August 2025
Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest
@ Glenwood Avenue
1358 W Morse Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
On view through Sunday, August 17th
Comfort Music: Hameedullah & Nicole Alonso
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, August 14th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Tone Glow Presents “The Body Electric: Six Films By Paul Sharits”
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, August 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
Chicken Stingel: The Sequel
@ old friends
3405 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Thursday, August 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 21st
Christopher Gambino & Daniel H. Hoffmann: Puqpa
@ Weatherproof
3336 W Lawrence Ave #303, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Thursday, August 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 21st
CFS Presents: Music of the Spheres: Films by Jordan Belson
@ Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Wednesday, August 13th, at 8:30PM
Drink & Draw
@ Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard St, #302, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, August 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Natural World — A Juried Exhibition by the Chicago Alliance of Visual Artists
@ Mayslake Peabody Estate
1717 31st St, Oak Brook, IL 60523
Opening Wednesday, August 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 20th
Funeral at the Movies
@ Bodenrader
1620 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Saturday, September 6th
Tuesdays on the Terrace | Tromblau & Friends
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, August 12th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Jennifer Teresa Villanueva: ¿Quieres Salvar Al Mundo? Empieza por tu Familia
@ McHenry County College | Epping Gallery
8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
On view through Friday, September 12th
Emerging Forms
@ Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Monday, August 11th, from 11AM - 4PM
On view through Friday, August 22nd
NEW YORK CITY INFERNO: A Bijou Video Screening
@ Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, August 10th, from 7PM - 9PM
Body of Noise – Fetter Album Pre-Release Party w/ Club Drippy, Desert Liminal, Odette, Girly***
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 10th, at 7PM
Side Yard Sounds presents: Sinner’s Friend
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, August 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
Carisa Mitchell, Rebekka Federle & Jan Brugger
@ The Lawn
DM For Address
Opening Sunday, August 10th, from 4PM - 8PM
Dawn Chorus
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 10th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, August 31st
ARTIST TALK: Jasmine Elizabeth
@ ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave
Opening Sunday, August 10th, from 1PM - 2PM
On view through Friday, August 29th
Oddball Market
@ Rainbo Club
1150 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, August 10th, from 12PM - 5PM
Zines of Care: A DIY Workshop
@ Woman Made Gallery
1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, August 10th, from 11AM - 1:30PM
Artist Film Screening: Tam Ochiai & Bettina
@ Hans Goodrich
1747 S Halsted St
Opening Sunday, August 10th, from 10am - 9PM
OPTION: DoYeon Kim
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, August 10th, at 3PM
Josh Rios – Pass the Aux: A Collective Sharing and Listening Session
@ Unity Park
2636 N Kimball Ave Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 10th, from 4PM - 5:30PM
Pleiades Series: Hen of the Woods (LA), Melon Sprout
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Saturday, August 9th, at 8PM
Erotic Photography Workshop
@ Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, August 9th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Ripples: The 10th Anniversary Invitational at Project 1612
@ Project 1612
813 E Jefferson St, Morton, IL 61550
Opening Saturday, August 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 14th
Speak of the Devil
@ Joy Machine
4148 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, August 9th, from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
On view through Saturday, September 20th
The Haunting of a Place that Longs for Your Arrival
@ LVL3
1542 N Milwuakee Ave #3, Chicago IL 60613
Opening Saturday, August 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 28th
Erin Petty: Wild Motion
@ Gallery AOG
2714 W North Ave Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
Michelle Romo: Cosmic Collections
@ Rotofugi Designer Toy Store & Gallery
2780 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, August 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 31st
BANNED BY FACEBOOK
@ Childhood Fractured 's Phygital Art Gallery
1432 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Saturday, August 9th, from 5PM - 1130PM
On view through Saturday, August 30th
Katherine Kaminski: Light Refreshments
@ Studio Break Gallery
1N046 Ridgeland Ave, West Chicago, IL 60185
Opening Saturday, August 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
Angelina Diana and Amy Shelton: Rewinding Roots, Return to Ground
@ Purple Window Gallery
2233 S Throop St, #845, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 9th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 30th
Milo Callahan Brown: Invisible Garden
@ Philz Coffee Old Town
