Screen Test

@ Roman Susan at PO Box Collective

6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago IL 60626

Opening Thursday, October 1st, at 7PM

Conversations at the Edge | Nancy Andrews: Phantom Limbs

@ Siskel Film Center

164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601

Opening Thursday, October 1st, from 6PM - 8PM

Closing Walkthrough: Camas de Ceniza/Ash Beds

@ Pueblo Unido Gallery

6212 N Clark St, Chicago IL USA

Opening Thursday, October 1st, from 6 PM - 8 PM

On view through Thursday, October 1st

Conversation: Mary Cassatt’s Voice—An Artist’s Correspondence

@ Art Institute of Chicago

111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603

Opening Thursday, October 1st, from 6PM - 7PM

’90s & Neon Fundraiser

@ Ignite Glass Studios

401 N Armour St, Chicago, IL 60642

Opening Thursday, October 1st, from 6PM - 9PM

The Caliber of Risk

@ No Nation Tangential Unspace Art Lab

1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60622

Opening Thursday, October 1st, from 6PM - 10PM

Audre Lorde: The Life, Legacy & Power of a Black Feminist Icon

@ Sisters in Cinema Media Arts Center

2310 E 75th St, Chicago, IL 60649

Opening Friday, October 2nd, at 7PM

On view through Saturday, October 3rd

Annual Open House and Huge Art Exhibit at Hubbard Street Lofts

@ Hubbard Street Lofts

1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622

Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 6PM - 10PM

Amay Kataria/Abhishek Narula/David Jones

@ Ignition project space

3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651

Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM

On view through Sunday, October 25th

Black, White and Gray

@ Fulton Street Collective

1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622

Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 6PM - 10PM

On view through Wednesday, October 28th

Something Wicked…

@ Side Street Studio Arts

15 Ziegler Court, Elgin, IL 60120

Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM

On view through Sunday, November 1st

People’s Choice Fall Exhibition

@ Hairpin Arts Center

2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618

Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 6PM - 9:30PM

Day of the Dead Exhibition

@ Dragonfly Gallery and Creative Spaces

2436 W Madison St, Chicago IL. 60612

Opening Friday, October 2nd, at 6PM

On view through Sunday, November 1st

Periodical: Melissa Oresky

@ Rockford Univesity Art Gallery

5050 E State St, Rockford, IL 61108

Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 6PM - 8PM

On view through Friday, December 4th

Walking on an Airy Road

@ Arts of Life and Circle Contemporary

2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612

Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM

On view through Friday, November 6th

Chicago Icons

@ New Gallery and Chicago Fine Art Salon

2623 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622

Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 5PM - 9PM

On view through Saturday, October 31st

Stacey Lee Gee: ROTATOR: OSCILLATIONS

@ ARC Gallery

1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642

Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM

On view through Friday, October 30th

Deepest Rhythms

@ ARC Gallery

1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642

Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM

On view through Friday, October 30th

WEAR THE PAINT: ALLEN VANDEVER’S HAND-PAINTED JACKET ART SHOW

@ Childhood Fractured's Phygital Art Gallery

1432 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago IL 60613

Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 7PM - 11PM

On view through Thursday, October 8th

Panel Discussion: A DIY History of Chicago DIY

@ KIOSK, Chicago, IL

3054 N. Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60657

Opening Saturday, October 3rd, at 7PM

Side Yard Sounds: Dan Petry & Mark Snyder

@ compound yellow

244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302

Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 7PM - 9PM

Where I Sleep, Closing Reception and Special Performance

@ Forum 301

301 W Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60654

Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM

On view through Saturday, October 3rd

Dreaming in Blue

@ Purple Window Gallery

2233 S Throop St, Unit 845, Chicago, IL 60608

Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM

On view through Saturday, October 31st

Alexa Frangos: (Re)arranging

@ Perspective Gallery

1310 1/2 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201

Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 5PM - 7PM

On view through Sunday, November 1st

Diskussionsrunde: Punk Night

@ KIOSK, Chicago, IL

3054 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60657 USA

Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 5PM - 9PM

Watershed Cairns: Marking the Mississippi River Watershed: Libby Reuter and Joshua Rowan

