August 2022
Techtonic Black Movie Night
@ Lawndale Pop-Up Spot
Douglas Blvd. & Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Wednesday, August 31st, from 8PM - 10PM
Silent Film and Loud Music Present: Cat & the Canary (1927) with a live score by LNR TMB
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, August 31st, from 8PM - 10PM
Gallery Talk: Surrounding Kahlo, Works from the Permanent Collection
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, August 31st, at 6PM
The Patriot (Die Patriotin)
@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 200, Chicago, lllinois 60601
Opening Wednesday, August 31st, at 6PM
Anagram Series Festival Night 1: Lenard Simpson Trio & Madsen/Sommers/Hemphill
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, August 30th, from 8PM - 11PM
Poetry @ The Green at 320
@ The Green
320 S Canal St., Chicago, IL 60606
Opening Tuesday, August 30th, at 5:30 PM
Anagram Series: Meghan Stagl Trio & Alvin Cobb Trio
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, August 29th, from 8PM - 11PM
Force & Motion presents: Elise Butterfield
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 28th, from 2PM - 3PM
War and Hope
@ A Shot of Art at Perkolator
6032 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60634
Opening Sunday, August 28th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, October 16th
Mason Saltarrelli: Astral Mute
@ Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Saturday, October 15th
Kenji Fujita: Cut and Cover
@ Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Saturday, October 15th
Sherry Karver, Robert McCann, Lilach Schrag: Layered Meanings
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL, 60201
Opening Sunday, August 28th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, October 2nd
Power of the Party: Chicago House and Nick Cave
@ The DuSable
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, August 27th, from 1PM - 5PM
Nick Cave and Jack Cave: The Color Is: A Fashion Exhibition
@ The DuSable
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
On view through Sunday, November 27th
HECHO EN: Arts & Craft Fair
@ Pilsen Arts & Community House
1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 27th, from 10AM - 6PM
Freedom From and Freedom To – ft. Opening Set w/ Douglas R. Ewart + Jayve Montgomery
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 27th, from 7PM - 11PM
ESS & Compound Yellow present OPTION: Taalib-Din Ziyad & Mankwe Ndosi – Earth Connection
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, August 27th, from 2PM - 6PM
Misfit Muses Interactive Performance by Millicent Kennedy
@ Belong Gallery
2712 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 10th
Bughouse Square: A History in Song and Story
@ Washington Square Park
901 N Clark St, Chicago, 60610
Opening Saturday, August 27th, from 1PM - 3PM
Ceramics Open House
@ The Digs Chicago
333 N Oakley Blvd #305, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, August 27th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, August 27th
J. Michael Ford: Open Studio
@ Albany Carroll Arts Building
3039 W Carroll Ave, 2nd Flr, Chicago IL 60612
Opening Saturday, August 27th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Monday, August 29th
NEW WORKS from our 2022 Collective Artists
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, August 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 11th
Pop-Up Show ON THE BRICKS by Amy O. Woodbury
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, August 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 9th
Zen Blues & Visual Ponderings: Mixed Media Cyantypes by Colleen Steenhagen
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, August 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 9th
LAYERED MEANINGS
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
On view through Sunday, October 2nd
THE KITCHEN SINK
@ Farlow's Playroom
4222 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Saturday, August 27th, from 5PM - 9PM
Photos at Zoom Discussion Session: Beyond the Frame
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Friday, August 26th, at 12PM
Kevin Norris: All Water Has a Perfect Memory
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, August 26th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, August 28th
Artecito Virtual – Gorilas
@ OPEN Center for the Arts
Online
Opening Friday, August 26th, from 6PM - 7PM
Capturing Louis Sullivan: What Richard Nickel Saw
@ The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
World that Awaits
@ Mu gallery
1541 W. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, August 26th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, September 17th
Boz Deseo Garden: Does One Write About an Encounter With Nothing
@ Jargon Projects
3310 N Milwaukee Ave, Suite 202, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Friday, August 26th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 2nd
Silent Film and Loud Music Present: A live music score for A Page Of Madness (1926)
