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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
The Making of Artists
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President's Gallery at Harold Washington College
30 E Lake Street, Room 1105 Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, May 31st, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Thursday, July 3rd
The Making of Artists
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President's Gallery at Harold Washington College
30 E. Lake St.
Opening Saturday, May 31st, from 10 AM - 5 PM
On view through Thursday, July 3rd
Chicago Alternative Comics Expo
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Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted Ave, Chicago, IL, 60613
Opening Saturday, May 31st, from 11am - 5PM
On view through Sunday, June 1st
Joshua Kent: On the impossibility of a singular hand
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Roman Susan
1224 W. Loyola Avenue, Chicago 60626
Opening Saturday, May 31st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, June 21st
Macon Reed
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Ordinary Projects
2233 S. Throop St., 5th Floor, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, May 30th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 22nd
Autumn Elizabeth Clark: I haven’t come yet
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Winkelman-Milling Projects
960 W Cullerton st Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 30th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, June 20th
Radical Natural
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Chicago Artist Coalition
217 N Carpenter St., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, May 30th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, June 17th
Kim Harty: Human Factors
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St. Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 30th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, June 17th
Foreign Trade Zones (Closing and Discussion with Brian Holmes & Rozalinda Borcila)
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threewalls
119 N Peoria St #2C, Chicago IL
Opening Thursday, May 29th, at 6PM
Conversations in the Beast: W.J.T. Mitchell with Bart Schultz & John Preus
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S. Cornell Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Tuesday, May 27th, from 4PM - 6PM
Nicholas Wylie (Artist Talk)
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Lillstreet Loft
4437 N. Ravenswood Chicago, IL
Opening Tuesday, May 27th, from 7PM - 8PM
Mistakes Have Hidden Intention; New work from Berlin
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Devening Projects + Editions
3039 W Carroll St., Chicago IL
Opening Sunday, May 25th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, June 28th
Daniel Schmid: Where There’s Smoke…
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Peanut Gallery
1000 N California Ave Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, May 25th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 22nd
Apocalyptic, Epic!
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South of the Tracks
319 N. Albany Ave
Opening Sunday, May 25th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, June 15th
Tony Tasset: Spills
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd., Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, May 24th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, July 26th
Kelly Kleinschrodt: Murmelte Instrumente, & April Street: Runner
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Andrew Rafacz Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd., Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, May 24th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, July 5th
McArthur Binion: DNA Study
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd., Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, May 24th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 2nd
Propeller Fund Project Space Launch
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Mana Contemporary Chicago
2233 S. Throop St. Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 24th, from 1 PM - 7 PM
On view through Sunday, August 31st
Ismael “ISH” Muhammad Nieves & Claire Ashley: ISH ASH GRAF MASH
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SideCar
411 Huehn, Hammond, Indiana, 46327
Opening Saturday, May 24th, from 5 PM - 10 PM
On view through Saturday, June 21st
Lucas de Lima: I Understand and I Wish To Continue. (Reading)
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FLAT Space
2023 S. Ruble St. Chicago, 606016
Opening Friday, May 23rd, from 7.30 - 9.00
Mara Baker: Two Forward, One Back
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65GRAND
1369 W Grand Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, May 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 28th
“haha nothing is real okay”
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Gallery Momentum
5135 S. Kenwood Ave, Apartment 603
Opening Friday, May 23rd, from 6PM - 10PM
Tan Lines 2
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Free Range Gallery
3257 W. Lawrence Ave, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, May 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, May 23rd
BFA Fine Art Exhibition 2014
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Averill and Bernard Leviton A+D Gallery
619 S Wabash, Chicago IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 23rd, from 6:30PM - 8 PM
On view through Saturday, June 14th
William Eckhardt Kohler: Portals, Passages, and Vessels, & Judith Mullen: A Good Wander
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Linda Warren Projects
327 N. Aberdeen, Suite 151, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, May 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, June 5th
Gratification
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Mana Contemporary Chicago
Room 410, 2233 S. Throop St., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, May 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 24th
Matthew Girson: The Painter’s Other Library
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, May 23rd, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, August 10th
Gratification
