- Art
- Featured
- Interviews
- Tips for Artists
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...
Aug 10, 2020
- Art
- Artist Process Video Series
- Featured
- Interviews
If you haven’t noticed yet, we’re kicking off a killer art process 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,...
Aug 06, 2020
- Events
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Have 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, 2020
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- Featured
I 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, 2020
- Art Resources for Teachers
- Featured
This 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 cheap art projects for a slightly older cohort of students, but could be easily adapted for younger children. They’re all user-friendly,...
Jul 17, 2020
- Featured
- Interviews
- Nonprofits
Welcome to the first in a series of interviews with IPaintMyMind board members! Each board member forms the 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...
Jul 13, 2020
- Art
- Featured
Artist 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, 2020
- Art
- Art Resources for Teachers
- Featured
If 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...
Jun 29, 2020
IPaintMyMind’s Unique Model That Provides One FREE Year of Arts Programming to Chicago Public Schools
- Art
- Art Resources for Teachers
- Featured
- Shared Walls by IPaintMyMind™
If you’ve been working within the Chicago Public Schools 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 IPaintMyMind, we understand...
Jun 22, 2020
- Art
- Featured
It’s a weird time in the world, and a lot of us have been spending a good amount of time at home. Covid-19 has made Zoom calls a lot more interesting, or not, depending on whether or not your fellow meeting participant has the circus going on around them...
Jun 15, 2020
