The Tiny Chicago Music Scene Project
A part of the Tiny Guide artwork series, the Tiny Chicago Music Scene Project includes drawings of 170 different music venues and music spaces in Chicago. The individual portraits can be curated into groups of spaces that are meaningful to those who wish to purchase artwork.
Read all about the project and its phases on the About page!
Thank you for your support, generosity, and kindness!
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+ How it Started +
It began with drawing a tiny book, which lives in its original form at the Brooklyn Art Library. After posting a video to social media of the book being opened and getting flooded with requests for a copy, it became a small handmade edition. After multiple editions selling out, the project went dark. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit. All the shows were cancelled, venues forced to close, and the panic started to set in. We might lose these spaces. So the project became about helping by selling this artwork. The support was overwhelming. $37,000 was raised and given to the venues. Collaborations with the Chicago Independent Venue League and Support Chicago Arts led to new iterations in the Tiny Guide series. The projects were written about by many news sources including The Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Reader, and Block Club Chicago.
Read more on the newest phases of this work on the About page!