August 2019
Automata: Life & Other Illusions
@ Potter Auctions
3759 N Ravenswood Ave, Ste 121, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Thursday, August 22nd, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, August 24th
TALK STORIES: An Asian American/Asian Diaspora Storytelling Show
@ Chinese American Museum of Chicago
238 W 23rd St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Wednesday, August 21st, from 7:30PM - 9PM
International Design Conference 2019
@ SIX10
610 S Michigan Ave, Chicago IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, August 21st, from 8AM - 10PM
On view through Friday, August 23rd
Open Rehearsal: Brendan Fernandes
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, August 20th, from 11AM - 1PM
Ben LaMar Gay
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, August 20th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Built by Women: Start-up Stories from Chicago Entrepreneurs
@ Marz Community Brewing
3630 S Iron St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Tuesday, August 20th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
City Bureau Documenters August Orientation
@ Henry E. Legler Regional Branch of the Chicago Public Library
115 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Tuesday, August 20th, from 5PM - 7PM
PrEP4Love presents Lucy’s Black Gay Gameshow
@ Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Tuesday, August 20th, from 8PM - 12AM
Poetry Foundation: Forms and Features
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Monday, August 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
Slow-Res: a Free and Self-Taught MFA Community
@ Read/Write Library
914 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, August 18th, from 3PM - 5PM
Justin T. Nalley: EAP! Workshop Series
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, August 18th, from 3PM - 5PM
Hyde Park Handmade Bazaar
@ The Promontory
5311 S Lake Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, August 18th, from 12PM - 4PM
ZINEmercado 2019
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 18th, from 11AM - 6PM
WMG Literary Series Presents: FLOW Do You Know My Name
@ Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave, 4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, August 18th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Do You Know My Name? Women’s Identity Issues and Victories
@ Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave, 4A 3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, August 18th, from 2PM - 4PM
Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts
@ Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Sunday, August 18th, at 5:30PM
On view through Monday, August 19th
ENVISIONING JUSTICE
@ Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, October 12th
Walk in our Shoes: Youth in Urban Design
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 2PM - 4PM
Gather: Edbrass Brasil // Rob Frye // Kim Alpert
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 17th, at 7PM
Pilsen Fest 2019
@ 18th St and Blue Island Ave
1800 S Blue Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 12PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, August 18th
Fantôme: DUALITY
@ CONNECT GALLERY
1520 E Harper Ct, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 24th
The Vizionz Projekt
@ Color Circles Studios
5524 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 14th
Art Speaks
@ Catherine Edelman Gallery
1637 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Friday, August 30th
Artist Talk: Cindy Bernhard, Phyllis Bramson, and Hale Ekinci
@ One After 909
906 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL, 60622
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 2 PM - 5 PM
On view through Saturday, August 31st
Adornamorphosis Jewelry Patio Pop-Up II
@ Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 9AM - 1PM
Data Entry Day 2
@ Humboldt Park Library
1605 N Troy St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 9:30PM - 2:30PM
Revitalizing Tradition XIII
@ High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Farnsworth Scores Film & Live Performance
@ Northbrook Public Library
1201 Cedar LN, Northbrook, IL 60062
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 3PM - 4:15PM
Petrichor_3333
@ New Works Chicago
3403 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, September 7th
SSW Workshop: Pitching 101
@ South Side Weekly
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 1PM - 3PM
Theresa Glass: Chunky Chip Collage
@ The Collage Cafe
1129 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 1PM - 5PM
Abraham: ElevenSeventeen
@ Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
Bit Bash
@ Museum of Science and Industry
5700 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, August 17th, from 9:30AM - 12AM
On view through Sunday, August 18th
Dahlak Brathwaite: Try/Step/Trip
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, August 16th, at 7:30PM
2019 Experimental Sound Studio Gala
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 7PM - 10PM
Domina Domi
@ Okay Gallery
2215 S Union Ave, #406, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 6 PM - 9 PM
On view through Friday, September 20th
Close to There: Inaê Moreira: TEMPO
@ Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative
1456 E 70th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 8PM - 9PM
The Waves
@ Annas
629 W Cermak Rd, Suite 240, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 7PM - 10 PM
On view through Sunday, September 15th
Never Had a Jumpshot, Never Had Plan
@ Langer Over Dickie
1309 N Leavitt St, Chicago, IL, 60622
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, September 17th
Mozart House: party #4
@ Paper Hat
1953 N Campbell Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, August 17th
SANTIAGO X: Sovereign
@ Nomadicube
34th St and Halsted St
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, August 17th
Glenwood Ave Arts Fest 2019
@ Glenwood Ave Arts District
6900-7100 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, August 18th
Year of the Pygmalion
@ Faux Pas Gallery
308 Lincoln Hwy, Rochelle, IL 61068
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 21st
Blackstone Summer Block Party
@ Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 3PM - 8PM
Photos at Noon: Viewer’s Choice
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 12PM - 1PM
Dr. David Hu: How to Walk on Water & Climb up Walls
@ Fermilab
Pine St, Batavia, IL 60510
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 8PM - 9:30PM
Synergy: From Manila to Acapulco
@ Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 7PM - 10PM
GoGoGo Collabo Art Show!
@ Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 7PM - 12AM
On view through Saturday, August 17th
Damaged Goods Web Series (2019)
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 8:30PM - 10PM
Sienna & Bella!: Slime School
@ The WasteShed
2842 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 12Pm - 1:30Pm
Medusa
@ Read/Write Library Chicago
914 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
Shannon Downey: A Black Harvest Feast
@ Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
Looking at You From a Distance Not Too Far: Work by Marvin Tate
@ Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 27th
Justin T. Nalley: EAP! Workshop Series
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
Poetry & Music: Howard Frazin, Keith Phares, and Linda Osborn
@ Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 7PM - 9PM
Dr. Ruth Westheimer
@ Illinois Holocaust Museum
9603 Woods Dr, Skokie, IL 6007
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
Platica y Poetry
@ Pilsen Outpost
1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, August 15th, at 7PM
Close To There: Collective Jam
@ Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 9PM - 11PM
Jerry Gretzinger: Jerry’s Map
@ Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 27th
Public Newsroom 114: Alderperson Accountability in Austin
@ Austin Community Academy High School
231 N Pine Ave, Chicago, IL 60644
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
Kaoru Hashimoto
@ Japanese Culture Center
1016 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Grown Folk Stories
@ Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 7PM - 9PM
Rachel Nador: Needle Felted Mini Landscapes
@ 1100 Florence
1100 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Ladies Aloud
@ The Martin
2515 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 7PM - 9PM
The Afterglow: A Full Moon Jam Honoring Aerin ‘Nefertiti’ Cooper
@ the #LetUsBreathe Collective
1434 W 51st St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 9PM - 2AM
On view through Friday, August 16th
AMFM Presents: Pink Things Pop-Up
@ Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, August 30th
Community Night: Bookmaking
@ Filter Photo
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, August 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
Pour One Out: Against All Odds, I Dared To
@ Volumes Bookcafe
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, August 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
Close To There: Bahian Vibrations
@ Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Wednesday, August 14th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Workshop for Releasing Embodied Trauma
@ Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Wednesday, August 14th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Thursday, August 15th
The Art of Urban Foraging
@ Garfield Park Conservatory
300 N Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Wednesday, August 14th, from 6PM - 7PM
Style Wars
@ 〰〰 bedsheet cinema
1914 N Spaulding Ave,, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, August 14th, from 8PM - 11PM
João Oliveira & Jessica Cochran in Conversation
@ Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, August 14th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Curator Talk: Virgil Abloh: Figures of Speech
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, August 13th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, September 22nd
Puppets in Progress
@ Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, August 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
Tiny Beauties with Dr. Anna Edlund & Peggy Macnamara
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Tuesday, August 13th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
German and True
@ Illinois Holocaust Museum
9603 Woods Dr, Skokie, IL 60077
Opening Monday, August 12th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Curator Tour of The Tokyo Show: Black & Brown Are Beautiful
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Monday, August 12th, from 1PM - 2PM
On view through Sunday, September 29th
Close To There: Forms & Features with Alex Simões: Visual Poetry
@ Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Monday, August 12th, from 6PM - 7PM
Masada: Last Stronghold of the Jewish Revolt against Rome
@ Oriental Institute
1155 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, August 12th, from 12PM - 1PM
Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater
@ Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Monday, August 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
Slow-Res: a Free and Self-Taught MFA Community
@ Read/Write Library
914 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, August 11th, from 3PM - 5PM
Justin T. Nalley: EAP! Workshop Series
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, August 11th, from 3PM - 5PM
Close To There: Comfort Society: w/ Edbrass Brasil
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 11th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
Clothing Exchange & Artist Workshop @ Woodard Plaza
@ Woodard Plaza
Kimball Ave and Diversey Ave, Chicago, 60618
Opening Sunday, August 11th, from 2PM - 5PM
DFBRL8R Performance Art Apprentice Showcase
@ DFBRL8R | Defibrillator Gallery
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, August 11th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, September 13th
Maura Walsh
@ Landing Projects
2858 W. Belle Plaine #3, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, August 11th, from 11AM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, September 7th
Forms & Features: Poetry in Response to the Tamir Rice Memorial Gazebo
@ Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Sunday, August 11th, from 1PM - 3PM
EVOLution: The Healing Art’s Movement
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 11th, from 1PM - 4PM
Black Summer
@ Westside Justice Center
601 S. California Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, August 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
Art 101 Confidential / Morse & Wagner
@ Phyllis' Musical Inn
1800 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, August 11th, from 4PM - 7PM
Cooperation for Liberation Study & Working Group [BR]
@ the #LetUsBreathe Collective
1434 W 51st, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, August 11th, at 3PM
Intro to DIY Screen-Printing Workshop
@ PO Box Collective
6900 N. Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 12PM - 3PM
Summer Made in Chicago Market
@ Local 130 Plumbers Union Hall
1340 W Washington St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 10AM - 5PM
Molecular Revolutions and Domestic Institutions
@ The Franklin
3522 W Franklin Blvd, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 3PM - 6PM
The Spirit of the Water Bear: Book Release Party!
@ The Franklin
3522 W Franklin Blvd, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 10th
Cinema Saturdays- Expanding Gender: Youth Out Front
@ Wrightwood 659
659 Wrightwood Ave, Chicago IL, 60614
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 5 PM - 7:30 PM
On view through Saturday, August 10th
Ekene Ijeoma & Alexandria Eregbu in Conversation
@ The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, August 10th, from 1PM - 2PM
