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If you believe in the fantastic powers of art, then you understand that art is more than visual beauty. Art locates potential. It helps us find the potential in ourselves. Is it odd that what we are able to create from, say, ink and paper, gives us a feeling...
Feb 24, 2020
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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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At first glance, artwork by Michelle Chandra strikes the viewer with its symmetry, its perfection, and the detailed line work that reveals itself as one edges closer. Design exists because certain configurations, layouts, and art feels good to us when proportional, linear, or balanced. This sense of OCD satisfaction...
Feb 10, 2020
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- Shared Walls by IPaintMyMind™
Hey everyone, Roxy here. I’m writing you because I have some cool news and a great opportunity to pass along to other CPS educators and schools! I recently accepted an invitation to become a member of the Board of Directors of IPaintMyMind, a local nonprofit arts organization that I’ve worked with...
Feb 05, 2020- Art
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- Shared Walls by IPaintMyMind™
Hey everyone, Roxy here. I’m writing you because I have some cool news and a great opportunity to pass along to other CPS educators and schools! I recently accepted an invitation to become a member of the Board of Directors of IPaintMyMind, a local nonprofit arts organization that I’ve worked with...
Feb 05, 2020
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The Art Institute of Chicago’s Warhol exhibit came to a close last week. Walking away from the retrospective, with its massive painted silkscreen works and comprehensive showing, one relishes in the pleasant paradox of the extraordinary yet typical workings of the museum. How in the world do they get...
Feb 03, 2020
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- Shared Walls by IPaintMyMind™
It’s amazing to see what students at our partner schools are making as a result of their exposure to and engagement with the Shared Walls art exhibitions we have installed in 23 CPS schools for the 2019/2020 school year. We’ve had a lot of fun working with LaSalle Language...
Jan 31, 2020
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With the modern office space trending toward aesthetically pleasing interior design, creative spaces, well-lit areas, and impact areas, smart companies look to art to enhance their surroundings. We all know that how a space is styled makes us feel a certain way, and making sure you convey your companies...
Jan 27, 2020
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Every t-shirt or hoodie sold supports the IPaintMyMind mission of bringing art programs to deserving yet underfunded schools all over Chicago… and beyond. https://www.bonfire.com/ipmmtshirt/ Some of our schools don’t have art teachers, and many don’t even have budgets to purchase basic art supplies. IPMM provides our comprehensive art program,...
Jan 22, 2020
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- Shared Walls by IPaintMyMind™
2019 Was Our Most Impactful Year To Date! The proof is in the IPaintMyMind 2019 Annual Impact Report. It’s been great to review 2019, think about the highlights, thank the people that made it amazing, and the direction the organization is headed in. We feel fantastic about the way...
Jan 11, 2020
