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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
SOFA 2013
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Navy Pier's Festival Hall
600 E. Grand Avenue, Chicago, Ill. 60611
Opening Thursday, October 31st, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 3rd
(un)(dis)covered
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Leroy Neiman Center Gallery
37 South Wabash Ave., Suite 106, Chicago, IL
Opening Thursday, October 31st, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, November 21st
Looking Back to See Ahead: Emilio Ambasz, Mark Wasiuta, and The New Domestic Landscape
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Graham Foundation
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago IL
Opening Thursday, October 31st, at 6PM
SAIC Visiting Artists Program: Kuho Jung
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SAIC Columbus Auditorium
280 S. Columbus Dr.
Opening Monday, October 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
As Close as Near is Far
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Adds Donna
4223 W. Lake, Chicago IL
Opening Sunday, October 27th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, December 1st
a long line
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PEREGRINEPROGRAM
3311 W Carroll Ave. #119
Opening Sunday, October 27th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, November 24th
Andrew Blackley & Cameron Crawford
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Kaplan A.I.R. Studio
Kresge Hall, Rm. 1410, 1880 Campus Drive, Evanston IL 60208
On view through Saturday, November 9th
Nature’s Bounty
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Chicago Center for Green Technology
445 N. Sacramento Blvd, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, October 26th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
Solveig Øvstebø in conversation with Hamza Walker
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The Renaissance Society
5811 S. Ellis Avenue, Cobb Hall, Room 418, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Opening Saturday, October 26th, at 3PM
Carrie Mae Weems: Slow Fade to Black & Anne Wilson: Dispersions
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery
118 North Peoria Street
Opening Saturday, October 26th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, December 7th
Tracers: Open forum conversation & closing
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Julius Caesar
3311 W. Carroll Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, October 26th, at 2PM
Konrad Klapheck: The Squared Circle
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
1120 N. Ashland Ave. 3rd Floor. Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Saturday, October 26th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 30th
Jonathan Gardner: Nudes
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
1120 N. Ashland Ave. 3rd Floor. Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Saturday, October 26th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 30th
Lined Pages
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Lloyd Dobler Gallery
1545 W. Division St., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, October 25th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Nick Johnson: Studio Nudes
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Document
845 W Washington Ave., 3F Chicago IL
Opening Friday, October 25th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 7th
William Staples: Under Painting
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65Grand
1369 W Grand Ave, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, October 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 23rd
Imaginary Landscapes No. 9
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Paris London Hong Kong
845 W. Washington Blvd. 2R
Opening Friday, October 25th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 7th
Design Cloud and Casa Duno: Revisiting Undomesticated
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Design Cloud, LLC
118 N Peoria 2N, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Opening Friday, October 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, December 20th
Chime In
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Garfield Park Conservatory
300 N. Central Park Ave. Chicago IL 60624
Opening Friday, October 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 27th
Glen Fogel: More Recent Video
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Aspect/Ratio
119 N Peoria #3D Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, December 6th
Nicole Hollander: Will You Step Into My Parlour?
