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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
The Sindhu Project: Enigma of Roots
@
South Asia Institute
1925 S. Michigan Ave.
On view through Sunday, August 15th
Juliet Art House: The Color of Normal
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Juliet Art House
1750 S Union Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
On view through Sunday, July 11th
Elnaz Javani: There you were, and then you were there more
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The Gallery at a+c architects
4840 Main St, Skokie, IL. 60077
Opening Thursday, June 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, July 15th
Virtual Intersections: Authority
@
The Art Institute of Chicago
online
Opening Wednesday, June 16th, at 2PM
Church Basement Cinema with Jason Coffman
@
Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, June 16th, from 8PM - 10PM
Virtual Introduction to Origami Lessons
@
Japanese Culture Center - 日本文化会館
online
Opening Wednesday, June 16th, from 1PM - 1:30PM
NeighborSpace: Stories of Stewardship and Chicago’s Community Gardens
@
Chicago Architecture Biennial
Online
Opening Tuesday, June 15th, from 5PM - 6PM
In Conversation with NeighborSpace
@
Chicago Art Book Fair (CABF)
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, June 15th, from 5PM - 6PM
Virtual Japanese Culture through Ghibli Movies
@
Japanese Culture Center - 日本文化会館
online
Opening Tuesday, June 15th, from :30PM - 7PM
Revolutions Across Borders
@
Newberry Library
Online
Opening Tuesday, June 15th, at 4PM
Building Intersectional Disability Communities Through Art + Conversation Series
@
Disability Culture Activism Lab
Online
Opening Tuesday, June 15th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
What’s Next: Museums
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Chicago Humanities Festival
Online
Opening Tuesday, June 15th, from 7PM - 8PM
Z FEST – Day 3
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Elastic Arts
Online
Opening Monday, June 14th, at 7PM
Ashleigh Coleman
@
Perspective Gallery
Online
Opening Sunday, June 13th, from 4PM - 5PM
The Green Ray
@
bedsheet cinema
1914 N Spaulding, backyard, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, June 13th, at 8PM
Z FEST- Day 2
@
Elastic Arts
Online
Opening Sunday, June 13th, at 7PM
Matthew Metzger: Heirloom
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Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, June 13th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, August 1st
Dorothy Graden: Liminal Spaces: Meet the Artist
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 6020
Opening Sunday, June 13th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, July 11th
Dorothy Graden: Liminal Spaces: Artist Talk
@
Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, June 13th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, July 11th
The We Were Never Alone Project
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, June 13th, from 2PM - 6PM
Nathan Mason: Improvisations
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The Dime
1513 N Western Ave, Unit 104 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, June 13th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Tuesday, July 13th
A Designed Life: Contemporary American Textiles, Wallpapers, and Containers & Packaging, 1951–1954
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Expo 72
72 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, June 12th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Sunday, September 19th
Blow Up II: Inflatable Contemporary Art
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Krasl Art Center
707 Lake Blvd, St. Joseph, MI 49085
On view through Sunday, October 3rd
Joseph E. Yoakum: What I Saw
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Monday, October 18th
CASETalks: Mamayan Jabateh & Achy Obejas: I am a Refugee
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Catherine Edelman Gallery
Online
Opening Saturday, June 12th, from 10AM - 11AM
Z FEST – Day 1
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Elastic Arts
Online
Opening Saturday, June 12th, at 7PM
Marcela Torres: Fire Drilling
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DePaul Art Museum
Online
Opening Saturday, June 12th, at 4PM
PAULA KAMPS: RAIN OR SHINE
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M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 12th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, July 24th
Erika Råberg: Mirror State
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
On view through Tuesday, June 15th
Old Town Art Fair
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Old Town Triangle Association
1763 N North Park Ave, Chicago, IL, 60614
Opening Saturday, June 12th, from 10AM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, June 13th
Chicago: Home of House
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The Catacombs at Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, June 12th, from 3:30PM - 12:30AM
On view through Saturday, July 3rd
Mosaics in the Garden with Mosaico Arte Chicago
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Mosaico Arte Chicago
2650 Lawndale Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 12th, at 2PM
Viral Silence: Adaptive Response, A Drive-In Micro Radio Performance
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Carbondale Community Arts
