December 2025
Emilka Wolniewicz: the base material is an already consumer used object: Closing
@ neomediapolis
Studio 473, 2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 19th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
On view through Friday, December 19th
RE:ALIZE Becoming Infinite
@ Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE)
1010 W 35th Street, Suite 697, Chicago, IL, United States
Opening Wednesday, December 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, January 25th
15th Annual Sit on a Polar Bear’s Lap: Celebrate the Holiday Spirit
@ 4th Ward Project Space
5338 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, December 14th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, December 14th
Gnarly or Nice – Holiday Ceramics Market
@ Co-Prosperity
3219-21 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, December 13th, from 1PM - 5PM
Of Faith or Fetish Talk
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 13th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, January 11th
Winter Makers Market
@ TQ EXPERIENCE
1545 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 13th, from 11am - 4PM
Field Notes Holiday Market
@ Field Notes HQ
401 N Racine Ave., Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, December 13th, from 10am - 6PM
Mutuality: The Center Program Biennial Exhibition
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, December 13th, at 12PM delete
On view through Sunday, March 8th
Ghosts of Winters Past & Future
@ Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 12th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, January 17th
ASI SOMOS: A Digital Photo Exhibit at Humboldt
@ Humboldt Park,
1440 N Humboldt Blvd, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 12th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Monet it Forward ~ Holiday Art Exhibition & Charity Fundraiser
@ Timeless Arts Gallery & Studio
3040 NA shland Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, December 12th, from 6 PM - 9 PM
On view through Sunday, January 18th
Luftwerk | The Sun Standing Still
@ SECRIST | BEACH
1801 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 28th
Many Times
@ Yes Project Space
3705 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Friday, December 12th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, February 20th
Poets for Chicago: A Night of Art & Community Benefiting ICIRR
@ Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, December 11th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Art of Science: Exploring X-Ray Bursts: How Stars Ignite in Binary Systems
@ Parlour & Ramp Gallery
2130 W. 21st St., Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, December 11th, from 7 PM - 10 PM
Letterio Calapai: Cosmos, Spheres and Divinity
@ Koehnline Museum of Art
1600 E Golf Rd, Des Plaines, IL 60016
Opening Thursday, December 11th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, January 23rd
Play. Design. Move: A Teen Arts Experience
@ Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, December 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
Porcelain War
@ Chopin Theater
1543 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Monday, December 8th, from 7PM - 9PM
FRUTAS Holiday Mercado
@ Roman Susan at Institute of Cultural Affairs
4750 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago IL 60640
Opening Monday, December 8th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
Transvengence Vol. 10: Holiday Edition
@ Podlasie Club
2918 N Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, December 7th, at 7PM
Allison Wade: am is are was were
@ Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, December 7th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, January 10th
Sean Sullivan: Kitchen Harmonics
@ Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, December 7th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, January 10th
Sean Sullivan: Kitchen Harmonics
@ Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, December 7th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, January 10th
Figure Drawing Session
@ Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, December 7th, from 3 PM - 6 PM
Allison Wade: am is are was were
@ Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, December 7th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, January 10th
lindy b soffer: lost/found
@ Artful Framer Studios
2938 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Sunday, December 7th, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Friday, January 2nd
Fruity Night – Artist Talk
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, December 7th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, January 11th
Freedom From and Freedom To
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Saturday, December 6th, at 7PM
Lampo: Eve Aboulkheir: Medea(s) – Tskaltubo
@ Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 7PM - 8PM
Decoherence
@ LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave #3, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, January 25th
Please Set Me At Ease
@ RUPCORP
3012 S. Archer Ave, Chicago, IL, 60608
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 6th
Closing Performances of Gender Multifariousness
@ Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 7PM - 10PM
MINI RADICAL PRINT FAIR
@ Little Red Nest
5456 N Ashland Ave Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 4PM - 8PM
Cheek to Cheek
