Chutiwongpeti • Squeak Starzula • Stasa Wade • Tattianna Howard • Teshika Silver • Tracy Kostenbader • Victoria Elizabeth • Zack Goulet

Light Creatures interactive performance during March 7th opening event was by International Art Group Mask Ensemble featured Tiona Robinson, Althea
Teamer, Sherree Blakemore, Cande, Lissa, Marianna Buchward, and Barbara
Wilson.

Streetview Artists in the large windows facing Diversey and Milwaukee : Bee Figueroa, mr.pintamuro, The Gray Fox 11, Andrew Rose Vickers, Tracy Kostenbader, Tattianna Howard, The Gray Fox 11, Andrew Garcia, and Alice Roberson

Additional LIP 20/20 Arts Festival Programming postponed.
Look for details in the next year.

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Pandemic Safety Measures at the Hairpin Arts Center

Will need to keep it safe for each other and the community. The safety measures we will follow: Wearing masks; Physically distance 6ft apart; Limit capacity; Hand sanitizer available; Limited masks available; Before and after each day: sanitize entry, space, surfaces and restrooms; We have sanitizing wipes and spray; We will access the space through the stairs and use elevator only when necessary; Doors propped open to minimize need to touch handles.

We will be ready to adjust for the safety of all of us.

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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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LIP 20/20 Exhibit & Arts Festival

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LIP 20/20 Exhibit & Arts Festival
Exhibition Extended Through June 30, 2020
Hairpin Arts Center | 2810 N Milwaukee | Chicago

Most festival events were postponed or canceled due to the Pandemic. We were able to have our beautiful opening on Match 7th 2020 and he last event we hosted was Grow-Op’s workshop on March 10th. We  added limited gallery hours in June 2020. We hosted online the video/performance series in February 2021. We also were able to conduct the ART-OFF later in October 2021.

Festival Schedule

  • LIP 20/20 Exhibition
    Extended Through June 30, 2020 – Gallery Hours
    • Sundays 4–7pm
    • Wednesdays 3pm–8pm
    • Fridays 3pm–8pm
    The gallery is also available by appointment this month.
  • CrimeDrought
    Workshop presented by Mashaun Ali
    Postponed: Date To Be Announced

LIP = Life in Progress  |  AnySquared’s LIP 20/20 Exhibit & ArtsFestival 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.

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.

#LIP2020  |  This exhibition is part of the larger year-long LIP 20/20 series organized in celebration of AnySquared’s 10th Anniversary. As we reach this milestone, AnySquared is infusing renewed energy and continuing our role as an “arts incubator” going into our next decade with our friends and collaborators. The series will also include a poster series, skills workshops, artist’s exchanges, discussions, public art projects, and additional exhibitions.

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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

LIP 20/20 Online Submission Form: Deadline 1/22/20

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LIP 20/20 exhibition | March 7–March 28, 2020
Hairpin Arts Center, 2810 N. Milwaukee, Chicago
#LIP2020

CALL FOR ARTISTS! Deadline January 22, 2020 Open to artists in Chicago and the Surroundings Area

Accepting Submissions for | Painting, Drawing, Photography, Sculpture, Installation, Interactive Piece, Video, Performance, Spoken Word, Music, and Sound as well as Workshop Proposals.

LIP= Life in Progress  |  AnySquared Projects is seeking work that expresses definitions and/or critiques of progress. Progress can mean many things, as time moves forward, how can we explore this concept with our work, our art, in our communities, and as human beings, both in the city and the world?

Through all media, AnySquared asks artists to represent, examine, analyze, or dissect what is actual progress, what some consider progress, and what is the difference between those two concepts. We seek art that provokes, challenges, and illustrates that change. While not a requirement, you are encouraged to create new work based on this general theme for exhibition.

Requirements | See Online Submission Form >
For questions about the exhibition or application, email projects@anysquared.com.

This exhibition is  part of the larger LIP 20/20 ART SERIES organized in the next year in honor of AnySquared’s 10th anniversary. The year-long series will include exhibitions, community building events, a poster series, and community murals. Visit website for LIP 20/20

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Against Da Fence 2018! See Photos!

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Look for more photos in AnySquared’s facebook album! Against Da Fence Pop-Up was super fun on June 23rd! Thanks to everyone who helped celebrate 8 years at Project Logan and Flash’s B-Day!Much love to all in AnySquared, ABC and Renegades of Funk who brought artists, shared their work, staffed, helped transport, hang the show, and … Read more

Celebrate the debut of The Generals with Soultree & Mars Caulton, joined by Shelley Miller

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Celebrate the debut of The Generalswith Soultree & Mars Caulton joined by Shelley MillerOctober 6, 2017 at AnySquared2328 N Milwaukee Ave | 2nd floor | ChicagoThis event is free and BYOB.(Free vegan conchas while they last) Join AnySquared for this musical experience on our tiny stage in the art studio as we celebrate the debut … Read more

Renato Anesi in Concert | Because Art Gallery Hours | Artmaking Day!

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AnySquared’s Residency Events:

at Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N. Milwaukee

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AnySquared Projects is an all-volunteer collaborative 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 ourselves and do it together.
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