June 2025
Holly Hughes: Is Rape a Crime? Lady dicks, lesbian Columbos, and the performance of rage in MAGA’s America
@ School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, June 30th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Mond(e): 月亮代表我的心 – Performance Installation in Collaboration with Diego Campos
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, June 28th, from 5PM - 7PM
2025 Co-MISSION Festival of New Works | Jaquanda Saulter-Villegas and Jacinda Bullie’s “FILLINZ, Put Some Respect on It!”
@ Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, June 27th, at 7PM
On view through Saturday, June 28th
Seuil Chung: I See Ghosts
@ Lillstreet Art Center, Annex Gallery
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, June 27th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Monday, June 30th
Under the Sun, As it Were
@ Watershed Art and Ecology
1821 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, June 26th, from 5PM - 9PM
Quimby’s After Hours: Raging Opposum
@ Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, June 26th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Werk: Chicago’s Premiere Queer Comedy Show
@ The Lincoln Lodge
2040 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, June 25th, at 7:30PM
PCRV, Viator, Diagram A, Horaflora, Dan of Earth
@ Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, June 24th, at 8PM
Coleman Smoll: Guiding Light
@ Cloudwalk
875 N Michigan Ave 94th floor, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Thursday, April 30th
PUNKS 4 PALESTINE
@ Nabala Cafe
4660 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Monday, June 23rd, from 8PM - 11PM
Field Notes Film Festival
@ Music Box Theatre
3733 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Monday, June 23rd, from 7PM - 9PM
Wafaa Bilal
@ School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 S Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, June 23rd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
CGDC June Social Hour
@ Lincoln Park
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Opening Monday, June 23rd, from 6 PM - 8 PM
Imagine, Create Activate! Chicago 2025
@ Harris Theater for Music and Dance
205 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601
On view through Wednesday, June 25th
2025 Co-MISSION Festival of New Works | Dani Oblitas’ “Un/Rerooted” & Selena Lasley’s “TIMEShit”
@ Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, June 22nd, at 7PM
On view through Thursday, June 26th
returning: Leana Allen, Sofía Gabriel, Jordan Knecht, Farah Salem
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, June 22nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 22nd
Medicine for Our Times
@ National Public Housing Museum
919 South Ada St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, June 22nd, at 3PM
Ruby Greene: Teeth Over Diamonds Hair Over Pearls
@ SPACE.01
2334 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 21st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, July 5th
Jan Schrader: Canvas Jazz
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, June 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 19th
2nd Taste oÀkójọpọ̀ Presents: The Second Annual Taste of Nigeria, African Art Music Fundraiser Night
@ Connect Gallery
1451 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, June 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
ARTISTIC DIALOGUES
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, June 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 19th
New Scratchart from Les Scott
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, June 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 19th
Tom Pedersen: SUPER SIZED COLORFUL TRAIN PAINTINGS
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, June 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 21st
OUR HEAVENLY BODIES
@ Chicago Filmmakers
1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, June 21st, at 6PM
Martyna Alexander: The Distant Now
@ old friends
3405 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, June 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 2nd
Pareidolia
@ LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave #3, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, June 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, August 3rd
Master Class: Art 102 | An Artist Roundtable Discussion
@ SECRIST | BEACH
1801 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, June 21st, from 3PM - 5PM
Talk | Politics of Poetics: Solmaz Sharif and Wafaa Bilal
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, June 21st, from 2 PM - 4 PM
On view through Sunday, October 19th
Laura Larson: Hidden Histories of Photography
@ 21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, June 21st, from 2PM - 3PM
Forms & Features Community Reading
@ Poetry Foundation
Virtual
Opening Saturday, June 21st, from 2PM - 3PM
Lecture: Frida Kahlo—The City, the Body, and the Gods
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, June 21st, from 2PM - 3PM
Jess Bass: The Lemonade Stand
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Saturday, June 21st, from 1PM - 3PM
