May 2024
Samuel Schwindt: Revealed Armor: Leather and Light
@ Epiphany Center for The Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 31st, from 6 PM - 9 PM
On view through Friday, July 12th
From Signs to Symbols: Chryssa’s Mechanical Manipulations
@ Wrightwood 659
659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, May 30th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, July 27th
Art, Wine + Jazz
@ 21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, May 29th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
#OTVTonight: A Window Into Love
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, May 28th, from 5:30 PM - 8PM
12TH ANNUAL ART COMPETITION
@ Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Tuesday, May 28th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, July 5th
Melissa Potter: Dung Paper with Annabelle and Loretta
@ Cultivator at Bray Grove Farm
202 E Washington St, Morris, IL 60450
Opening Monday, May 27th, from 2PM - 5PM
Susannah Papish: Ova Amina
@ Cultivator at Bray Grove Farm
202 E Washington St, Morris, IL 60450
Opening Monday, May 27th, from 2PM - 5PM
Eliza Fernand: Graveyard Meander
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Sunday, May 26th, from 3PM - 5PM
Roger Shule: The Matchbook Artist
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 16th
LOCAL PAPERS: Art Created On or With Paper
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 14th
Blue Moon Gallery Collective Artists Group Show
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, June 21st
Madeleine Aguilar: yard model: Closing
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Saturday, May 25th, at 4PM
On view through Saturday, May 25th
Lands of Dual 11: Artist Talk
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Saturday, May 25th
I Like Your Art… Artist Talk
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Saturday, May 25th
Learning Series | The Impact of Food Apartheid in Education, Part 4
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 10AM - 11:30AM
Side Yard Sounds: Garden Party + Ratchet
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 7PM - 9PM
35th Prairie Arts Festival
@ Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts
201 Schaumburg Ct, Schaumburg, IL 60193
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 10AM - 5PM
Cruising – Fetish Film Screening
@ Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, May 25th, from 7PM - 9PM
Iris Kaltenbäck: THE RAPTURE (2023)
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, May 24th, at 7PM
Open Screening
@ Chicago Filmmakers
1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, May 24th, at 7PM
Brian Wells: Chicago for Everyone
@ Riverside Arts Center at the Riverside Town Hall
27 Riverside Rd, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Friday, May 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, July 31st
Kwamé Azure Gomez: Social Chromaticism
@ Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery
27 Riverside Rd, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Friday, May 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 22nd
Bumpy Wilson: I AM AN AMATEUR ADULT
@ Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 24th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, July 7th
The Function
@ Land and Sea Dept
3124 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, May 24th, at 8PM
On view through Friday, June 14th
Captured Earth
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
On view through Sunday, August 18th
Jenny Gagalka: All day I dream about sex Sometimes after dinner I dream again
@ Good Weather
1524 S Western Ave, Suite 121, Building A, Chicago, IL 60608
On view through Saturday, July 20th
Poetry off the Shelf: Maya C. Popa and Richie Hofmann
@ Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, May 23rd, from 7PM - 8PM
Gabrielle Brady: ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS (2018)
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, May 23rd, at 7PM
Zsófia Ötvös: PARTS APART
@ CSI project Space and Gallery
1912 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, May 23rd, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 2nd
Seaside Bathing: Discussion and Art-Making
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, May 23rd, at 6PM
Yan Wen Chang and Andrew Harding: Auto Dealer Dream
@ Weatherproof
3336 W Lawrence Ave #303, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Thursday, May 23rd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 23rd
In the Fade | Free Film Screening
@ Goethe Institut
Goethe-Institut Chicago Building (Michigan Room) 150 N. Michigan Ave., 3rd Fl.
