July 2025
Body Bits: poetry, prose and performance in the gallery
@ The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, July 31st, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Where are you from? Do you remember the soundtrack, flavors, and scents from the places and spaces that shaped you?
@ National Public Housing Museum
919 S Ada St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, July 31st, from 6PM - 8PM
The Artistry of Plastic Surgery
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, July 31st, from 6PM - 8PM
LCCA Sounds of Summer: Experimental Sounds with Brother El
@ The Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Courtyard
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, July 31st, from 4:30PM - 6PM
Whisker – Album Release with Corsano, Kohl, and Long
@ Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Wednesday, July 30th, at 8PM
Film Screening – Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years 1984-1992
@ Chicago Justice Gallery
1344 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, July 30th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Alumni Exhibition
@ Chicago Artists Coalition
1431 W Hubbard St, Suite 201 Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, July 30th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, August 8th
Milwaukee Avenue Messenger Launch Party
@ The Whistler
2421 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, July 29th, at 6PM
Tuesdays on the Terrace | Nadima-Chi
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, July 29th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Artist Workshop: Multimedia Light and Projections with Harro D.B. Schmidt
@ Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, July 28th, from 8 PM - 10 PM
On view through Saturday, August 16th
Side Yard Sounds presents: Paul Abella’s Questionable Decisions
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake Street, Oak Park, Il 60302
Opening Sunday, July 27th, from 7PM - 9PM
Fifth City Revisited
@ 6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, July 27th, at 6:30PM
GOOD BYE, DULL ROMANCE, I PISS THE FIRE
@ No Nation - Art Gallery and Tangential Unspace Lab
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, July 27th, at 5:55PM
Ecstatic Hypberole
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, July 27th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, September 21st
Jasjyot Singh Hans “READ | drawings, prints, books, and zines”
@ Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, July 27th, from 4 PM - 6:30 PM
On view through Monday, August 4th
THE POLITICS OF VIEWING
@ The California Clipper
1002 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, July 27th, from 4PM - 11PM
Artist Workshop: Mask Theater and Filming with Marianna Buchwald
@ Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, July 27th, from 3 PM - 5 PM
On view through Saturday, August 16th
this is this & that is that & the twain did meet
@ Filipino American Historical Society in Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, Studio 316, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, July 27th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, July 27th
OPTION: Vincent Davis and Percussion Plus
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, July 27th, at 3PM
Music Talk | Remembering Charles Stepney, with Duane Powell and the Stepney Sisters
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, July 27th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
estuaries
@ hidden ideas + sthesia
21st and S Leavitt St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, July 27th, at 2PM
On view through Friday, August 1st
Copitas de Sol: : A Spirited Mixer
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, July 27th, from 1PM - 6PM
subVersion Summer Camp
@ Multiple
Multiple
Opening Sunday, July 27th, at Multiple
On view through Sunday, July 27th
Helen Lam Hoi-yan: In the folds of wave and time
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, July 27th, at 12PM
On view through Sunday, July 27th
UP & UP 2025 Kite Show
@ Burnham Park Promontory Point
5491 S DuSable Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, July 27th, from 11AM - 4PM
New works by Jyl Bonaguro, Darlys Ewoldt and Stephanie Sailor
@ CSI Project Space
1912 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, August 15th
Katie Meuser and Audrey Jewell: Two Tone
@ Positive Space Studios
3520 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
Against Interpretation
@ ENGAGE Projects
864 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, July 26th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 30th
Katz Tepper: Pharmacy Receipts
@ Prairie
2055 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 26th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 6th
Æcumen, 𝘖𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯
@ Chicago First Church- The Narthex Gallery
6400 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, July 26th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 23rd
Gallery Talk: Yvette Mayorga and Emmanuel Ortega
@ moniquemeloche
