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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Josh Harks and Hannah Breitfuss
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Belong Gallery
2712 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, May 31st, from 3 PM - 7 PM
On view through Monday, May 31st
Gallery Talk: Chicago Surrealist Group
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Gallery Sabine
1002 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, May 30th, from 7PM - 9PM
Virginia Carstarphen: Wanderings, Maps and Memories
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ARC Gallery
1463 W. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, May 29th, from 4PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, June 19th
Alberto Aguilar and Alex Bradley Cohen: Everything
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, May 29th, from 5PM - 9PM
PLAIN AIR
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Carrie Secrist Gallery
900 W. Washington BLVD, Chicago, IL 60607
On view through Saturday, July 17th
Leasho Johnson: OUT & BAD: Artist Guided Tour & Talk
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FLXST Contemporary
2251 S Michigan Ave, Suite 220, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, May 29th, from 4:30PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, May 30th
Evanston Made
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
On view through Wednesday, June 30th
Jeffrey Gibson: Sweet Bitter Love
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
On view through Saturday, September 18th
Theaster Gates: How to Sell Hardware
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Gray Warehouse
2044 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Saturday, July 31st
Photos at Zoom Discussion Session: Dave Jordano
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Friday, May 28th, at 12PM
Trauma and Loss, Reflection and Hope: Selections from the Collection
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Sunday, August 22nd
The Social Justice Sewing Academy: Connecting Generations through Cloth
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Sunday, August 22nd
I A G salon at OLIVA Gallery, art, music, discussion
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 28th, from 5PM - 7PM
Angel Bat Dawid
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, May 28th, from 7PM - 9PM
Sistazz of the Nitty Gritty, Brooklynn Skye Scott & Anaiet and Angel Bat Dawid
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, May 28th, from 7PM - 9PM
Kelly Kristin Jones: We forgot the moon while holding up the sun
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062
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, May 28th, from 3PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, July 23rd
Cameron Spratley: Sleeping
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Bubbles
418 N Clark St, 3rd floor, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, May 28th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, June 11th
Cherrie Yu: Lydia and Matthew
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
On view through Wednesday, June 2nd
Club de lectura #4
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Pilsen Community Books
Online
Opening Thursday, May 27th, from 7PM - 8PM
The Catalyst and Preservation of Cultural Institutions
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Hyde Park Art Center
Online
Opening Thursday, May 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 24th
NOT QUITE: IL Humanities Speakers Bureau
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Wheaton Library
Online
Opening Thursday, May 27th, at 7PM
Hebru Brantley
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Opening Thursday, May 27th, from 12PM - 1:30PM
Virtual Conversation: Jo Ractliffe, Philip Miller, and Catherine Meyburgh
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The Art Institute of Chicago
online
Opening Thursday, May 27th, at 5PM
Illusion and Experience
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The Art Institute of Chicago
online
Opening Wednesday, May 26th, at 2PM
One Night Stand: Mr. Imagination
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Online
Opening Wednesday, May 26th, from 6:30PM - 7PM
Documenting Our Lives: A Conversation about Film, Memory, and Preservation
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Newberry Library
Online
Opening Tuesday, May 25th, from 5PM - 6PM
Virtual Japanese Culture through Ghibli Movies
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Japanese Culture Center - 日本文化会館
online
Opening Tuesday, May 25th, from :30PM - 7PM
Trevor Paglen
@
The Art Institute of Chicago
online
Opening Tuesday, May 25th, at 6PM
Zine Club Chicago Online: Zine Bingo II Edition
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Quimby's Bookstore
Online
Opening Tuesday, May 25th, at 7:30PM
Chicago Japan Film Collective
@
Virtual
Online
On view through Monday, May 31st
May Curator Conversation
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21c Museum Hotel Chicago
Online
Opening Tuesday, May 25th, from 6PM - 7PM
If/Then online sharing #3: Honey Pot Performance with Special Guests (May 24)
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Honey Pot Performance
Online
May Intro to Printing Workshop
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LATITUDE
Online
Opening Monday, May 24th, at 6:30PM
On view through Wednesday, May 26th
Shelter in Place: An Afternoon with Artist Mothers
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Extended Practice
Online
Opening Monday, May 24th, from 3:30 - 4:30
Garrett Bradley: Short Films
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Block Museum of Art
Omline
Opening Monday, May 24th, at 12 PM
On view through Sunday, May 30th
JOSEPH BEUYS: I LIKE AMERICA AND AMERICA LIKES ME
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Goethe-Institut Chicago
Online
On view through Tuesday, May 25th
Julia Arredondo: Accessories: Closing
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VVP Showroom
Call or Text (312) 857-3024 for Info
Opening Sunday, May 23rd, from 10am - 3PM
On view through Sunday, May 23rd
Mary Sibande: Unhand Me Demon!
