August 2025
Day of Leisure
@ Leisure
2444 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, August 31st, from 4PM - 10PM
10 Year Anniversary Celebration
@ 345 Art Gallery
345 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, August 31st, from 3PM - 9PM
Zachary Nicol: nether
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Saturday, August 30th, at 8PM
Side Yard Sounds presents: Los Cantautores, a Latin Singer-Songwriter showcase!
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, August 30th, from 7PM - 9PM
Funeral at the Movies (Week 3: Frank Heath, Noah Barker & Dora Budor, Yvo Cho, Christopher Harris)
@ Bodenrader
1620 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, August 30th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 30th
Far From Somewhere
@ The Block House Gallery, PullmanArts
11137 S Langley Ave, Chicago, IL 60628
Opening Saturday, August 30th, from 6PM - 10PM
8th Midwest Open
@ Woman Made Gallery
1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, August 30th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, September 27th
All For Print. Print For All. Gallery Talk
@ Harold Washington Library
400 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, August 30th, from 2PM - 3PM
Cripping the Galleries: Tracing from the Margins
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, August 30th, from 12PM - 2PM
Yukimasa Ida: Flaming Memory
@ MARIANE IBRAHIM
437 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, October 25th
Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Sunday, January 4th
Anders Knutsson: Artist Talk
@ Swedish American Museum
5211 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, August 29th, at 7:30PM
BODYBUILDER
@ Point Blank
3317 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
Andi Crist: Precautionary Measures
@ Chicago Athletic Association
12 S Michigan Ave ,Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, August 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, September 26th
Cold Style 03
@ Public Works Gallery
2141 West North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, August 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
BUÑUEL: MASTER OF DREAMS
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, August 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, February 22nd
Artists’ Collective Exhibition: Closing Reception
@ The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture
3015 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, August 28th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Thursday, August 28th
Firespitter: The Collected Poems of Jayne Cortez – Chicago Launch Event
@ Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, August 27th, from 7PM - 8PM
Launch event | Portable Gray – Pope.L: The Chicago Years
@ GRAY
2044 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Wednesday, August 27th, at 5PM
INTERIORITY ON SCREEN: SHORTS PROGRAM 1
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Tuesday, August 26th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, August 31st
Tuesdays on the Terrace | Corey Wilkes
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, August 26th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Michael Mahoney: Paintings
@ Western Illinois University Art Gallery
1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455
Opening Tuesday, August 26th, from 4:30PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, September 26th
Reimagining the Ecosystem: Models for Creative Sustainability
@ Chicago Made
Online
Opening Tuesday, August 26th, at 3PM
OFF CENTER: DOUBLE TROUBLE
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Monday, August 25th, at 6PM
Book Launch, Weaver’s World: Kathy Weaver Selected Works 1970-2024
@ SoNa Gallery
1527 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, August 24th, from 2PM - 4PM
kee mabin: Untitled ‘The Storm’
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, August 23rd, at 7:30PM
Side Yard Sounds presents: Erik Sowa, Rebekah Dotzel and Adam Gabbert!
@ compound yellow
244 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, August 23rd, from 7PM - 9PM
Freedom From and Freedom To
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Saturday, August 23rd, at 7PM
The Shape of Presence
@ The Nest Gallery at Clay & Company,
816 Waukegan Rd, Deerfield, IL 60015
Opening Saturday, August 23rd, at 7 PM
On view through Sunday, September 28th
Funeral at the Movies (Week 2: Aurelia Mihai, Cecelia Condit, Alix Pearlstein)
@ Bodenrader
1620 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, August 23rd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 23rd
Hear We Art™
@ Kennicott Park
4434 S Lake Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, August 23rd, from 4PM - 7PM
Serena JV Elston: Lingering Bodies: Artist Talk
@ ANDREW RAFACZ
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 23rd, at 3PM
Oddball Market
@ Thalia Hall
1807 S Allport St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 23rd, from 3PM - 9PM
Flash Tattoos with Haylie Jimenez
@ Joy Machine
4148 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, August 23rd, from 11AM - 5PM
Deirdre Harrison with Katie Mazzini: Tune In, Take Turns
@ Columbus Park
500 S Central Ave, Chicago, IL 60644
Opening Saturday, August 23rd, from 10:30AM - 12PM
Play Reading Club – “She Kills Monsters” by Qui Nguyen
@ Gerber/Hart Library and Archives
6500 N Clark St, 2nd Fl, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, August 23rd, from 11AM - 2PM
Closing for Far Down the Phantom Air with homemade ice-cream and sorbet.