451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, July 26th, at 3PM
On view through Saturday, July 26th
Camera Eye: A Photo Adventure
@ Art Institute of Chicago, Front Steps
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, July 26th, from 2PM - 4 PM
Mond(e): 月亮代表我的心 — Myths for the Moon by Irene Hsiao
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, July 26th, from 2PM - 3PM
Summer Artists in Residence Exhibition at the Kimball Arts Center
@ Kimball Arts Center
1757 N Kimball Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 26th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, October 18th
Artist Talk with El Mundo de Gabriel Villa
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, July 26th, from 2PM - 3PM
Artist Conversation and Performance: Pixy Liao and Takahiro Morooka as PIMO
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, July 26th, from 1PM - 2PM
Public Tours
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 26th, at 10AM
Pixy Liao: Relationship Material
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Monday, December 8th
Artist Workshop: Light Sculptures with Franz Betz
@ Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 26th, from 12 PM - 4 PM
On view through Saturday, August 16th
Artists to Watch Artist Talk Event
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 26th, from 12PM - 4PM
subVersion Summer Camp
@ Multiple
Multiple
Opening Saturday, July 26th, at Multiple
On view through Sunday, July 27th
South Side Zine Fest
@ Richard J. Daley Branch, Chicago Public Library
3400 S Halsted St Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 26th, from 11AM - 4PM
Curator Confidential: Secrets on Exhibiting and Working with Art Organizations
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, July 26th, at 10AM
subVersion Summer Camp
@ Multiple
Multiple
Opening Friday, July 25th, at Multiple
On view through Sunday, July 27th
Full Spectrum Features presents Cyberslime at FACETS
@ FACETS
1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, July 25th, from 7PM - 12AM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Wayfinding: Human Intervention
@ Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, July 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 30th
CAA: EREZ DESSEL ALBUM RELEASE
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, July 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
Tess Oldfield: hiccup Closing + Duo for Pipes Pipes Performance
@ ACRE Projects
2921 N. Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, July 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, July 28th
Day Brièrre: Stitched
@ Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, July 25th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Serena JV Elston: Lingering Bodies
@ ANDREW RAFACZ
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 25th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 30th
Jessie Edelman: Candies
@ ANDREW RAFACZ
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 25th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 30th
SAIC Low-Residency MFA Open Studio Night & Info Session
@ School of the Art Institute of Chicago
33 E Washington, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, July 25th, from 4:30PM - 7PM
Mourning Doves 4 Mutual Aid art market
@ Schoolhouse
2247 N Maplewood Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 25th, from 4PM - 7PM
Queer Crafting at Awakenings
@ Awakenings Art
4001 N Ravenswood Ave, Suite 204-C, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, July 25th, from 12PM - 8PM
Sharon Xinran Zhang: Cancer
@ Grunts Rare Books
1500 S Western Ave, Ste. 403, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 7th
subVersion Summer Camp
@ Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, July 24th, at Multiple
On view through Sunday, July 27th
Karma Sweat 4: A Live Band Pole Show
@ Lemon
1600 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, July 24th, from 8PM - 11PM
Palabra Pura: One Poet, One Poem
@ La Bruquena
2726 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, July 24th, at 7PM
A Collection of Short Films from the CFA Media Mixer
@ Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Thursday, July 24th, from 7PM - 9PM
Performance and Conversation with Jenn Freeman | Po’Chop
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Thursday, July 24th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Powwow in Pilsen
@ Harrison Park (@ Outdoor Basketball Court)
1824 S Wood St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, July 24th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
Lecture with Alfredo Jaar
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
618 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, July 24th, at 6PM
Eric Capper: Signal Architecture
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Thursday, July 24th, at 5PM
On view through Monday, July 28th
Vanessa Damilola Macaulay: Breathing Race into the Machine: Performance
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, July 24th, from 12PM - 7PM
Comfort Films Presents: A program of short works by Nick Liberatore aka royb0t
