Korean Dansaekhwa: The Art of Monochrome Painting
Korean Dansaekhwa, or the art of monochrome painting, represents a profound and meditative approach to art that emerged in Korea during the 1970s. This movement, characterized by its minimalist aesthetics and philosophical depth, has captured the attention of art enthusiasts and scholars worldwide. Dansaekhwa artists sought to transcend traditional...
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All photos and video copyright of IPaintMyMind When PepsiCo in New York reached out to us about creating a custom mural for the new Pepsi offices in The Historic Old Post Office Building that straddles the Eisenhower Expressway, we were thrilled to get a project that was so perfectly...
Feb 26, 2021
Black art has been the driving force for much of American cultural history. Whether jazz, rap, the poetry of the Harlem Renaissance, street art, hiphop, or spoken word: most uniquely American art forms owe their existence to pioneering black artists. This is no different when it comes to the...
Feb 22, 2021
We’re super excited to be debuting two new t-shirts available for purchase on our website. Buying a t-shirt is a great way to support our mission, and for us to get amazing wearable art from our Partner Artists out to our supporters. We love working with artists to settle...
Feb 21, 2021
IPaintMyMind Hiring Artists Working in Prints, Illustration, and Graphic Design to Create Video Workshops for Schools
IPaintMyMind has always been committed to providing accessible and well-crafted resources to art teachers. Of course, the ways in which we do that have changed drastically in the past year. With Covid-19 fundamentally altering the nature of education, we’ve been adapting our resources to fit new needs. One of...
Feb 17, 2021
Here at IPaintMyMind, we have a pretty unique model. It’s self-sustaining, and if rendered artistically, makes an absolutely perfect wheel. We call it the Wheel of Impact, and it illustrates the way that our services create a feedback loop where art and action create social change. Our big idea...
Feb 15, 2021
Looking back, 2020 meant a lot of things in flux, including how our organization thinks about delivering our mission of connecting communities through art. We’ve had to deeply rethink what our programs look like, how we fund them, how we tell our story, and how we wear our values...
Feb 10, 2021
Although the summer’s explosive Black Lives Matter reckoning on race and equity in America has mellowed through the fall months, the activism and organizing which constitutes the BLM movement continues daily. And the conversations which began in the last few months are no less critical to the country going...
Feb 08, 2021
IPaintMyMind is seeking a new Arts & Social Justice Editorial Contributor / Blogger to write articles about art, arts education, and IPMM’s mission and services. In this position, you would write 1-2 articles a month to be published on our blog, a valuable resource for teachers, students, artists, business...
Feb 05, 2021
It’s no secret to anyone that Chicago is a historically segregated city with a legacy of wildly disproportionate municipal funding. For decades, the city government has been over-investing in white communities and disinvesting in black and brown communities. Communities of color are over policed and under resourced, creating starkly...
Feb 01, 2021
