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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Holly Clayson: Modern Art and Light/s
@
Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, January 31st, from 2PM - 3PM
A Month of Poetry
@
C Art Press
Online
Opening Saturday, January 30th, from 11AM - 12:30PM
Adam Daley Wilson: Already Gone
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Aspect/Ratio Projects
864 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, March 13th
Alejandro Jiménez-Flores: una noche maravillosa–a monarch butterfly makes an entrance at a nightclub…
@
Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, January 29th, from 3PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, March 11th
The Frantic Desire for Almost Real
@
Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, January 29th, from 3PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, March 11th
Shadows of Tomorrow
@
Cleaner Gallery
1856 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, January 29th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 6th
Janiece Maddox: Gray Matter
@
The Latent Space
4150 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, January 29th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 20th
Mutations
@
Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 29th, from 1PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, March 7th
Earth (Em)body
@
Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 29th, from 1PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, March 7th
Repository and Repertoire
@
Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, January 29th, from 3PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, March 11th
Tom Billings and Sam Rosby
@
Firecat Projects
2019 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
On view through Saturday, March 20th
Soundtrack: Santiago X and Sadie Woods
@
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Opening Friday, January 29th, from 12PM - 1PM
Virtual Studio: Kid Koala—Music To Draw To
@
The Art Institute of Chicago
Online
Opening Friday, January 29th, from 12PM - 1PM
Jenna Anast: Our Community Dreams
@
Threewalls
Online
Opening Friday, January 29th, from 7PM - 8:15PM
Club de lectura #2
@
Pilsen Community Books
Online
Opening Thursday, January 28th, from 7PM - 8PM
Poetry Day: Ruth Lilly & Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows
@
Poetry Foundation
Online
Opening Thursday, January 28th, at 8PM
Teaching Methods in the Virtual Museum
@
Smart Museum of Art
Online
Opening Thursday, January 28th, from 12PM - 1PM
MAS Context presents: Domestic Explorations: Ardmore House + Columbus House 1
@
MAS Context
Online
Opening Thursday, January 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
Out of Place: Behind the Scenes with Sprit of Space
@
Wrightwood 659
1626 N Francisco Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, January 28th, from 5 PM CST - 9 PM CST
The Great Migration, Reconsidered
@
Newberry Library
Online
Opening Thursday, January 28th, from 4PM - 5PM
IV: Members Exhibition Virtual Reception + Gallery Talk
@
Filter Photo
Online
Opening Thursday, January 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
January Reading
@
Guild Literary Complex
Online
Opening Thursday, January 28th, from 7PM - 8PM
Celebrating a Living Landmark — a Tribute to Tim Samuelson
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Chicago Cultural Center
Online
Opening Thursday, January 28th, at 4PM
Gómez-Peña’s Mex Files: Audio Art & Strange Poetry from the US/Mexico Border
@
Smart Museum of Art
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 27th, at 6:30
On view through Sunday, May 22nd
Virtual Introduction to Origami Lessons
@
Japanese Culture Center - 日本文化会館
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 27th, from 1PM - 1:30PM
Drinking Gourd Chapbook Launch: Darrel Alejandro Holnes
@
Poetry Foundation
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 27th, from 7PM - 8PM
Work Won’t Love You Back: Sarah Jaffe in conversation with Kenzo Shibata and Micah Uetricht
@
Pilsen Community Books
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 27th, at 7PM
Christine Wallers
@
Roman Susan
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 27th, at 7PM
Maxwell Emcays: Using Art to Activate Humanism
@
DePaul University History of Art and Architecture
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 27th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
We Series: Screens
@
Elastic Arts
Online
Opening Tuesday, January 26th, at 7PM
ONLY CONNECT Webinar | A Look Inside Correspondence
@
Carrie Secrist Gallery
online
Opening Tuesday, January 26th, from 1PM - 2PM
The Quarantine Concerts
@
Experimental Sound Studio
https://ess.org/the-quarantine-concerts
Opening Monday, January 25th, at 8PM
Harold Mendez: The years now
@
Logan Center Exhibitions
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, January 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, March 8th
Virtual Artists’ Discussion – Kevin Miyazaki
@
Perspective Gallery
Online
Opening Sunday, January 24th, at 4PM
Camille Silverman: Softening Space
@
The Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery
Online
Opening Sunday, January 24th, from January 24, 2021 at 2 PM - January 24th, 3021 at 3 PM
On view through Thursday, February 11th
Virtual Introduction to Origami Lessons
@
Japanese Culture Center - 日本文化会館
Online
Opening Saturday, January 23rd, from 1PM - 1:30PM
A Month of Poetry
@
C Art Press
Online
Opening Saturday, January 23rd, from 11AM - 12:30PM
We Make Life Beautiful
@
Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Road, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, January 23rd, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, February 14th
NEW WORKS from our 2021 Collective Artists
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, January 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, February 14th
Nina Ghanbarzadeh: 52 Sites
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OS Projects
601 Sixth St, Racine WI 53403
Opening Saturday, January 23rd, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, March 27th
And And And—Stammering: An Interview
@
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Opening Saturday, January 23rd, from 2PM - 4PM
Weaving The Wyrd with Pam Penney
@
Oak Park Art League
Online
Opening Saturday, January 23rd, from 10AM - 1PM
4th Midwest Open
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Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave #4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, January 22nd, from 6PM - 7:30
On view through Saturday, February 13th
Young-Il Ahn: Young-Il Ahn
@
Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
This Is Us
@
Gallery Guichard
Online
Opening Friday, January 22nd, at 7PM
Coming to Terms: A Workshop about Political Nomenclatures — “Chicano,” “Hispanic,” “Latino,” Post-Chicano,” Latinx,” and “Brown”
@
DePaul Art Museum
Online
Opening Thursday, January 21st, at 6PM
Teaching Methods in the Virtual Museum
@
Smart Museum of Art
Online
Opening Thursday, January 21st, from 12PM - 1PM
Celebrating the Poets of Forms & Features
@
Poetry Foundation
Online
Opening Thursday, January 21st, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Artecito Virtual: Pulpos
@
OPEN Center for the Arts
Online
Opening Thursday, January 21st, at 6PM
Teaching Methods in the Virtual Museum
@
Smart Museum of Art
Online
Opening Thursday, January 21st, from 12PM - 1PM
Alternate Assembly: Environmental Impact in the Era of Pandemic
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EXPO CHICAGO
Online
On view through Saturday, January 23rd
2021 MFA Biennial
@
University Galleries
11 Uptown Circle, Suite 103 Campus Box 7150, Normal, IL 61761
On view through Sunday, February 21st
Virtual Introduction to Origami Lessons
@
Japanese Culture Center - 日本文化会館
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 20th, from 1PM - 1:30PM
For One and All: Prints from The Block’s Collection
@
Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
On view through Sunday, April 11th
Take Care with Art After Dark: Making a Scroll
@
Smart Museum of Art
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 20th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Artist Talk: Alejandro T. Acierto
@
Roman Susan
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 20th, at 7PM
We Series: Sleep
@
Elastic Arts
Online
Opening Tuesday, January 19th, at 7PM
Zine Club Chicago Online: Show Us Your Stacks Edition
@
Quimby's Bookstore
Online
Opening Tuesday, January 19th, at 7:30PM
Reproductive: Health, Fertility, Agency
@
Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL60605
On view through Sunday, May 23rd
Devising Long-term Initiatives to Shape Equitable Futures
@
Chicago Architecture Biennial
Online
Opening Tuesday, January 19th, from 5PM - 6PM
The Quarantine Concerts
@
Experimental Sound Studio
https://ess.org/the-quarantine-concerts
Opening Monday, January 18th, at 6PM
Virtual MLK Day Celebration: Gamechangers & Name Changers
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Monday, January 18th, from 12PM - 4PM
Evanston + Vicinity Biennial 2021
@
Evanston Art Center
1717 N Central Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Sunday, January 17th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, February 14th
A Month of Poetry
@
C Art Press
Online
Opening Saturday, January 16th, from 11AM - 12:30PM
Virtual Introduction to Origami Lessons
@
Japanese Culture Center - 日本文化会館
Online
Opening Saturday, January 16th, from 1PM - 1:30PM
Virtual Artist Talk: Surface Tension
@
Heaven Gallery
Online
Opening Saturday, January 16th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, January 24th
2020 Book of The Year Awards
@
Chicago Writers Association
Online
Opening Saturday, January 16th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
The Dreamscape
@
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Opening Saturday, January 16th, at 2PM
Raphaël Barontini: The Night of the Purple Moon
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MARIANE IBRAHIM
437 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Friday, February 26th
A Flame Sparkling
@
Fluffy Crimes
1760 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago IL 60614
On view through Friday, February 5th
ARTISTS TALK: Colleen Keihm & Phoebe Kuo
@
FLXST Contemporary
Online
Opening Saturday, January 16th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
On view through Sunday, January 24th
Chitra Ganesh in conversation with Dr. Natasha Bissonauth
@
South Asia Institute
Online
Opening Saturday, January 16th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Colleen Plumb + Katherine Kassouf Cummings: Invisible Visible
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Riverside Arts Center
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Saturday, January 16th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Monday, February 22nd
Brett Manning: The Endless Gloaming
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Rotofugi Designer Toy Store & Gallery
2780 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
On view through Sunday, February 14th
Thérèse Mulgrew & Robert Porazinski: Bold Move
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Gallery Studio Oh!
