First Saturday Evanston Art Events are a self-guided exploration of Evanston’s Creative Community. See art on display at venues across Evanston, shop for handmade goods, meet small business owners, enjoy a delicious meal, learn to sketch and make ART Friends!

Interested in hosting an event? Fill out this form here, and we will publicize!

Join us Saturday, August 5, check for times per location in Evanston. Google Map at evanstonmade.org. RSVP to receive event updates!

LISTINGS BY NEIGHBORHOOD

DOWNTOWN EVANSTON

Galleries

-Artist’s Talk: Virginia Kondziolka. Creative Coworking, 922 Davis St., 2-4p

Shop

-Alley Gallery, 1712 Rear 2, Sherman Ave, 10a-4p

-Artem Pop Up Gallery, 1627 Sherman Ave., 11a-6p

-Ayla’s Originals, 1511 Sherman Ave, 11a-4p

Food & Drink

-Table23 Fundraiser at Koi! Koi Evanston’s “Table23” donates 23% of the total check to a local non-profit. Dine iStren: reserve table23, call (847)866-6969 or Resy.com, a percentage of the bill will go to Evanston Made! Be sure to say “table23” and “evanston made”!

MAIN DEMPSTER MILE

Galleries

-“Kissed by City Light” and “Room 426” by Iris Lutz & Tobin Fraley. Perspective Photo Gallery, 1310 Chicago Ave. Hour 12-5p. Opening reception 5-7p

-REMNANTS. New Series of photographs by Stephen Guenther. SPACE900, 816 Dempster St., 12-6p

-Open Studio Project and EMnXW present HEADS—a collection of surrealist sculptures created from found objects, memories, and a fascination with medical imagery. Open Studio Project, 901 Sherman Ave., 3-5p

-TremainArt, 838 Custer Ave., 8a – 3p

Food & Drink

-Visit Evanston Pour and enjoy delicious small plates, coffee drinks and cocktails, mention “First Saturday”! 10% of sales will go to Evanston Made! 528 Dempster St., 8a-9p.

Sketch at Sketchbook

-Guest Artist, Jim Parks, will be on hand with sketching tips. FREE. Materials provided! Sketchbook Brewery, 821 Chicago Ave., 1-2:30p

Open Studio

-Joyce Elias Studio, 1210 Sherman Ave., Rear Building, 2-7p

Art in Venues

-Ben Blount, Wine Goddess, 702 Main St., 12-9p

-Village Farmstand, 810 Dempster, 10a-5p

-Sarah Kaiser, Evanston Pour, 528 Dempster St., 8a-9p

-Scott Greenberg, Ten Thousand Villages, 915 Chicago Ave., 10a-6p

-Marcy Calkins, Stumble & Relish, 1312 Chicago Ave., 11a-5p

Shop

-Kombucha Brava, 717 Custer Ave., 10a-3p

-Nice Lena & Friends, 1235 Chicago Ave., 11a-5p

-Secret Treasures, 605 Dempster St., 11a-3p

-Luna Delgado Botanicals, 800 Dempster St., 10a-4p

CENTRAL STREET

Galleries

-Pinky Promise, featuring works by Veronica Clements. Paintings by Jacqueline Moses: Southern Towns USA. Evanston Art Center, 1717 Central St., Second Floor Gallery, 9a – 4p

-StormPrintCity, 2601 Prairie Ave., 12-6p

-Aydin Dincer, Prairie Joe’s WEST, 2608 Prairie Ave., 12-5p

Art in Venues

-Ella Kovacs, Backlot Coffee, 2006 Central St., 7a-5p

-John Liberty paintings, Gracie’s 1939 Central St., 11a – 5:30p

-Gallery 1925, 1925 Central St., 12-5p

-Jay Ryan, Beer on Central, 1930 Central St., 12 – 10p

-Art Wear. Frolic & Detour, 1909 Central St., 11a-5p

WEST VILLAGE

Galleries

-Melissa Blount pop up sale. 1100 Florence Gallery. 1100 Florence Ave., 12-5p

-Portrait show featuring works by Tony Bedolla, Lenin Delsol, Mary Qian, and Addison Xu. Xiao Space Gallery, 1522 Greenleaf St., 12-5p

Ceramics Sale

-Flawed, Yet Functional Sale. Come find ceramic treasures with slight imperfections at discounted prices. This only happens once a year. Most pieces have no flaws… just time to move them along. 50% off or more. Ware Ceramic Studio, 1400 Greenleaf St. 10a-4p

Open Studio

-Join Evanston artist, Janis Post, on her front porch for painting demos and sales of her paintings. 1730 Washington St., 1-4p

Shop

-RetroFit, 1620 Greenleaf St., 12-5p

-Smitty Town Market. Temperance Beer Co., 2000 Dempster St., 2-7p

Art in Front Yards

-Licky Lab & Alpaca Free Little Art Gallery, 1227 Dewey Ave., all day viewing

Front Yard Art Making

-Stop by Terri Michael’s front yard to view her Diary Boxes and create a box of your own…fun for the whole family! Boxes and small objects will be provided or bring your own! Terri Michaels, Little Art Gallery, 1512 Crain St., 10a-12p

NOYES STREET

Galleries

– Gallery One, 927 Noyes St., 10a–5p

-Noyes Cultural Art Center, Noyes Upstairs Gallery, 927 Noyes St., 10a–5p

Art in Business

-Coffee Lab, 910 Noyes St., 9a-2p

OPEN STUDIO

-ChristineSchiff, Jamie Brunet, Michael Marx. Strange Art Studios, 1711 Darrow Ave., Unit 2, 12-3p

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First Saturday Art Events are hosted by Evanston Made, a 501(c)3 nonprofit arts organization with the mission to connect Evanston creatives to the public through programming and events. Your donation helps make events like this possible, free and open to the public. Donate here, any amount helps, evanstonmade.org/donate/