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, August 24th, from 8PM - 10PM
Techtonic Black Movie Night
@ Lawndale Pop-Up Spot
Douglas Blvd. & Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Wednesday, August 24th, from 8PM - 10PM
Strategic Planning for Nonprofits
@ Arts & Business Council of Chicago
Online
Opening Wednesday, August 24th, from 10AM - 11:30AM
Book Launch: The Healing Circle by Coco Picard
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, August 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
Poetry @ The Green at 320
@ The Green
320 South Canal St., Chicago, IL 60606
Opening Tuesday, August 23rd, at 5:30 PM
Neighborhood Memorial for Victims of Police Violence
@ PO Box Collective
6900 N. Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, August 21st, from 11AM - 1PM
TechTonic Black Table @ Sundays on the Boulevard
@ Lawndale Pop-Up Spot
Douglas Blvd. & Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Sunday, August 21st, from 1PM - 5PM
Woven Memories
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, August 21st, from 2PM - 5PM
Noche de Danzón
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 20th, at 6:30PM
Community Healing Mercado at El Paseo
@ El Paseo Community Garden
944 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 20th, from 2PM - 8PM
Jean Carlos Claudio Performance in the Gallery
@ The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, August 20th, at 1PM
Paloma Valencia’s SOUVENIRS + Connor Young’s FOUL PLAY: Closing Reception
@ The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, August 21st
OPEN
@ Wedge Projects
1448 W Howard St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, August 20th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Darrell Roberts: Meet Me in the Garden – Community Art Making Event
@ Riverside Arts Center Sculpture Garden
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, Illinois 60546
Opening Saturday, August 20th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, October 29th
Victoria Fuller: Bring Back the Extinct Northern White Rhino: artist talk with puppet performance by Jill Liebhaber
@ Epiphany Hall at Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, August 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 20th
Side Yard Sounds: Jakob Heinemann Quartet
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, August 20th, from 7PM - 9PM
Emerging Artist Series featuring Tianna Bracey
@ South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, August 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 22nd
Bronzeville Art District Art Tour 2022!
@ Bronzeville Art District
Various locations
Opening Friday, August 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
Hoodoo Healing and Hypnosis
@ Lawndale Pop-Up Spot
Douglas Blvd. & Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Friday, August 19th, from 5PM - 6PM
Side Yard Sounds: Harry Tonchev Trio
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, August 19th, from 7PM - 9PM
Reception for the Sanctuary Doors and Courtyard Walls mural projects
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, August 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
Johann Mun: Paraphrasing the New Ardent Centuries
@ HG
2000 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 19th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Black and Indigenous Futures
@ Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 19th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, September 10th
Comfort Music: Ghost Voice
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, August 18th, from 7PM - 9PM
In-person Book Launch: TUMBLE by Celia Perez
@ Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Thursday, August 18th, at 6PM
Jenni Stark & Nora Marks: live & acoustic
@ The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, August 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
PO Box Poetry Reading Series
@ PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Wednesday, August 17th, at 7PM
Techtonic Black Movie Night
@ Lawndale Pop-Up Spot
Douglas Blvd. & Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Wednesday, August 17th, from 8PM - 10PM
Jess T. Dugan: I want you to know my story
@ University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle, Normal, IL 61761
On view through Sunday, October 16th
Poetry @ The Green at 320
@ The Green
320 S Canal St., Chicago, IL 60606
Opening Tuesday, August 16th, at 5:30 PM
Neighborhood Memorial for Victims of Police Violence
@ PO Box Collective
6900 N. Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, August 14th, from 11AM - 1PM
TechTonic Black Table @ Sundays on the Boulevard
@ Lawndale Pop-Up Spot
Douglas Blvd. & Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Sunday, August 14th, from 1PM - 5PM
South Asia Institute’s Freedom Festival, Day 2
@ South Asia Institute
1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Sunday, August 14th, from 1PM - 6PM
Loud, Lord
@ Good Weather
