C Drew - Street Artist Adventures

The Crossroads Fund presents its annual fundraiser - Seeds for Change - at the Chicago Cultural Center. They throw a lavish spread with music and wine. Awards are announced and their grantees are showcased.

The Uptown Multi-Cultural Art Center has received several small technical assistance grants from the Crossroads Fund years back. I began printing patches for free at “Seeds for Change” several years back and have been well received by this liberal to left leaning group of activists working for small grass-roots non-profits.

The band - Bossa Tres - warms up. I meet the dentist of artist Lee Groban. He recognizes Lee’s patch designs Lee allows the Patch Art Project to use. Glad I came out.

I am set-up to print. Someone asks me why I missed this event last year. It was a busy year.

Tonight’s featured patch is the new “No Games” patch.

I print a bunch and run for lunch.

I give away a lot of patches but sign few people up to our mailing list. As I walk around passing out patches, a youthful community arts organizer tells me he learned how to apply screen-printing in a community setting from me. What a great feeling. That, the wine and the food make my night.