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Mary Fedorowski is a painter and muralist based in Chicago. Her sparse, colorful, and atmospheric images marry nature and architecture. She’s currently having a solo show at the Martin, which is closing November 13th. Get down there to see it if you can, and get a look at Mary’s...
Nov 08, 2021
- Art
- Featured
Over the last year, many of us have transitioned to remote work, developed housebound hobbies, and generally developed a new, more intimate relationship with the spaces that we call home. If you’re like me, that meant learning to make sauerkraut and accruing an unreasonable amount of house plants, but...
Nov 03, 2021
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- Interviews
- Tips for Artists
Since the advent of IPMM, we’ve been interviewing artists and learning about their work and process. We love getting to poke around the brains of some of the working artists we admire most, and are always especially excited to share them with you. We hope that you’ll draw inspiration...
Oct 25, 2021
- Art
- Featured
- Merch
If you go by the art curricula at most elementary and high schools, you could be forgiven for thinking all artists lived before 1850! In fact, it wouldn’t be crazy to assume that artists are mainly painters–and largely paint horses, biblical allegories, and flowers at that! It’s the sad...
Oct 20, 2021
- Art
- Art Resources for Teachers
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All 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 pieces of...
Oct 18, 2021
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- Interviews
- Tips for Artists
Jer Wat (aka Jeremy) is a printmaker, illustrator, and video producer living and working in Winnipeg, Canada. His love of art goes all the way back to his early childhood when he would draw on anything he could get ahold of: napkins, scraps of paper, and even his arms! ...
Oct 11, 2021
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- Shared Walls by IPaintMyMind™
Now that schools are back in full swing, we wanted to take the time to recap our Shared Walls Installation Week–the biggest yet! This year we were able to bring art galleries to 15 CPS schools around Chicago, revitalizing shared spaces and inspiring curiosity in thousands of students! We...
Oct 04, 2021
- Art
- Art Resources for Teachers
- Featured
In Salvador Dalí’s most famous painting, the iconic The Persistence of Memory, the eye bounces from one disturbingly amorphous figure to another. On the horizon line, a clock oozes over a decaying olive tree; below it, a disembodied face is draped over a rock in the coastal landscape of...
Sep 27, 2021
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- Art Resources for Teachers
- Featured
Whether or not you have heard the term Afrofuturism before, you have almost definitely encountered the work of Afrofuturists, whether it was Parliament Funkadelic and their giant flying saucer, the kingdom of Wakanda, or the brash, expressive paintings of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Chicago itself has been home to some of...
Sep 20, 2021
- Art
- Featured
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, 2021