@ SAWHORSE
4222 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Saturday, August 23rd, from 8PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, August 24th
Parlour and Raise
@ Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st St., Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 22nd, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, August 22nd
Performance | Amreeka
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, August 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 19th
SAMAZAMA: WORKS INSPIRED BY A TRIP TO JAPAN by SHAWN SMITH/SHAWNIMALS
@ THE SEVENTH CORNER GALLERY @ HOWLING PAGES
4354 N MILWAUKEE AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60641
Opening Friday, August 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
Kaelyn Andrade: A Traves De La Pantalla
@ Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 22nd, from 5:30PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, August 30th
WORKROOM Celebration and Closing Reception
@ Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education
1010 W 35th St, Suite 697, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, August 22nd, from 5PM - 7:30PM
Sacred Containers: Capsules, Conduits, and Other Stories
@ Chicago Artists Coalition
1431 W Hubbard St, Suite 201 Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, August 22nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, October 9th
Evolve: Emerging Illinois Artists
@ Robert T. Wright Gallery of Art at the College of Lake County, Library
19351 W Washington St, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Friday, August 22nd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, September 24th
Comfort Music: Paige Alice Naylor & Carey/Beisel/Miller
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, August 21st, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
An Improvisational Performance with Marvin Tate at A Listening Space
@ A Listening Space
305 E Garfield Blvd Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, August 21st, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
In the Company of Women
@ 21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, August 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
Community on the Make | Arts of Life 2000 – 2025
@ Design Museum of Chicago
72 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, August 21st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Tuesday, September 30th
Making Justice: Art, Healing, Liberation
@ Chicago Made
Online
Opening Thursday, August 21st, from 3PM - 4:30PM
EarthCraft
@ Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, August 21st, from 12PM - 6PM
FUGUE STATE Film Festival
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, August 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
Tallulah Cartalucca: if a tree falls
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Wednesday, August 20th, at 6PM
Confluence & Reflection
@ CSI Project Space
1912 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, August 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 31st
The Intimate Register: Listening to Women and the Archive’s Lo-Fi Textures: POSTPONED
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Wednesday, August 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
Comfort Music: Zander Raymond & Saapato
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, August 19th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Tuesdays on the Terrace | Bethany Pickens’s Soulful Coalition
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, August 19th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
CPG Member Visit to the Newberry Library
@ Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Tuesday, August 19th, from 1PM - 2PM
Kendra Kett: Cellular Journeys
@ Esper Petersen Reading Room in the Robert T. Wright Gallery at the College of Lake County
19351 W Washington St, Grayslake, IL 60030
On view through Wednesday, September 24th
Ghost City Press Summer Series
@ Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Monday, August 18th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
2025 Sonic Pavilion Festival
@ Jay Pritzker Pavilion
201 E Randolph St., Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Monday, August 18th, from 8PM - 5PM
On view through Monday, August 18th
Sofia Saavedra: Crossing into Dreams: Closing Reception
@ Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, August 17th
Sunday Reading Series: CD Eskilson, Hedgie Choi, & Catherine-Esther Cowie
@ Hungry Brain
2319 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, August 17th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Art/Access Lab: How to Sustain your Practice & Present New Work
@ Experimental Station, Zoom
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, August 17th, from 2PM - 4PM
OPTION: BCMC (Cooper Crain and Bill MacKay)
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, August 17th, at 3PM
Isaac’s and Feifei’s Wedding
@ SHANGHAI SEMINARY
3262 S Morgan St, Storefront, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, August 17th, from 5PM - 7PM
Side Yard Sounds: Avreeayl Ra, Erez Dessel, Ken Vandermark, and Shanta Nurullah
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, August 16th, from 7PM - 9PM
Book Launch: Doom is the House Without a Door by Logan Berry
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 16th, from 7PM - 9PM
A Little Quilty Show
@ Color Club
4148 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, August 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 7th
Pure Moods
@ Junior.
1905 S Troy St, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, August 16th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 28th
Funeral at the Movies (Week 1: Gary Hill, Leslie Thornton & Ron Vawter, Mike Kelley, Renée Green)
@ Bodenrader
1620 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, August 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 16th
FOREVER YOUNG: PICTURE RESTART 16MM SERIES
@ Chicago Filmmakers
1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, August 16th, at 6PM
Appalachian Shibboleth and Other Southern Trail Trees
@ KIOSK
3054 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, August 16th, at 5:30PM
On view through Sunday, September 21st
Amanda Bradley: Solidity of Presence
@ Watershed Studioworks
3016 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, August 16th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 11th
Cripping the Galleries | Matt Bodett
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, August 16th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Anti-Capture Training
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 16th, from 2PM - 4PM
Entangled Expressions: Exploring the Labyrinth of Linearity: Artist Talk and Q&A
@ Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 16th, from 1PM - 2PM
On view through Sunday, September 14th
ART WORKS Projects & The Darkroom Chicago: Capturing Community Through the Lens of Joy & Liberation
@ Tuley Park Cultural Center
501 East 90th Pl, Chicago, IL 60619
Opening Saturday, August 16th, from 1PM - 4PM
a lot to be grateful for Finissage and Artist Talk
@ Mana Contemporary Chicago
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 16th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, August 16th
Stories from the Soul:
@ Oak Park Art League
720 Chicago Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, August 16th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, September 7th
Abdoulaye Conde
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, August 16th, from 9am - 4PM
On view through Sunday, September 21st
Dan Simoneau: The Muses
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, August 16th, from 9am - 4PM
On view through Sunday, September 14th
David Lozano: Now and Then
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, August 16th, from 9am - 4PM
On view through Sunday, September 14th
Yannaa Lynette at Dorothy
@ Dorothy
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 16th, from 9PM - 1AM
Fetish Film Forum – The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
@ Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, August 16th, from 7PM - 10PM
Quiet Comfort: Julia Soulsby
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 15th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Benjamin Luebkemann: The Circus
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, August 15th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, August 24th
Poetry Reading: Scream / Queen by CD Eskilson
@ Women & Children First
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, August 15th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Kira Dominguez Hultgren: So, I told her I was half-Indian
@ OH Art Foundation
1029 W 35th St, 3rd Fl, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, August 15th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
On view through Friday, September 12th
Poor Man’s Paradise
@ Project Onward
1200 W 35th St, 4th Fl, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, August 15th, from 6 PM - 9 PM
On view through Saturday, September 27th
Laura Lee Junge: CUCKOO – I’M NOT CRAZY YOU ARE
@ Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 15th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 21st
The Act of Recording is an Act of Love: The South Side Home Movie Project
@ Logan Center Exhibitions
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, August 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 24th
Vanessa Damilola Macaulay: Artist Talk
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, August 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
Lotus POWER : Ruth La Sure, Ivan Bilic, Rob John Proue, Heather Barstow, Jenn~Y
@ Timeless Arts Gallery & Studio
3040 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, August 15th, from 4 PM - 10 PM
On view through Friday, September 19th
