December 2019
Mongane Wally Serote in Conversation with Chris Abani
@ Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 7PM - 7PM
HYDE PARK ART CENTER PRESENTS “EXPANDED FIELDS”
@ Hyde Park Art Center - Gallery 5
5020 S. Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, December 13th, from Opening Reception - Friday, December 13, 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, February 23rd
10 Year Anniversary 12×12 Show
@ Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave. Chicago, Il. 60605
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 5:30PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, January 1st
Multiple + Goods + Fair
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 14th
Marc Benja: Fluffy Crimes
@ ArtSpace Chicago
3418 W Armitage Ave, Chicago IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, January 7th
Reminiscence
@ One After 909
906 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 13th, at 6PM
On view through Thursday, January 4th
Zentangle Disco
@ Patient Info
902 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 6Pm - 9PM
On view through Monday, January 13th
Dan Nelson: Closing Event
@ Essentia
2118 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 2PM - 7PM
Wild Fragility
@ Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
The Era Footwork Crew: IN THE WURKZ
@ Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 14th
Art after Dark Chicago: Intuition
@ Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave #4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 6PM - 11PM
Library Book Club: Dunya Mikhail
@ Poetry Foundation & Poetry Magazine
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
Reorienting the Rural
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 11AM - 1PM
Feminist Freelancers! All Are Welcome
@ Agitator: A Co-operative Gallery
1112 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 11AM - 7PM
Bonader
@ Swedish American Museum
5211 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 10AM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, January 12th
Liberation Is A Human Right!
@ Que 4 Gallery
2643 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
Dear Jazz Closing
@ South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, December 13th
Human Rights Day Show: No Wall, No Cages!
@ Uri-Eichen Gallery
2101 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
Through the Lens: Unbending Life Opening
@ Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
Cookin’ & Eatin’ Presents: Booker’s Place, A Mississippi Story
@ 6018NORTH
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
Screening: Day With(out) Art
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
Not Just Another Pretty Face Unveiling
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Sip+Shop Holiday Pop-Up
@ MLK Exhibit Center
1558 S Hamlin Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
Yollo Fall Exhibition
@ Yollocalli Arts Reach
2801 S Ridgeway Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 5PM - 7PM
Not Nothing to Hide
@ Outerspace
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Solo Crowd Presents: OVERFLOW
@ The Martin
2515 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, December 14th
Titled: A Kingdom of Hidden Mania
@ Bikram Yoga - West Loop
611 W Adams St, 3R floor, Chicago, IL 60661
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Rodrigo Lara: Nascent States
@ Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, January 24th
Works on Paper Show and Print Exchange
@ Baby Blue Gallery
2201 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 7PM - 10PM
William Staples: Bathers
@ 65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, January 18th
Megan Sterling and Matt Bodett Open Studio
@ Fine Arts Building
410 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 5PM - 9PM
In Conversation: Mabel Wilson, Ola Hassanain, Aviwe Mandyanda
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Happy Birthday Howard Finster and Friends
@ David Leonardis Galleries
1346 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 22nd
Impudence
@ Regards, Chicago
2216 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 13th, from 6:30 - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Community Binding with North Branch Projects
@ 6018NORTH
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, December 12th, from 7PM - 9PM
Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf
@ Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, December 12th, at 6PM
Concert: Roscoe Mitchell and Moor Mother
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, December 12th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
The Funambulist by Its Readers: Roundtable Discussion
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Thursday, December 12th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Poetry Reading and Panel with Anneli Goeller
@ Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, December 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Art Institute’s Neapolitan Crèche
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago IL 60603
Opening Thursday, December 12th, from 12PM - 1PM
Facility Fall-A-Faire
@ Facility Chicago
3616 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Thursday, December 12th, from 5PM - 9PM
Arts + Public Life Fall Teen Art Show
@ Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, December 12th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Tangelo 22
@ The Martin
2515 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, December 12th, from 7PM - 9PM
Freedom From And Freedom To (Round 2!!)
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, Ste 208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, December 12th, from 9PM - 11PM
SPARK Grant Info Session
@ Peach's at Currency Exchange Cafe
305 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, December 12th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Ando: Museums & Galleries
@ Wrightwood 659
659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, December 12th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, December 14th
Poetry off the Shelf: Willie Perdomo
@ Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Wednesday, December 11th, from 7PM - 9PM
Artists and Economies
@ Museum Of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, December 11th, from 6PM - 7PM
Pour One Out: Goodbye, 2019!
