What to do this weekend....

The first event of its kind in the US, created by American Contemporary Artist Scott Helbach and bear.illa CEO Lonnie Edwards. Paint Wars is a North American tour that focuses on challenging talented artists in friendly competitions of live improvised art using paint markers (Krink, Montana, Pilot, Molotow et cetera...) to raise money for different charity organizations within the host city. Each artist gets 90mins to come up with an amazing image, and the audience chooses the winner(s) via "ballot box" style vote. Paint Wars will be coming to a city near you, who knows, your city may be next on the tour. Stay Tuned...

PAINT WARS CHICAGO

July 9th, 2010 - July 10th, 2010
Anode Gallery 718 West 18th St, Chicago, IL 60616
5pm - 1am
15$* (includes all you can eat and drink)
20$* (2 day entry all you can eat and drink BOTH DAYS)

*Proceeds to benefit the Arts of Life Foundation (artsoflife.org)

Gift BAGS will be given to the FIRST 30 guests and GIVEAWAYS will be handed out throughout the night

Guest DJs
DOTS
TOP KEY
JOHN SIMMONS

SPECIAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE BY:
THE NEW OLD
NEAK

FEATURED ARTISTS IN THE CHICAGO EVENT
Ian Bennett
Rocio Urbano (Director of the ConNatural Artists urban arts organization)
Dense83
Kevin Lahvic
Mario Mena
Rooster
Salena Restos
Amish
Eric Stenberg
Arturo Lopez
Micheal "Mist" Bahana
Hansel De La Cruz
Jose Rerales
Roberto Saucedo

Hosted by: Lonnie Edwards and Ennis Alexander Martin III

(via becomebearilla.com)