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Kiss The Brain Presents

Live Art Tents at The Dancing in the Streets Festival [summer 2023]

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Spice Spectacular Curated by Kiss The Brain and Laina Joy

During the first weekend in December, 20 local artists presented work made from ACTUAL spices at On Tour Brewing. 10 more makers joined us to round out the collection w/locally made giftables. We also offered an opportunity for visitors to bid on uniquely made spice racks to support Nourishing Hope(who works to keep Chicago fed).

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exhibition work by

emma lyons. andrew rehs. deja jovon. rachel summerfield. it’s just katie. jordan campbell. keith potter. talismxn[ic]. christine vilutis. the northern loon. lorimar matos. kelly anastasia. morgan choitz. laina joy. allison lindahl. jon veal. brendan forrest. nick apple. linda campagnoni. zoe kathryn

with giftable art by

elleseewomen. karla crochets. fabled fruits. petalpushr. the urban canvas. doodleyoodles. suds & succulents. luka fiorani. matt leavitt

Music by B Forrest, DJ Stafford + Jaik Willis

T-Shirt Design Contest

Summer 2022

Kiss The Brain engaged in a little crowdsourcing to discover the next design for On Tour Brewing’s merch! 7 fine local artists shared their creative talents and the design w/the most amount of votes landed on a T-Shirt. Congrats to our winner, Eric Weber!

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“A rainbow full of sound.”

During the weekend of Dec 10-12, 2021, 20 artists and 5 musicians came together to exhibit and perform. Together, we celebrated the intersection where music + colours meet. 8 of these artists were kind enough to volunteer their talents to create unique pieces for an auction from which all proceeds went to 8 local non-profits. All together, over $1800 was donated. Each day of this pop-up was celebrated with live painting + live music.

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Kiss The Brain’s first pop-up gallery was held September 3-September 19, 2021 at 1821 W Chicago Ave, as part of the West-Town Pop-Up Project. Fourteen local artists came together to exhibit their work.

  • Thank you for a successful first show. We are excited to bring you another.

This collection of work focused on the relationship between nature and human innovation. Artists explored their own interpretations of the relationship and the audience was encouraged to behold the beauty within a natural world and a manufactured one, while examining thresholds.

In a world so determined to be digitally and industrially defined, how do we connect with and preserve nature’s gifts?

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Check out the Block Club Article here.

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Photo by Marc Adesso

KTB hosted three events aimed to stir up some communal creativity. One of these events was a photo walk, hosted by Justin Dwaun Redding. Participants were encouraged to share their favorite images.