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, July 23rd, from 8PM - 10PM
L for Leisure 10th Anniversary Screening
@ The Music Box
3733 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Wednesday, July 23rd, from 7PM - 9PM
Maria Gaspar: We Lit the Fire and Trusted the Heat (after Angela Davis)
@ Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, July 23rd, from 6PM - 7PM
Imani Warren: Chrysalis: Reading & Release
@ The Whistler
2421 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, July 23rd, at 6PM
subVersion Summer Camp
@ Multiple
Multiple
Opening Wednesday, July 23rd, at Multiple
On view through Sunday, July 27th
Ben Willis and Ro Lundberg’s Re-Bind
@ 6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Tuesday, July 22nd, at 8PM
Tuesdays on the Terrace | Rotary Connection 222
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, July 22nd, from 5:30PM - 8PM
subVersion Summer Camp
@ Multiple
Multiple
Opening Tuesday, July 22nd, at Multiple
On view through Sunday, July 27th
Pleiades Series: Volta, Hertzwitches + Graphic Score Workshop
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Monday, July 21st, at 8PM
CGDC July Social Hour
@ Ping Tom Memorial Park
1700 S Wentworth Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Monday, July 21st, from 6 PM - 8 PM
OFF CENTER: FIVE FILMS BY ROSE LOWDER
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Monday, July 21st, at 6PM
Artist Workshop: Image Transfer Techniques with Jenny and Betty Kirk Chernansky
@ Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, July 21st, from 3 PM - 6 PM
On view through Saturday, August 16th
subVersion Summer Camp
@ Multiple
Multiple
Opening Monday, July 21st, at Multiple
On view through Sunday, July 27th
Chris Reeves: DISCOTEXTURE, Or, a Performance that Ends with Consensus
@ The Lawn
DM For Address
Opening Sunday, July 20th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Sunday Reading Series: Andrea Change, Rita Dragonette, & Mary Hawley
@ Hungry Brain
2319 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, July 20th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Side Yard Sounds presents: Finom (duo) Macie Stewart & Sima Cunningham
@ compound yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, July 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
What makes the heavy cloud release (to) rain
@ No Nation - Art Gallery and Tangential Unspace Lab
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, July 20th, at 5:55PM
OPTION: Joe Westerlund
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, July 20th, at 3PM
Farah Salem: Uninhibited People of the Earth: Final Viewing Hours with Artist
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, July 20th, from 1:30PM - 4:30PM
On view through Sunday, July 20th
subVersion Summer Camp
@ Multiple
Multiple
Opening Sunday, July 20th, at Multiple
On view through Sunday, July 27th
Women Aging with Wisdom and Grace Salon July Meeting: The Swimmers: A novel
@ Women & Children First
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Sunday, July 20th, from 1:15PM - 2:15PM
Lust for Life: A Rock-Out BurlyQ Revue
@ Lemon
1600 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, July 19th, from 11PM - 12AM
Movie Club: Freakiest Friday (on a Saturday)
@ Eli Tea Bar
5507 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, July 19th, from 8PM - 10PM
Dana Hodgdon: PREPARED TEXTS
@ Chicago Filmmakers
1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, July 19th, at 6PM
Kimmy Noonen: A Third Way
@ Cultura Ccafe
2943 W Belmont Ave, Chicago IL 60618
Opening Saturday, July 19th, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Sunday, September 21st
Bryan Byrdlong: Strange Flowers
@ Seminary Co-op Bookstore
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, July 19th, from 3PM - 4PM
Don Baum, Gertrude Abercrombie, and the Visual Arts in Hyde Park: A Conversation with Charlie Baum
@ Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, July 19th, at 2PM
On view through Saturday, August 23rd
All for print. Print for all. Archiving 16 Years of the Chicago Printers Guild: Guided Tour
@ Harold Washington Library
400 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, July 19th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Monday, January 5th
Walking as an Infra-Antenna – Veronica Anne Salinas with Amanda Guitérrez
@ West Ridge Nature Park
5801 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60659
Opening Saturday, July 19th, from 2PM - 4PM
On Creative Practice: Tom Burtonwood and Susan Snodgrass
@ 21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, July 19th, from 2 PM - 3 PM
Entwined: Banner Making
@ Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 19th, from 1 PM - 3 PM
On view through Saturday, August 16th
Jarvis Square Music and Arts Festival
@ Jarvis Square
1500 W Jarvis Ave Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, July 19th, from 1PM - 10PM
Allison Svoboda: Spirit Hand
@ Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago
2233 S Throop St., Unit 419, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 19th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, August 30th
