January 2020
Harold Mendez: The years now
@ Logan Center Exhibitions
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, January 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
Scott Starrett: Branding for AOC
@ DePaul University
1 E Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60604
Opening Friday, January 24th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
The Time Salon: A Monthly Mixer & Timebank Orientation
@ Flood's Hall
1515 E 52nd Pl, 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, January 24th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
To Boldly Go
@ Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, January 24th, from 7PM - 10PM
System Link: Video Game as Memoir
@ VGA Gallery
2418 W Bloomingdale Ave, #101, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, January 24th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, April 25th
Lips that Touch Liquor & Other Stories of the Noble Experiment
@ The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, January 23rd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
States of Democracy and Borderstasis by Guillermo Gómez-Peña
@ Durand Art Institute, Lake Forest College
555 N Sheridan Rd, Lake Forest, IL60045
Opening Thursday, January 23rd, at 7:30PM
On view through Thursday, February 20th
The Decolonial Open Mic
@ Flood's Hall
1515 E 52nd Pl 3rd Fl, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, January 23rd, from 6PM - 8PM
Families in Transition
@ Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive Evanston IL 60201
Opening Thursday, January 23rd, at 7PM
CCAC Workshop: New Year Access Resolutions!
@ Chicago History Museum
1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, January 23rd, from 3PM - 5PM
Berthold Hoeckner: Film, Music, Memory
@ The Seminary Co-op Bookstores
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, January 23rd, from 6PM - 7PM
Interdisciplinary Art Critique
@ Gallery Studio Oh!
4839 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Thursday, January 23rd, from 6PM - 8:30PM
Rafiki, introduced by Erin Moore
@ Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, January 23rd, from 7PM - 10PM
Self Care Through Moon Magick
@ Sideshow Gallery
2219 N Western Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Thursday, January 23rd, from 7PM - 9PM
Am I Man Enough?: Stories on Toxic Masculinity
@ Volumes Bookcafe
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, January 23rd, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Cinema 53: The Graduates with Bernardo Ruiz and Eve Ewing
@ The Harper Theater
5238 S Harper Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, January 23rd, from 7PM - 10PM
Peter Ablinger: Eric Wubbels performance
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, January 23rd, from 8PM - 9:30PM
LatinXAmerican Podcast: Episode 4: Yvette Mayorga
@ DePaul Art Museum
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 22nd, at 12PM
Know Your Rights: A Toolkit for Cultural Producers
@ Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Wednesday, January 22nd, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Tax Tips for Artists & Freelancers
@ LATITUDE
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, January 22nd, from 6PM - 7PM
Opening Conversation: Modernisms
@ Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive Evanston IL 60201
Opening Wednesday, January 22nd, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, April 5th
Creating Programs That Click
@ Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership
610 S Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, January 22nd, from 9:30AM - 2PM
Preservation Snapshots Lecture: Why Old Places Matter
@ Chicago Architecture Center
111 E Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Wednesday, January 22nd, from 5:30PM - 6:30PM
Poets in the Field
@ Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, January 22nd, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Wednesday, May 20th
Westside Wednesdays Open Mic
@ MLK Exhibit Center
1558 S Hamlin St, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Wednesday, January 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
Peter Ablinger: Sidebar: Music/Language/Thought/Noise
@ Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry
929 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, January 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
Open Door Series: Patrick Durgin & Kristiana Rae Colón
@ Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Tuesday, January 21st, at 7PM
Tuesday Night Work Party!
@ Harold Washington Library
400 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Tuesday, January 21st, from 7PM - 9PM
Peter Ablinger: MUSIC’s OVER Installation
@ Gray Center for the Arts and Inquiry
929 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, January 21st, from 10AM - 5PM
On view through Monday, January 27th
Peter Ablinger: Composition Seminar
@ Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, January 21st, from 5PM - 6:30PM
On view through Monday, January 27th
In Progress: Angel Bat Dawid
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, January 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
Pom-Pom Party! ft. Cariñosa Designs
@ The WasteShed
2842 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, January 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
King Day Festival: Tomorrow is Today
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago IL 60603
Opening Monday, January 20th, from 10:30AM - 3PM
Martin Luther King: An Amazing Grace
@ DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago IL 60637
Opening Monday, January 20th, from 3PM - 7PM
The Global Wave of Mass Protests: A Panel Discussion
@ Evanston Public Library
1703 Orrington Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Monday, January 20th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
MLK Day “Freedom Family” Celebration
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Monday, January 20th, from 11AM - 4PM
The Indigenous Poetteller’s Workshop
@ American Indian Center Chicago
3401 W Ainslie St, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Monday, January 20th, from 7PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, January 29th
Selma Flimversation
@ South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Monday, January 20th, from 3PM - 6PM
Poetry Foundation: Forms and Features: Ode
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Monday, January 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
Evanston Art Center Faculty Exhibition
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, January 19th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, February 16th
Azadeh Hussaini: ArchiWalls
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, January 19th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, February 16th
For Frankie! A Celebration of his 65th Birthday
@ Metro Chicago
3730 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Sunday, January 19th, from 9PM - 4AM
Color Me Resisting: 2020 Family Day Kick-Off!
@ Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, January 19th, from 9AM - 5PM
Frankie Knuckles and the Power of Liberatory Space
@ Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Sunday, January 19th, from 1:30PM - 3PM
Sunday Service: Remembering Frankie Knuckles
@ Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago IL 60649
Opening Sunday, January 19th, from 3PM - 7PM
Anne Harris: Thirty-nine Eyelids
@ Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, January 19th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, February 29th
Jeanne Garrett: The Elements
@ Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
21850 N Riverwoods Rd, Riverwoods, IL 60015
Opening Sunday, January 19th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, February 23rd
Laurel Farrin: Vaudeville
@ Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, January 19th, from 4PM - 6:30PM
On view through Saturday, February 22nd
The Politics (and Joy) of Organizing around Print and Labor
@ Inga
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, January 19th, from 3PM - 5PM
Strictly Business 2020
@ mHUB Chicago
965 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 8:30 AM - 7PM
José Santiago Pérez: Palacios (fantasy structures)
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, February 9th
Newberry 101: An Introduction to Research at the Newberry
@ Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 9AM - 10AM
3D Applications Workshops: Flesh
@ Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 1PM - 4PM
Dominic Palarchio: A Christmas Story
@ North Pole
1600 W Sherwin Ave. Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, January 18th
Shannon Finley: END OF LINE
@ Carrie Secrist Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 7th
Morgan Mandalay: On Colonus
@ Extase
2523 W Chicago Ave, Unit 2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, January 18th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, February 22nd
Hyegyeong Choi: Thinner Happy
@ Slow
2153 W 21st St, Chicago IL 60608
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, February 22nd
Artist Talk with Vesna Jovanovic – Closing for Field Anatomy
@ OS Projects
601 6th St, Racine, WI 53403
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 3PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, January 18th
Special Topics Workshop: Introduction to Weaving
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 1PM - 4PM
Fiestas de la Calle 2020
@ Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center
4048 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 6PM - 10:30PM
HIGHFEMME: Winter Edition
@ Cerise Rooftop
203 N Wabash Ave, #26th floor, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 9PM - 2AM
Petty Biennial.2: Align & Manifest Workshop
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave., 2nd floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 12PM - 2PM
On view through Friday, February 14th
Tea & Cookies with Latham Zearfoss
@ Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 1PM - 3PM
Truth, Lies, & Headlines: a screening of Park Row (1951)
@ filmfront
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
Radical Print Shop with William Estrada
@ PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, January 18th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, February 1st
Backyard Stories
@ 062 Gallery
1029 W 35th St Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, February 7th
Drinking Gourd Chapbook Launch
@ Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 7PM - 9PM
Okunola Jeyifous: S is for Soul Sister
@ Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, March 20th
Backyard Stories
@ 062
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, February 7th
All Mushrooms Are Magic
@ Harold Washington Library
400 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 3PM - 4PM
Annual Clearance Sale!
@ Project Onward
1200 W 35th St Fl 4, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
Kuumba Lynx Open Mic
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
Spring 2020 Exhibitions at the 5th Floor Gallery
@ 5th Floor Gallery
929 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, May 1st
New Formations
@ Catherine Edelman Gallery
1637 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 7th
Yesenia Bello: Tender as the Language
@ Ignition Project Space
3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, February 22nd
Bobbi Meier: STRANGE ETIQUETTE
@ salonlb.
1010 W 35th Street, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 6PM - 10PM
Time Stamp
@ Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st St. Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, February 15th
Class Act 2020
@ Gallery of Contemporary Mosaics
1127 W Granville Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, January 17th, at 5PM
On view through Monday, March 9th
Turn the Light
@ Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago IL 60607
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 7th
Melissa Oresky: Growing Time
@ McLean County Arts Center
601 N East St, Bloomington, IL 61701
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, February 14th
Bert Menco: Gallery Talk
@ Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Digital Tapestries
@ Agitator: a co-operative gallery
1112 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 7PM - 9PM
Danielle Aubert: The Detroit Printing Co-op
@ The Seminary Co-op Bookstores
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 6PM - 7PM
Sacred Arcanum
@ 4Art SPACE
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 6PM - 10PM
Artecito Then & Now/Illinois Antes y Ahora
@ CC’s Little Village Boys & Girls Club
2801 S Ridgeway Ave Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 4PM - 6PM
Carmen Jones (1954)
@ Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive Evanston IL 60201
Opening Friday, January 17th, at 7PM
Aly Jados Paintings & DJ Set
@ David Leonardis Galleries
1346 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 6PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, January 31st
Bloom
@ H.G. Inn
2000 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 7 PM - 10 PM
On view through Sunday, February 16th
Level Eater X
@ Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, January 17th, from 7 PM - 10 PM
On view through Sunday, January 19th
Diane Simpson
@ Art Theory Practice, at Northwestern University
1880 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, January 16th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
TIES: Open Mic + Exhibition Closing Reception
@ Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 W Hubbard St. Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, January 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
Art After Work
@ Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, January 16th, from 5PM - 7PM
Art Hall Winter 2020
@ The Blackstone Hotel
636 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60605
Opening Thursday, January 16th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Continuous Span
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, January 16th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
In Real Life
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, January 16th, at 5PM
On view through Sunday, March 29th
89th Professional Members Show
@ Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, January 16th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, February 22nd
Feminist Science Fiction Book Club
@ PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, January 16th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Reclaim Closing & Panel Discussion
@ Awakenings
4001 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Thursday, January 16th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