Jazmine.: a lot to be grateful for
@ cam.contemporarie
2233 S Throop St, Studio #920, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 21st, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, August 16th
Looking Closely at The Indifference of Fire: Gallery Talk
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, June 21st, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
Fetish Film Forum, Equation to an Unknown (1980)
@ Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, June 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
Artist Walk with Alex Wolfe
@ Washington/Wabash
29 N Wabash Ave Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, June 21st, from 12PM - 2PM
Cornerstone Panel discussion: Geographies of Belonging: Land, Identity, and Collective Memory
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, June 21st, from 12PM - 2:30PM
Alessandro Bo: AL MEDIO DÍA + PRÁCTICAS DEL ANDAR ABOUT NOON + WALKING PRACTICES
@ Pueblo Unido Gallery
6212 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, June 21st, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, September 6th
Workshop: Body & Clay – A Workshop on Care and Connection
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, June 21st, from 11AM - 1PM
Pause: Artist Talk and Closing Reception
@ Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery
32 East Quincy St, Riverside IL 60546
Opening Saturday, June 21st, at 3PM
On view through Saturday, June 21st
this is this & that is that & the twain did meet
@ Filipino American Historical Society
2233 S Throop St, 316, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 21st, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 26th
Alex Chitty: Mine
@ PATRON
1612 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, June 21st, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, August 16th
Carmen Winant
@ PATRON
1612 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, June 21st, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, August 16th
Elastro: Flanger Magazine, Daniel Van Duerm / Fred Jackson Jr., Janna Lee
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Friday, June 20th, at 8PM
The Pleiades Series: Krissy Bergmark, Billie Howard, Emily Rach Beisel and Edward Wilkerson Jr
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, June 20th, from 7PM - 9PM
2025 Co-MISSION Festival of New Works | Tuli Bera’s “Bangali Meye”
@ Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, June 20th, at 7PM
On view through Saturday, June 21st
John Behnke: False Guides and New Horizons
@ Project Onward
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, June 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
Rachel Mindrup: Neurofibromatosis and a Portrait of 1 in 3,000
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, June 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 17th
Woven Worlds: Fiber as Medium, Thread as Language
@ South Shore Arts
1040 Ridge Rd, Munster, IN 46321
Opening Friday, June 20th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, August 23rd
Alessandro Bo: AL MEDIO DÍA + PRÁCTICAS DEL ANDAR ABOUT NOON + WALKING PRACTICES
@ Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave Chicago
Opening Friday, June 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 6th
Nuthu’n to Hyde: Gertrude Abercrombie and the Hyde Park Scene, 1935–75
@ Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Saturday, August 23rd
Rosa Barba
@ Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Saturday, August 23rd
Stan Brakhage’s Pittsburgh Trilogy, Presented by Tone Glow
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, June 19th, from 7PM - 9PM
Artist Talk: Della Wells
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, June 19th, from 6PM - 7PM
Mauricio López F.: Wind Reenactment: Reencarnación del viento
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, June 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
Artist Talk: Della Wells
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, June 19th, from 6PM - 7PM
John F. Miller: The Last Studio Visits
@ Rare Nest Galley at Miller's Studio
1015 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, June 19th, from 10AM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, June 22nd
Fabiola Jean-Louis: Waters of the Abyss: An Intersection of Spirit and Freedom
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
On view through Sunday, September 21st
2025 Co-MISSION Festival of New Works | Amanda Maraist’s “FOLK”
@ Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Wednesday, June 18th, from 7PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 29th
Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds
@ School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 S Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, June 18th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
The First Homosexuals Film Series: Gender Benders
@ FACETS
1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, June 18th, at 6PM
Italian Artist, Arvedo Arvedi
@ The John David Mooney Foundation