@ Volumes Bookcafe
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, December 11th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Holiday Photo Book Bazaar
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, December 11th, from 5PM - 7PM
Healing Our Soils Together: Building a Culture of Soil Keepers
@ Garfield Park Conservatory
300 N Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Wednesday, December 11th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Books That Built Chicago: Our Architectural History in Print
@ Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, December 11th, from 6PM - 7PM
A Space of Speculation: a Literary Dérive through the Biennial
@ Chicago Architecture Biennial
78 E Washington, Chicago IL 60602
Opening Wednesday, December 11th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
The Murder of Fred Hampton
@ 6018 NORTH
6018 N Kenmore, Chicago IL 60660
Opening Wednesday, December 11th, from 7PM - 9PM
2019 Holiday Print Swap
@ LATITUDE
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, December 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
Marz Drink and Draw
@ Marz Community Brewing
3630 S Iron St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Tuesday, December 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
Patrick Crowley: The Phantom Image: Seeing the Dead in Ancient Rome
@ The Seminary Co-op Bookstores
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, December 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
Jane Addams’ Day – Making Lineages Visible
@ Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Opening Tuesday, December 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
TALK Stories
@ Japanese American Service Committee
4427 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Tuesday, December 10th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Kate McQuillen: Lights Out
@ Ace Hotel Chicago
311 N Morgan St Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, December 10th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 31st
Lurking Shadow // Lurking Image
@ Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago IL 60609
Opening Tuesday, December 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, December 10th
Squatting in Sao Paulo as a major art and political force
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Tuesday, December 10th, from 4:30PM - 6PM
Nasty Brutish & Short
@ Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Monday, December 9th, from 7PM - 9PM
John Yaou: This Is America: Artist Talk
@ Blnk Space
3206 W. Armitage, Chicago IL 60647
Opening Monday, December 9th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
Jen Kryczka
@ Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery + Sculpture Garden
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, December 8th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, January 4th
Taiko Legacy 16
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, December 8th, from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Kabuki music workshop by Shijuro Tachibana
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, December 8th, from 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Grand Opening!
@ Stola Contemporary Art
3738 W Irving Park Rd Chicago, Il 60618
Opening Sunday, December 8th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, January 5th
Benjamin Larose: I’LL SEE YOU WHEN YOU GET HERE
@ Material Exhibitions
2025 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, December 8th, from 11 am - 2PM
On view through Sunday, January 12th
Bookbinding Workshop
@ The Martin
2515 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, December 8th, from 1PM - 3PM
Roni Packer: Consider Pink: Closing Reception
@ Basement: A Project Space
836 W Cullerton St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, December 8th, from 2PM - 5PM
Experimental Holiday Market
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, December 8th, from 12PM - 6PM
Underground Art Market 2019
@ Salvage One
1840 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, December 8th, from 12PM - 8PM
Sanctuary Sunday | Rhonda Wheatley: Align & Manifest!
@ 6018NORTH
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, December 8th, from 12PM - 2PM
Delia Seeberg: Seeking Form
@ A Shot of Art at Perkolator
6032 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60634
Opening Sunday, December 8th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, January 19th
The Wildest Flea Holiday Market
@ Marz Community Brewing
3630 S Iron St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, December 8th, from 12PM - 6PM
EVOLution: The Healing Art’s Movement
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, December 8th, from 1PM - 4PM
Taiko Legacy 16
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, December 8th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Slow-Res: a Free and Self-Taught MFA Community
@ Read/Write Library Chicago
914 N California Ave, Walton Entrance, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, December 8th, from 3PM - 5PM
Jen Kryczka
@ Riverside Arts Center + Freeark Gallery
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, December 8th, from 3PM - 6PM
Fun with Gingerbread Architecture
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington, Chicago IL 60602
Opening Sunday, December 8th, from 12PM - 3PM
El Vaiven FUNdraiser pa’ Lester Rey
@ Citlalin Gallery
2005 S Blue Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, December 8th, from 5PM - 9PM
The Wildest Flea Holiday Market
@ Marz Community Brewing
3630 S Iron St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, December 8th, from 12PM - 6PM
Tarot Reader Meet-up
@ DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Sunday, December 8th, at 2PM
Socialist Night School: What Will Socialism Look Like?
@ Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, December 8th, from 12PM - 2:30PM
Chicago Art Department: Crystal Ball
@ Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, December 7th, from 7PM - 10PM
Family Program: Exploring the Grahamlener Bilbraoducers Commons
@ Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, December 7th, from 10AM - 12PM
On view through Saturday, January 11th
Afro-Instrumentality
@ Open Studio Project
903 Sherman Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, December 7th, from 3PM - 5PM
Revulsion in the Grocery Aisle: Explorations of Consumer Culture
@ Chicago Filmmakers
5720 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, December 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
Nomadic Reflections in the Movement Gallery
@ Grassroots Chicago
1430 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, December 7th, from 5PM - 10PM
Reduction 7
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, December 7th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Renegade Chicago
@ Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, December 7th, from 11AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, December 8th
Threshold Activations: Building Radical Empathy through Performance
@ 6018NORTH
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, December 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
Modules and Other Nonsense
@ Langer Over Dickie Gallery
1309 N Leavitt St. Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 7th, at 6PM
On view through Tuesday, January 14th
Oli Rodriguez: A Familiar Panting
@ FLXST Contemporary
2251 S Michigan Ave. Suite 220, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, December 7th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, January 19th
Extended Self Artist Mother Meet Up!
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, December 7th, from 10AM - 11:30AM
DEATH DOULA
@ Julius Caesar
3311 W Carroll Ave. Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, December 7th, from 4PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, December 7th
Discourse: John Steck Jr.
@ Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, December 7th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