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Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N. Ravenswood Ave
Opening Friday, October 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, November 17th
You Are Beautiful: the Next Chapter
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Galerie F
2381 N Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 25th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 17th
Elijah Burgher: Friendship as a way of life b/w I’m seeking the Minotaur
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Western Exhibitions
845 W Washington Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, October 25th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 7th
Voices: David Hartt
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Gallery 400
400 South Peoria Street, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, October 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
Artist Talk with Nicky Watts
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The Elephant Room
704 S Wabash, Chicago IL 60605
Opening Monday, October 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
Nathaniel Robinson: The Sensible Range, & Variety Lights
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devening projects+editions
3039 W. Carroll St., Chicago IL
Opening Sunday, October 20th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 7th
Jaakko Pallasvuo: Allegra Geller (Closing Reception)
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Dos Perros Projects
859 N. Marshfield Ave Side 2R Chicago, IL 60622 USA
Opening Sunday, October 20th, from 4PM - 7PM
Variety Lights
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devening projects + editions
3039 West Carroll, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, October 20th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 7th
Mike Andrews & Thomas Baumann
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The Suburban
125 N. Harvey Ave., Oak Park IL
Opening Sunday, October 20th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Wednesday, November 20th
Hair Braiders Summit
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Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry
929 E. 60th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Opening Sunday, October 20th, from 10AM - 4PM
MAWU-LISA II
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CourtneyBlades
1324 W Grand Avenue. Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, October 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 3rd
Ghosts Don’t Burn
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SideCar
411 Huehn Street, Hammond, Indiana, 46327
Opening Saturday, October 19th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 23rd
Ivaylo Gueorgiev: ‘Uncharted Art History: Van Gogh to Picasso’
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3433
3433 N. Kedvale Ave. Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, October 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 9th
Mark Grotjahn
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Shane Campbell Gallery (Lincoln Park)
2400 North Lakeview Avenue Chicago IL 60614
On view through Friday, November 22nd
Suka Off: tranSfera
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Defibrillator Gallery
1136 N Milwaukee Avenue
Opening Friday, October 18th, from 8PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, October 18th
Night Without Sleep
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Opening Friday, October 18th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, December 1st
Rusty Shackleford: Dream Feeder & Katie Torn: Dream House
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Roots & Culture
1034 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 23rd
Diane Christiansen: Cup Freaketh Over
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Kasia Kay Art Projects
215 N. Aberdeen St., Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, October 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 16th
Public Forum: A Conversation on Beauty
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Auditorium
111 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, October 15th, from 9:30AM - 12PM
Toyo Ito: Architecture After 3.11, The Butler-VanderLinden Lecture on Architecture
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Rubloff Auditorium, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
230 S. Columbus Dr.
Opening Tuesday, October 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
Draw Dawg
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S. Greenwood Avenue
Opening Tuesday, October 15th, from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SAIC Visiting Artists Program: Toyo Ito
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium
230 S. Columbus Dr. Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, October 15th, from 6PM - 7.30PM
Ben Murray
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Kaplan A.I.R. Studio
Kresge Hall, Rm. 1410, 1880 Campus Drive, Evanston IL 60208
On view through Saturday, October 26th
Coppice & Closing Reception for Alexis Petroff: Floating Drawings
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Adds Donna
4223 W. Lake, Chicago IL
Opening Sunday, October 13th, from 1PM - 4PM
Diana Frid & Allison Wade: Turn of Phrase
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Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery
32 E. Quincy St. Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, October 13th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, November 16th
groun(d)
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Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 8PM - 11PM
On view through Tuesday, November 12th
Pushing Up Daisies
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Greenhaus
3316 N Halsted, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 7PM - 12PM
Jonas Wood
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Shane Campbell Gallery
673 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL
On view through Saturday, November 23rd
Connor Creagan, Morgan Manduley & Tim Mann: A Man Walks Into A Bar
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Alcatraz Chicago
1000 N. Halsted, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 27th
Bite of time, fading memory
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LVL3 Gallery
1542 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 10th
Lauren Levato Coyne & Rory Coyne: Symbiosis
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Century Guild Chicago
2136 W. North Ave. Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 24th
Isolated Incidents
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Chapel Projects at The Charnel House
3421 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 27th
Alexandria Eregbu, Tomeka Reid, & Baraka de Soleil
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Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry
929 E. 60th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 7PM - 9PM
Isolated Incidents
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The Charnel House
3421 W. Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 27th
Double Take
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Morpho Gallery
5216 n Damen
Opening Saturday, October 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, October 28th
Lee Wen & Chaw Ei Thein
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Defibrillator Gallery
118 N PEORIA STREET CHICAGO IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 7PM - 10PM
IN/STUDIO
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Rational Park
Rational Park, West North Avenue, Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, October 19th
Everything is Practice
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Fulton St. Collective
2000 W. Fulton St., 60618
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 12th
Unfortunately, It Was Paradise
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City Gallery in the Historic Water Tower
806 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, January 19th
Your Everyday Art World (book release)
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threewalls
119 N. Peoria Ave., #2C, Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
One Line Actions
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Be all you can be
4550 N. Broadway, Chicago
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 5 PM - 8 PM
[History] Under Construction
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Gallery X, Student Union Galleries, SAIC