304 W Walnut St, Carbondale, IL 62901
Opening Saturday, June 12th, at 7PM
Regin Igloria: Everything Moves With Me
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, June 12th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Madeleine Aguilar Bridge Residency at Compound Yellow Opneing #1
@
Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, June 12th, from 2PM - 5PM
Hybrid Togetherness
@
Compound Yellow
Online
Opening Saturday, June 12th, at 10AM
Sunsplash Reggae Night
@
Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, June 12th, at 7PM
Museum of Us: A Zoom Cabinet of Curiosities
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
A Conversation with Tobi Shinobi & Sandro Miller
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Filter Photo
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
Tracy Ostmann Haschke
@
Springboard Arts Chicago
1910 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
Darger as Reader, Writer and Bookmaker
@
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Sunday, July 18th
Norman W. Long
@
Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, June 11th, from 7PM - 9PM
MARINA BLACK: UNSEEN
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Catherine Edelman Gallery
1637 W. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 0622
Opening Friday, June 11th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, August 28th
Photos at Zoom Discussion Session: An-My Lê
@
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Friday, June 11th, from 12PM - 1PM
The Universe in Ecstatic Motion
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The Ellen Firme Gallery
2 US 12, Beverly Shores, IN 46301
Opening Friday, June 11th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, August 28th
Alan Labb: In the Distance
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mn gallery+studio
3524 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, June 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, July 2nd
Nicholas Zepeda: Neighbors
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Jude Gallery
629 W Cermak Rd, Unit 240, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, June 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, July 11th
Lorena Cruz Santiago: Entre el maiz, lose chiles, y las flores
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ACRE Projects at Drama Club
2439 S Oakley Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, June 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 2nd
Romi Crawford: Fleeting Monuments for the Wall of Respect
@
The Seminary Co-op Bookstores
Online
Opening Thursday, June 10th, at 4PM
Chicago Takes 10: Links Hall
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Chicago Takes 10
Online
Opening Thursday, June 10th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
SlvrRm Book Talk: Nkemdiche with Okpara House
@
The Silver Room
Online
Opening Thursday, June 10th, at 7PM
MELISSA LEANDRO: Poco a poco, little by little
@
Fiber and Material Studies at SAIC
Online
Opening Thursday, June 10th, from 4PM - 5:15
Not My Type, Typefaces on Display
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
On view through Friday, August 6th
Push Pull
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, June 10th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, July 24th
THERE PLANT EYES: A PERSONAL & CULTURAL HISTORY OF BLINDNESS by M. Leona Godin with special guest Alice Eakes
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Women & Children First Bookstore
Online
Opening Thursday, June 10th, at 7PM
DARKROOM Virtual Benefit Auction
@
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Thursday, June 10th, from 5:45PM - 8PM
Visionary Ball | Intuit’s Annual Gala
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Online
Opening Thursday, June 10th, from 5PM - 6PM
America’s First Civil Rights Movement
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Newberry Library
Online
Opening Thursday, June 10th, at 4PM
Behind the Lens: Sandro
@
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Wednesday, June 9th, from 12PM - 1PM
Community Drawing at El Paseo
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El Paseo Community Garden
944 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, June 9th, from 12PM - 1:30PM
On view through Wednesday, September 8th
Nothing Is Too Small for a Revolution: Anarchist Films by Nick Macdonald
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, June 9th, from 8PM - 10PM
WORK IN PROGRESS 2021
@
Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)
Online
Opening Wednesday, June 9th, at 6PM
Virtual Introduction to Origami Lessons
@
Japanese Culture Center - 日本文化会館
online
Opening Wednesday, June 9th, from 1PM - 1:30PM
Virtual Artist Talk: Claudia Rankine
@
The Art Institute of Chicago
online
Opening Wednesday, June 9th, at 6PM
AnySquared Spotlight Art Talk: Emilio Nadales
@
AnySquared
Online
Opening Wednesday, June 9th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
Elena Duque: Colección Privada
@
Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Tuesday, June 8th, at Sunset
On view through Friday, June 11th
Virtual Walk-Through: Monet and Chicago
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The Art Institute of Chicago
online
Opening Tuesday, June 8th, at 5PM
Virtual Tour | Pilsen Murals
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Chicago History Museum
