Sandi Hauanio is an Indiana-based artist who specializes in minimalist drawings and digital works. She connected with us through our submission link for artists who want to be a part of our permanent collection. We were super impressed by her bold, colorful, and modern designs. Get to know Sandi...
Read MoreIf you haven’t noticed yet, we’re kicking off a killer video series highlighting some of our featured artists and their processes. The IPaintMyMind permanent collection boasts over 50 artists! That’s right — fifty! We love all of them and want to showcase the range of styles, focuses, and mediums...
Aug 06, 2020Have you been looking for an exciting opportunity to get involved with the city’s vibrant art community? Or perhaps some training in art hanging and handling? This is the perfect time to lend your energy to one of Chicago’s art nonprofits. IPaintMyMind’s unique Shared Walls™ program gives one free...
Aug 03, 2020I love picking up my art books and getting lost inside their pages. Mostly because they feel like a break from reality, a time to steep one’s self in a way of making, a philosophy, or stories of lived experiences that inform the art we have grown to love....
Jul 27, 2020This YouTube playlist is full of super fun and accessible arts and crafts projects that your students (or you!) can do virtually or in the classroom. These are projects for a slightly older cohort of students, but could be easily adapted for younger children. They’re all user-friendly, and you’ll...
Jul 17, 2020Welcome to the first in a series of interviews with IPaintMyMind board members! Our board is a diverse group of folks who come from many backgrounds, and are drawn to the IPMM mission. It’s so interesting to hear their stories, perspectives, and experiences watching IPMM grow and continue to...
Jul 13, 2020Are you an art teacher searching for new and innovative lesson plans for your students? Well, good news if you are! This list compiles the 10 best FREE lesson plans available on Dickblick.com. Of course, Blick recommends their own high-quality materials in each of these plans, but if you...
Jul 10, 2020Artist 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...
Jul 06, 2020If 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...
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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, 2020For 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, 2018There 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, 2019The 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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