Opening Thursday, May 23rd, from 6PM - 8:30 PM
SLUTS: Anthology edited Michelle Tea
@ Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Thursday, May 23rd, at 7PM
Looks Can Be Deceiving
@ ANTHONY GALLERY
1360 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, May 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 22nd
WORKS BY
@ Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
5701 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, May 23rd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, July 14th
Andrew Park: The Places We Built
@ ANTHONY GALLERY
1360 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, May 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 22nd
Chicago Collects: Jewelry in Perspective
@ The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Sunday, September 22nd
“Actions for the Earth” Gallery Talk with Climate Crisis + Media Arts
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, May 23rd, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
Connor Young: ATAXOPHOBIA
@ WHIM at Stage 7773
1225 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Wednesday, May 22nd, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 25th
A conversation featuring Carla Acevedo-Yates, Aaron Ampudia, Hernán Fratto
@ Instituto Cervantes of Chicago
31 W Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Wednesday, May 22nd, at 6:30PM
Making Multichannel Music w/ Kikù Hibino
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, May 22nd, at 7:30PM
Weird & Wonderful: THE MEMBRANES
@ City Lit Books
2523 N Kedzie Blvd, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, May 22nd, at 6:30PM
Jon Mueller / Post Doom Romance
@ Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, May 21st, at 7PM
Constance Debré
@ Renaissance Society, CLASSICS BUILDING
1010 E 59th St Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, May 21st, at 6:30PM
Jess Atieno: Odyssey
@ Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, May 20th, from 7PM - 9PM
Reflection
@ University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle Normal, IL 61761
On view through Sunday, July 28th
Pleiades Series: Kirsten Cary / Gaby Martinez, Kari Watson / Katinka Kleijn
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Sunday, May 19th, at 8PM
Side Yard Sounds presents: Seajun Kwon + Where Were We: Erez Dessel, Beth McDonald and Tyler Damon
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, May 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
Isaac Julien: Young Soul Rebels (1991)
@ Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, May 19th, at 4PM
Femme Fest 2024
@ Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, May 19th, from 3PM - 8PM
Closing Receptions for Working Hands, Thick-Skinned, and Instrumental
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, May 19th, from 1PM - 4PM
LiveRANT Resilient Heart Panel Discussion Crumbling Climate: Navigating the Quiet Terror of Earth Destabilization
@ 21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, May 19th, from 1PM - 3PM
WNDR Museum Launch Event for Clue Merchandise Collaboration
@ WNDR Museum
1130 W Monroe St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, May 19th, from 12PM - 3PM
Mending workshop with Michelle Hartney
@ 21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, May 19th, from 11AM - 12:30PM
Sensory-Friendly Morning
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, May 19th, from 10AM - 11:30AM
Pulp Painting on Handmade Paper with Don Widmer
@ Colvin House
5940 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, May 19th, from 10am - 1PM
In the Realm of Senses presents Creation in Motion: Fioritura
@ Salonlb.
1010 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, May 18th, from 8PM - 9:30PM
Caro Murphy: Interactive Experience Design
@ Illinois Tech - Hermann Hall
3241 S Federal St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, May 18th, from 7PM - 8PM
Two Artists. One Night
@ J. Emmett Studios
5547 N Ravenswood Ave, Studio 302, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, May 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
Elastic Arts 6th Annual Benefit
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Saturday, May 18th, at 7PM
50 YEARS OF CHICAGO FILMMAKERS: WOMEN IN THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR
@ Chicago Filmmakers
1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, May 18th, at 6:30PM
Ayala: Sacred Matriarchs
@ NYCH Gallery
2025 S Laflin St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
Sean Mullins: It’s a hungry will, don’t you think darling
@ Bodenrader
1620 West Carroll Avenue, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, May 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 29th
Jeff Rivers: The Jeff Show: Closing Reception
@ Black Artists Network
1901 W Chicago Ave, Chicago IL, 60622
Opening Saturday, May 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
The Art Party, A Benefit for the Evanston Art Center