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MANA Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, May 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, June 13th
Deus Ex Machina
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Good Beer Hunting Studio
2557 W. North Ave
Opening Wednesday, May 21st, from 7 - 11
On view through Tuesday, May 27th
Art Theory and Practice Visiting Artist Talk: Lucía Sanromán
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Pick-Laudati Auditorium, Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, May 21st, from 6Pm - 7:30Pm
Cultural Conversations with Willy Chyr
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Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop ST Chicago Illinois 60608
Opening Tuesday, May 20th, from 7PM - 9PM
Daniel Gordon & Ditty Ketting
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The Suburban
125 N Harvey Ave., Oak Park IL
Opening Sunday, May 18th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Paige Fetchen: Silent Partners
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Kitchen Space
2716 N. Monticello Ave. 1F, Chicago, Il 60647
Opening Sunday, May 18th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, June 1st
Mindy Rose Schwartz
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Queer Thoughts
1640 W 18th St. #3
Opening Sunday, May 18th, from 1 Pm - 4 PM
On view through Sunday, June 29th
Adam Wolpa / Josh Hoeks & Charlotte Woolf: SHOVEL, SPOON, AND BRAID
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ACRE Projects
1913 W 17th Street, Chicago
Opening Sunday, May 18th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, June 2nd
Ben Murray in conversation with Andreas Fischer
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Monique Meloche Gallery
2154 W. Division Street
Opening Saturday, May 17th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, May 31st
In Clipping Signal: Collage by Contemporary Poets
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The Annex at Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard, Suite 302, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 28th
Leslie Hewitt & Bradford Young: Untitled (Structures)
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago IL
On view through Sunday, August 31st
An Artists’ Congress
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Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr. Evanston, Il 60201
Opening Saturday, May 17th, from 1pM - 5PM
Chicago Sculpture International 2014 Biennial Exhibition: Invoking the Absence
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The Elks National Memorial
2750 N Lakeview Ave, Chicago IL 60614
Opening Saturday, May 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
Steve Ruiz: Dreadfuls
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D Gallery
623 S. Wabash
Opening Friday, May 16th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Monday, June 16th
Nick Raffel & Sophia Rhee: Tina
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Logan Center for the Arts
915 E. 60th St., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, May 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, May 23rd
GURL DON’T BE DUMB: LIT UP
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Forever & Always
905 W 21st Place, Chicago
Opening Friday, May 16th, at 7PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
In the Land of Thieves and Ghosts
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave. 2nd floor
Opening Friday, May 16th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, June 22nd
Columbia College Interdisciplinary Arts: MFA Thesis Exhibition & Performances
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Center for Book & Paper Arts + Conway Center
1104 S Wabash, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, May 16th, from 2PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 24th
Joshua Parker: A Curious Inflation of Potential and the Sights and Sounds of Exhalation
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Locy Hall
Locy Hall, North Basement Entrance, Room 14, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, May 15th, from 12:30PM - 2:30PM
On view through Saturday, May 24th
Kai Wiedenhofer: Freedom Forward
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DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
4740 North Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Thursday, May 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, June 20th
Vesna Jovanovic & Lindsey Thieman in Conversation
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr., Chicago IL
Opening Thursday, May 15th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Jason Reblando (Artist Talk)
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Latitude
2041 W. Carroll, Suite C223, Chicago IL
Opening Wednesday, May 14th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Alison Knowles (Reading)
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Graham Foundation Madlener House
4 West Burton Place, Chicago IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, May 14th, at 6PM
Kerry Tribe: The Talking Dead: Index, Amnesia and the Afterlife of Film
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The Mary and Leigh Block Museum
40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, May 14th, at 6PM
Lilli Carré for Trunk Show
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Trunk Show
Humbolt Park
Opening Tuesday, May 13th, from 1PM - 3PM
Richard Tuttle (Artist Talk)
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Logan Center for the Arts
915 E. 60th St. Room 901, Chicago IL
Opening Tuesday, May 13th, at 6PM
Josephine Harvorson (Artist Talk)
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Logan Center for the Arts
915 E. 60th St. Room 901, Chicago IL
Opening Monday, May 12th, at 5PM
Alec Gibson Hatcher: Clement and the Goo (Reading)
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LeRoy Neiman Center
The LeRoy Neiman Center Sharp Building 37 S. Wabash Ave., 1st Floor
Opening Sunday, May 11th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, May 11th
Maddie Reyna: Jamaica Sweethearts
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Julius Caesar
3311 W. Carroll Ave. Chicago IL 60624
Opening Sunday, May 11th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, June 8th