1524 S Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, August 14th, from 11AM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, October 22nd
South Asia Institute’s Freedom Festival, Day 1
@ South Asia Institute
1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, August 13th, from 1PM - 6PM
The Word on 103rd
@ Made Artisan Collaborative
1802. W 103rd St, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, August 13th, at 7:15PM
AJ Ainscough: Back Outside
@ Vertical Project Space
2006 W Chicago Ave, #1R, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 13th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, September 4th
The Invisible Costs of War: Closing Reception
@ ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, August 13th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, August 13th
LtdWear6
@ LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave #3, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 13th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 4th
Pottery of Protest 5
@ Lincoln Square Pottery Studio
4150 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL. 60618
Opening Saturday, August 13th, from 7PM - 10PM
Maryam Safajoo: REPETITIOUS INSECURITY: Closing Reception
@ ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, August 13th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, August 13th
Breanna Robinson: Asking for the Moon
@ Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago
2233 S. Throop St., Unit 419, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 13th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 1st
Lewis Achenbach: The Sonic Story Continues
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, August 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 24th
Shane Walsh: Coconuts
@ OS Projects
601 Sixth St, Racine, WI 53403
Opening Saturday, August 13th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, October 15th
Baby Blue 5th Anniversary
@ Baby Blue Gallery
2233 S Throop St, Rm 518, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 13th, from 8PM - 12am
On view through Saturday, September 3rd
Curating Outside the White Cube: How BIPOC Leadership is Changing the Arts Landscape
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 13th, from 11AM - 12:30PM
On view through Sunday, August 28th
Control Signals Performance #1
@ The Latent Space
4150 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, August 13th, from 8:30 PM - 10 PM
Summer Artists’ Salon
@ Old Town Triangle Association
1763 N North Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, August 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
Coffin Talk
@ Block House Gallery
11137 S Langley Ave, Chicago, IL 60628
Opening Friday, August 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
Myron Laban: Time to Rise
@ The Silver Room
1506 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, August 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, September 9th
Bobby Price Exhibit Opening
@ Lawndale Pop-Up Spot
Douglas Blvd. & Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Friday, August 12th, from 5PM - 7PM
Got Soul
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, August 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 24th
Warriors of the Apocalypse
@ House of the Apocalypse
1837 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60600
Opening Friday, August 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 30th
Jaime Foster: Plant-Based
@ Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, August 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 24th
Nazafarin Lotfi: A Garden to Build
@ University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle, Normal, IL 61761
On view through Sunday, October 16th
Improvised Music Series: Rempis/Abrams/Ra + Baker
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, August 11th, from 8:30PM - 11:30PM
Comfort Music: HLDAY MAGIK
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, August 11th, from 7PM - 9PM
Artist Talk: Jeffrie Chirchirillo and Verna Peterson Todd
@ Perspective Gallery
Online
Opening Thursday, August 11th, at 7PM
On view through Sunday, August 28th
Artecito Virtual – Lagartos
@ OPEN Center for the Arts
Online
Opening Thursday, August 11th, from 6PM - 7PM
ROGER BROWN AND MIESIAN METROPOLITANISM
@ The Chicago Architecture Center
111 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, August 11th, at 6PM
Lynne Tillman: Mothercare
@ 57th Street Books, The Seminary Co-op
Online
Opening Wednesday, August 10th, from 6PM - 7PM
ASSAF EVRON: S.R. CROWN HALL
@ S.R. Crown Hall
3360 S State St, Chicago, IL 60616
On view through Saturday, October 29th
Colson Whitehead: Harlem Shuffle
@ 57th Street Books, The Seminary Co-op
Online
Opening Tuesday, August 9th, from 7PM - 8PM
Disability Portraiture Project: Let’s talk about Mental Health!
@ Access Living
115 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Tuesday, August 9th, from 2PM - 4PM
Sustainable Sustenance
@ 6018NORTH
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago IL 60660
Opening Tuesday, August 9th, from 7PM - 9PM