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St., Evanston, IL, 60201
Opening Saturday, May 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 18th
MARIANA NOREÑA: TERRITORIO CENIZA
@ Murmuration
2846 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 18th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 15th
agustine zegers: (d)olor atemporal
@ Prairie
2055 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 18th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 29th
Pablo Serrano: CULTURAL CONSTELLATIONS
@ PROSPECTUS ART GALLERY
1210 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 18th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, July 7th
FRUTA MADURA
@ Fluffy Crimes
1760 W Wrightwood Ave Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, May 18th, from 5PM - 8PM
John Maeda and Anijo Mathew: Redefining Design in the Era of AI
@ Illinois Tech - Hermann Hall
3241 S Federal St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, May 18th, from 5PM - 6PM
Miranda July: A Woman’s Quest for Freedom
@ Illinois Tech - Hermann Hall
3241 S Federal St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, May 18th, from 5PM - 6PM
Sandra Binion: Figure, Painting
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, May 18th, from 4PM - 6PM
Marina Abramović: A Journey Through Performance Art
@ Illinois Tech - Hermann Hall
3241 S Federal St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, May 18th, from 3PM - 4PM
Walter Hood: Architecture and Urbanism
@ Illinois Tech - Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship
3137 S Federal St, Chicago, IL, 60616
Opening Saturday, May 18th, from 3PM - 4PM
ACRE Summer Daze
@ ACRE Projects
2921 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, May 18th, from 3PM - 8PM
Werk: Chicago’s Premiere Queer Comedy Show
@ The Lincoln Lodge
2040 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 18th, at 7PM
LIGHT PLAY
@ Buena Vista Projects
10056 S Ewing Ave Chicago, IL 60617
Opening Saturday, May 18th, from 1PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, May 19th
Hebru Brantley: The Art of Representation
@ Illinois Tech - Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship
3137 S Federal St, Chicago, IL, 60616
Opening Saturday, May 18th, from 1PM - 2PM
Artist Talk and Exhibition Tour with Antonia Ruppert
@ Harold Washington Library Center
400 S State St, Chicago. IL 60605
Opening Saturday, May 18th, from 1PM - 2PM
Designing for Change: Chicago Protest Art of the 1960s–70s
@ Chicago History Museum
1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, May 18th, from 12PM - 2PM
On view through Friday, June 28th
Deem Symposium | Designing for Dignity 02: A Convening of Possibilities
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, May 18th, from 10AM - 6PM
Who Loves the Sun?
@ Tala
1644 W Chicago Ave #1, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 18th, from 10AM - 6PM
WBEZ Presents: Mortified Live – Summer Vacation
@ Studebaker Theater
410 S Michigan Ave, Fine Arts Building, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, May 18th, from 8PM - 9:30PM
Chicago Artists for Palestine
@ ACRE Projects + The Jewish Museum of Chicago
2921 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60657
On view through Sunday, June 2nd
Adam Shead, Clark/Walter, Piano Salesman
@ Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 17th, at 8PM
Seed Time: WILD RELATIVES (2018)
@ Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, May 17th, from 7 PM - 9 PM
Elemental Meditations Hypnotic Experiments from James Cagle & Paul Sharits
@ Sweet Void Cinema
3036 W Chicago Ave, Chicago IL, 60622
Opening Friday, May 17th, at 7PM
Elaine Lemieux and Sara Zalek: Mooove Voice
@ Berger Park Cultural Center
6205 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago IL 60660
Opening Friday, May 17th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Festival de Mujeres and Videos of Historic Pilsen
@ 18th Street Casa de Cultura
2057 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 17th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Betsy Odom: Elevate
@ 21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, May 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, July 31st
EMILY PRUYN: Anatomy of A Wave: Fire+Water
@ Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, May 17th, at 6PM
On view through Friday, July 5th
BRIAN HOLLIDAY
@ Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, May 17th, at 6PM
Big Tops and Sideshows
@ Bridgeport Art Center, Project Onward
1200 W 35th St Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, May 17th, at 6PM
On view through Friday, June 14th
BILL CONGER: night drops
@ 65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 22nd
Sacred Healing Waters Symposium
@ DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, May 17th, from 11AM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, May 19th
Chicago Jazz String Summit
@ Constellation
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, May 17th, from 8:30PM - 11:30PM
