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
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
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
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
Bowling Party 2026
@ Fireside Bowl
2646 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 30th, from 2PM - 6PM
1st International Milwaukee Riso Invitational
@ Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 29th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 29th
JeeYeun Lee: Shore Land – Grant Park to Berger Park
@ Lakefill into ᒥᓯᑲᒥ
500 S DuSable Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, August 29th, from 10AM - 4PM
Carlos Flores: A ChicagoRican Story
@ Puerto Rican Arts Alliance
3000 N Elbridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
On view through Wednesday, June 30th
Grown From the Same Stem, the Cord Still Hums
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, August 28th, from 7:30 PM - 9 PM
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
The Palette & Chisel Emerging Artists Show
@ The Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts
1012 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, August 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 26th
The Singer Pavilion Project Panel Discussion
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 South Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, August 27th, from 6PM - 7PM
Block Printing Workshop
@ Francine's
1210 W Granville Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Wednesday, August 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
Side Yard Sounds: Ro(b)//ert Lundberg’s Addendum
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, August 23rd, from 7PM - 9PM
Jeanette Andrews Exhibition Tour
@ Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Sunday, August 23rd, from 1 PM - 4 PM
Dancing Lines: In Conversation with Raphael Karanikos
@ Gallery of Contemporary Mosaics
1127 W Granville Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, August 23rd, from 1PM - 2:30
The Future of the Visualist— The Visualist Planning & Working Session
@ Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, August 23rd, from 10AM - 12PM
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
Tulika Ladsariya: Sunprints with Nature
@ Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 West Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60622
Opening Saturday, August 22nd, from 3PM - 4:30PM
On view through Sunday, September 6th
What We Carry: Design, Objects, Memory and Belonging between Mexico and Chicago
@ Chicago History Museum
1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, August 22nd, from 2:30PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, November 8th
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
Cristine Forni and James Forni: Project Evergreen
@ Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 West Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL, 60622
Opening Saturday, August 22nd, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, September 6th
ZINE Fest
@ Zinemercado
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 22nd, from 2PM - 9PM
Parallel Visions: C.C. Ann Chen, Carie Lassman, Frances Lee, and Monika Plioplyte
@ Tiger Strikes Asteroid
2233 S Throop St, Unit 419, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 22nd, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, October 3rd
Genevieve Ramos: Cripping the Galleries: Feminist Crip Paint Power
@ Art Institute of Chicago
159 E Monroe St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, August 22nd, from 12PM - 2PM
Community Day: IAM a garden
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, August 22nd, from 11 am - 6 PM
Garage Galleries 2026
@ Forest Park, IL
7410 Madison Street
Opening Saturday, August 22nd, from 11AM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, August 22nd
JeeYeun Lee: Shore Land – Calumet Park to Grant Park
@ Lakefill into ᒥᓯᑲᒥ
9801 S Ave G Chicago, IL 60617
Opening Saturday, August 22nd, from 10AM - 6PM
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
James Hall: My Little Pictures
@ Project Onward
1200 W 35th St, 4th floor, Chicago, IL 60609, USA
Opening Friday, August 21st, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Become An Art Savior
@ Childhood Fractured's Phygital Art Gallery
1432 W Irving Park Rd Chicago Illinois
Opening Friday, August 21st, from 6PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, August 30th
SAB MAG Issue 01 Release Exhibition
@ Point Blank Gallery
1541 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, August 21st, from 6PM - 10PM
To Be Remembered: Woven Matters of the Heart
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, August 21st, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, February 28th
Islands from a Faltering Empire
@ OH Art Foundation
3314 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 13th
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
Scalpel Summer Presents: The Unknown Man of Shandigor
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, August 20th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
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
Dust That Lay: Artist Talk + Exhibition Closing
@ Chicago Artists Coalition
1431 W Hubbard St, Suite 201, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, August 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
Art After Work: Impressions of a City
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60618
Opening Thursday, August 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
Artist Tour with Julie Cowan Exhibit: Dedicated to the Proposition | Abraham Lincoln
@ Radmacher Gallery
5215 Oakton St, Skokie, IL 60077
Opening Wednesday, August 19th, from 7PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, August 31st
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
Learn With Media Burn!