114 W Kinzie St # 1, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Wednesday, June 18th, at 5:30PM
On view through Monday, June 30th
Zine Club Chicago x Gerber/Hart LGBTQ+ Library & Archives: Queer Zines Discussion + Workshop Led by Larry Wolf
@ Gerber/Hart Library & Archives
6500 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Tuesday, June 17th, from 7PM - 9PM
FUTURA: FAMILY AFFAIR
@ Anthony Gallery
1360 West Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, June 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 26th
Educator Workshop | Color Alchemy
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, June 17th, from 11am - 1PM
Diagrams, Systems, Collective Power Workshop Series: Production Studio
@ Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Monday, June 16th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, June 16th
Rizvana Bradley
@ School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 S Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, June 16th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
FRUTAS: BANDANA de JOTERÍA
@ Roman Susan at Institute of Cultural Affairs
4750 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago IL 60640
Opening Monday, June 16th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
Sunday Reading Series: dezireé a. brown, Rob Macaisa Colgate, Crystal Odelle, & Téa Jones-Yelvington
@ Hungry Brain
2319 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, June 15th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
OPTION: Potliquor
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, June 15th, from 3PM - 5PM
Denise Keim: Between You & Me: The Camera Teaches, The Photograph Speaks
@ Chicago Center for Photojournalism
1226 W Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Sunday, June 15th, from 2:05PM - 3:10PM
2025 Co-MISSION Festival of New Works | Kevin Michael Wesson and Theatre Nobody’s “CAMPOUT, A Night in the Woods”
@ Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, June 15th, at Multiple
On view through Sunday, June 29th
Sonic Drifting through the Square – Allen Moore
@ Palmer Square
2200 N Kedzie Blvd, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, June 15th, from 12PM - 1PM
The Bridge Performance Incubator Showcase
@ Co-Prosperity
3219-21 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
On view through Saturday, June 14th
Side Yard Sounds presents: Mai Sugimoto + LeRoy Bach + Anton Hatwich
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
PERFORMANCE MIXTAPE #2
@ Watershed Art & Ecology
1821 S. Racine Ave., Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 14th, at 7PM
Lily Cozzens: halation
@ HAPPY GALLERY
902 N Western Ave, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
Heat Bent: A Fast Casual Cocktail Hour
@ SAWHORSE
4222 W. Fullerton Ave. Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 15th
Tess Oldfield: hiccup
@ ACRE Projects
2921 N. Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Monday, July 28th
Yvette Mayorga: Pu$h Thru
@ moniquemeloche
451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, July 26th
Workshop in Trans Studies (WITS) Summer Celebration
@ PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 4PM - 9PM
Pride Showcase at The Loft Gallery
@ The Loft Gallery, Andersonville Galleria
5247 N Clark St, Chicago IL 60640
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 3PM - 7PM
On view through Monday, June 30th
Closing: Dan Barry: As Funny As It May Seem and Mikey Mosher: Crossroads
@ Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave Suite 620 Chicago IL 60603
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, June 14th
Vends + Vibes Arts Marketplace
@ The Arts Lawn
337 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 1PM - 7PM
21Minus | Time
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 1PM - 6PM
Impro Jam at Comfort Station (creative improvisation workshop)
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 1PM - 4PM
Family Day: Bring it on Home!
@ Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 10AM - 1PM
2025 Old Town Art Fair
@ Leslie Wolfe Gallery, Old Town Art Center
1763 N North Park Ave, Chicago IL 60614
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 10AM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, June 15th
Festival del Niño
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 14th, at 11AM
CLEAT Series: Kate In, Leech/Clapp, Laurentse
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Friday, June 13th, at 8PM
The Bridge Performance Incubator Showcase
@ Co-Prosperity
3219-21 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
On view through Saturday, June 14th
Christiane F. | Film Screening
@ Chicago Filmmakers
1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, June 13th, at 7PM
Chris Brown and Tim Daisy Duo
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
more waiting, just a little closer
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, August 3rd
Red 40 Free
@ Parlour and Ramp
2130 w 21st Street. Chicago,IL,60608
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
A House Built on Sand
@ Color Club
4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, July 3rd
