October 2023
Riverside Arts Center Fall Gala
@ Riverside Swim Club
100 Bloomingbank Rd. Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Thursday, October 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
Justin Torres: Blackouts
@ Harold Washington Library Center
400 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, October 12th, from 6PM - 7PM
Lawrence Andrews: mythicPotentialities
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, October 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
Artini at Gallery Guichard
@ Gallery Guichard
436 E 47th St, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Thursday, October 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
Lecture & Book Launch Le Musée Collectif
@ John David Mooney Foundation
114 W Kinzie St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, October 12th, at 6PM
Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration
@ DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago IL 60614
Opening Thursday, October 12th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
CU Folk and Roots Festival 2023
@ Urbana Arts and Culture Program
Downtown Urbana
Opening Thursday, October 12th, from 5PM - 11:59PM
Crying in H Mart: Online Collection Talk
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
Online
Opening Thursday, October 12th, from 12:30PM - 1PM
Artful Protest Creative Women of Iran
@ South Asia Institute
1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60616
Opening Wednesday, October 11th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 14th
Climates of Inequality: Stories of Environmental Justice
@ Chicago Justice Gallery
1344 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, October 11th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Visiting Artist: Delano Dunn
@ University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle, Suite 103, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Wednesday, October 11th, from 12PM - 1PM
Kyle Abraham: An Embodied Conversation
@ Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, October 10th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Frank Vega: Who Knew How to Dance
@ Carlson Tower Gallery
3225 W Foster Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Tuesday, October 10th, from 4:30 PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, November 3rd
Biennial Art & Design Faculty Exhibition
@ Western Illinois University Art Gallery
University Art Gallery, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL 61455
Opening Tuesday, October 10th, from 4:30PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, October 27th
As Much As I Can – An Immersive Play
@ Morgan Arts Complex
3622 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60609
On view through Saturday, October 21st
Neuter (NYC), Annihil (NYC), Hedra Rowan, MAIR & Jesie
@ Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Monday, October 9th, at 7PM
Indigenous Language Politics in the Classroom: Mneesha Gellman and Bill Ayers
@ Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Monday, October 9th, from 7PM - 8PM
Indigenous Peoples’ Day
@ Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
3001 Central St Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Monday, October 9th, from 10AM - 5PM
AfroFuturist Weekend Day 5: AFriClassical Series w/ D-Composed, Negre/Otis/Zanolini, Sharon Udoh
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208 Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, October 8th, at 6PM
Paint Like Van Gogh
@ Lighthouse ArtSpace Chicago
108 W Germania Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Sunday, October 8th, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
Jason Dunda
@ Cultivator at Bray Grove Farm
202 E Washington, Morris, IL 60450
Opening Sunday, October 8th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 8th
Larry Lee
@ Cultivator at Bray Grove Farm
202 E Washington, Morris, IL 60450
Opening Sunday, October 8th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 8th
COALESCE
@ CSI Project Space
1912 N Damen Ave, Chicago IL
Opening Sunday, October 8th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Monday, October 23rd
Ginebra Raventos Acoustic Space Workshop
@ May Chapel
5800 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, October 8th, from 1:30PM - 4:30PM
A creepy little house…
@ The WasteShed
1754 N Kimball Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, October 8th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Tuesday, October 31st
AfroFuturist Weekend Day 5: An Afternoon w/ Angel Bat Dawid’s Future Youth Ensemble
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208 Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, October 8th, at 12PM
New In Town
@ Vertical Gallery
2006 W Chicago Ave, #1R, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, October 28th
AfroFuturist Weekend Day 4: Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, AJ McClennon, Suspended Culture, DJ Duane Powell
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208 Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 7th, at 7:30PM
In New Light: Closing
@ W. GALLERY
