February 2023
The Ida B. Wells Story
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Tuesday, February 28th, from 4PM - 5:30PM
On view through Sunday, April 30th
Architect Elizabeth Diller in conversation with Justin Davidson
@ The Arts Club
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, Illinois 60611
Opening Tuesday, February 28th, at 6PM
Surviving the Long Wars: Residues and Rebellions
@ Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
On view through Saturday, May 27th
Soundtrack | Joelle Mercedes
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, February 28th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Brendan Fernandes Lecture: We Came to Dance
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
Fullerton Hall, 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, February 28th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Mary O’Rourke Mariutto: Excavation
@ McHenry County College | Epping Gallery
8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
On view through Friday, March 24th
彼らは、透明に、爽やかに、ただ酔い漂う目玉なのさ They’re transparent, refreshing, just intoxicated, drifting eyeballs
@ Good Weather
1524 S Western Ave, Ste. 409-410, Building A, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, February 26th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, May 6th
(Silence. By now, everything is different) A fifth anniversary exhibition and benefit auction
@ Apparatus Projects
1524 S Western Ave, Suite 408, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, February 26th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, March 19th
Open-Caption Screening: Dario Robleto’s THE AORTA OF AN ARCHIVIST and THE BOUNDARY OF LIFE IS QUIETLY CROSSED
@ Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Sunday, February 26th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, July 9th
Sensory-Friendly Morning
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, February 26th, from 10AM - 11:30AM
Raque Ford: A Better Liar
@ Good Weather
1524 S Western Ave, Ste. 119–121, Building A, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, February 26th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, May 6th
Stalagmite Creamsicles
@ McKinley Park Community Garden
3700 Block N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, February 25th, from 2PM - 5PM
Aria Dean: Abattoir, U.S.A.!
@ Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, Cobb Hall, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, February 25th, from 12PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, April 16th
ZINE NOT DEAD 19 – a new comics reading series
@ The Archer Ballroom
3000 S Archer Ave, Chicago IL 60608
Opening Saturday, February 25th, from 7PM - 11PM
5&5: a spontaneous duo show ft. Sofia Chitikov + Annie Irene Hejny
@ The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 18th
In the Realm of Senses presents: Bach to the Future
@ Lutheran Church of the Ascension
460 Sunset Ridge Rd, Northfield, IL 60093
Opening Saturday, February 25th, from 7:30PM - 8:45PM
Glossolalia
@ ACRE Projects
2439 S Oakley Ave, Chicago , IL 60608
Opening Saturday, February 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 25th
Shana Hoehn: Basket Toss
@ Prairie
2055 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, February 25th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, April 16th
2023 Collective Artists
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, February 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, March 12th
Kendra Kett: The Particle Series
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, February 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, March 12th
TJ Walker: My Skin, My Home
@ Happy Gallery Chicago
902 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 25th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, March 18th
Performance featuring C. Tai Tai
@ Logan Center Exhibitions
915 E 60 St, 1st Floor Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, February 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 5th
Tina Post: Deadpan: The Aesthetics of Black Inexpression
@ Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, February 24th, at 7PM
Stacy Arezou Mehrfar: The Moon Belongs to Everyone: Closing Reception + Poetry Reading
@ Filter Photo
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, February 24th
Derrick Adams: … and Friends.
@ Rhona Hoffman Gallery
1711 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, April 1st
Travels Through The Ocean
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, February 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
DRY GROUND BURNING (2022) with filmmaker Joana Pimenta
@ Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, February 24th, at 6PM
24th Annual Winter Bike Art Show
@ Agitator Artist Collective
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, February 24th, from 7PM - 12PM
On view through Friday, February 24th
Healing Gardens
@ The Slate Studio at Fountainhead Lofts
1932 S Halsted St, #401 Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, February 26th
Sspatz: group exhibtion
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, February 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 25th
DETRITUS MAXIMUS
@ Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st StChicago, IL 6060,
Opening Friday, February 24th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, March 17th
Fabrizzio Subia: Año Nuevo (2023)
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL, 60610
Opening Friday, February 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, May 7th
Healing House
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 24th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, February 24th
not all realisms
@ Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 23rd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, July 9th
The Metropol Drama
@ Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 23rd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, July 9th
Art By Artist
@ iO Theater
1501 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, February 23rd, from 10PM - 11PM
On view through Thursday, March 2nd
VOICES: Marissa Lee Benedict, Daniel de Paula, and David Rueter
@ Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, February 23rd, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Groundings: Funding Black Visual Arts in Chicago
@ Central Standard Building Conference Center
231 S La Salle St, Chicago, IL 60604
Opening Thursday, February 23rd, from 5:30PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, April 30th
Kina Bagovska: irregular time
@ a + c architects
4840 Main St, Skokie, IL 60077
Opening Thursday, February 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 1st
Yaw Agyeman Sings the Ebony Cookbook
@ Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Thursday, February 23rd, from 5PM - 9PM
Gun Violence: A Public Health Crisis and Racial Justice Issue
@ Weinberg/Newton Gallery
688 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Thursday, February 23rd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
Art After Work: Project Onward
@ Project Onward
1200 W 35th St 4th fl, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Thursday, February 23rd, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Portable Gray issue 9 : Launch
@ Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry
929 E. 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 23rd, at 6PM
Julia Reidy
@ Bond Chapel
5811 S Ellis Ave, Cobb Hall, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 23rd, at 8PM
Stillness, Wonder, and Gifts for Extraterrestrials: Elizabeth Kessler on Dario Robleto
@ Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, February 23rd, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
On view through Sunday, July 9th
Taking a Moment to Catch a Breath
@ LATITUDE CHICAGO
