This Thursday is Mexican Independence Day, and we wanted to celebrate by pointing you towards 11 amazing Mexican artists working in Chicago today to learn about, support, and even purchase some new prints from! Chicago has a long and rich history of Mexican art, and we’re lucky to have...
Sep 13, 2021The 2021/22 IPMM Arts Education Curriculum is live and available for purchase right now! We’re so excited to put this labor of love out into the world, to share with our community of teachers and educators. This comprehensive curriculum is 80+ pages long and includes 16 remixable and reusable...
Sep 06, 2021Two months ago, we delivered art supplies to an elementary school partnering with IPaintMyMind. Dropping off paint, sketchbooks, brushes, and more, we met with Stephany Jimenez, the energetic young art teacher at Seward Elementary who participated in our Shared Walls Program in 20/21 despite the pandemic, and added so...
Aug 30, 2021It’s that time of the year again! Students and teachers are heading back to the classroom, for the first full year of in-person instruction since the outbreak of Covid-19. In many cases, electives like art, music, and drama fell by the wayside during the pandemic, as core classes became...
Aug 23, 2021When you think of Surrealism, do you visualize melting clocks and a pencil-thin mustache? Many of us see Salvador Dali as the face and spirit of Surrealism. Although his strange, melancholy, and dream-like scenes certainly fit the bill, to stop there would be a tragedy. The Surrealist movement was...
Aug 16, 2021So what do Michelangelo, Leonardo Davinci, Vincent Van Gogh, and Pablo Picasso all have in common? Well, apparently, they’re the only artists anyone wants to talk about. Oh, and they’re all (long) dead white guys. If you go by the art curriculums in most classrooms, artists are mostly old,...
Aug 13, 2021For many people the visual arts can feel aloof, elite, and inconsequential. What value could that 30-ft pink statue or a splattered canvas really impart anyway? And besides, why should I pay astronomical amounts of money just to get a glimpse of these pieces of art? That’s why I...
Aug 09, 2021Last year, we launched the First Edition of the IPMM Arts Education Curriculum. Informed by our work in and out of art classrooms all over the City of Chicago and the gaps that we saw within existing arts education frameworks, the curriculum was a labor of love and a...
Aug 02, 2021Street art was once synonymous with gangs and tagging. Why is this? Well, at the root of it, it comes down to racism, classism, and fear. Think about the images of 1980s New York City train cars, rolling into the stations, covered in brightly colored words and images. What’s...
Jul 26, 2021If you’ve been wanting to scratch an art itch, but are a little strapped for cash, check out these 15 affordable art prints that you can buy on Amazon. Some come framed, and others unframed, but they’re all under $30! Starting an art collection can be this easy, but...
Jul 19, 2021
LET'S TURN ART INTO IMPACT.
