July 2021
Abraham: Pushpins, Paintings & Drawings / Transitions & Transformations
@ Elephant Room Gallery
3203 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, July 30th
Se Son Rose, Fioriranno: Closing Reception
@ salonlb.
1010 W 35th St, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, July 16th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, July 16th
Chicago Comics: Live Drawing: Chris Ware
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, July 16th, from 10AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 3rd
Big Dipper Lunch and Learn III: Crafting an Impactful Artist’s Statement with Waringa Hunja
@ Big Dipper Projects
online
Opening Friday, July 16th, from 2:15PM - 3PM
Memorial Quilting Workshop: Honoring Lives Lost in Illinois Prisons During COVID-19
@ Precious Blood Ministry Of Reconciliation
5114 S Elizabeth St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, July 16th, from 3PM - 7PM
Susan Emmerson and Lisa Walcott: With One Stone
@ McLean County Arts Center
601 N East St, Bloomington, IL 61701
Opening Friday, July 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, July 16th
WaterBodies
@ Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302, Chicago, IL 60622.
On view through Tuesday, August 31st
CONRAD EGYIR & ATO RIBEIRO: EVERY TIME I TRY TO GET A PEACE OF MIND
@ Anastasia Tinari Projects
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Friday, September 10th
Toward Common Cause: Art, Social Change, and the MacArthur Fellows Program at 40
@ Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
On view through Wednesday, December 29th
Virtual Artist Talk: Jordan Casteel
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
online
Opening Thursday, July 15th, at 5PM
Art After Work: Emery Blagdon
@ Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Online
Opening Thursday, July 15th, from 5PM - 6PM
Artecito Virtual – Plantas y Arboles
@ OPEN Center for the Arts
Online
Opening Thursday, July 15th, at 6PM
Whitney Bradshaw: OUTCRY
@ McCormick Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, July 15th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, September 4th
Reclaiming our Future: The Kedzie Center’s Annual Event, with Ruth Behar
@ Women & Children First Bookstore
Online
Opening Thursday, July 15th, at 7PM
Jen Cronin and Annie Hejny: Lessons on Sustaining an Art Practice and Staying Inspired
@ salonlb.
1010 W 35th St, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Thursday, July 15th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Shapeshifters: From _____ to Design
@ IIT Institute of Design
Online
Opening Wednesday, July 14th, from 12PM - 1PM
Eve L. Ewing: Maya and the Robot
@ 57th Street Books
1301 E 57th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, July 14th, from 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Pour One Out: A Monthly Storytelling Series
@ Volumes Bookcafe
Online
Opening Wednesday, July 14th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
ASIAN POP-UP CINEMA Presents: SAMURAI MARATHON 1855 (2019)
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, July 14th, from 8PM - 10PM
Draw the Collections
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, July 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
Tuesdays on the Terrace: Junius Paul / Tomeka Reid Duo
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Opening Tuesday, July 13th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Panel Discussion: Writing the American West
@ American Writers Museum
Online
Opening Tuesday, July 13th, at 6:30PM
Viejitas Pero Bonitas: Karaoke
@ El Paseo Community Garden
944 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, July 11th, from 4PM - 8PM
Chemical (Re)Actions: Artist Talk and Screening
@ Inga
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, July 11th, from 6PM - 9:30PM
Kate O’Neill and Neal Vandenbergh
@ Apparatus Projects
2501 N Spaulding Ave. Apt 1, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, July 11th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 19th
Artists and Models: A Tribute to the South Side Community Art Center
@ South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
On view through Sunday, August 29th
David Boykin as Dr Belsidus
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 7PM - 9PM
David Willburn: Stories About Monuments and Landscapes
@ FLXST Contemporary
2251 S Michigan Ave. Suite 220 Chicago, IL 60616
On view through Sunday, August 22nd
Catharine Newell: Immersed
@ Ken Saunders Gallery
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Wednesday, August 11th
Portraits in the Park with avery r. young & de deacon board
@ Douglass Park
1401 S Sacramento Dr, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 4PM - 6PM
Examining the State of Our Environment: 20/21 Curatorial Fellowship Exhibition
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
On view through Sunday, September 5th
MSAE Summer Soundwalks: Ambient Encounters: Eco-Orientation
@ Steelworkers Park
E 87th St at Lake Michigan, Chicago, IL 60617
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 10AM - 11AM
Beth Herman Adler: Shape Shift: Closing Reception
@ Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, July 10th
Radical Used Book Fair
@ Haymarket House
800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 11AM - 3PM
Victoria Martinez: Next Chapter
@ Tiger Strikes Asteroid
2233 S Throop St, Unit 419, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, August 21st
Very Small Paintings: Under 14″ and Prints Published During the Pandemic
@ Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave, Suite 620 Chicago IL 60603
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Monday, August 30th
PORTFOLIO
@ Chicago Printmakers Collaborative
4912 N Western Ave, Chicago IL 60625
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Tuesday, August 31st
Group Exhibition
@ Dragonfly Gallery
2436 W Madison St, c-1, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 14th
Madeleine Aguilar: you are here
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 2PM - 5PM
Tiny Domingos: Hybrid Togetherness
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 10am - 11am
Regin Igloria: Everything Moves With Me
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 2PM - 5PM
T.F. Projects & The Dime Open House
@ T.F. Projects & The Dime
