August 2026
Knots: Artist Talk
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, August 30th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, September 20th
Gosia Plummer: Home: Daily Wonders of Riverside
@ Riverside Arts Center at the Town Hall
27 Riverside Rd, Riveside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, August 30th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Wednesday, November 11th
Rita Grendze: You Don’t Have to Love Me
@ Riverside Arts Center's FlexSpace
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, August 30th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, October 31st
Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman: Domestic Disruptions
@ Riverside Arts Center's Freeark Gallery and Sculpture Garden
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, August 30th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, October 10th
Bowling Party 2026
@ Fireside Bowl
2646 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 30th, from 2PM - 6PM
Carlos Flores: A ChicagoRican Story
@ Puerto Rican Arts Alliance
3000 N Elbridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
On view through Wednesday, June 30th
Side Yard Sounds: Jeb Bishop – Tom Lowery – Matthew Lux
@ compound yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, August 28th, from 7PM - 9PM
Block Printing Workshop
@ Francine's
1210 W Granville Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Wednesday, August 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
Decrepitude
@ LVL3 Gallery
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, 3rd Floor, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 11th
Campfire Printing Press First Anniversary & Open House
@ Campfire Printing Press
2415 W 19th St, Ste 2C, Chicago, IL 6060
Opening Saturday, August 22nd, from 2PM - 8PM
Community Day: IAM a garden
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, August 22nd, from 11 am - 6 PM
Author Talk with John D’Emilio
@ Gerber/Hart Library & Archives
6500 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, August 22nd, from 1PM - 3PM
Book Launch: Apology to Kelp
@ Yes Project Space
3705 W Division St Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, August 22nd, at 6PM
WORKROOM: Closing Reception
@ Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education
1010 W 35th St, Ste 697, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, August 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, August 28th
Hot Kitchen: THIS MESSAGE IS MEANT FOR YOU
@ Color Club
4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, August 20th, from 8PM - 9:30PM
On view through Sunday, August 30th
INTRODUCTION TO ART: OBSERVATIONAL SKETCHING
@ Oak Park Art League
720 Chicago Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Thursday, August 20th, from 6 PM - 8 PM
Art After Work: Impressions of a City
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Thursday, August 20th, from 5 PM - 8 PM
Dust That Lay: Closing Reception
@ Chicago Artists Coalition
1431 W Hubbard St, Ste 201, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, August 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, August 20th
Aurora Film Society present: Harlan County USA
@ The Venue
21 S Broadway Ave, Aurora, IL 60505
Opening Wednesday, August 19th, from 06:30 PM - 10 PM
On view through Wednesday, August 19th
Artist Leticia Pardo in Conversation with Scholar Deanna Ledezma
@ The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Monday, August 17th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Side Yard Sounds presents: V.V. Lightbody & Minor Moon
@ compound yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, August 16th, from 7PM - 9PM
Artist Talks & Poetry Readings | Breaking the Silence
@ Oak Park Art League
720 Chicago Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, August 16th, from 12 PM - 4 PM
Midwest Rave Culture Archive
@ 200OK
1835 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60661
Opening Friday, August 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
Nasty, Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret
@ Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, August 14th, from 8PM - 9:30PM
Nervous Laughter: a comedy show at Dorothy
@ Dorothy
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, August 13th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Improvised Music Series: Ken Ueno, BananaAcid
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, August 13th, at 8:30PM
Side Yard Sounds: NadNavillus & ABOLISHVICTORY!
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, August 9th, from 7PM - 9PM
20×2 Chicago: Where Did You Come From?
@ Gman Tavern
3740 N Clark St, Chicago IL 60657
Opening Sunday, August 9th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Ground Floor
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, August 9th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, November 1st
The Future of the Visualist— The Visualist Planning & Working Session
@ Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, August 9th, from 10AM - 12PM
Soundbath Sessions featuring Taalib-Din Ziyad, Art Turk Burton, Dushun Mosley
@ The First Presbyterian Church of Chicago
6400 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, August 9th, from 7PM - 8PM
The Sunset Club at Aire Rooftop
@ Aire Rooftop
100 W Monroe St, Floor 24, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, August 8th, from 7PM - 11PM
Breaking the Silence: A Veteran Art Show
@ Oak Park Art League
720 Chicago Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, August 8th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 6th
Authentic: A Hollie Davis Solo Exhibition
@ The Block House Gallery
11137 S Langley Ave, Chicago, IL 60628
Opening Saturday, August 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 19th
when i think about time
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, August 8th, at 2PM
On view through Saturday, September 5th
Living Systems Exhibition Weekend
@ Living Systems Gallery
Pilsen, Chicago, 60608
Opening Saturday, August 8th, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, August 9th
THIRD ANNUAL AREA 22: Arts, Crafts, & Oddities Fair
@ Riverside Drive
62 S Grove Ave, Elgin, IL 60120
Opening Saturday, August 8th, from 1PM - 7PM
Slow Look: Healing Machines
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Saturday, August 8th, from 10 am - 11 am
LANGUAGE OF COLOR by Roman Opalinski & Taras Opalinski
@ Ukrainian National Museum
2249 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, August 7th, from 7 PM - 9 PM
On view through Sunday, August 30th
Poke A Hole
@ The Plan
610 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, August 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 6th
Jayne King: Archaeology of the Self
@ ARC Gallery
1463 West Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, August 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, August 28th
Michelle Williams: Luminous Witness
@ ARC Gallery
1463 West Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, August 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, August 28th
Glaciers & Climates: Jenny Kendler and Meghana Ranganathan on Cryospheres
@ Gallery 400
Online
Opening Thursday, August 6th, from 3PM - 4PM
Anthony Olusina – 10 Portraits
@ Harper Court
5235 S Harper Ct. Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, August 6th, at 6PM
Here + Now
@ Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL60637
Opening Wednesday, August 5th, from 6PM - 8PM
Transexual Menace | Free Film Screening
@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Tuesday, August 4th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Porks + “what is it green” proto-teleplay
@ Facets Film Forum
1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Monday, August 3rd, at 7PM
On view through Monday, August 3rd
THE LAWN OPEN
@ THE LAWN
DM for address
Opening Sunday, August 2nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 2nd
ABBA Under the Stars at AIRE Rooftop
@ Aire Rooftop
100 W Monroe St, Floor 24, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Sunday, August 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 2nd
Sungho Bae: Apotropaia
@ 4th Ward Project Space
5338 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, August 2nd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, September 6th
Riot in Flatland
@ Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL, 60647
Opening Saturday, August 1st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, August 29th
My first house was red
@ Yes Project Space
3705 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, August 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 3rd
ar•ti•facts
@ Perspective Gallery
1310 1/2 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, August 1st, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, August 30th
