January 2021
Holly Clayson: Modern Art and Light/s
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, January 31st, from 2PM - 3PM
Adam Daley Wilson: Already Gone
@ 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
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
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
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
Mutations
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 29th, from 1PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, March 7th
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
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
Celebrating a Living Landmark — a Tribute to Tim Samuelson
@ Chicago Cultural Center
Online
Opening Thursday, January 28th, at 4PM
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
IV: Members Exhibition Virtual Reception + Gallery Talk
@ Filter Photo
Online
Opening Thursday, January 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Great Migration, Reconsidered
@ Newberry Library
Online
Opening Thursday, January 28th, from 4PM - 5PM
MAS Context presents: Domestic Explorations: Ardmore House + Columbus House 1
@ MAS Context
Online
Opening Thursday, January 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
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
Maxwell Emcays: Using Art to Activate Humanism
@ DePaul University History of Art and Architecture
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 27th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
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
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
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
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
Virtual Introduction to Origami Lessons
@ Japanese Culture Center - 日本文化会館
Online
Opening Saturday, January 23rd, from 1PM - 1:30PM
Weaving The Wyrd with Pam Penney
@ Oak Park Art League
Online
Opening Saturday, January 23rd, from 10AM - 1PM
And And And—Stammering: An Interview
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Opening Saturday, January 23rd, from 2PM - 4PM
Nina Ghanbarzadeh: 52 Sites
@ OS Projects
601 Sixth St, Racine WI 53403
Opening Saturday, January 23rd, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, March 27th
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
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, January 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, February 14th
Young-Il Ahn: Young-Il Ahn
@ Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
4th Midwest Open
@ 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
2021 MFA Biennial
@ University Galleries
11 Uptown Circle, Suite 103 Campus Box 7150, Normal, IL 61761
On view through Sunday, February 21st
Alternate Assembly: Environmental Impact in the Era of Pandemic
@ EXPO CHICAGO
Online
On view through Saturday, January 23rd
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
Teaching Methods in the Virtual Museum
@ Smart Museum of Art
Online
Opening Thursday, January 21st, from 12PM - 1PM
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
Virtual Introduction to Origami Lessons
@ Japanese Culture Center - 日本文化会館
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 20th, from 1PM - 1:30PM
Take Care with Art After Dark: Making a Scroll
@ Smart Museum of Art
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 20th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
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
Devising Long-term Initiatives to Shape Equitable Futures
@ Chicago Architecture Biennial
Online
Opening Tuesday, January 19th, from 5PM - 6PM
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
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
@ 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
Virtual Introduction to Origami Lessons
@ Japanese Culture Center - 日本文化会館
Online
Opening Saturday, January 16th, from 1PM - 1:30PM
Raphaël Barontini: The Night of the Purple Moon
@ MARIANE IBRAHIM
437 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Friday, February 26th
Thérèse Mulgrew & Robert Porazinski: Bold Move
@ Gallery Studio Oh!
4839 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, January 16th, from 11AM - 4PM
On view through Friday, February 26th
Brett Manning: The Endless Gloaming
@ Rotofugi Designer Toy Store & Gallery
2780 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
On view through Sunday, February 14th
Colleen Plumb + Katherine Kassouf Cummings: Invisible Visible
@ Riverside Arts Center
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Saturday, January 16th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Monday, February 22nd
Chitra Ganesh in conversation with Dr. Natasha Bissonauth
@ South Asia Institute
Online
Opening Saturday, January 16th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
ARTISTS TALK: Colleen Keihm & Phoebe Kuo
@ FLXST Contemporary
Online
Opening Saturday, January 16th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
On view through Sunday, January 24th
A Flame Sparkling
@ Fluffy Crimes
1760 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago IL 60614
On view through Friday, February 5th
2020 Book of The Year Awards
@ Chicago Writers Association
Online
Opening Saturday, January 16th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Virtual Artist Talk: Surface Tension
@ Heaven Gallery
Online
Opening Saturday, January 16th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, January 24th
Thérèse Mulgrew and Robert Porazinski: Bold Move
@ Gallery Studio Oh
4839 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
On view through Friday, February 26th
Shades of Black and White
@ Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 15th, from 7PM - 10PM
Charline von Heyl
@ Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Saturday, March 13th
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
Virginio Ferrari: Cosmos
@ Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
On view through Friday, March 5th
André Ramos-Woodard: a mediocre-ass nigga
@ Filter Photo
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, February 13th
Michael Joo: Michael Joo
@ Kavi Gupta Gallery
219 N Elizabeth St, Chicago, IL 60607
On view through Saturday, March 13th
Virtual Artists’ Discussion – 10th Anniversary Exhibit
@ Perspective Gallery
Online
Opening Thursday, January 14th, at 7PM
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
@ Kavi Gupta Gallery
219 N Elizabeth St, Chicago, IL 60607
On view through Saturday, March 13th
Camille Silverman: Storyboards for Installations and Assemblages
@ 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
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
Excavating Memory: Conversation with Katie Chung and Unyimeabasi Udoh
@ Chicago Artists Coalition
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 13th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Photos at Zoom: The Maternal Image
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 13th, at 12PM
Virtual Lecture: Rescue and Restoration
@ Elmhurst Art Museum
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 13th, from 7PM - 8PM
Virtual Gallery Talk: Steve Geer: Imagining Reality – a photographic journey
@ Fermilab Art Gallery
Online
Opening Tuesday, January 12th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
In Progress: Cae Monāe
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Opening Tuesday, January 12th, from 12PM - 1PM
