October 2023
Signals & Pixels – Art/Tech Meetup
@ Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Tuesday, October 31st, from 7PM - 10PM
Rescue or Destroy
@ ImnotArt
1010 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, October 31st, from 6PM - 9PM
Understanding The Basics of (Photo) journalism through an Inclusive Model Facilitated by Sebastian Hidalgo
@ Comfort Station
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, October 30th, from 6PM - 8PM
FEAR (Queer) Dance Freakout
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Sunday, October 29th, at 7PM
PETRIFIED WASTAGE + WET CLOSING RECEPTION
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, October 29th, from 12PM - 4PM
Black and Indigenous Futures: Closing Ceremony by Akira + Sinica
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, October 29th, from 11AM - 2PM
Closing Reception: Frances Lightbound: Tectonics
@ John David Mooney Foundation (International Currents Gallery)
114 W Kinzie St, Chicago IL 60654
Opening Sunday, October 29th, from 11AM - 2PM
On view through Sunday, October 29th
Talk to Me
@ FACETS
1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, October 28th, at 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 29th
Hot Mess!
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208 Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 28th, at 4:20PM
ACRE Zombi Disco
@ Color Club
4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 7PM - 12AM
On view through Sunday, October 29th
Inaugural Exhibition
@ Bodenrader
1620 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 25th
SMALL WONDERS by FUSEDChicago Encaustic Artists
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 3rd
Crystal Marie: New Works: Collage Art Paintings
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 3rd
Nikko Washington: For the Old Gods and the New
@ Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, January 27th
Exploding Jack by Ro Miller
@ Cuff and Post
355 N Laflin St., #507
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, November 18th
Keeley Haftner: Tesselescence
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Tuesday, November 28th
William Estrada: Multiples and Multitudes: Closing Party
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 2PM - 4PM
Marian Carow: Salvages
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
On view through Sunday, February 18th
Fashion in Chicago with Chelsey Carter and Allison Glenn
@ Venue SIX10
610 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 1PM - 2PM
Youree Kim: 1909
@ Riverside Arts Center
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Wednesday, November 15th
Art Talks! For One and All
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
Unbreakable
@ Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 12PM - 4PM
Will AI Kill Creativity?
@ Columbia College Chicago - Student Center
754 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 12PM - 1PM
Shake Shook Shaken: Celebrate
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Saturday, October 28th, at 12PM
The Art of the DJ: Innovations in Style & Technique. A CBSCM Event
@ Hamilton Park Cultural Center
513 W 72nd St, Chicago, IL, 60621
Opening Saturday, October 28th, from 11AM - 4:30PM
Mary Lattimore with Jeremiah Chiu
@ Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, October 27th, at 8:30PM
On view through Saturday, October 28th
a•pe•ri•od•ic (51): Forbes Graham
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Friday, October 27th, at 8PM
Luisa Tovar: BECOMING: HOME
@ 1212
1212 W Thorndale Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, October 27th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
On view through Tuesday, November 14th
Bridge Film and Video Fest
@ SITE/less
1250 W Augusta Blvd, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 27th, at 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 28th
A Pigment Signature Salon Talk: A Discourse on Monuments, Part 2
@ DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, October 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
DARK ARTS 2
@ THE SEVENTH CORNER GALLERY
4222 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Friday, October 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
HCL Fall Aperitivo
@ Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
Chile—50 Years of Protest and Change: A Reading and Discussion with Kathleen Osberger
@ Haymarket House
800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, October 27th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Sharon Bladholm and Monica J Brown: Of Earth and Spirit
@ SoNa Chicago Art Gallery
1527 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, January 13th
Jenny Mörtsell: Some of my own
@ Swedish American Museum
5211 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, October 27th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, March 24th
Women on the Verge
@ Rhona Hoffman Gallery
1711 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 27th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, December 15th
Dilek A Bishku: REVISITATIONS
@ ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 27th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, November 17th
Growing Up Now
@ ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 27th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, November 17th
Every house has a door and Essi Kausalainen present: The Fossil Record
@ Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, October 26th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Mikey Mosher: Container Continuum: Artist Talk
@ The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, October 26th, from 6PM - 7PM
Beatriz Santiago Muñoz: ORIANA and GOSILA
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, October 26th, from 6PM - 8PM
Artist Talk with Rufina Bazlova: International Belarusian Ornament
@ Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
5701 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 26th, at 6PM
Ruby T: Flower Gut System: A Spooky Lecture
@ SAIC | Printmedia
280 S Columbus Dr, Room 203, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 26th, at 5:30PM
Jacob Sutton: NATURAL
@ C33 Gallery
33 E Ida B. Wells Dr, First Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, October 26th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, November 17th
Goosebumps
@ ANTHONY GALLERY
1360 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, October 26th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 18th
Matthew Burgess: Somethin’s Cookin’
@ ANTHONY GALLERY
1360 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, October 26th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 18th
Chicago Open Studios
@ Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, October 26th, from 4PM - 8PM
Viva la Vida
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, October 26th, at 1PM
overhearings: A Discussion with Regina Martinez and Mary Hennen
@ Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, October 26th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, December 31st
Eating Sharp Fruit: Season 2: Episode 3
@ CAN TV19
Online
Opening Wednesday, October 25th, from 11PM - 11:30PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Black Box Music
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, October 25th, at 8PM
Smart Reads: The Metamorphosis
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
Online
Opening Wednesday, October 25th, from 6PM - 7PM
Lecture in Photography: Tommy Kha
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, October 25th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
ADONIS RIVER AND THE INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF ANCIENT CULTURES
@ The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Avenue, Cobb Hall, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL, 60637
Opening Wednesday, October 25th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
The Power of Transformative Art in Cities
@ The Study Hotel
1227 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, October 25th, from 2PM - 3PM
A conversation with Ash Huse and Jamie Y. conducted by Tommy Bruce.