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
On view through Saturday, July 31st
Nature Nurture Nature
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Gallery Studio Oh!
4839 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, May 22nd, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Friday, June 18th
Kelly Witte: Influence: Paintings of My Family Matriarchs
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, May 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 13th
Adam Reh
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Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, May 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 13th
Tiger Strikes Asteroid: It feels like the first time
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Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 22nd, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Thursday, September 30th
Virtual Artist Talk: Bounce Back
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 22nd, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Saturday, May 22nd
Cleveland Dean: Cloth°
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PAGODA RED
1740 West Webster Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Devin Balara & Bobby Gonzalez: Deeper and Deeper
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, May 21st, from 4PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 19th
Virtual Reading: FAT AND QUEER: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives
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Women & Children First Bookstore
Online
Opening Friday, May 21st, at 7PM
Josh Garber: Amorous Terrain
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Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, May 21st, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, July 17th
Dennis Lee Mitchell: Recorded Traces
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Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, May 21st, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, July 17th
Laurie Anderson on the Thorne Miniature Rooms
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The Art Institute of Chicago
online
Opening Friday, May 21st, at 6PM
Dawoud Bey: Portraits from Chicago (1993–2001)
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ARTS INCUBATOR
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
On view through Saturday, August 28th
Amina Ross: Specular Cry
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
On view through Wednesday, May 26th
Student Works Show
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ArtSpace Chicago
3418 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 21st, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, May 21st
Amplify Series 2020-21 Commissions Concert
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Poetry Foundation
Online
Opening Friday, May 21st, from 7 PM - 8:30 PM
Hope Wang & Farnaz Khosh-Sirat: The Hunger Will Wake Us
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Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 21st, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Friday, July 2nd
The Long Day
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Logan Center Gallery
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
On view through Sunday, June 27th
Nyeema Morgan: Soft Power. Hard Margins.
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table
3240 N Springfield Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
On view through Wednesday, September 1st
Wangari Mathenge: The Expats Studies: Impressions on Paper
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 3rd
Architect Joel Sanders on COVID-19, Built Spaces, and Inclusive Design
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The Arts Club of Chicago
Online
Opening Friday, May 21st, from 11:30AM - 12:30PM
On Collaboration with Dianna Frid and Carla Nappi moderated by Cesáreo Moreno
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DePaul Art Museum
Online
Opening Thursday, May 20th, at 6PM
Becoming the ‘Burbs: Part 1
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Elmhurst Art Museum
Online
Opening Thursday, May 20th, from 9AM - 10AM
2021 Co-MISSION Festival of New Works
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, May 20th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
On view through Sunday, May 30th
Write it Out: A Journaling Workshop
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Northern Illinois University (NIU) Art Museum
online
Opening Thursday, May 20th, at 1PM
Dawoud Bey and Tonika Lewis Johnson 2021 Public Humanities Awards Recipients
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Illinois Humanities
Online
Opening Thursday, May 20th, at 12PM
Alex McElroy and Alex Higley celebrate THE ATMOSPHERIANS
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Pilsen Community Books
Online
Opening Thursday, May 20th, from 7PM - 8PM
Anti-Oppression & Resistance in Design Panel
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DePaul School of Design Talks
Online
Opening Thursday, May 20th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Exhibit B: May Reading
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Guild Literary Complex
Online
Opening Thursday, May 20th, from 7PM - 8PM
Aden Kumler and Jill Magid
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Renaissance Society
Online
Opening Thursday, May 20th, at 12PM
On view through Sunday, May 23rd
Art After Work: William Hawkins
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Online
Opening Thursday, May 20th, from 5PM - 6PM
Celebrating the Poets of Forms & Features
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Poetry Foundation
Online
Opening Thursday, May 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Past and Future of Comics
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Chicago Humanities Festival
Online
Opening Thursday, May 20th, from 7PM - 8PM
Virtual Conversation: Fracture Lines—Jan and Benedikte Groth’s Tegn I (Sign)
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The Art Institute of Chicago
online
Opening Wednesday, May 19th, from 2PM - 3PM
Keisha Janae/Ben Lamar Gay & Ayako Kato/Jason Roebke
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Constellation Chicago
Online
Opening Wednesday, May 19th, from 8PM - 9PM
I ♡art Asians: Art Advancing Justice Virtual Celebration!
