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School of the Art Institute of Chicago Graduate Exhibition Two 2026
@ SAIC Galleries
33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Wednesday, May 13th, from 5Pm - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, May 20th
THIS WEEK
Thursday
May 14th
House of Dov’s Three Generations of Women
@ DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, May 14th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, June 21st
everything looks blurry
@ Weatherproof
3336 W Lawrence Ave, Ste. 303, Chicago IL 60625
Opening Thursday, May 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 21st
This Perfect Home Inside of a Mountain Nobody Can See Or Hear You in Here
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, May 14th, from 7PM - 10PM
Friday
May 15th
MAKE A FACE (1971) with filmmaker Karen Sperling
@ The Block Cinema
40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, May 15th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
What We Saved: Femmage Revisited
@ Gallery of Contemporary Mosaics
1127 W Granville Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, May 15th, from 7 PM - 9 PM
On view through Saturday, July 18th
Still After: Threads of Remembrance
@ OH Art Foundation, 2nd Floor Gallery, Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago IL 60609
Opening Friday, May 15th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, July 12th
Between Us: A Collaboration with Atelier Corners in Osaka, Japan
@ Project Onward
1200 W 35th St. 4th Fl, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, May 15th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
On view through Saturday, June 27th
Maya Nguyen: I Hear You Can Make A Helicopter Sound With A Flower
@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Friday, May 15th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Feel Free
@ Joy Machine
4148 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, May 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 27th
I’ve been out killing dandelions
@ Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 15th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, May 31st
Cornelia Arts Building May Open Studios – Opening Reception
@ cornelia arts building
1800 W Cornelia Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, May 15th, from 5PM - 9PM
CAPE Educator Workshop/Third Friday
@ CAPE Gallery
1010 W 35th St, Suite 697, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, May 15th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, May 29th
Sidewalk Sticker Sale
@ Oak Park Arts District
911 S Taylor Ave, Oak Park, IL 60304
Opening Friday, May 15th, from 4:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Friday, May 15th
Ink & Outrage: 18th-Century Satirical Prints in London & Dublin
@ Driehaus Museum
50 East Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Sunday, September 13th
Canvas, Color, & Vision
@ Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St Chicago, IL 60609
On view through Friday, July 3rd
Emma Rossoff
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
Allen Moore: Chasing what the Water Kept and Wendy Robles & Michael Zhang: Atmospheres of Possibility
@ Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, May 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 20th
Saturday
May 16th
Side Yard Sounds presents: Ana Everling & Edinho Gerber
@ compound yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, May 16th, from 7PM - 9PM
Evanston Art Center’s 37th Annual Art Party
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St., Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, May 16th, from 6PM - 10PM
American Surrealism
@ 6311arts gallery
6311 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, May 16th, from 6 PM - 9 PM
On view through Saturday, May 16th
Bringing Together Established Chicago Artists, Emerging Student Voices, and Inclusive Community Programming
@ 6311arts
6311 N Clark St, Chicago IL 60660
Opening Saturday, May 16th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, July 4th
Conflict of Interests
@ ShadowBoxX Gallery
116 Washington St, Waukegan, IL 60085
Opening Saturday, May 16th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 13th
Hearth Artist Talk
@ Riverside Arts Center's FlexSpace
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Saturday, May 16th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, June 6th
Will Gabaldón
@ Ackerman Clarke
2544 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 16th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, June 20th
Columbia College 2026 Art History Symposium: When Words Meet Images
@ Hokin Lecture Hall
623 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, May 16th, from 1PM - 5:30PM
Cornelia Arts Building May Open Studios DAY TWO
@ Cornelia Arts Building
1800 W Cornelia Ave, Chicago IL 60657
Opening Saturday, May 16th, from 12PM - 4PM
Strategies of Resistance: Immigrant Bodies Beyond Assimilation- Virtual Artist Talk
@ Heaven Gallery
Online
Opening Saturday, May 16th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, June 7th
Planting Seeds: An Indigenous Zine Fest
@ Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, May 16th, from 11AM - 3PM
Sunday
May 17th
Anything, Everything
@ California Clipper
1002 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, May 17th, from 6PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, May 17th
Art Salon at Oliva Gallery: Artist-Led Critique & Conversation
@ Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, May 17th, from 2 PM - 4 PM
The Future of the Visualist— Working Meeting
@ Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard St, #203, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, May 17th, from 10AM - 2PM
Tuesday
May 19th
Chicago’s German-Jewish Labor History with Ben Schacht and Matthew Schlerf
@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Tuesday, May 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
Wednesday
May 20th
Aurora Film Society presents: On Becoming A Guinea Fowl
@ The Venue
21 S Broadway Ave, Aurora, IL 60505
Opening Wednesday, May 20th, from 06:30 PM - 10 PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
May Queer Stitch Night
@ Gerber/Hart Library & Archives
6500 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Wednesday, May 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
NEXT WEEK