@ The Arcade
Online
Opening Tuesday, October 24th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Tuesday, December 12th
Cannupa Hanska Luger Lecture
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
Fullerton Hall, 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, October 24th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
FRUTAS
@ Parque Cultural de Berger
6205 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, October 23rd, from 6:30PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, December 11th
Amor Eterno: Luchar por la Vida
@ Chuquimarca
Online
Opening Monday, October 23rd, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
An Evening With Saif Alsaegh
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Monday, October 23rd, at 6PM
Forced Migration Photovoice Project
@ Sulzer Regional Library
4455 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Monday, October 23rd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Oral Fixation Art Podcast presents Diana Solis
@ Oral Fixation Art Podcast on Spotify
Online
Opening Sunday, October 22nd, from 5PM - 11:59
On view through Tuesday, October 31st
Prairie Beneift Auction – Closing Reception
@ Prairie
2055 W Cermak Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, October 22nd, from 2PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
Fence Archive Exchange Artist Presentations
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, October 22nd, from 2PM - 5PM
RE/FUTURING the Verse: Poetry Threads of Native Chicago
@ Center for Native Futures
56 W Adams St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Sunday, October 22nd, from 1PM - 4PM
Threads: Closing
@ Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60622
Opening Sunday, October 22nd, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
Amplified Actions: Loren Ames, Grace Devies, Instinct Control, Rin Peisert, Melon Sprout, Steph Patsula
@ Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 21st, at 8PM
Concert: Marja Ahti
@ Ida Noyes Hall
212 E 59th St, 3rd Floor theater, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 21st, at 8PM
Chalo! Halloween
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 8PM - 12AM
Afrodjia Social Club at Kenwood Gardens
@ Kenwood Gardens
6929 S Kenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
Extra Comfort: Advance Base with Brittain Ashford
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
;products of desire:
@ W. Gallery
600 W Van Buren St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, November 10th
Live Arts | Lit & Luz Festival: Live Magazine Show
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 7PM - 9PM
Selves Portrait: Self-Portraits: Book Launch and Exhibition: Phase II
@ Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
John Colson: Stick People Unite!
@ boundary
2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago IL 60643
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, November 15th
Queer Eye’s Bobby Berk: How good design can make you feel right at home
@ Francis W. Parker School
330 W Webster Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 6PM - 7PM
Ivanna Baranova: Continuum: Book launch
@ Inga
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 21st, at 6PM
9th Annual Arts in the Dark Halloween Parade
@ Arts in the Dark
Chicago Loop on State Street moving south from Lake Street to Van Buren.
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
60 Strings
@ Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, October 21st, at 2PM
Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellows Reading
@ Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Open Studio Night
@ School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 2PM - 8:30PM
On view through Friday, October 20th
The Afterlives of Joan of Arc
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 21st, at 1:30PM
Colonial Looting, Museums, and Restitution
@ Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 1:30PM - 3:15PM
Show & Tell: A Soirée at Woman Made Gallery
@ Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave #4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
Shovelin’ USA: The Estrus Records Book Tour
@ Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 21st, at 1PM
The Chicago Printer Guild Publishers Fair
@ Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, October 21st
18th Street Pilsen Open Studios 2023
@ Multiple
Pilsen, Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 12PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
Don’t Close Your Eyes
@ Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Thursday, December 21st
Open House Celebration: Indigenous Artists Facing the Camera
@ The Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr. Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 12PM - 5PM
Learning Series | The Impact of Food Apartheid in Education
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 10AM - 11:30AM
Hector Guimard’s Designs for Living: A Forum for New Research & Ideas
@ auditorium of the Alliance Française of Chicago
54 W Chicago Ave Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 10AM - 5PM
Chicago Graduate Portfolio Day and Open Studio Night
@ School of the Art Institute of Chicago
280 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 10 am - 2 PM
On view through Tuesday, October 31st
Athi-Patra Ruga: …looking for The One.
@ Iceberg Projects
7714 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, December 5th
FACE SHOW
@ SULK CHICAGO
525 S Dearborn St, Apt 209, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, October 20th, at 9PM
The bonfire of the vanities
@ 33 East Washington galleries
33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 8PM - 10 PM
