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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Tuesdays on the Terrace: Alexander McLean Project
@
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Opening Tuesday, August 31st, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Two-Part Program: JeeYeun Lee and Kyle Malott on Language and Place
@
The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Monday, August 30th, from 12:15PM - 9PM
Lan Tuazon: Future Fossils: SUM
@
Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
On view through Sunday, November 7th
NANCY WISTI GRAYSON: Mementos: Paths that Cross
@
Material
2025 W Belmont St, Chicago IL 60618
Opening Sunday, August 29th, from 11AM - 2PM
On view through Sunday, September 19th
Artist Talk with Olive Stefanski
@
Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, August 29th, from 5PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, August 29th
Regin Igloria: Everything Moves With Me: Closing Reception
@
Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, August 29th, from 2PM - 5PM
The Martin Marketplace
@
The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, August 29th, from 11am - 2PM
On view through Sunday, August 29th
Open Flow Summer Public Performances
@
Garfield Park
100 N. Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, August 28th, from 2PM - 4PM
Vino & Vinyl: Closing Night PORTRAITS @ FSC
@
Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 28th, from 7PM - 10PM
Nathaniel Robinson: 2020 to 2021
@
Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, August 28th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Tuesday, November 16th
SANDRA LEONARD: UNEXPECTED NARRATIVES WITH FLORA AND FAUNA
@
Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
On view through Sunday, October 3rd
Sally Wille Watercolors, Susan Bennett Abstracts, Christine Graf Collages at Blue Moon Gallery
@
Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, August 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 12th
Staying Inn: Virtual Artist Talk
@
Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 28th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, September 12th
The Oddities and Curiosities Expo
@
McCormick Place
2301 S King Dr. Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, August 28th, from 10am - 6PM
On view through Saturday, August 28th
East of Ridgeland Blocks Party
@
Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, August 28th, from 2PM - 10PM
Moments Like This
@
Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave, 4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 28th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, September 25th
TODAYNOW GroupShow
@
SilentFunny
4106-08 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, August 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 28th
Refuge and Refugee
@
Northern Illinois University (NIU) Art Museum
Altgeld Hall, 1st Fl., West End, 1425 W Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb, IL 60115
On view through Friday, November 12th
The Art of Surviving: The Journey of the Karen Refugees in Illinois
@
Northern Illinois University (NIU) Art Museum
Altgeld Hall, 1st Fl., West End, 1425 W Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb, IL 60115
On view through Friday, November 12th
Photos at Zoom Discussion Session: David Taylor
@
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Friday, August 27th, from 12PM - 1PM
Elias Carmona: Pandemic Photos
@
Humboldt Park Boathouse Gallery
1301 N Sacramento Blvd, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 27th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, August 27th
Duck Feet
@
Circle Contemporary
2010 W Carroll Ave. Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, August 27th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Friday, October 8th
Nate Zoba: EVIDENCE WRECKS A MEMORY
@
Chicago Gamespace
2418 W Bloomingdale Ave Apt 101, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 27th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 28th
Guided Meditation with Olive Stefanski
@
Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, August 27th, from 4:45PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, August 29th
Rosa: #SingleGirlSummer Sendoff!
@
The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 27th, from 7PM - 9PM
Origins
@
Hilton | Asmus Contemporary
Morgan Arts Complex, 3622 S Morgan St, Chicago IL 60654
Opening Friday, August 27th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
NadNavillus + Madeleine Aguilar Side Yard Sounds
@
Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, August 27th, from 7PM - 9PM
Ricky McEachern: Eager To Show
@
Ravenswood Retail Space
4839 N Damen Ave Chicago IL 60625
Opening Friday, August 27th, from 5PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, August 28th
Spinning Home Movies: The Movements of D-Composed
@
South Side Home Movie Project
Online
Opening Thursday, August 26th, at 7PM
A Question of Emphasis: Louise Fishman Drawing
@
Krannert Art Museum
500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
On view through Saturday, February 26th
Hal Fischer Photographs: Seriality, Sexuality, Semiotics
@
Krannert Art Museum
500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
On view through Wednesday, December 22nd
LARRY CHAIT/HOWARD HART: Artist Talk
@
Perspective Gallery
1310-1/2B Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL, 60201
Opening Thursday, August 26th, at 7PM
On view through Sunday, August 29th
Chester Alamo-Costello: Chicago Portrait Project
@
University of St. Francis Art Gallery
25 E Van Buren Street, Joliet, IL 60432
Opening Thursday, August 26th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Tuesday, October 5th
Tuesdays on the Terrace: Mwata Bowden’s One Foot In, One Foot Out
@
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Opening Tuesday, August 24th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Virtual Author Reading: FOREVER FREE by Tracy Swinton Bailey
@
Women & Children First Bookstore
Online
Opening Tuesday, August 24th, at 7PM
The Martin Marketplace
@
The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, August 22nd, from 11am - 2PM
On view through Sunday, August 22nd
mo Tuesday Pop Up Portraits!
