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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Burgkmair’s Gold: Printing in 16th-Century Germany
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Morton Auditorium
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, January 19th, from 12PM - 1PM
Bad Edition (Second Edition)
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Northeastern Illinois University's Fine Arts Center Gallery
5500 N Saint Louis Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, January 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, February 2nd
Christian Wolff with a.pe.ri.od.ic
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey aVE, 208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, January 19th, from 8:30PM - 10:30PM
Sara Goodman: Tangla
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Ampersand Cowork
3317 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, January 19th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Earth, Sky and In-between
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Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, February 25th
Outside the Practice
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Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, January 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, March 2nd
Provenance: A Performance Art Object Exhibition
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Zhou B Art Center, Art NXT Level
1029 W 35th St, 4 fl, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, January 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
Fuse
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Cultura in Pilsen
1011 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, January 19th, from 8:30PM - 10:30PM
[blnk] slate
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Zhou B Art Center, [blnk] haus
1029 W 35th St, Studio 008, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, January 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
Jesse Meredith: Do You Fear For Your Life
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062
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, January 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, January 28th
National Wet Paint MFA Biennial
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, January 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
Ellen Nagel
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Randy Alexander Gallery
1926 S. Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, January 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 17th
Home is Where the Art is
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Carol Nasaw Fine Art Consultant, LTD.
1015 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, January 19th, from 5PM - 8:30PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
88th Exhibition of Artist Members
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, January 19th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, February 24th
The Colors that Combine to Make White are Important
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LITHIUM
1932 S Halsted St, STE 200, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, January 19th, at 6PM
On view through Friday, January 26th
Between the Seams
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Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport #4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, January 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 10th
In Technicolor
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Project Onward
1200 W 35th St Fl 4, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, January 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
Chicago’s Forgotten ‘Coral Reef’
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Chicago Maritime Museum
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, January 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
Traversing the Past
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, January 18th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, April 1st
Public Newsroom #47: The Chicago News Source Survey
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City Bureau
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, January 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
Poetry Reading: See Without Seeing, Know Without Knowing
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, January 18th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, January 18th
YouTime: A Ceramic Co-Op Studio
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Midwest Clay Guild
1601 Payne St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Thursday, January 18th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Laura English: New Original Collages
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Line Dot Editions
1023 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, January 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Artecito Cuernos y Cornamentas / Horns and Antlers
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OPEN Center for the Arts
2801 S Ridgeway Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Thursday, January 18th, from 4PM - 6PM
Collecting Nature
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OPEN Center for the Arts
2214 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Thursday, January 18th, from 5PM - 8PM
Sidebar with Darby English and Matthew Metzger
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Richard and Mary L. Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry
929 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, January 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
New Documentaries: The Other Kids
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, January 18th, from 7PM - 9PM
A People’s History of Chicago
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National Veterans Art Museum
4041 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Thursday, January 18th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
American Traditional War Songs
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Northwestern University, Kresge Hall, "Art, Theory, Practice"
1880 Campus Dr, Room 108, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, January 18th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Talking Race, Talking Rebellion
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Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Thursday, January 18th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, February 23rd
Innovation in Chicago Dance and Disability
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University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Disability and Human DeveloPMent
1640 W Roosevelt Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, January 17th, from 3:30PM - 5PM
Paint the Eyes Softer: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, January 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
Office Hours: Portfolio Review
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, January 17th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Worker Cooperatives + Racial Justice from Jackson to Chicago
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National Public Housing Museum
625 North Kingsbury Street, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, January 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
In Progress: Aymar Jean Christian + Open TV
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, January 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
Paul Heyer
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, January 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, July 1st
Daydreams from a Crosstown Bus (1972)
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No Nation Art Gallery and Tangential Unspace Lab
1542 N Milwaukee Ave Fl 2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, January 16th, from 7:17PM - 10:01PM
The Sonic Story
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, January 16th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Tuesday, March 20th
Chicago Women Take Action General Meeting
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Bar Louie (Dearborn Station Printers Row)
47 W Polk St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Monday, January 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
Eclipsing Workshop: Releasing the Past with Rhonda Wheatley
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Monday, January 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
The Dream: 50 Years Later
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DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, January 15th, from 9AM - 7PM
King Day Festival: Say It Loud
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, January 15th, from 10:30AM - 3PM
2nd Sunday Open House and Volunteer Orientation
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Read/Write Library Chicago
914 N California Ave, Walton Entrance, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, January 14th, from 2:30PM - 5PM
Black In Front Of My Ears: On Blackness and My Dominican consciousness
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, January 14th, from 3PM - 5PM
Emma Draves: Listen.
