#lip2020

AnySquared’s LIP 20/20 Exhibit & Arts Festival Exhibition Extended Through July 1st, 2020 Hairpin Arts Center | 2810 N Milwaukee | Chicago In June, we are hosting Community Art Days during LIP 20/20 Exhibit hours where people can make signs/posters/stickers at the Hairpin Arts Center centering on #BlackLivesMatter. UPDATED Exhibit Hours & Community Art Days

Wednesday June 24, from 3pm–8pm**

Friday June 26, from 2pm–7pm (Sudden Impact Concert 7pm-9pm Streaming from Hairpin)

Sunday June 28, from 4pm–7pm

Monday June 29, from 6pm-8:30pm

Wednesday July 1, from 3pm–8pm** (Last exhibit day!)

**Note: we will stay later on Wednesdays if people are present. The gallery is also available by appointment this month. A special thank you to Hairpin Arts Center for extending our exhibition through June 30th and allowing us to have Community Art Days in the space. LIP = Life in Progress  |  AnySquared Projects’ LIP20/20 Exhibit & Arts Festival showcases work that expresses definitions and/or critiques of progress that provokes, challenges, or illustrates. Through all media, artists represent, examine, analyze, or dissect what is actual progress, what some consider progress, and what is not. LIP 20/20 seeks to answer and explore this concept with our work, our art, in our communities, and as human beings, both in the city and the world.  #LIP2020 ARTISTS  |  ADR • Adriana Poterash • Akira • Alejandro Ontiveros Robles • Alexandra Galvan • Alex Wells Shapiro • Alexis Lovely • Alfonso Piloto Nieves Ruiz • Alice Roberson • Alma Dominguez • Amie Sell • Andrew Garcia • Andy Meholick • Angela Davis Fegan • Anna Reed • Anthony Bartley • Applepop • ATYL (Alex Lee) • B'Rael Ali Thunder • Brian Herrera • Cameron Feeley • Carlos Anegas Vazquez • Christian Navas • David Castrejon • dial8r • EAZEL • Ellen Holtzblatt • Emilio Nadales • Emily Holmes • Fire Falco • Flash ABC • Frankie Peace • Frederick Nitsch • Gabriel Patti • The Gray Fox 11 & Korkox • Gretchen Hasse • Haley Achler • Helen Sanchez-Cortes • Holiday Gerry • Iz Mozer • Jae Green • Jameil Al-Oboudi • Jane Michalski • Jerkbeard • Jesus R. Hernandez • Jill Sutton • Juan A. Cano • Julie Sulzen • Kassandra Spence • Katherine Nemanich • Kathryn Eli • Kao Ra Zen • Kelly Mathews • Larry Green • lewis lain • Linda Platt • Liz Olney • Lucien Caillouet • Lucky Gnome • Makeba Kedem-Dubose • Marco Morelli • Marianna Buchwald • Maria Galvan • Mars Caulton • Marvin Tate • Melecio Castillo • Meredith Mays Epsino • Mia Le • Michaelangelo Quintello • Michael Miller • mr.pintamuro • Natalia Virafuentes • Neha Chawla & Elisabeth James • Nguyen Tran • Olga Guse • Orlando Martinez • Penelope Thrasher • Rebecca Kautz • Sara Peak Convery • Sarawut Chutiwongpeti • Squeak Starzula • Stasa Wade • Tattianna Howard • Teshika Silver • Tracy Kostenbader • Victoria Elizabeth • Zack Goulet Light Creatures interactive performance during March 7th opening event was by International Art Group Mask Ensemble featured Tiona Robinson, Althea Teamer, Sherree Blakemore, Cande, Lissa, Marianna Buchward, and Barbara Wilson. Streetview Artists in the large windows facing Diversey and Milwaukee : Bee Figueroa, mr.pintamuro, The Gray Fox 11, Andrew Rose Vickers, Tracy Kostenbader, Tattianna Howard, The Gray Fox 11, Andrew Garcia, and Alice Roberson 

Additional LIP 20/20 Arts Festival Programming postponed. Look for details in the next year. ____ Pandemic Safety Measures at the Hairpin Arts Center Will need to keep it safe for each other and the community. The safety measures we will follow: Wearing masks; Physically distance 6ft apart; Limit capacity; Hand sanitizer available; Limited masks available; Before and after each day: sanitize entry, space, surfaces and restrooms; We have sanitizing wipes and spray; We will access the space through the stairs and use elevator only when necessary; Doors propped open to minimize need to touch handles. We will be ready to adjust for the safety of all of us. 

LIP 20/20 Perfomance in Progress Postponed AnySquared in cooperation with the Hairpin Arts Center presents our long-anticipated event that features some talented artists mixing mediums! Artists B'Rael Ali Thunder Mars Caulton Jae Green Andy Meholick Kao Ra Zen Alex Wells Shapiro Stasa Wade

Part of AnySquared’s LIP 20/20 Exhibit & Arts Festival AnySquared excited to continue the LIP 20/20 Arts Festival programming. Look for more programming and details about the exhibit. ____ B'Rael Ali Thunder is a painter, poet, dancer, MC, curator, and teaching artist with a MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Mars Caulton is a long-time revolutionary internationalist activist, performance artist, mother, post-punk, protector of all living things, preschool teacher, education coordinator and musician who talks with animals and argues with the pundits. Jae Green is a poet, second generation artist, mother and cancer survivor originally from the South side of Chicago. Jae hopes to merge her early exposures to pop and outsider art with her current existence as writer and performer.

Kao Ra Zen hails from Chicago and is involved in various creative projects involving music, poetry, visual art, and dance. In his travels, he has performed and exhibited work in Germany and helped to install solar panels in El Salvador. A recent recipient of the Presidential Merit Scholarship, Kao is pursuing his BFA at the School of the Art Insitute of Chicago. Andy Meholick is a writer/performer, and a proud member of the LBGTQ+ community. His experience growing up closeted in rural Pennsylvania, and his subsequent journey to urban Chicago, are the central theme for all of his works. He is a contributing writer for MuddyUm and Slackjaw. Alex Wells Shapiro is a poet and artist from New York, living in Chicago. He received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2017. Stasa Wade is a Chicago based writer, visual artist, activist, and teaching artist. She’s spent time in partnership with Tuley Cultural Center, The Smart Musuem of Art, and The Poetry Foundation.

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CALL FOR ARTISTS! Visit AnySquared website for LIP 20/20 for description, online form, and requirements: http://anysquared.com/LIP2020.html

For questions about the exhibition or application, email [email protected].

LIP 20/20 exhibition | March 7–March 28, 2020 Hairpin Arts Center, 2810 N. Milwaukee, Chicago #LIP2020 | LIP = Life in Progress