@
The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, August 22nd, from 11am - 2PM
On view through Sunday, August 22nd
2021 Gold Coast Art Fair
@
Grant Park Butler Field
350 E Monroe St, Chicago, Illinois 60601
Opening Saturday, August 21st, from 10AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, August 22nd
Open House at Cleaner Gallery + Projects
@
Cleaner Gallery + Projects
1856 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 21st, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, August 21st
Ni De Aquí, Ni De Allá: Virtual Artist Talk
@
Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 21st, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, September 12th
Experimental Makers Workshop
@
Weinberg/Newton Gallery
688 N Milwaukee Ave #101, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, August 21st, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, August 28th
Lisa Armstrong and Eric Von Haynes: Echoes: Sight, Sound and Touch
@
boundary
2334 W 111th Place, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, August 21st, from 8:30PM - 5:30PM
On view through Saturday, September 4th
Fixed Point, Addendum, Footnote, Aphorism
@
Julius Caesar
3311 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, August 21st, from 2PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 19th
In the Open
@
Baby Blue
2233 S Throop St, Suite 518, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 21st, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 2nd
Ruido Fest
@
Union Park
1501 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60606
On view through Sunday, August 22nd
Creature Features
@
Pintura Obscura at Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
Photos at Zoom Discussion Session: Edward Curtis
@
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Friday, August 20th, from 12PM - 1PM
Into the Deep
@
Project Onward
1200 W 35th St 4th fl, Chicago, IL 60609
Evanston Art Center Spring Benefit Art Party & Auction 2021
@
Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Friday, August 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
Joe Reich: DRAWING
@
R.Mona
1724 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
Gallery Studio Oh!: Closing Party
@
Gallery Studio Oh!
4839 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, August 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 21st
There Are People Here Too
@
Blanc Gallery
4445 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, August 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, October 8th
Apartment Gallery Launch and Inaugural Show Opening
@
Apartment Gallery
704 Hinman Ave, apt 1A, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Friday, August 20th, at 6PM
On view through Thursday, September 30th
Virtual Lecture: Conservation of the Hartwell Memorial Window
@
The Art Institute of Chicago
online
Opening Thursday, August 19th, at 5PM
Nightingale Movie Night
@
Hyde Park Art Center
5020 South Cornell Avenue, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, August 19th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Virtual Author Event: The Anti-racist Writing Workshop by Felicia Rose Chavez
@
Women & Children First Bookstore
Online
Opening Thursday, August 19th, at 6PM
William Schaeuble: People, Birds and Other Things
@
Fulton Market Kitchen - Upstairs Gallery
311 N Sangamon St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, August 19th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, November 19th
AnySquared Spotlight: Tracy Kostenbader Art Talk
@
AnySquared
Online
Opening Wednesday, August 18th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
Mid-Month Encouragement Speaker Series: Stephanie Westergaard
@
The Martin
Online
Opening Wednesday, August 18th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Released and Abandoned: Forgotten Oddities of the Home Video Era presents: Chains (1989)
@
Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, August 18th, from 8PM - 10PM
Tuesdays on the Terrace: Maggie Brown
@
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Opening Tuesday, August 17th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
AUGUST – Peace Circle Keeper Training
@
Trap House Chicago
TBD
On view through Friday, August 20th
Summer Teacher Institute
@
Various Locations
Various Locations
On view through Friday, August 20th
Case Talks Presents: Cathy Edelman / Anette Skuggedal in conversation with Leslie Thomas
@
CASE Art Fund
Online
Opening Saturday, August 14th, from 10AM - 11AM
¡HOT MESS!
