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
Breaking the Silence A Juried Exhibition of Veteran Art
Oak Park Art League | August 8 – September 6, 2026
Opening Night Reception August 8, 7-9pm
Some things don’t have words. Not because they can’t be described, but because language wasn’t built to hold them. The weight of a deployment. The quiet after a discharge. The distance between who you were before and who you came home as.
Art can hold what words can’t.
Breaking the Silence brings together 30 original works by Chicago-area veteran artists — paintings, photographs, sculptures, and mixed media created by people who know that experience firsthand. The exhibition takes its name seriously: this is not art about veterans. It’s art by veterans, made on their own terms, in their own voice.
The Oak Park Art League is open to the public Thurs-Fri 1-5pm, Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 1-4pm.
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