600 W Van Buren St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 7th
Works On Paper
@ Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
Black and Indigenous Futures
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Sunday, October 29th
Paper Jam DANCE PARTY and Halftone Record Exchange
@ Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 5 PM - 1 AM
On view through Sunday, October 8th
Bob Tanner: My Downward Gaze
@ Perspective Gallery
1310 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, October 19th
Once: 2023 Emerging Artist Exhibit
@ Cleve Carney Museum of Art
425 Fawell Blvd Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, January 7th
AfroFuturist Weekend Day 4: An Afternoon w/ Ayodele Drum and Dance, Frog Belly Society, Wild
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208 Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 7th, at 2PM
Arts Lawn Grand Opening
@ Arts Lawn
337 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 2PM - 7PM
Pilsen Latina Legacies Teach-in #1: Chicanas and Latinas Champions of Change
@ Pilsen Arts & Community House
1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 3PM - 5:30PM
The Noah Ginex Puppet Company Presents: SNORF! A 10th Anniversary Show
@ Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 2PM - 3PM
Želimir Žilnik: LOGBOOK SERBISTAN
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 1PM - 3PM
Urbana Fall Fashion Festival
@ Urbana Arts and Culture Program
Downtown Urbana
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 4PM - 8PM
Alberto Aguilar: Archivo Común/Common Archive
@ Pueblo Unido Gallery
6212 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, November 18th
Evanston Artist Studio Tour
@ Noyes Cultural Arts Center
927 Noyes St., Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 12PM - 5PM
Through a Lens of Beauty & Wonderment: Notes on Collaborative Friendship
@ South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 12PM - 3:30PM
All of Living is Risk
@ South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 12PM - 3:30PM
Kahapon, Ngayon at Kailanman
@ Trickster Cultural Center
190 S Roselle Rd, Schaumburg, IL 60193
Opening Saturday, October 7th, from 10AM - 12PM
On view through Saturday, October 28th
Zine Not Dead
@ Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 8:30PM - 11PM
Holding on to the Small Hands of Details
@ Adler Arts Center
1700 N Milwaukee Ave, Libertyville, IL 60048
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, November 20th
AfroFuturist Weekend Day 3: AfroFuturist Ball ft. Fabulous Freddie + El La Katrina
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208 Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 6th, at 7PM
Homecoming
@ Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 7PM - 11PM
WEIRD & WONDERFUL
@ Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 7PM - 11PM
Mikey Mosher: Container Continuum
@ The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Friday, October 6th, at 6PM
On view through Friday, November 10th
J. Kent: mille tendresse-mille fleurs
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
Paintings will never hurt you
@ The Plan
610 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL. 60612
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 5th
More than Lumpia
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 19th
Želimir Žilnik: MARBLE ASS
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
Hubbard Street Lofts Huge Art Exhibition and Open Studios
@ Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 6PM - 10PM
Chicago/Spain Residency Presentation: Paul Hertz & Ginebra Raventos
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
Serenity of Less
@ Research House of Asian Art
3217 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL, 60608
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 29th
October National
@ Anne Lloyd Gallery of the Madden Arts Center
25 N Water St, Decatur, IL 62524
On view through Friday, October 27th
Horizons
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, November 5th
John Wangendo and Yancey Hughes
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street Evanston IL 60201
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, November 5th
Evanston Made Artist Studio Tour Pop Up Exhibit
@ 1100 Florence Gallery
1100 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 8th
Rachael Bos & Keeton Foreman: Eyes In The Heat: Closing
@ SULK CHICAGO
525 S Dearborn St, Apt 209, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, October 6th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, October 6th
Spaces, Forms and Concepts
@ August House Studio
2113 W Roscoe St, Chicago, IL 60618
On view through Monday, October 30th
Hot Clown Sex Horrors
@ Baton Show Lounge
4713 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Thursday, October 5th, from 8PM - 9:30PM
On view through Thursday, October 26th
Susan Giles: Space Has Become This Material Thing: Artist Talk
@ Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, October 5th, from 5:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Friday, October 20th
Book Arts in Chicago: Past, Present, Future
@ Colvin House