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, February 23rd, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
The Life and Times of Sultan Süleyman
@ Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, February 23rd, from 6PM - 7PM
Jonas Mekas: Open Archives
@ Mana Contemporary Chicago
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, February 23rd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, January 26th
Block Cinema: LOVE, WOMEN & FLOWERS (1989)
@ Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, February 23rd, from 7 PM - 9 PM
The Chicago Cli-Fi Library
@ Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
5701 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, February 22nd, from 5PM - 7PM
Artist Talk: Gala Porras-Kim
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, February 22nd, at 6PM
Exhibition Conversation: Interstellar Aesthetics and Acts of Translation in Art and Science
@ Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, February 22nd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, July 9th
Latino Writers Initiative
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
Online
Opening Tuesday, February 21st, at 6PM
Timbre: Open Jam Hosted by Naydja Bruton
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Tuesday, February 21st, at 8PM
The Soul of Philanthropy Premier Reception
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Tuesday, February 21st, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Sunday, April 30th
Shonna Pryor: Of Portals And Pathways II: Fiscal Frontiers
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, February 19th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, March 26th
Studio Saturday: Optical Illusions
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, February 18th, at 10AM
Science on Screen: FIRST MAN (2018)
@ Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, February 18th, at 1PM
They have to seek it out
@ Patient Info
902 N Western Ave Chicago IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, March 19th
Black Family Portraits with Seed Lynn
@ South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, February 18th, from 11:30Am - 4PM
Community Quilting Bee
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, February 18th, from 11AM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, April 30th
Mie Kongo: Concordance: Artist Talk
@ 65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago IL 60647
On view through Saturday, February 25th
Light & Beyond
@ Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, February 18th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, March 10th
Virtual Introduction to Origami Lessons
@ Japanese Culture Center - 日本文化会館
online
Opening Saturday, February 18th, from 11:30AM - 12PM
They Have to Seek It Out
@ Patient Info
902 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, March 26th
Historic Change: The Soaring Life of Pilot Bessie Coleman
@ The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, February 18th, from 12PM - 3PM
Lindsey Dorr-Niro, David Sprecher
@ Wedge Projects
1448 W Howard St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, February 18th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 18th
Alex Katz: Collaborations with Poets
@ The Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, February 18th, from 2PM - 3PM
Aesthetics of Loss
@ Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 18th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Tuesday, April 16th
Bobbi Meier: Artist Talk and Closing Reception
@ Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Saturday, February 18th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, February 18th
In Real Life
@ Pumping Station One
3519 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, February 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
OUR VOICE OF EARTH, MEMORY & FUTURE (1981)
@ Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, February 17th, at 7PM
Cody Hudson + Richard Colman
@ ANDREW RAFACZ
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 1st
Developing Global Leaders: A Case Study
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, February 17th, from 3:30PM - 5:30PM
On view through Sunday, April 30th
Artecito – Corazones de Animales
@ Carole Robertson Center for Learning
2929 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 6062
Opening Friday, February 17th, from 4PM - 6PM
Conscious Body, Living Soul
@ Life Force Arts Foundation
1609 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, February 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, June 30th
ENVIRONMENT/S/TALLATION
@ Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, February 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, March 3rd
The Last Green Book Publication Launch
@ Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 17th, from 5PM - 7PM
Third Fridays in Bridgeport
@ ALMA Art and Interiors
3636 S Iron St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, February 17th, from 5 PM - 8 PM
LIGHT CYCLES: 40 Years of TRON in Games & Film
@ Chicago Gamespace
2418 W Bloomingdale Ave, Chicago IL 60647
Opening Friday, February 17th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, May 7th
Monday Is Red-Orange: Music Through the Eyes of an Artist with Synesthesia
@ The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 18th
FILTER PHOTO BOOK CLUB
@ Filter Photo
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, February 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
Steve Geer & Paula Shur: Artist Talk
@ Perspective Gallery
Online
Opening Thursday, February 16th, at 7PM
On view through Sunday, February 26th
Jessi Reaves: All possessive lusts dispelled
@ The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, February 16th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 20th
Art By Artist
@ iO Theater
1501 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, February 16th, from 10PM - 11PM
On view through Thursday, March 2nd
Norman W. Long: Calumet in Dub: Closing Reception, Performance, and Catalog Release Party
@ Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, February 16th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, February 17th
Colectivo Los Ingrávidos
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, February 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
Celebrating the Visiting Teaching Artists of Forms & Features
@ The Poetry Foundation
Online
Opening Thursday, February 16th, from 7PM - 8PM
Peoria/Galesburg Area Town Hall with the Illinois Arts Council Agency
@ Peoria Riverfront Museum
Peoria Riverfront Museum
Opening Wednesday, February 15th, from 3:30PM - 5PM
Lecture in Photography: Shannon Bool
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, February 15th, from 6PM - 7PM
Shamanic Cinema: Trance as Resistance with Colectivo Los Ingrávidos
@ Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, February 15th, at 7PM
Mann at the Movies: Lotte in Weimar
@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 No Michigan Ave, Suite 200, Chicago, lL 60601
Opening Wednesday, February 15th, at 7PM
Blue Hour Reading & Workshop Series
@ Haymarket House
800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Wednesday, February 15th, at 6 PM
ATOM-r: I 💜The Dead 😈 (The Followspot)
@ Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, February 14th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
On view through Saturday, March 18th
Picture Thingy
@ Chicago Athletic Association
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, February 14th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Friday, March 31st
Working from the Figure with Lauralynn White
@ ALMA Art and Interiors
3636 S Iron St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Monday, February 13th, from 6PM - 8 PM
NIGHTINGALE PROJECTS: HORSEGIRL
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Monday, February 13th, at 6PM
