THIS WEEK
Tuesday
June 2nd
Chicago Poet Laureate Mayda del Valle with Poetry Editor-in-Chief Adrian Matejka
@ The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, June 2nd, from 6PM - 7:50PM
Wednesday
June 3rd
Sixty on Stage: Poetry & Prose!
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, June 3rd, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Harlem Masimba West Artist Talk
@ Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, June 3rd, at 6PM
Thursday
June 4th
PANEL DISCUSSION: The Diasporic Influences of Martin Wong
@ Wrightwood 659
659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, June 4th, from 6 PM - 7 PM
On view through Saturday, July 18th
Tonal Conversations: The Promise
@ 150 Media Stream
150 N Riverside Plaza, Chicago, IL 60606
Opening Thursday, June 4th, from 12PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 5th
Friday
June 5th
Samuel Schwindt: Pleasure Puncture
@ Ignition Project Space
3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Friday, June 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 27th
Charlotte Briskin: Spontaneous Symmetry
@ Ignition project space
3839 W Grand Ave, Chicsgo, IL 60651
Opening Friday, June 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 27th
Not Normal: Challenging Societal Norms
@ Forum 301
301 W Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, June 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, June 5th
FIRST FRIDAYS ART EXHIBIT at Fulton Street Collective
@ Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 5th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, June 29th
Her
@ Chicago Grand Gallery
2842 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 5th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, June 19th
Lawrence Schiller: Motion Pictures
@ Hilton Contemporary | River North
716 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, June 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Tuesday, June 23rd
Chris Reeves: Syllabus of Effects
@ Ignition Project Space
3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Friday, June 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 27th
It’s Here, Am I
@ Side Street Studio Arts
15 Ziegler Ct, Elgin, IL 60120
Opening Friday, June 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 26th
Body Sovereignty
@ ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, June 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
Saturday
June 6th
OPERATION Polli-Nation : Sparing “WEEDS” ‘n Bees | OPENING RECEPTION 6/6/26
@ Timeless Arts Gallery & Studio
3040 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL, 60657
Opening Saturday, June 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 11th
Beyond the Black Rainbow: Justin Beachler, Laveen Gammie, Tristan Higginbotham, Nico Ramirez Rosas
@ Twelve Ten Gallery
1104 West Thorndale Ave, Chicago IL 60660
Opening Saturday, June 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 25th
Kathryn Rodrigues: Homesick
@ Perspective Gallery
1310 1/2 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, June 6th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, June 28th
Design & Art 17
@ Dock 6 Collective
2100 N Major Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Saturday, June 6th, from 2PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 6th
Masasarap na Panaginip (Delicious Dreams)
@ The Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago Museum (FAHSC) | 3rd Floor Gallery
Mana Contemporary, Suite 316, 2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 6th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, July 12th
Jeff Carter: The Singer Pavilion Project
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
On view through Sunday, September 20th
Art Market: The Digs x Half Acre Brewing
@ Half Acre Brewing
2050 W Balmoral Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, June 6th, from 11am - 5PM
On view through Sunday, June 7th
Screening: It’s Just a Fucking Opening
@ Tala
1644 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, June 6th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, June 6th
Sunday
June 7th
The 79th Annual 57th Street Art Fair: June 6–7, 2026
@ 57th Street
57th Street, Between Woodlawn and Kenwood Avenues Hyde Park, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, June 7th, from 10AM - 5PM
NEXT WEEK