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CAAU and Mana (virtual co-hosts)
Online
Opening Wednesday, May 19th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Curator Conversations with DPAM’s Assistant Curator Ionit Behar and Artist José Lerma
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DePaul Art Museum
Online
Opening Tuesday, May 18th, at 6PM
The Education Trap: The Education Trap: Cristina Groeger and Jon Shelton
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Pilsen Community Books
Online
Opening Tuesday, May 18th, from 7PM - 8PM
Joseph Yoakum’s Atlas
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Online
Opening Tuesday, May 18th, from 4PM - 5PM
Undocumented Archives: Exposition & Tools
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Glass Curtain Gallery
Online
Opening Monday, May 17th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, May 21st
Beyond the Box 4.3 – Black Hair E {m} urge
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Links Hall
Online
Opening Sunday, May 16th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, May 16th
Documenting LGBTQ+ Histories: Panel Discussion co-sponsored by Gerber/Hart Library and Archives
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Women & Children First Bookstore
Online
Opening Sunday, May 16th, at 11AM
Performative Acts of the Everyday
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Defibrillator Gallery
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, May 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
JC Rivera: It’s Tricky Skateboard Exhibit
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Rotofugi Designer Toy Store & Gallery
2780 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
On view through Sunday, June 13th
Virtual Tour | Union Station
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Chicago History Museum
Online
Opening Saturday, May 15th, from 1PM - 2PM
Carter Mull
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Regards
2216 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, June 5th
I Don’t Wanna Be Lonely
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Fluffy Crimes
1760 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago IL 60614
On view through Friday, June 4th
Chicago Market for Makers
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Artifact Events
4325 N Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Saturday, May 15th, from 11 AM - 5 PM
On view through Sunday, May 16th
VERS Live! featuring Lassai & Danny Strange
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, May 15th, from 7PM - 11PM
A Practicum for Digging a Grave
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Northwestern University
618 Colfax St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, May 15th, from 9AM - 1PM
Behind the Lens: Tabitha Soren
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Friday, May 14th, from 12PM - 1PM
Alliance Contemporary: Multitaskers
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Beverly Area Arts Alliance
2411 W 105th St, Chicago, IL 60655
Opening Friday, May 14th, from 5PM - 9PM
Art Show with Delisha McKinney, Dovie Golden, Myron Laban & YAMS
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave. Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 29th
BOTANICALS
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Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 14th, from 7PM - 10PM
reVISION: An Immersive Art Experience
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
On view through Wednesday, June 30th
5th Annual Urban Native Education Conference
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Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative
Online
On view through Saturday, May 15th
Interwoven: Symposium Introduction, Performance, and Panel Discussion
@
Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
online
Opening Friday, May 14th, from 10AM - 11:45AM
Fred Holland: Commentaries
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 14th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, June 12th
Sensory Overload: 2021 Loyola Fine Art Senior Exhibition
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Ralph Arnold Gallery
1131 W Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, May 14th, from 5PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, May 14th
FASHION 2021
@
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Online
Opening Friday, May 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
Jason Kriegler: Symbolic Totems
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 14th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, June 12th
Our Two Scents
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Cleaner Gallery + Projects
1856 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, May 26th
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