December 2017
Gris-Gris and Grits: Rootwork Gallery’s NYE Open House
@ Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th Street, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Sunday, December 31st, from 7:30PM - 1AM
Ciclo Experimental 1968-2018
@
3060 W Cortland St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, December 31st, at 9PM
The Sun Ra Arkestra
@ Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, December 30th, at 8:30PM
Kwanzaa Ritual Reunion and Listening Party
@ Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th Street, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, December 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
Chin-Ting Huang: The Space I Can’t Get In V.2
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, December 29th, from 7PM - 8PM
Sweeter Side of the Pond with DJ catieo and E.S.torian
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, December 29th, from 6PM - 7PM
Grace Jones and Divine Tribute
@ Punch House
1227 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, December 27th, from 9PM - 2AM
Baker and Boykin: Collaboration and Conversation
@ Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, December 23rd, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Intro To Printmaking
@ The Port Ministries
5013 S Hermitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, December 23rd, from 10AM - 12PM
On view through Saturday, March 10th
Expresiones Artisticas: A Glimpse into our Past Exhibition
@ OPEN Center for the Arts
2214 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, December 23rd, from 7PM - 11PM
Avery R. Young and De Deacon Board
@ Untitled Supper Club
111 W Kinzie St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, December 22nd, from 8PM - 2AM
K.A. Letts: The Some of Her Parts
@ Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 22nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, January 20th
Mykele Deville and Jeffrey Michael Austin
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, December 22nd, from 6PM - 7PM
Pariah
@ Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, December 22nd, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Connections Closing Reception
@ State Street Gallery
401 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, December 21st, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, December 21st
Public Newsroom #45: Finding Help, Fighting Stigma in Mental Health
@ City Bureau
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, December 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
Continuous Span: New Work from The Bridge Program
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Wednesday, December 20th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Sandra Cisneros and Friends present A Tribute to Eduardo Galeano
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, December 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
Aqui Manda El Pueblo: art making party and volunteer sign up
@ Plus Gallery Chicago
1800 W 18th St 1R (entrance on Wood St), Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Tuesday, December 19th, from 3PM - 10PM
TEAL show closing and Peanut Gallery holiday market
@ Peanut Gallery
902 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, December 19th, from 6PM - 10PM
Militant Eroticism: The ART+Positive Archives
@ Rhona Hoffman Gallery
118 N Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, December 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
Lee Bey
@ DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, December 19th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Thursday, February 1st
2017 Vends + Vibes Redux
@ Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, December 18th, from 11AM - 5PM
On view through Thursday, December 21st
Screwball Press / 12 Line Studio / High Lonesome Print: Holiday Sale
@ 2112
4245 N Knox Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Sunday, December 17th, from 10AM - 5PM
Performances in Welcome Blanket
@ Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, December 17th, from 3PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, December 17th
Nothing to Repeat
@ The Art House
3453 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, December 17th, from 3PM - 7PM
Within the Walls
@ The Overlook Place
3323 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, December 17th, from 2PM - 4PM
Women Your Mother Warned You About: Resistance & Resilience
@ Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Sunday, December 17th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Womb Space: Darkness in Embodied Healing Rituals
@ Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, December 17th, from 3PM - 5PM
Kelly Mathews
@ TheNewStudio
2948 Central Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, December 17th, from 2PM - 4PM
William J. O’Brien: Reliquary
@ Shane Campbell Gallery
2021 So Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, January 27th
Morgan Sims
@ Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave, Suite 620, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 4PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, December 16th
ArtHouse Anniversary Celebration and Bake-off
@ ArtHouse: A Social Kitchen
411 E 5th Ave, Gary, IN 46402
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, December 16th
New Holiday Spirit: Sit on a Polar Bear’s Lap!
@ Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 4PM - 6PM
Über-Marionettes
@ SAIC MacLean Building
112 S Michigan Ave, Room 1307, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
Amanda Williams Touch Tour
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 12PM - 1PM
Minami Kobayashi: Yve’s Concave Mirror
@ Baby Blue Gallery
2201 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, December 20th
Knitting Workshops with CEW Design Studio
@ Roman Susan
1224 W. Loyola Avenue
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 1PM - 3PM
Jennifer Buffington: Site Recorded in Form
@ SideCar
411 Huehn St, Hammond, IN 46327
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 1PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, December 16th
Dreaming Bigger in Strange Times
@ Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport #4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, December 16th
Fall Exhibition Catalogue Release Party
@ Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 3PM - 5PM
At the Mercy of
@ LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave 3rd Fl, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, February 4th
Falling For You
@ Triumph Chicago
2055 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, January 28th
Into SSSSSludge
@ Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 9PM - 10PM
TCA Zine Release Party
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 2PM - 4PM
Fernwey Editions Release Party
@ Fernwey Gallery
916 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, January 27th
Soulful Chicago Kwanzaa Book Fair
@ AMC Center
4421 S State St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 10AM - 6PM
My America
@ Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 11AM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, January 7th
Cheers to Seven Years!
