Artist Russell Muits, aka Storm Print City, is an avid traveller, but in an entirely new dimension. He traverses city streets, alleys, and intersections to make unique prints of storm covers, manholes, sewer lids, and other metal bits. He has termed this “street printing”, and it is a journey...
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If you are an art teacher or any kind of artist you know that funding your passions can be tough. And what’s worse, people who aren’t in the arts are constantly assuming that there are no good creative and well-paid jobs. Well, I’m here to tell you that the...
Jun 29, 2020
If you’ve been working within the Chicago Public School system for a while, you know how tough it is to access the kinds of resources and programs that your students deserve. Especially when it comes to the arts, you probably feel like the last priority. At I Paint My...
Jun 22, 2020
It’s a weird time in the world, and a lot of us have been spending a good amount of time at home. Covid-19 has made Zoom calls a lot more interesting, or not, depending on whether or not your fellow meeting participant has the circus going on around them...
Jun 15, 2020
This school year has been about as irregular as it could get. From the Teachers Strike to Covid-19, it’s been a difficult year for teachers, as well as students and families. Navigating e-learning has been a process, mostly because it has involved so many different moving parts. The Digital...
Jun 13, 2020
Thank you so much for your interest and application to be part of the 20/21 Shared Walls Program by IPaintMyMind. We are so happy to inform our community that the following schools have been ACCEPTED for the 20/21 school year, beginning in September 2020!! Wooooohooooooooooo!!!!!!! 🙂 Each school will...
Jun 11, 2020
To our artists, clients, community partners, and supporters – First of all, Black Lives Matter. The last few weeks we’ve been living as a nation have been tragic, impassioned, & raw. George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis Police has provoked this moment precisely because insane & disgusting instances of police...
Jun 08, 2020
If you’re at home struggling to fend off boredom, you’re not alone. Students just like you are sitting around wondering what to do, and how to get creative and engaged with something while you’re stuck at home. And even in non-quarantine times, these 11 Youtube art documentaries are great...
Jun 08, 2020
Why is workplace design so important? Think of the stereotypical office. Largely, we think of office space as being devoid of personality and pizazz. Maybe you’re visualizing a sea of beige, or an endless cubicle maze. But what a difference it makes if the workplace is somewhere that you...
Jun 01, 2020
In the era of Covid-19, at IPaintMyMind, we’ve been focused on being as human as possible. We’ve made an effort to listen to our partners so we can help in the most practical and impactful of ways in the short term. Checking in with clients personally, making sure our...
May 31, 2020
There are so many driven people making huge contributions in the world today, but a lot of times it can all feel removed from real connection. The digital landscape has a lot to do with that, but so does the pace of life, and the rate at...
Jul 22, 2019
For those of us who curate, Instagram is a lot of fun. We recently took a deep dive to cull some of our favorite Chicago-based artists with a solid presence on Instagram, and who are dedicated to their craft. Illustrators, tattooers, designers, and more.
Apr 12, 2018
The struggle of being an art teacher includes a unique blend of external doubt and internal friction. Art teachers share the same classroom and behavioral challenges that other elementary and secondary educators face while combating a similar stigma that troubles humanities departments across higher education–a skepticism about its value...
Feb 17, 2020
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