1555 N Wells St, Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, August 9th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, August 9th
John Marks and Crystal Myslajek: Permanent Fixture
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Saturday, August 9th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, August 9th
Ro(b)//ert Lundberg: by-passing-upon
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, August 9th, at 2PM
Juliann Wang: My Little Realities
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, August 9th, from 2PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, September 6th
Mark Me, Too: Five Artists
@ Hyde Park Art Center (HPAC)
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, August 9th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, December 14th
Mecca in Memory: Public Premiere
@ S. R. Crown Hall (IIT)
3360 S State St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, August 9th, from 1:30PM - 6PM
2025 Sonic Pavilion Festival
@ Jay Pritzker Pavilion
201 E Randolph St., Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Saturday, August 9th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Monday, August 18th
Catherine Sollman: Gut Symmetry
@ OS Projects
601 Sixth St, Racine WI 53403
Opening Saturday, August 9th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, October 11th
Murmuration Summer Residencies Open Studio
@ Murmuration
2846 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 9th, from 1PM - 4PM
DEATHMATCH: LAN Party
@ Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave, Suite 620, Chicago, IL, 60603
Opening Saturday, August 9th, from 12PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 20th
Repair Cafe: Forward Chicago
@ Sulzer Regional
4455 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago IL 60625
Opening Saturday, August 9th, from 10.00am - 12.00PM
Printer’s Row Art Fest
@ Printer’s Row
728 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, August 9th, from 10AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, August 10th
Quimby’s Show & Tell with Marc Fischer of Public Collectors
@ Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 9th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Printer’s Row Art Fest
@ Printers Row
Dearborn Street (from Polk to Harrison), Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, August 9th, from 10AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, August 10th
Charles Gaines: Night/Crimes
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Sunday, February 1st
The Future Voyagers Exhibit
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts/Catacombs/Barcelona gallery
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
On view through Saturday, September 6th
CLEAT Series: Zander Raymond, Nick Meryhew
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Friday, August 8th, at 8PM
Home Grown (Vol. II)
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 8th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, September 21st
Amber Keene: Enchanting Views
@ Dragonfly Gallery and Creative Spaces
2436 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, August 8th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, August 31st
Sena Clara Creston: Fortitude
@ Dragonfly Gallery and Creative Spaces
2436 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, August 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, August 31st
Closing Reception: Image, Voice, and Placemaking, 11 Years after Ferguson
@ Chicago Justice Gallery
1344 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, August 8th, from 6 PM - 8:30 PM
Allegra Harvard: Credentis: Book Release Party
@ Grunts Rare Books
1500 S Western Ave, Ste. 403, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
Positive or Zero: Long Distance Collaboration
@ ACRE Projects
2921 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, August 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 21st
Chantal Danyluk: Poikilotherm
@ Art City
1400 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, August 8th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, September 5th
Facades
@ The Art Center Highland Park
1957 Sheridan Rd, Highland Park, IL 60035
Opening Friday, August 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 27th
Panel Discussion for Project 1612 “Ripples: The 10th Anniversary Invitational”
@ Project 1612
813 E Jefferson St, Morton, IL 61550
Opening Friday, August 8th, from 4:30PM - 5:30PM
On view through Sunday, September 14th
Photos at Noon: Autonomous Power in Photography
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, August 8th, from 12PM - 1PM
Ren Editions Pop-up
@ The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, Cobb Hall, 4th Fl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, August 8th, from 12PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, August 8th
Blood and Marrow
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, August 8th, at 8PM
Nancy Natow-Cassidy: Illuminations
@ Beverly Shores Depot Museum & Art Gallery
525 South Broadway, Beverly Shores, IN 46301
Opening Friday, August 8th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, September 7th
DJ Ca$h Era at Dorothy
@ Dorothy
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 8th, from 9PM - 1AM
Andi Crist: Precautionary Measures
@ Chicago Athletic Association
12 S Michigan Ave ,Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Friday, September 26th
Alice Birch: Revolt. She said. Revolt again.
