Whether you’re a classroom teacher teaching art for the first time or an art teacher who could use a simple refresher, check out our helpful glossary of art terms! This list of terms could also be used to make a short quiz for your students or to play a...
Read MoreWe love receiving artwork from our Shared Walls partners across the city, showing us what they’re up to! Art teachers at participating schools are provided with a copy of our Art Lesson Plan Book, as well as an art installation for their schools featuring a working artist. Teachers use...
Mar 26, 2023At IPaintMyMind, we are super passionate about screen prints. When our founder, Evan La Ruffa, first started collecting art, he couldn’t afford the high-priced original paintings. Instead, he started with screen printed band posters. They were accessible, well-priced, and just as cool as the much more expensive art. Plus,...
Mar 24, 2023
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Few artists are as celebrated – and controversial – as Frida Kahlo. Born in Mexico in 1907, Kahlo was a self-portrait artist who depicted her own physical and psychological struggles with stunning honesty. Her art is both beautiful and disturbing, offering a rare glimpse into the mind of a...
Mar 20, 2023Chicago is jam-packed with incredible art institutions and resources. But–did you know that many of your favorite museums and public art spaces have published lesson planning resources for educators? Many of the lesson plans are Common Core Standards compliant and adaptable to different grade levels and classroom settings. Check...
Mar 06, 2023A new year always brings an exciting array of new exhibitions landing across the city, spanning time period, medium, and style. In the cold, overcast winter months, there’s nothing better than a day at the museum, taking in a new exhibition. Luckily, we have plenty of exciting exhibitions to...
Feb 20, 2023Beginning in September, we launched a unique partnership with One Two Pru, the iconic Prudential Tower buildings located in the heart of the Loop. The year-long exhibition is located in the unique lobby space and open to the public, designed to connect tenants and visitors through the power of...
Jan 23, 2023We’ve all been to our fair share of corporate events. Most of them aren’t exceedingly memorable. There’s a few keynote speakers, some catered food, and maybe an icebreaker or two. Instead of inspiring connection within a team, most corporate events are simply a break from the usual work day...
Jan 09, 2023Let’s face it–most of us don’t have the innate ability to juggle spatial relationships, color interactions, and other key aspects of successful interior design. Not to mention, we don’t have the time to embark on the arduous process of putting a new space together. That’s totally okay! Overburdened office...
Dec 26, 2022Art is a human right! It’s not just a slogan, but a true mission at IPaintMyMind. But, nowhere is access to art more important than in our classrooms. It’s essential that children are encouraged to be creative and expressive at a young age. It makes for self-aware, creative and...
Dec 12, 2022
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It’s a strange time for sure, and with the wide range of approaches to reopening schools that is happening nationwide, it’s clear that teachers, parents, families, and all the adults that support children will be looking for new ways to bridge this social gap. IPaintMyMind has been...
Aug 29, 2020All works of art create change and push already existing ideas in new directions and into new dimensions. However, there’s some art works that burst into existence at just the right moment, fueled by a changing world, a visionary mind, or a powerful new collective movement. These...
Oct 18, 2021The 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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