@ Media Burn Archive
348 N Ashland Ave #1D, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, August 18th, from 5PM - 7PM
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
Cancelled: 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
Matt Robidoux: OPTION
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago IL 60660
Opening Sunday, August 16th, at 3PM
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
Documentation Workshops and Open Studios
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, August 16th, from 10am - 12PM
On view through Saturday, December 5th
Relative Intensity Noise by Rin Peisert
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, Suite 208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 15th, from 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM
PERFECT DISK
@ Mavra
5338 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago IL 60630
Opening Saturday, August 15th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, September 12th
Pro/Fuse – Closing Reception and Walkthrough
@ Woman Made Gallery
1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, August 15th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, August 15th
2026 Digital Symposium: Dramaturgy As…
@ The Theatre School at DePaul University
2350 N Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, August 15th, from 11AM - 5PM
Figure Drawing (Ballerina) in South Loop
@ Southbank Riverwalk
600 S Wells St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, August 15th, from 9:30AM - 10:30AM
Midwest Rave Culture Archive
@ 200OK
1835 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60661
Opening Friday, August 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
Saffronia Downing: Pressed Flower
@ ACRE Projects
2921 N. Clark, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, August 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 27th
After Dark: A Group Exhibition
@ Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 27th
𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨
@ crosswalk
1856 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 5th
Residual Surrealisms: Part Two Thousand & Twenty Six
@ AponteArt Gallery
5504 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60630
Opening Friday, August 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, September 4th
Later Impressions Annual Juried Fine Art Exhibition by the Chicago Alliance of Visual Artists
@ The Art Center Highland Park
1957 Sheridan Rd, Highland Park, IL 60035
Opening Friday, August 14th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 26th
Nasty, Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret
@ Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, August 14th, from 8PM - 9:30PM
In Motion
@ Movement Gyms Lincoln Park
1460 N Dayton St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, August 14th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, December 31st
John Terdich: Requiem Trio: HOLD-For The Constitution
@ Art City
1400 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, August 14th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 5th
Camilo Carreño-Gonzalez: The Mind is a Seed The Heart Waters
@ Art City
1400 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, August 14th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 5th
Artist Tour with Julie Cowan of exhibit, “Dedicated to the Proposition | Abraham Lincoln”
@ Radmacher Gallery
Skokie Public Library: 5215 Oakton St, Skokie, IL 60077
Opening Thursday, August 13th, from 7PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, August 31st
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
Tone Glow Presents “River of Stars: Bruce Wood’s Expressionist Abstractions”
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, August 12th, from 7PM - 9PM
Will Quam: Brick of Chicago Walking Tours
@ The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
50 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, August 12th, from 6PM - 7:15PM
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: HOW TO VALUE YOUR WORK
@ Chicago Artists Coalition
1431 W Hubbard St, Suite 201, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Tuesday, August 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
Paula Menchen and Ellen Holtzblatt: Place and Passing
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston IL 60201
Opening Sunday, August 9th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, September 6th
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
Caroline Jesalva: OPTION
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Avenue., Chicago, IL
Opening Sunday, August 9th, from 3PM - 5PM
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
Summer Center Day 2026
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, August 9th, from 1PM - 4PM
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
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
The Sunset Club at Aire Rooftop
@ Aire Rooftop
100 W Monroe St, Floor 24, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, August 8th, from 7PM - 11PM
Side Yard Sounds: KVL (Kirch/Van/Lux)
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, August 8th, from 7PM - 9PM
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
Connie Wilson: Dazzle Pig
@ Prairie
2055 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, September 20th
Performance: Mahyar Fazeli
@ Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago IL 60607
Opening Saturday, August 8th, from 3PM - 5PM
Marian Carow: Permit Pending Artist Talk
@ 65 Grand
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 8th, from 2:30PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, August 15th
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
THIRD ANNUAL AREA 22: Arts, Crafts, & Oddities Fair
@ Riverside Drive
62 S Grove Ave, Elgin, IL 60120
Opening Saturday, August 8th, from 1PM - 7PM
Living Systems Exhibition Weekend
@ Living Systems Gallery
Pilsen, Chicago, 60608
Opening Saturday, August 8th, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, August 9th
Dan Devening: Fenestra Falsa
@ OS Projects
601 Sixth St, Racine, WI 53403
Opening Saturday, August 8th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, October 10th
Slow Look: Healing Machines
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Saturday, August 8th, from 10 am - 11 am
Glass Castles
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
On view through Sunday, September 20th
John Wangendo: Stories from Africa
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
On view through Sunday, September 13th
Voytek Glinkowski: Pages From My Notebook
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
On view through Sunday, September 13th
Paula Menchen and Ellen Holtzblatt: Place and Passing
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
On view through Sunday, September 6th
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
Tone Glow Presents “I’ll Walk With God: Reflections on Mortality”
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
iPhone Face
@ Flatline Gallery
1925 N Milwaukee ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, August 23rd
Plastic on the Sofa: a Roots family show with Christina Warzecha, phia lynne, & Talia Kimberly Wright
@ Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, August 7th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, September 5th
Whispers from the Unfamiliar
@ CSI Project Space Gallery
1912 N Damen Ave. Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, September 4th