Kitchen Space Open House & Potluck
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Kitchen Space
2716 N. Monticello Ave.
Opening Sunday, May 11th, from 4PM - 10PM
Alex Valentine: Second Sentence
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3433
3433 N. Kedvale Ave. Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Saturday, May 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 31st
speculationscapes
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Jekyll&Hyde
1227 E 54th St
Opening Saturday, May 10th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, June 7th
Polly Yates: Unhomely
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Roman Susan
1224 W. Loyola Avenue, Chicago 60626
Opening Saturday, May 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 24th
Margaret Wharton: Spirited Vision
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Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery
32 E. Quincy St. Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Saturday, May 10th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, June 14th
Daniel Baird & Ryan Lauderdale: There is a Screen
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LVL3
1542 N. Mikwaukee Ave., 3rd Floor, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, May 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 15th
Miss Kilman and She Were Terrible Together
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The Hills Esthetic Center
128 N. Campbell, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, May 10th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, June 6th
Ali Chitsaz & Jacob Goudreault: We Love War
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Roots & Culture
1034 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, May 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 7th
If I had my life to live over, I’d live over a delicatessen
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Johalla Projects
1821 W Hubbard St | Ste 209
Opening Friday, May 9th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 15th
Accompanied by Image
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Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop ST Chicago Illinois 60608
Opening Friday, May 9th, from 8PM - 11PM
Barbara Diener: In the Valley
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LivingRoom Gallery
1530 W. Superior St., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, May 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 1st
Jessica Harvey & Andrew Rigsby
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Dock 6 Collective
4200 W. Diversey St., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, May 9th, from 6PM - 12am
On view through Saturday, May 10th
Opening Reception: Sherry Karver and Patty Carroll
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Schneider Gallery
230 West Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, May 9th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, June 28th
Free Money
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Nych Gallery
643 W. 18th St., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, May 9th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 10th
“Reflected Existence” Opening with Brandy Kraft
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Elephant Room, Inc.
704 S Wabash Ave. Chicago, Il 60605
Opening Friday, May 9th, from May 9th at 5PM - May 9th at 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 21st
connect [] ED
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CAD East + West
1932 S. Halsted, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, May 9th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, May 23rd
Same River Twice
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The Archer Ballroom
3012 South Archer Avenue, 3rd Floor
Opening Friday, May 9th, from 9PM - 11PM
Jeremiah Jones: Pleasure in the Domestic
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ROOMS Gallery
1835 S Halsted St, Chicago
Opening Friday, May 9th, from 8PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 17th
What We All Long For
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Student Union Galleries| SUGs
37 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, May 8th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, May 30th
Christopher Baker: Free Love, Open-Source Style (Artist Talk)
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The Logan Share
2864 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60618
Opening Tuesday, May 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
Karen Azarnia: Luminous, & Brent Fogt: Gardenia Royale
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Terrain Exhibitions
704 Highland Ave. Oak Park, IL
Opening Sunday, May 4th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, May 28th
Unbound: Contemporary Art After Frida Kahlo
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago IL
On view through Sunday, October 5th
Roots & Culture 8th Annual Spring Gala
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Roots & Culture
1034 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, May 3rd, from 7PM - 11PM
SCAPE
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The Franklin
3522 W. Franklin Blvd. Chicago IL 60624
Opening Saturday, May 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 31st
Kiam Marcelo Junio: Nangyayari Na: a Multidimensional Mixtape
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Studio Be
3110 N Sheffield
Opening Saturday, May 3rd, from 9:30 PM - 12 AM
On view through Sunday, May 4th
Jessica Taylor Caponigro: Wait For Now, & Justin Petertil: Mmmm
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Comfort Station
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, May 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 1st
one nightvision
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Happy Dog Gallery
1542 N. Milwaukee Ave Floor 2 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
From the Lynching Tree to Mass Incarceration
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Gallery 400
400 South Peoria Street
Opening Saturday, May 3rd, from 3PM - 5PM
Passing
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Mana Contemporary
2233 South Throop Street, Chicago IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 3rd
Zack Wirsum: White Lies and Silver Spoons
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Jean Albano Gallery
215 West Superior Street
Opening Friday, May 2nd, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, June 21st
Cometas
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Adventureland Works on Paper
1513 N. Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 2nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, May 23rd
Encounters at the Edge of the Forest
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Gallery 400
400 South Peoria Street
On view through Saturday, June 14th
New Heirs
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Rational Park
2557 W. North Ave
Opening Friday, May 2nd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, May 4th
Now You See It, Now You Don’t
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Flat Iron Artists' Building
1579 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 2nd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, June 6th
Natalia Cacchiarelli: Vibrations
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The Mission
1431 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, May 2nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 14th
Things
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Design Cloud
118 N. Peoria St., 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, July 10th
Stevie Hanley & Jacob Raeder: Perverted Living
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FLAT Space
2023 S. Ruble St. Chicago, 606016
Opening Friday, May 2nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 1st
SAIC Fashion 2014
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Millennium Park Chase Promenade
201 E. Randolph St., Chicago, IL 60601
Northwestern University MFA Thesis Exhibition
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Block Museum of Art
Northwestern University, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL
Opening Thursday, May 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 22nd
Everything Loose Will Land
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Graham Foundation Madlener House
4 West Burton Place, Chicago IL 60610
Opening Thursday, May 1st, from 6PM - 8:30PM
On view through Saturday, July 26th
Josh Kuffel & Leota Mead: Predetermined Structures
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Averill and Bernard Leviton A+D Gallery
619 S Wabash, Chicago IL 60605
Opening Thursday, May 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, May 8th
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