Online
Opening Tuesday, June 8th, from 4PM - 6PM
Virtual Japanese Culture through Ghibli Movies
@
Japanese Culture Center - 日本文化会館
online
Opening Tuesday, June 8th, from :30PM - 7PM
Building Intersectional Disability Communities Through Art + Conversation Series
@
Disability Culture Activism Lab
Online
Opening Tuesday, June 8th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Photos at Zoom: Layered Landscapes
@
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Monday, June 7th, at 12PM
Place of Assembly: Deep Refrains
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Experimental Sound Studio
https://ess.org/the-quarantine-concerts
Opening Monday, June 7th, at 8:30PM
Nasty, Brutish and Short: The Final* Puppet Quarantine
@
Links Hall
Online
Opening Monday, June 7th, from 8PM - 10PM
Balancing Act
@
Madron Gallery
1000 W North Ave, Third Floor, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Friday, August 13th
The Hunger Will Wake Us: Virtual Reception & Artist Talk
@
Spudnik Press
online
Opening Sunday, June 6th, from 1PM - 2PM
Kolmar Music Collective featuring Rae-Myra Hilliard at Compound Yellow
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, June 6th, from 4PM - 6PM
The METAMORPHOSIS of Gabriel Villa: Artist Talk
@
Hyde Park Art Center
online
Opening Sunday, June 6th, from 3PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, July 17th
TQC: Galactic Zoo Dossier, The Singleman Affair, and ESS Present: Million Tongues Festival Part 6: Sunblind Expanse
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Experimental Sound Studio
Online
Opening Sunday, June 6th, at 2PM
Tromarama: Tromarama
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Document
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Saturday, July 17th
Edie Fake: The Pieces
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Saturday, July 24th
Samuel Levi Jones: No color in the pages
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PATRON Gallery
1612 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, July 10th
IMON BOY: One Day More, One Day Less
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Vertical Gallery
1016 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, June 19th
Dorothy Graden: Liminal Spaces
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
On view through Sunday, July 11th
Sistazz of Tha Nitty Gritty
@
Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, June 5th, from 7PM - 9PM
Hyun Jung Jun: by flame by fog
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Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Saturday, July 17th
Steven Carrelli & Adam Fung: Field Studies
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Hofheimer Gallery
4823 N Damen, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, June 5th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, June 26th
Encaustic in America
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Addington Gallery
704 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, June 5th, from 2PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, July 30th
Meghan Borah: Polite Company
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Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Saturday, July 17th
Ania Jaworska: BRICKS
@
Volume Gallery
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Sunday, July 4th
TQC: Tone Glow Presents
@
Experimental Sound Studio
Online
Opening Saturday, June 5th, at 7PM
LtdWear5
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LVL3 Gallery
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, #3, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Sunday, June 20th
Samira Yamin: All the Skies Over Syria
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PATRON Gallery
1612 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, July 10th
Frida Kahlo: Timeless
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Cleve Carney Museum of Art
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 601317
Opening Saturday, June 5th, from 10AM - 5:30PM
On view through Sunday, September 12th
Chicago’s 57th Street Art Fair
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William H Ray School
5631 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL, 60637
Opening Saturday, June 5th, from 11am - 6PM
On view through Sunday, June 6th
Michael Mac and Amanda Maraist: sounds from another room
@
Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, June 5th, at Sunset
On view through Sunday, June 6th
Vic Barquin: ASSEMBLE
@
Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 5th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 27th
Matt Siber / Anthony Sims & Roland Knowlden / Sonya Bogdanova
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Ignition project space
3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, June 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, June 30th
Water Becomes Blood
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Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave, 4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 5th, from 3PM - 7pM
On view through Sunday, June 27th
Austen Brown: Unquiet Rest
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David Salkin Creative
1709 W Chicago Ave, #2A, Chicago, Il, 60622
Opening Saturday, June 5th, from 11am - 6PM
On view through Saturday, July 24th
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