4839 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, January 16th, from 11AM - 4PM
On view through Friday, February 26th
André Ramos-Woodard: a mediocre-ass nigga
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Filter Photo
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, February 13th
Virginio Ferrari: Cosmos
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Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
On view through Friday, March 5th
Drink & Draw Death Cafe
@
Song for Autumn
Online
Opening Friday, January 15th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Grey James: Fleurs and BlackManWhiteBaby: MockingBird
@
Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave Suite 620 Chicago IL 60603
Opening Friday, January 15th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Friday, February 26th
Charline von Heyl
@
Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Saturday, March 13th
Shades of Black and White
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Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 15th, from 7PM - 10PM
Thérèse Mulgrew and Robert Porazinski: Bold Move
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Gallery Studio Oh
4839 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
On view through Friday, February 26th
Michael Joo: Michael Joo
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
219 N Elizabeth St, Chicago, IL 60607
On view through Saturday, March 13th
Winter Virtual Conversation Series & Book Club
@
Chicago House and Social Service Agency
Online
Opening Thursday, January 14th, from 5:30PM - 6:30PM
Michael Joo: Michael Joo
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
219 N Elizabeth St, Chicago, IL 60607
On view through Saturday, March 13th
Camille Silverman: Storyboards for Installations and Assemblages
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Riverside Township
27 Riverside Road, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Thursday, January 14th, from 10am - 4PM
On view through Thursday, February 25th
Camille Silverman: Softening Space
@
Riverside Arts Center
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Thursday, January 14th, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Friday, February 12th
Virtual Artists’ Discussion – 10th Anniversary Exhibit
@
Perspective Gallery
Online
Opening Thursday, January 14th, at 7PM
Vineland Reread: Peter Coviello and Gustavus Stadler
@
Pilsen Community Books
Online
Opening Thursday, January 14th, at 7PM
Elliott Jerome Brown Jr. in Conversation with Aliza Nisenbaum
@
The Arts Club of Chicago
Online
Opening Thursday, January 14th, at 6PM
Virtual Introduction to Origami Lessons
@
Japanese Culture Center - 日本文化会館
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 13th, from 1PM - 1:30PM
Pour One Out: A Monthly Storytelling Series
@
Volumes Bookcafe
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 13th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Virtual Lecture: Rescue and Restoration
@
Elmhurst Art Museum
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 13th, from 7PM - 8PM
Photos at Zoom: The Maternal Image
@
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 13th, at 12PM
Excavating Memory: Conversation with Katie Chung and Unyimeabasi Udoh
@
Chicago Artists Coalition
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 13th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
We Series: Health
@
Elastic Arts
Online
Opening Tuesday, January 12th, at 7PM
Virtual Gallery Talk: Steve Geer: Imagining Reality – a photographic journey
@
Fermilab Art Gallery
Online
Opening Tuesday, January 12th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
Open Door Reading Series: Chia-Lun Chang, E’mon Lauren, Nilah Foster & Emily Brandt
@
Poetry Foundation
Online
Opening Tuesday, January 12th, at 7PM
Narrative Art Exhibition Suite
@
Northern Illinois University (NIU) Art Museum
Altgeld Hall, 1st Fl., West End , 1425 W Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb, IL 60115
On view through Friday, February 26th
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