It was a beautiful day to spend tabling a booth at Young Evanston Artists’s (YEA) Art Festival! We chatted with community members and put our coloring book “Colorful Legacies” illustrated by Andrew Walker (@iamcreatv ) to good use.
Thanks to @open_studio_project for putting on this vibrant event!
It’s a beautiful day for an arts fest! Join us at Raymond Park today, or follow along in our stories as we celebrate young artists from across Evanston. Drop your favorite emoji in the comments to let us know if you’ll be there 🎨🖌️🌞
YEA! is almost here!!! Let’s come together to celebrate our young Evanston artists at Raymond Park this Saturday May 16th from 10am-3pm. Meet your art teacher in the park, enjoy art making, food trucks and performances from our choral groups and Musical Offering rock bands. 🌈🎨🎸✨ #YEA #youngevanstonartists #openstudioproject #supportlocalart #supportevanstonarts
Thank you to all of our supporters for coming out to Artopia on Saturday night! We had a blast at @sketchbookbrew in Skokie, shared how we work in our community, honored our Don Seiden Award honorees (Dayna Block & Ted Harris), and raised some funds to keep our work going!
We are thrilled to announce our first three recipients of the Harvey Pranian High School Art Scholarship: Daisy Hebert (slide 2), Sophia Kwok (slide 3) & Lily Vernon (slide 4). This scholarship is open to Evanston high school seniors who plan to pursue the arts after graduation.
This is the inaugural year of the scholarship, and after learning of the passing of YEA! founder Harvey Pranian in April, we made the decision to honor his legacy and lifelong passion for youth arts advocacy by renaming it the Harvey Pranian High School Arts Scholarship. Through this scholarship, we will continue to celebrate his legacy by uplifting and empowering the next generation of artists.
The scholarship awards will be presented on May 8th at Open Studio Project’s Gallery 901, where two of the recipients, Daisy and Sophia, will be exhibiting their work throughout the month of May. Opening reception is TONIGHT! 6-8pm. 💫 #openstudioproject #youngevanstonartists #harveypranian #highschoolartscholarships #creativity
In the coming weeks, masonry work will begin to prepare the wall for our new mural on Main Street!
We’re so excited to get things started, but we couldn’t let work begin on something new without taking the time to commemorate what was.
In 1993, legendary art teacher Carla Kinney-Philips and students from Nichols Middle School worked together to create the original mural on Main Street.
Carla recently stopped by the studio to share more about the process of painting the mural. Let us know in the comments – do you remember when the mural was first created? What was your favorite thing about it?
Mark your calendars for May 16th!
We’re hosting the annual YEA! Festival at Raymond Park, and will be revealing the Main Street mural design!
May is a big month for Open Studio Project, and we don’t want you to miss out on all the ways you can get involved.
Head to the link in our bio for more info about YEA! Fest, the mural and other ways to get involved!
T-minus 2 days until ARTOPIA! Our big fun annual fundraising party. This year happening at @sketchbookbrew in Skokie. Purchase tickets at the link in bio to support our creative and life changing programming. Above is a photo from a lovely collaborative moment in one of our therapeutic art groups down at Taylor Elementary in the East Chicago neighborhood. We need YOU to help us keep these groups running! Please come hang with us this Saturday from 6:30-10pm. 💫🎨🍻 #openstudioproject #supportnonprofits #artopia2026 #sketchbookbrewing #evanstoncommunity
With warmer weather on the horizon, we’re looking forward to starting on the Main Street Mural.
Here are 4 ways to get involved!
More info at the link in bio.
Make art and do good! We are helping out at @openstudioproject for their annual fundraiser Artopia happening soon:
Sat, May 2nd
6:30-10:00pm
Sketchbook Brewing Co.
Skokie, IL
🎨 Art
🍕 Pizza
🍺 Beer
🎶 Music
🤩 Fun
Art + Wellness never looks better together! Love walking alongside other orgs to help further the cause and build community.
#Fundraiser #supportthearts #artheals #chicagoevents #dogood
Come make art and raise money for a great cause! Open Studio Project’s Annual Fundraiser Artopia is happening!
📍Sat, May 2nd
✍️ Sketchbook Brewing in Skokie, IL
⏰ 6:30-10:00pm
🍕 Art, Pizza, Beer, Music, Dancing
🔗 Link in bio
Also $25 or $50 gets you a gift card donated by our generous sponsors and local businesses! Guaranteed winner!! 🏆
See you there!!
#chicagoevents #openstudioproject #supportthearts #artandwellness #Evanstonart
Design your own mural!
Thanks to everyone who came out to our community mural workshops! Couldn’t make it in person? No problem!
We still want to see your ideas for the mural and hear what you love about living in South Evanston.
Head to our blog at the link in our bio to download your mural design worksheet, then share your design on social media and tag us!