280 S. Columbus Drive, Rm. 113, Chicago IL
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
Meet your Maker
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Fulton Street Collective
2000 W. Fulton St.
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
SAIC Visiting Artists Program: George Saunders
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium
230 S. Columbus Dr. Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, October 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
Future Imperfect: Utopias on Film–Metropolis
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Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute
33 S. State St., 7th Floor
Opening Tuesday, October 8th, from 4:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Luis Camnitzer: About Kicking
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Gallery 400
400 S. Peoria
Opening Tuesday, October 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
Oli Watt: Here Comes A Regular
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave., Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, January 12th
A Study in Midwestern Appropriation
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave., Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, January 12th
Amanda Gentry: Expanding
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S. Cornell Ave., Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, November 24th
Assaf Evron
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Trunk Show
1330 W. Chicago Ave.
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Friday, November 1st
Tracers
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Julius Caesar
3311 W. Carroll Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 27th
Light and the Unseen
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S. Cornell Ave., Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, December 1st
POCKET CHANGE: A Public Arts Fundraising Series
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The Empty Bottle
1035 N. Western Avenue
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Brad Rohloff, Kate McQuillen, Woolly Mammoth & Wrekmeister Harmonies: A Stranger in Your Arms:
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Comfort Station
2579 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 27th
Matt Lane: New Work
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Roxaboxen Exhibitions
2130 West 21st Street, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
mAtT Nichols: Confident Anticipation, & Jaclyn Jacunski: Inaugural front yard project
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The Franklin
3522 W. Franklin Blvd, Chicago IL 60624
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 27th
Noelle Allen, Brent Fogt, and Nicholas Sagan: The Terrestrial, The Celestial, and The Imagined Inbetween
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N. Carpenter St. Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 4th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, October 24th
Alicia Obermeyer & En las Tablas
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Art on Armitage
4125 W Armitage Ave Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Friday, October 4th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, October 31st
Art of Human Rights
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Palette and Chisel
1012 North Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, October 4th, from 7 PM - 10 PM
On view through Sunday, October 13th
Adebukola Bodunrin: …until one day…
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N. Carpenter St. Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 4th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, October 24th
Jerome Bryerton: Imaginary Values
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Morpho Gallery
5216 N. Damen, Chicago IL 60625
Opening Friday, October 4th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 5th
Jennifer Cronin: Realities
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Elephant Room
704 S. Wabash Ave. Chicago
Opening Friday, October 4th, from 6.30PM - 9.00PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Lisa Alvarado: The Traditional Object
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Soccer Club Club
2923 N Cicero Ave, Chicago IL 60641
Opening Friday, October 4th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, November 3rd
Heather Gabel & Matt Skiba: Disappear Here
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Johalla Projects
1821 W. Hubbard Street, Suite 209
Opening Friday, October 4th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, October 25th
This Weird Grey Area
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River North
230 W Superior, Chicago IL 60654
Opening Thursday, October 3rd, from 5Pm - 9Pm
Propeller Fund 2013 Award Ceremony and Party
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted, Chicago IL 60607
Opening Thursday, October 3rd, from 6PM - 8PM
Drop City (Screening)
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Graham Foundation, Madlener House
4 West Burton Place, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, October 3rd, at 6PM
Versus Reality
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The Student Union Galleries (SUGS)
37 South Wabash Ave., Suite 106, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 3rd, from 4PM - 5:30PM
On view through Thursday, October 24th
Limits by The Post Family
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Seerveld Gallery, Trinity Christian College
6601 West College Drive, Palos Heights, IL 60463
Opening Thursday, October 3rd, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, November 7th
Imperfect Symmetry: A Compendium
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A+D Gallery, Columbia College Chicago
619 S Wabash Avenue, Chicago IL 60605
On view through Thursday, November 7th
State of Mind
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S. Greenwood Avenue
Opening Thursday, October 3rd, from 5 PM - 7:30 PM
On view through Sunday, January 12th
Screening: Drop City
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The Graham Foundation
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, October 3rd, at 6PM
Joanne Aono: 1 & One
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Lee Dulgar Gallery, South Suburban College Foundation
15800 South State Street, South Holland, IL
Opening Wednesday, October 2nd, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
On view through Friday, October 18th
Voices: Will Benedict, Tom Humphreys, and Lucie Stahl
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Gallery 400
400 S. Peoria
Opening Tuesday, October 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
Oliver Henry
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Kaplan A.I.R. Studio
Kresge Hall, Rm. 1410, 1880 Campus Drive, Evanston IL 60208
On view through Saturday, October 12th
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