5940 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, October 5th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
AfroFuturist Weekend Day 2: Akenya, Brown Calculus, Elijah Jamal + More
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208 Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, October 5th, at 7PM
Crip Talk: JJJJJerome Ellis – Aster of Ceremonies
@ Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, October 5th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Comfort Music presents Keshia Talking Waters De Freece + Company
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, October 5th, from 7PM - 10PM
Dr. Esther da Costa Meyer on the Architecture of Refugee Housing
@ The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, October 5th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Building Legacies in Public and in Practice
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, October 5th, at 6PM
Želimir Žilnik: Short Films
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, October 5th, from 6PM - 8PM
Dinner Before: Book Arts in Chicago, Past, Present, Future
@ Colvin House
5940 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, October 5th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Don’t ‘Drag’ Me Down: Today’s Battle for Liberation
@ Koehnline Museum of Art
1600 E Golf Rd, Des Plaines, IL 60016
Opening Thursday, October 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, November 3rd
Eating Sharp Fruit: Season 2: Episode 6
@ CAN TV19
Online
Opening Wednesday, October 4th, from 11PM - 11:30PM
Author Talk with Owen Keehnen & Rick Karlin
@ Gerber Hart Library and Archives
6500 N Clark St 2nd Fl, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Wednesday, October 4th, at 6:30PM
AfroFuturist Weekend Day 1: AFW8 Kickoff at Fourtune House
@ Fourtune House
4410 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Wednesday, October 4th, at 6PM
KANT AND THE IDEA OF A GOOD SOCIETY
@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Wednesday, October 4th, at 5PM
D. Lammie-Hanson: Impressions of Precious
@ SXU Art Gallery – St. Xavier University
3700 W 103rd St, Chicago, IL 60655
Opening Wednesday, October 4th, from 3:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Tuesday, October 17th
KBD, NOSSE NOOS NASE (RDunn + JSoliday), Ossemann + Leaf Miner, Galaxxu + Ishmael Ali
@ Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, October 4th, at 7PM
Rebecca Morris: Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
Fullerton Hall, 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, October 3rd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Contextualizing the Mexican Milagros: Agents of Relational Anatomy
@ Chuquimarca
Online
Opening Monday, October 2nd, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Monday, October 2nd
Dr. Irmgard Emmelhainz: Destructive Desires and Other Destinies of Excess: Lecture
@ SAIC | MacLean Center
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, October 2nd, at 4:30PM
Flora Findings: Virtual Collage Workshop
@ Awakenings Art
Online
Opening Monday, October 2nd, from 2PM - 5PM
Action/Abstraction Redefined: Modern Native Art, 1940s-1970s
@ Schingoethe Center of Aurora University
1315 Prairie St, Aurora, IL 60506-4892
On view through Friday, December 15th
Action/Abstraction Redefined
@ Schingoethe Center Aurora University
1315 Prairie st, Aurora, IL 60506-4892
On view through Friday, December 15th
Paint and Sip at Immersive Monet Chicago
@ Lighthouse ArtSpace Chicago
108 W Germania Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Sunday, October 1st, from 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Conversations: Building Support Systems
@ TUSK
3205 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, October 1st, from 4PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
Alexandros Lindsay: 12’D
@ Good Weather
1524 S Western Ave, Ste. 415-418, Building A, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, October 1st, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, November 4th
Terrain Biennial 2023 Block Party
@ James Stone Freedom Square
3615 W Douglas Blvd, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Sunday, October 1st, from 3PM - 6PM
Craig Jun Li Artist Talk
@ Prairie
2055 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, October 1st, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, October 1st
W.J.T. Mitchell and Dala Nasser: Talk
@ Renaissance Society
Online
Opening Sunday, October 1st, from 2PM - 4PM
Words of Art: in dialogue with Maria Tomasula & Chris Cosnowski
@ Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Sunday, October 1st, from 1PM - 3PM
Keeping Time
@ TUSK
3205 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, October 1st, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
Doikayt – Performance for When Souls Stick Closing
@ Comfort Station
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, October 1st, from 11AM - 2PM
On view through Sunday, October 1st
Chicago Exhibition Weekend 2023 (October 1)
@ Multiple
Multiple Locations
Opening Sunday, October 1st, at 9AM
On view through Sunday, October 1st