@
Elastic Arts
Online
Opening Saturday, August 14th, from 4:20PM - 9PM
The Power of the Word: Marvin Tate, Nikki Patin, Young Dru, Keli Stewart, Hunter Diamond
@
Elastic Arts
Online
Opening Saturday, August 14th, at 2PM
HALCYON CHORUS: The ESS Annual Fundraiser
@
Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL, 60660
Opening Saturday, August 14th, at 4-7PM
Wingchow: Inner Space
@
Vertical Project Space
2006 W Chicago Ave, #1R, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Sunday, September 19th
KG & Rachel Youn: Water Cooler
@
LVL3 Gallery
1542 N Milwaukee Ave #3, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 26th
Heat Lightning
@
The Drucker Center Parking Lot
1535 N Dayton St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, August 14th, at 8PM
On view through Wednesday, August 18th
In The Realm Of Whiskeys: Bach To The USSR, Music of Bach to the Beatles
@
Stan Mansion
2408 N Kedzie Blvd, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 14th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Firefest One Lawndale
@
The Firehouse Community Arts Center
2111 South Hamlin Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, August 14th, from 12PM - 9PM
Recuerdos
@
Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, September 22nd
Lisa Marie Barber: Heart Shaped World
@
OS Projects
601 Sixth Street, Racine, WI 53403
Opening Saturday, August 14th, from 12 PM - 5 PM
On view through Saturday, October 16th
Deborah Butterfield: New Sculptures
@
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery
325 W. Huron, Chicago, IL 60654
On view through Saturday, October 16th
Cancelled: LatinXAmerican: Closing Party
@
DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, August 13th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, August 15th
Videokaffe: Northern Lights
@
Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, August 13th, at 7:30PM
Photos at Zoom Discussion Session: Wardell Milan
@
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Friday, August 13th, from 12PM - 1PM
Daniel Flood and Marc Benja: Hard/Soft
@
Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 13th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, September 4th
I Sense Something Has Changed
@
Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, August 13th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, September 23rd
Meet Me Where I Am
@
062 Gallery
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, August 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, September 10th
Portraits
@
Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 307, Chicago, Il 60622
Opening Friday, August 13th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, August 28th
Improvised Music Series: Vincent Davis’ Percussion Plus
@
Elastic Arts
Online
Opening Thursday, August 12th, at 8:30PM
Poetry & BYOBiscuits for August
@
Black Ocean
Online
Opening Thursday, August 12th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Leonard S. Marcus & Meg Medina: You Can’t Say That!
@
American Writers Museum
Online
Opening Thursday, August 12th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Artecito Virtual – Caballos
@
OPEN Center for the Arts
Online
Opening Thursday, August 12th, at 6PM
CHOP IT UP: Black Wall Street Journey
@
Smart Museum of Art
online
Opening Thursday, August 12th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Vincent Davis’ Percussion Plus
@
Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, August 12th, at 8:30PM
Pour One Out: A Monthly Storytelling Series
@
Volumes Bookcafe
Online
Opening Wednesday, August 11th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
MSAE Summer Soundwalks: Singing Insects Soundwalk
@
Big Marsh Park
11555 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60617
Opening Wednesday, August 11th, from 7PM - 9PM
Caroline Kent: What the stars can’t tell us
@
University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle #103, Normal, IL 61761
On view through Thursday, December 16th
Virtual Conversation: Theaster Gates and Louise Bernard
@
The Art Institute of Chicago
online
Opening Tuesday, August 10th, at 5PM
Girlnoise, Corey Smith, Yturri-Edmunds
@
Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, August 10th, at 8PM
Tuesdays on the Terrace: Greg Artry Quartet
@
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Opening Tuesday, August 10th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
My America: Elly Fishman
@
American Writers Museum
Online
Opening Tuesday, August 10th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
August Intro to Printing Workshop
@
LATITUDE
Online
Opening Monday, August 9th, at 6:30PM
On view through Wednesday, August 11th
Kwan/Daisy Duo & TRIO Red Space
@
Elastic Arts
3429 W. Diversey #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Monday, August 9th, at 8:30PM
Uptown Art Fair
@
Uptown Art Fair
4620 N Broadway St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Sunday, August 8th, from 10AM - 4PM
The Martin Marketplace: August 8th
@
The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, August 8th, from 11AM - 2PM
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