1513 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Tuesday, August 31st
The Color of Normal
@ Juliet Art House
1750 S Union Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, July 11th
Samuel Levi Jones and Kellie Romany in Converation
@ PATRON
1612 W Chicago Ave Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Saturday, July 10th
Photos at Zoom Discussion Session: Terry Evans
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 12PM - 1PM
Lindsey Dorr-Niro: Reiterative Forms
@ Wedge Projects
1448 Howard St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, July 30th
Joan Holleb: Cut-ups and Eve Ozer, Fred Holland and Hugh Spector: Cowscapes
@ Addington Gallery
704 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Tuesday, July 13th
Summer Group Show 2021
@ Vale Craft Gallery
230 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 4th
ALL ALIVE! The Big Top Comes To River North
@ Carl Hammer Gallery
740 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 28th
Amy Donaldson: The Substance of Beauty
@ Gallery 1871
1871 N Clybourn St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 11th
DRAWN TO PAPER
@ Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 7PM - 10PM
Love In The Time Of…
@ Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, August 11th
Currency @ Swiss National Bank, Zurich
@ Soccer Club Club
2923 N Cicero Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 8PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, July 16th
Gemini by Isaiah & Jeremiah Collier at Compound Yellow
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, July 9th, at 7PM
Some Fires Should Burn
@ Cleaner Gallery + Projects
1856 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 21st
Zachary MacTavish: Composition
@ Belong Gallery
2712 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, July 31st
Betsy Ming-Lai Lam: Reflexivity
@ The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 25th
Emily Rapport: Still Open
@ Eat Paint Studio
5036 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago IL 60625
On view through Saturday, August 14th
Healing House Music: Free Dance Session
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 11AM - 1PM
Frankie Toan: In The Weeds
@ Drama Club
2439 S Oakley Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, July 30th
BRIGHT-LINE
@ The Latent Space
4150 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, August 22nd
Bob Tanner: What Was…Isn’t by
@ Perspective Gallery
1310-1/2B Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL, 60201
On view through Sunday, August 1st
SPARK Summer Park Series at Mozart Park
@ Mozart Park
2036 N Avers Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, July 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
CHOP IT UP: Black Wall Street Journey
@ Arts + Public Life
Online
Opening Thursday, July 8th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Albrecht Dürer and How Art Imagines Our World
@ Newberry Library
Online
Opening Thursday, July 8th, at 12PM
Improvised Music Series: Rempis/Abrams/Ra + Baker
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, July 8th, at 8:30PM
A Roundtable Discussion: Architecture and Black Lives
@ Hyde Park Art Center
Online
Opening Thursday, July 8th, at 6PM
Rachel Niffenegger: Sempiternity
@ Bubbles
418 N Clark St 3rd Fl,Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, July 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, July 29th
Par Excellence Redux: The Front 9
@ Elmhurst Art Museum
Online
On view through Sunday, September 26th
Viral Silence: Conversations with Three Illinois Communities
@ Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
202 S Broadway Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Opening Wednesday, July 7th, at 7PM
Project Yourself! Greatest Hits
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, July 7th, from 8PM - 10PM
Virtual Paperback Release: THE TASTE OF SUGAR by Marisel Vera
@ Women & Children First Bookstore
Online
Opening Wednesday, July 7th, at 7PM
Before GPS: Getting Lost and Found in Early America
@ Newberry Library
Online
Opening Tuesday, July 6th, at 12PM
Art on theMART: Year of Chicago Music Launch Event
@ Chicago Riverwalk
222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Tuesday, July 6th, at 8PM
Tuesdays on the Terrace: Twin Talk
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Opening Tuesday, July 6th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Jessica Hopper: A Living Female Rock Critic
@ Chicago Humanities
Online
Opening Tuesday, July 6th, at 7PM
Printmaking Workshops with Instituto Gráfico de Chicago
@ Cleve Carney Museum of Art
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 601317
Opening Tuesday, July 6th, from 10AM - 2PM
Virtual Event | Activating Freedom: With Liberty and Justice for All
@ Chicago History Museum
Online
Opening Sunday, July 4th, from 10AM - 2PM
Local Vibe: An art event
@ Pilsen Art House
1756 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 3rd, from 6PM - 10PM
Alex Kostiw: Pakiramdam
@ Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
On view through Saturday, July 31st
Homemade, with Love: More Living Room: Closing
@ Krannert Art Museum
500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
Opening Saturday, July 3rd, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, July 3rd
Realm Of Whiskeys: Journey Through Scotland
@ Fulton Street Collective
1551 W Thomas St, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 2nd, at 8PM
Photos at Zoom Discussion Session: Vera Klement
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Friday, July 2nd, from 12PM - 1PM
Phyllis Bramson | Robert Indiana | Mayumi Lake
@ Lubeznik Center for the Arts
101 W 2nd, Michigan City, IN 46360
Opening Friday, July 2nd, from 3PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, October 15th
Meaning and A Lack Thereof
@ 2000 N Milwaukee
2000 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Friday, July 2nd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, August 15th
Lauren Spencer King: She Will Be Unnatural
@ Regards
2216 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, August 7th
Sisi’s Many Jails: From Gaza to Tora
@ Haymarket Books
Online
Opening Thursday, July 1st, from 1PM - 2:30PM
Appalachian Spring: A Musical Romance with America
@ Richard H. Driehaus Museum
Online
Opening Thursday, July 1st, at 7PM