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High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, January 14th, from 4PM - 6PM
Resilient Images
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, January 14th, from 2PM - 5PM
Romi Crawford on the Edward J. Williams Collection
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Sunday, January 14th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, January 14th
Art is Community Community is Art
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Downers Grove Museum
831 Maple Ave, Downers Grove, IL 60515
Opening Sunday, January 14th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Friday, February 23rd
Edra Soto: Open 24 Hours
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, January 14th, from 11AM - 3PM
Lauren Feece: Weathering the Storm
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
On view through Saturday, February 17th
Cancelled: Squirrel Head Taxidermy Class
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Sideshow Gallery
2219 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 1PM - 7PM
Anita Hill: Speaking Truth to Power
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Film Row Cinema
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 1PM - 4PM
Jarad Solomon: Digital Fountains
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60647
Opening Saturday, January 13th, at 13 January 2018
On view through Sunday, February 18th
Burning Bowl 2018: Re-Imagining Tomorrow: Serving Our Communities Future
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Morgan Park United Methodist Church
11030 S Longwood Dr, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 1PM - 4PM
Skip Tracer
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M. LeBlanc
3514 W. Fullerton Ave
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, February 24th
The Shape of Air
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Contemporary Art Center of Peoria
305 SW Water St #2R, Peoria, IL 61602
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Friday, February 16th
Gary Justis: Luminous Objects
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Contemporary Art Center of Peoria
305 SW Water St #2R, Peoria, IL 61602
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Utopia Ball
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DfbrL8r
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 7PM - 11:59PM
George John “LARDO” Larson: Inappropriate Raunch
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The Camp/us
2883 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 6PM - 12AM
On view through Saturday, January 20th
Lauren Levato Coyne: Snake Milk Elegy
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Ars Memoria
1770 W Berteau Ave, # 506, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, February 3rd
Eleftheria Lialios: Detroit: 1978-1983
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Agitator Co-operative Gallery
1112 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, February 14th
The Catfish Ponds
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Chicago Truborn
1741 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
Do Not Resist?
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 3rd
Re:opening
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The Overlook Place
3323 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, January 24th
Sean Hannaway
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Standing Passengers
1458 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, February 15th
Robert Conway and Belverd Needles on Clinton Adams and June Wayne
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 1:30PM - 2:30PM
On view through Sunday, March 25th
Demo DEMO
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DEMO Project
732 N 4th St, Springfield, IL 62702
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 2PM - 5PM
The Poster Art of Scott Williams, A Soul Summit Retrospective
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All Star Press Chicago
2775 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, January 31st
Shades of Plein Air
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Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts
1012 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, January 13th, at 6:30PM
On view through Saturday, February 3rd
Burning Orchid: damuh and locust
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 7PM - 8PM
AACM: Eccentric Coincidental Configurations feat. Maggie Brown
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Performance Penthouse 901
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
Michaela Murphy: Falling For You, Act Two
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Triumph
2055 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, January 28th
Nazafarin Lotfi: Negative Capability
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Regards
2216 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, February 24th
The New Prairie School
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, January 14th
A Perplexity of Conundrums
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Fermilab Art Gallery
Wilson Hall, Pine Street and Kirk Rd, Batavia, IL 60510
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
I See How You See Me
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Gallery 19
4839 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, February 27th
Do Not Resist?
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd fl, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 6PM - 9:30PM
Michal Rejner: SERIES1
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Blanc Gallery
4445 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
Adult Toy Making Workshop
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Color Cocktail Factory
600 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Subversive Involvement
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Uri-Eichen Gallery
2101 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, January 12th
Mix and Match
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Studio Oh
1837 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, February 24th
Shooting Pool with a Rope
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baby blue gallery
2201 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL, 60608
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, February 4th
Sisler and Lyne
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Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
More Than A Day Job
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Logan Square Tattoo
2352 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
Monuments: Uprising and Rebellion in Post-MLK Chicago
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Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th Street, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
On view through Friday, February 23rd
Stretch Out The Cramp: A drawing survey from 2017
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GreenDoor
1932 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 7PM - 11PM
Community in Color
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Arts of Life
2010 W. Carroll Ave Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, February 23rd
JOSEPH SCOTT and KEVIN GOODRICH
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65GRAND
3252 West North Ave Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, February 10th
Jared Packard: Bandage for a Bruise
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ADDS DONNA
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, February 10th
Last Words
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Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative
1456 E 70th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Pseudo- and Hetero
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LITHIUM
1932 S Halsted St, Ste 200, Chicago IL 60608
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, January 26th
Opening Reception at House of the Apocalypse
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House of the Apocalypse
1908 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, January 12th
Muralla Alta/High Wall
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 6PM - 7PM
Jose Guerrero: Presente: A Memorial Print Portfolio
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, January 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 25th
Rock, Paper, Image
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, January 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 25th
Blake as Poetic Inspiration
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, January 11th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, March 11th
Artists Connect: Haley Fohr
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, January 11th, from 6PM - 7PM
Robert Burnier and Caroline Picard
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, January 11th, from 6PM - 7PM
Barbara Jones-Hogu: Resist, Relate, Unite 1968-1975
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, January 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 25th
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