@ Watershed Art & Ecology

1821 S Racine Ave, Chicago 60608

Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 2PM - 7PM

On view through Saturday, October 31st

Liz Weinstein: Freaky Fungi

@ Edgewater Branch, Chicago Public Library

6000 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60660

Opening Saturday, October 3rd, at 1PM

Archiving Artist-Built Environments: A Conversation with Jo Farb Hernández and Debra Kerr

@ Intuit Art Museum

756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618

Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 1 PM - 2 PM

meditation on: sculptural portals, a visual lecture by ebere agwuncha

@ Chicago Cultural Center

78 E. Washington St. Chicago, IL 60602

Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 12:30PM - 2PM

“Drawing with Metal” Activation with Artist Bill Brady

@ Intuit Art Museum

756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL, 60642

Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 12:30 PM - 1 PM

The Great Art Tailgate with Bad at Sports

@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago — Anne & John Kern Terrace Garden

220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611

Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 11AM - 3PM

AFw 2026: Xavi burgos, Black warrior angel (part one) staged reading and talkbalk

@ La Escuelita Bombera de Corazón

3505 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

Opening Saturday, October 3rd, at 3PM

Pleasure Power Portal: A Progressive Performance Experience – The Aperitif

@ Honey Pot Performance

Location to be disclosed upon ticket purchase

Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 1PM - 4PM

On view through Sunday, October 4th

AFROFUTURIST WEEKEND 11: Mike monford j dilla tribute; RAP PANEL & J BAMBII Film

@ Elastic Arts

3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647

Opening Saturday, October 3rd, at 5PM

Listening to Nature Soundwalk

@ Sagawau Environmental Learning Center

12545 W 111th St, Lemont, IL 60439

Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 1PM - 2:30PM

Fall Exhibition Opening

@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago

5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637

Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 2PM - 5PM

Queer History Symposium

@ Center on Halsted

3656 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60613

Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 9AM - 4PM

The Dylan Jones Animation Tape & Y’all So Stupid Screening

@ Mavra

5338 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago IL 60630

Opening Sunday, October 4th, from 7PM - 10PM

On view through Friday, November 6th

Northwestern University Day Fall 2026

@ Northwestern University

633 Clark St, Evanston, IL 60208

Opening Sunday, October 4th, from 11AM - 7PM

Documentation Workshops and Open Studios

@ Evanston Art Center

1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201

Opening Sunday, October 4th, from 10am - 12PM

FREE FILM SCREENING: Bulky Trash

@ Goethe-Institut Chicago

150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60601

Opening Monday, October 5th, at 6PM

Behind Us We Are You: An Artist Talk and Exhibition by Atlan Arceo-Witzl

@ Archer Heights Branch Library - Chicago Public Library

5055 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60632

Opening Monday, October 5th, from 6PM - 7PM

On view through Saturday, October 31st

Brick of Chicago Walking Tour: Will Quam

@ The Richard H. Driehaus Museum

50 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611

Opening Tuesday, October 6th, from 5PM - 6:15PM

Sound Bath meditation: BelleAime

@ Heaven Gallery

1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2 Chicago, IL 60622

Opening Wednesday, October 7th, from 7PM - 8PM

Film Screening – “Street Signs: Murals in Chicago” (1990) with filmmaker in person

@ Epiphany Center for the Arts

201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607

Opening Wednesday, October 7th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM

Conversations at the Edge | Adam Khalil and Zack Khalil: Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]

@ Gene Siskel Film Center

164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601

Opening Thursday, October 8th, from 6PM - 8PM

Mavra Offsite for APOCALYPSE DRAWINGS

@ The Theosophical Society of America

1926 N Main St, Wheaton, IL 60187

Opening Thursday, October 8th, from 1PM - 6PM

On view through Friday, November 6th

Art City Showcase: An arts fundraising event

@ Art City

1400 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642

Opening Thursday, October 8th, from 5PM - 9PM

On view through Friday, October 16th

WAITING: Stand in Solitary to protest the closure of the DePaul Art Museum

@ DePaul Art Museum

935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614

Opening Thursday, October 8th, from 5PM - 6PM

On view through Thursday, October 8th