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ART SWAP! Saturday, February 26th 6pm-11pm at Hairpin Arts Center, 2810 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago. Eventbrite | facebook event | Photos: last Art Swap

All artists welcome to participate in the swap. Friends welcome to watch!   ANYSQUARED'S ART SWAP IS BACK! Mix & mingle as artists swap art! We'll also have an interactive art wall, refreshments and snacks! This year we are doing it at the Hairpin Arts Center. *Masks and Vax Mandatory! We are still following current protocols for Covid. How to Art, Swap, & Meet? 1) Bring a Piece of Your Art. 2) Grab a Number at the Door. 3) Meet Artists/Swap Art (see below**) 4) Take Home New Art. SCHEDULE: • 6pm-7:30pm - Artists bring art + hang on wall • 7:45pm - ART SWAP Begins! (listen for your number) • 9:30pm–11pm - Celebration! ADMISSION: • FREE when you bring a piece of your art (Art must be your own) • Without art: sliding scale donation suggested (no one turned away for lack of funds: $2-10) ** INSTRUCTIONS: WHEN YOU BRING A PIECE OF YOUR OWN ART, grab a number at random out of the bowl at the door. With AnySquared Member’s help, hang your art on walls or place on tables. Feel free to trade numbers as you mingle. Art Swap begins at 7:45pm. Wait to hear your number called so you can pick out a piece of artwork from the pool of art. Take a picture with the artist whose work you chose! Note: please bring one piece of art (it can be a set of pieces that function as one!) RAFFLE! Note: We are raffling off the first 3 selections of art to both artists and friends! Plus, we have more great raffle prizes from our neighbors.

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For more information email projects@anysquared.com #CommunityBuildingEvent ____ AnySquared is an all-volunteer collaborative and artists network. Propelled by a deep sense of cooperation with artists, neighbors and the wider community, our mission is to support, produce and promote collaborative projects that facilitate arts activities through inclusive participation. AnySquared.com projects@anysquared.com IG: @ne2_gallerysquared twitter: @AnySquared Facebook: AnySquared _____ * This is event is a collaboration with Hairpin Arts Center. Thank you Hairpin for sharing your space! hairpinartscenter.org _____

Photos by Akira Portraits @akira.portraits; Andrew Garcia @garciaeffects; and Robert Castillo @1robertcastillo

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ART. SWAP. MEET. + AnySquared 10th Birthday! Friday, February 7th, 2020 from 6:30pm–11:30pm AnySquared Studio, 2328 N. Milwaukee | Chicago

Artists welcome to participate in the swap. Friends welcome to watch! Help us celebrate AnySquared's 10th Anniversary and mix, mingle as artists swap art! 

SCHEDULE • 6:30pm-7:30pm - Artists bring art and hang on wall • 7:45pm - ART SWAP Begins! • 9:15pm–11:30pm - Celebrate AnySquared’s Birthday! HOW TO ART. SWAP. MEET.? 1. Bring a Piece of Your Art  2. Grab a Number 3. Meet Artists/Swap Art  4. Take Home New Art ADMISSION • FREE to artists who bring a piece their art to swap • $2-10 suggested donation without art (sliding scale - no one turned away) All proceeds fund AnySquared’s 2020 projects. RAFFLE! We are raffling off the first 3 selections of art to both artists neighbors! Plus, we have great raffle prizes from our neighbors and friends. All proceeds fund AnySquared's projects in 2020.

Artists: When you bring a piece of art, grab a number at random out of the bowl at the door. With AnySquared Member’s help, hang your art on walls or place on tables. Feel free to trade numbers as you mingle. Art Swap begins at 7:45pm. Wait to hear your number called so you can pick out a piece of artwork from the pool of art. Take a picture with the artist whose work you chose!

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The Art Swap is a #communitybuildingevent for our larger LIP 20/20 Art Series organized in the next year in honor of AnySquared’s 10th anniversary. The series will include exhibitions, community building events, and public art. LIP=Life in Progress #LIP2020