@ Comfort Station
2579 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Tuesday, December 16th
Artist as Archivist
@ Heritage Museum of Asian Art
3500 S Morgan St, 3rd Fl, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 2PM - 4PM
H Marsh Schenck: Both/And: A Queer Archive of Belonging
@ boundary
2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, December 13th
Doc Chicago Conference
@ Chicago Cultural Center, Studio Theater, first floor
78 E. Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from noon - 5PM
Underground Art Market
@ Revolution Brewing Taproom
3340 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 12 PM - 5 PM
On view through Saturday, December 6th
MAS Context | Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2025
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 11:30AM - 1PM
Cornelia Arts Building December Open Studios SECOND DAY
@ cornelia arts building
1800 W Cornelia Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 11am - 3PM
On view through Saturday, December 6th
16th Street Studios 29th Annual Studio Open House
@ Racine Arts and Business Center
1405 16th St, Racine, WI 53403
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 10AM - 4PM
Molly J. Schiff Holiday Event – Through the Decades (By Appointment Only)
@ Molly Schiff Estate
744 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 10 AM - 2 PM
On view through Saturday, December 6th
QUEERKINDLMARKT
@ Gerber/Hart Library and Archives
6500 N Clark St 2nd Fl, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 10AM - 4PM
CLOSING: Polly curated by Julia Rose Marks
@ recess gallery @ Schoolhouse
2247 N Maplewood Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 5th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, December 5th
Doc Chicago Shorts
@ Chicago Filmmakers
1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, December 5th, from 7PM - 9PM
TINY WORKS
@ Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 5th, from 6PM - 10PM
Michael Cuadrado Gonzalez: Entangled Forces
@ 65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, January 10th
Douglas Degges: a real animal biting itself
@ Space & Time
3307 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, December 5th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, December 28th
Bria Bridges: COMMON THREADS
@ SPACE 01
4850 W Bloomingdale Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Friday, December 5th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, December 20th
In Most Cases, More
@ Point Blank
3317 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, January 18th
Sonic Pavilion Redux: Exhibition
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, December 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, February 1st
Cornelia Arts Building December Open Studios 2025
@ cornelia arts building
1800 W Cornelia Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, December 5th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 6th
Small Works Show
@ Chicago Fine Art Salon
1400 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, December 5th, from 5PM - 9PM
Adolfo Arrieta: The Adventures of Sylvia Couski (1974)
@ Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, December 4th, at 9:30PM
Justin Lowe: BLAZE
@ Soccer Club Club
2923 N Cicero Ave. Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Thursday, December 4th, from 8PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, January 16th
Exhibit B
@ Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, December 4th, from 7PM - 8PM
Senior Capstone Exhibition
@ Wadsworth Family Gallery at Lewis University
One University Parkway, Romeoville, IL 60446
Opening Thursday, December 4th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 14th
Chicago Soul Poem: A City That Writes Together
@ Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, December 4th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Open Mike Eagle: Interview and Performance
@ National Public Housing Museum
919 South Ada St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, December 4th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Choreographing Death: World AIDS Day Memorial
@ Wrightwood 659
659 Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, December 4th, at 4PM
Utstilling
@ Minnekirken Norwegian Memorial Lutheran Church
2614 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago
Opening Thursday, December 4th, from 2 PM - 4 PM
On view through Thursday, December 4th
CLEAT Series: Macie Stewart, Sen Morimoto
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Wednesday, December 3rd, at 8PM
¡Slam Diáspora en Vivo!
@ Taqueria El Mezquite
1756 W 18th St Chicago, Illinois 60608
Opening Wednesday, December 3rd, from 6:30PM - 9PM
PROF DEV: Admin for Artists
@ Chicago Artists Coalition
1431 W Hubbard St, Suite 201 Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, December 3rd, from 6PM - 8PM
Poetry at The Whistler
@ The Whistler
2421 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, December 3rd, at 6PM
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter
@ Ralph Arnold Gallery
1131 W Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Wednesday, December 3rd, at 4PM
On view through Saturday, January 17th
Nazafarin Lotfi: On Making Space
@ Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, December 1st, at 6PM
Day With(out) Art 2025: Meet Us Where We’re At… With Artist Mary Patten
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, December 1st, from 5PM - 7PM