@ SoNa Chicago Art Gallery
1527 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, August 7th, at 7:30PM
On view through Thursday, August 14th
Side Yard Sounds presents: Combo Daguerre
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Thursday, August 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
Dan Peterman and Jeff Stevenson in conversation
@ 21c Museum Hotel
55 E Ontario St., Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, August 7th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Thursday, August 7th
Lecture: Gustave Caillebotte—The Artist as Collector
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, August 7th, from 6PM - 7PM
Veronica Storc: Looking for Vultures
@ Crosswalk
1856 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL, 60647
Opening Thursday, August 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, September 5th
Virtual Artist Panel: Acts of Care
@ Woman Made Gallery
Online
Opening Thursday, August 7th, from 6PM - 7PM
OPENING DAY: Messages & Mediums: Decorative Arts from South Asia
@ South Asia Institute
1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL
Opening Thursday, August 7th, from 11AM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, January 1st
Tuesdays on the Terrace | Family Junket
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, August 5th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
OPTION: Lula Asplund
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, August 3rd, at 3PM
Dan S. Wang: Finding Our Way (through a triple double)
@ Chinese American Museum of Chicago
238 W 23rd St, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Sunday, August 3rd, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, September 7th
Mary Porterfield: When the Time was Gone
@ First Evangelical Free Gallery
5255 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Sunday, August 3rd, from 11:30am - 1:30PM
On view through Thursday, September 18th
Sounds and Visions: Luminosity Time Arts Events
@ Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble
1650 W Foster Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, August 2nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, August 2nd
Side Yard Sounds presents: Tom Lowerly and Yea Big
@ compound yellow
244 Lake Street, Oak Park, Il 60302
Opening Saturday, August 2nd, from 7PM - 9PM
FINDING CREATIVITY WITHIN
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, August 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 23rd
ONE NIGHT ONLY | POP UP SHOW: BARB SISTAK BAUR, Metal Artist
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, August 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 2nd
50,8565213,4.34
@ GURE
Address on request
Opening Saturday, August 2nd, from 6PM - -
On view through Saturday, August 30th
Book Release Event: Critique of Transcendental Structure
@ Hans Goodrich
1747 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 2nd, from 5PM - 6PM
Dmitry Samarov: Public Domain
@ Rainbo Club
1150 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 2nd, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, July 31st
Akojopo Presents: South Side Sisters, Sounds, and Stories
@ Kennicott (Jonathan) Park
4434 South Lake Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, August 2nd, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, August 2nd
Christine Shallenberg and Aurora Tabar: Tending to the M{other}
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, August 2nd, from 3PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 2nd
Flower, Wind and Dog: Artist Talk
@ 65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 2nd, at 2:30PM
On view through Saturday, August 9th
Connie Noyes: Dispatched: Closing Reception with a special peformance by Victor Sanders!
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, August 2nd, from 2PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, August 2nd
The Learning Studio: Workshop with Artist Victoria Martinez
@ DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, August 2nd, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, August 3rd
Caitlyn Min-ji Au: Panda: Closing Reception
@ SHANGHAI SEMINARY
3262 S MORGAN ST STOREFRONT
Opening Saturday, August 2nd, from 1PM - 6PM
Re-Presencing Soundwalk by Norman W. Long
@ Jackson Park
6401 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, August 2nd, from 12PM - 1PM
North Lawndale Arts Festival
@ Douglass Park Cultural & Community Center
1401 S Sacramento Dr, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, August 2nd, from 11AM - 7PM
This Moment in Time | NorthShore Black Artist Group Exhibition
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, August 2nd, from 9am - 4PM
On view through Sunday, September 14th
Collection in Conversation with Pablo Helguera
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Sunday, July 5th
Comfort Music: Happy Accident w/ tatsongs
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 1st, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Sofia Saavedra: Crossing into Dreams
@ Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 1st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, August 17th
Sounds and Visions: Luminosity Time Arts Events
@ Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble
1650 W Foster Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, August 1st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, August 2nd
Jane Thorn & Jessie Mott
@ Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, August 1st, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Rachel Mindrup: Neurofibromatosis and a Portrait of 1 in 3,000: Artist Talk
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, August 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 17th