@ The Mission
1431 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, December 16th
Karolina Gnatowski: Blue Out Of My Mouth
@ free range
3257 W. Lawrence Ave. Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, December 15th, at 6PM
Looking Forward, Looking Back: 1010 N Ashland Closing Exhibition
@ Anastasia Tinari Projects
1010 N Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 17th
Brit Barton: Sitting Ovation Sessions
@ Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, January 7th
Mako James
@ Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, #407, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 7PM - 10PM
1733 Winter Art Market
@ TCC Chicago
2547 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 12PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, December 17th
James Goggin
@ The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 12PM - 1PM
Lady-Maker Pop Up Shop
@ Manual Studio
3251 1/2 West Bryn Mawr Ave, Chicago, IL 60659
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 6PM - 10PM
Holiday Trunk Show
@ Sideshow Gallery
2219 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 6PM - 10PM
Marvin Tate
@ Wedge Projects
1448 W Howard St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, January 10th
Arriver and Bomba con Buya with Amanda Roscoe Mayo
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
Jackie Saccoccio: Spectral Hole and Chris Garofalo: PRECIOUS FRAGMENTS exquisite longing
@ Rhona Hoffman Gallery
118 N Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, January 27th
Accumulative Sweatsockpile Jones
@ The carl
1957 W Cullerton St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 6:30PM - 10:30PM
Especially Now
@ DfbrL8r
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 16th
Melanin Voices for Puerto Rico
@ The Breathing Room Space
1434 W 51st, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 8:30PM - 10:30PM
Claire Burke Dain: Do You Love Me Now
@ Rubberneck
2058 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 6PM - 10PM
Exciting Futures Between the Real and Utopia and How to Achieve Them
@ SITE Sharp
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 4:15PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, December 15th
Mixtape Vol. 2, Cinematic Futures
@ Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 7PM - 9PM
Gather: Studio Magick
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 7PM - 10PM
Recto and Verso
@ 062
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, January 12th
Lucas Simões: Corpos de Prova
@ PATRON
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, December 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, January 27th
Mika Horibuchi: Paintings of Watercolors
@ PATRON
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, December 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, January 27th
A Very Kuchar Christmas
@ The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, December 14th, from 6:30PM - 11PM
Roberta Bernstein on Jasper Johns
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, December 14th, from 6PM - 7PM
Mystery League
@ Chicago Design Museum
108 N State St, 3rd floor, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Thursday, December 14th, from 6PM - 9:30PM
Monetizing Artwork through Image Licensing
@ OPEN Center for the Arts
2214 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Thursday, December 14th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Design Apprenticeship Program: Fall Show
@ Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, December 14th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Deliberate Practice: A Walking Meditation with Mariana Lopez
@ Garfield Park Conservatory
300 N Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Wednesday, December 13th, from 6PM - 7PM
Technical Images: The Cloud
@ The Art Institute of Chicago, LeRoy Neiman Center
36 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, December 13th, from 4PM - 7PM
Absorb
@ The Gallery Cabaret
2020 N Oakley Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, December 13th, from 7PM - 2AM
Lindsey French and Rosalynn Gingerich in Conversation withSabina Ott
@ The Mission
1431 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, December 13th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 16th
Marcelo Eli Sarmiento: The Rules Are Wrong
@ Cliff Dwellers Club
200 S Michigan Ave, # 22, Chicago, IL 60604
Opening Wednesday, December 13th, from 4PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, January 20th
Discourse: Anahid Ghorbani
@ Lillstreet Loft
4437 N Ravenswood Ave, 2nd Fl, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Wednesday, December 13th, from 7PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, December 13th
Artists of Access: Artist Talk and Panel
@ The Leroy Neiman Center
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, December 12th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
In Progress: Leonard Suryajaya
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, December 12th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Spudnik’s Friends and Family Holiday Party
@ Damen Tavern
701 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, December 12th, from 8PM - 12AM
Red Line Service: Winter Break
@ Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, December 12th, from 1:30PM - 4PM
Lindsay Hutchens and Stephanie Koch
@ The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 S Michigan Ave, Room 620, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, December 12th, from 4:15PM - 5:30PM
WeFest
@ Pride Arts Center
4139 N Broadway Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Monday, December 11th, from 6PM - 10:30PM
Outside Inside: Exploring Boundaries and Otherness
@ Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership
610 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Sunday, December 10th, from 3PM - 5PM
Robin Hustle: SLIT WAVE SHEATH HEARTH
@ The Back Room at Kim's Corner Food
1371 W Estes Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, December 10th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, February 18th
Artist Workshop: Edra Soto
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, December 10th, from 11AM - 3PM
Natalie Jacobson: Seeing Things: the difference between you and me
@ Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery + Sculpture Garden
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, December 10th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, January 13th
The Flatfiles Show
@ Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, December 10th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, December 21st
Resist: What Do We Mean? How Do We Do It?
@ The Bronzeville Incubator
300 E 51st St, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, December 10th, from 3PM - 5:30PM
Pop-Up Holiday Artisan Show
@ Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave, #4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, December 9th, from 10AM - 4PM
Queering The Abject
@ Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, December 9th, from 5PM - 9PM
Special Storytime with Poet Useni Eugene Perkins
@ DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, December 9th, from 1PM - 2PM
Blanket Statements
@ The Overlook
3323 w. armitage ave
Opening Saturday, December 9th, from 7 - 10
On view through Sunday, December 31st
Prints of Unusual Size III
@ Hoofprint Workshop
2433 S Oakley Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, December 9th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, December 22nd
