IPaintMyMind 2019 Annual Impact & Statistics Report: Infographic Link

IPaintMyMind 2019 Annual Impact & Statistics Report: Infographic

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
Interview: Kate Lewis’ Architectural Prints and Colorful Murals Are On The Rise Link

Interview: Kate Lewis’ Architectural Prints and Colorful Murals Are On The Rise

The moment I saw Kate Lewis’ architectural art prints via All Star Press Gallery, I knew her work had to be part of the IPaintMyMind Permanent Collection. I even purchased one of her originals, of the Guggenheim Museum. Her odes to architectures greatest structures and stories lives in the...

Jan 09, 2020
$390,000 Spent On A Banana: Not Making Art More Accessible Link

$390,000 Spent On A Banana: Not Making Art More Accessible

I love what Duchamp gave the world of art. Readymades are an important artistic concept, decoupling technique from inspiring idea. His great thought is that art has no bounds, no technical requirement. It just needs to inspire, provide insight, activate, or express something that might connect. His innovation helped...

Jan 07, 2020
6 Arts Organizations Offering Fantastic Programs to Chicago Public Schools Link

6 Arts Organizations Offering Fantastic Programs to Chicago Public Schools

As jobs become increasingly automated, it is a skillset in creativity, storytelling, language, and big ideas that will separate job candidates. These types of skills are developed through arts and humanities. Unfortunately, schools are still necessarily dependent on outside organizations for support when it comes to arts education. It...

Nov 27, 2019
IPaintMyMind featured on WTTW Chicago Tonight Link

IPaintMyMind featured on WTTW Chicago Tonight

After being featured in the Chicago Tribune as a result of our huge program push during the first two weeks of September, the good word found its way to Angel Idowu, the Arts Correspondent for WTTW Chicago Tonight. She reached out to us then came out with her crew...

Nov 01, 2019
7 Incredibly Free Resources for Art Teachers Link

7 Incredibly Free Resources for Art Teachers

As we head into the final days of October, the Chicago Public School strike continues. The Chicago Teachers Union is fighting for the addition of nurses and social workers and against overcrowded classrooms. We’d like to lend our support! Here are seven free resources for art teachers to utilize now...

Oct 29, 2019
7 Ways To Support Chicago Nonprofit Organizations Link

7 Ways To Support Chicago Nonprofit Organizations

Many of us who wish to contribute to our communities have long-harbored notions that the road to inner happiness includes some sort of giving. And it’s hardly an accident that this belief is so natural. Why wouldn’t happiness be spread from goodness and in both directions? But it is...

Oct 21, 2019
5 Cultural Features Great Companies Don’t Go Without Link

5 Cultural Features Great Companies Don’t Go Without

Children dream about growing up to be athletes, astronauts, dancers, artists, veterinarians, and firefighters, but many will find work that our youth couldn’t have imagined. Flying in a spaceship, a daily dose of adorable animals and a big truck with sirens become things of the past.  Except they don’t....

Oct 14, 2019
‘Statement On The Purpose Of A Corporation’ Is An Exciting Development For Nonprofit Organizations Like IPaintMyMind Link

‘Statement On The Purpose Of A Corporation’ Is An Exciting Development For Nonprofit Organizations Like IPaintMyMind

About a month ago, a statement signed by 181 CEOs of the Business Roundtable rewrote the purpose of a corporation. That purpose includes a broader mission to foster an economy that benefits all Americans. IPaintMyMind – We Believe Art Changes Lives https://t.co/P6vMrLKvYJ via @YouTube — IPaintMyMind (@IPaintMyMind) May 15,...

Oct 07, 2019
Turning Art Rentals Into Free Art Workshops for Kids Link

Turning Art Rentals Into Free Art Workshops for Kids

In the nonprofit sector, there’s always an issue around funding. A lack of it, or the cost of finding it. Companies are also looking for cool ways to give back, and every year arts funding in schools gets slashed. What if you could turn art rentals into free art...

Aug 26, 2019