October 2017
Roots of Pilsen, linking Pilsen to it’s history
@ PERSEPOLITAN Gallery
1714 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 21st, at 12PM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
The Power of Art in Public Places
@ Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 1:30PM - 3PM
Live Art: Typography with Matthew Hoffman
@ Apple Michigan Avenue
401 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 11AM - 1PM
Photo Walks: Time-lapse with Craig Shimala
@ Apple Michigan Avenue
401 N Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 1PM - 2:30PM
Catie Olson: On the Ones and Twos
@ Loo
2153 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 18th
Vivarium
@ Slow
2153 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 18th
Twisted Oyster Film Festival 2017 – Day 2
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
Shir Ende: How To Move With a Fence
@ Buttercup Park
4901 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 5PM - 6PM
On view through Monday, October 21st
Memories of Resistance
@ La Catrina Cafe
1011 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 12PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
Carla Fisher Schwartz in Conversation with Kate Pollasch
@ The Mission Projects
1431 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 1PM - 2PM
Painting and Lemonade with Iris and Zoe
@ Terrain Biennial
5021 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 1PM - 3PM
Reclaiming Casa Aztlan
@ Casa Aztlan
1831 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 21st, at 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
Daniel Quiles and Arto Lindsay: Antropofagía
@ The Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Hall
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 2:30PM - 3:30PM
The Murder of Fred Hampton
@ Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Saturday, October 21st, at 3:30PM
On view through Wednesday, October 25th
Terrain Biennial 2017: Block Reception
@ Terrain Biennial
800 N Harvey Ave, Oak Park, IL
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 3PM - 6PM
Surajit Biswas: Drawings of Vision, Sound, Vibratory Space, and Forms
@ Prak-sis Ltd.
16 W Ontario St, 1st floor, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, October 27th
El Abrazo (phase 1) Mural Dedication
@ Pilsen Open Studios
944 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 4PM - 7:30PM
Funhouse : Art Oddities
@ All Star Press Chicago
2775 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Just Desserts
@ Hume Gallery
3242 W Armitage Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Women of WAC Walking Tour
@ The Hokin Project Gallery
623 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 1PM - 2PM
The Future of Place: Redefining Architectural Experiences
@ IA Collaborative
218 S Wabash Ave, 9th Fl, Chicago, IL 60604
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 10AM - 12PM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
¡Sí, Se Puede! Exhibition Tour and Catalog Release Party
@ Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 4th
Michael Anthony Garcia: Tempest-Tost
@ Columbia College Chicago
1104 S Wabash Ave, 1st Fl, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Wednesday, December 20th
Inception
@ Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, November 3rd
Elevate Chicago Dance
@ The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago
1306 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, October 20th, at 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, October 21st
That Belongs in a Museum!
@ Irish American Heritage Center
4626 N Knox Ave, Chicago, IL 60630
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Façades
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, November 26th
2017 18th Street Pilsen Open Studios
@ 18th Street Pilsen Open Studios
Chicago, Lower West Side
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 8PM - 12AM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
Run, Run, Run
@ Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 6PM - 10pM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
20×2 Chicago: How Does It Work?
@ The Hideout
1354 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
Mountains, Lakes, Places I Feel Safe
@ Archer Beach Haus
3012 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 8PM - 12AM
On view through Friday, October 20th
Strategies of Cultural Change in the Anthropocene
@ The LeRoy Neiman Center
37 S Wabash Ave, 1st fl, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 4:15PM - 7PM
The Mask Behind the Mask Book Launch and Closing Reception for Hauptschein’s Tarot
@ Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, 4th Flo, Chicago, IL 60609-1402
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, October 20th
Painted Stories
@ JLynnPorto Studio
1515 W 18th Pl, 3R, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 12PM - 12am
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
The Body’s Role in Thinking, Performing and Referencing Conference
@ Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 9AM - 5:30PM
MEET THE ARTISTS
@ Latitude Chicago
1821 West Hubbard St, Suite 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 6PM - 10PM
Viewing Silence: Reception and Wind Tunnel Demonstration
@ Fermilab
Wilson Hall, Pine Street & Kirk Rd, Batavia, IL 60510
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, December 31st
Real Paintings and Fake Stamps
@ Cobalt Studio
1950 W 21st St, Storefront, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 20th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, October 22nd
Art on Harrison
@ Oak Park Arts District
On Harrison St Btw Austin & Ridgeland, Oak Park, IL 60304
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 21st
Catherine Forster: Cactus flower f#%k-off love roses
@ Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
Clarissa Bonet: Urban Constructs: City Space + Stray Light
@ Northeastern Illinois University, Fine Arts Gallery
5500 N Saint Louis Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, November 17th
Aviva Alter and Marzena Ziejka: From Bits and Pieces
@ Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 11th
The People Under the Stairs
@ Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S. Stony Island Ave
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
2017 Weisman Award Exhibition
@ The Arcade
618 S Michigan Ave, 2nd fl, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, January 18th
Wabash Arts Corridor (WAC) Crawl
@ Columbia College Chicago
623 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 4PM - 9PM
Members only
@ Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 7PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, November 15th
Light Touch and IT TAKES TIME
@ University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle, Suite 103, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Friday, October 20th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, December 17th
Discourse: Juan Giraldo
@ Lillstreet Loft
4437 N Ravenswood, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
How the Arts Affect Neighborhoods
@ Beverly Arts Center
2407 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
A Memory Palace of Fear
@ Silent Funny
4106 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL60651
Opening Thursday, October 19th, at 6PM
On view through Tuesday, October 31st
NIC Kay: Screamin Limbs (A Conversation with Senga Nengudi’s…
@ DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 6PM - 7PM
Chicago International Film Fest: Rogers Park
@ AMC River East 21
322 E Illinois St, Chicago IL 60611
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 6:15PM - 8:15PM
On view through Monday, October 23rd
Returns: Roundtable with Françoise Vergés
@ Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 East 60th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
Conversation: The Art of Purvis Young
@ Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 6PM - 7PM
En Español: Poetry, Prose, and Polemics
@ Sector 2337 + The Green Lantern Press
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 7PM - 9PM
The Real-Fake
@ The Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
Danny Lyon
@ The Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Hall
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 6PM - 7PM
Public Newsroom #38: Covering Abortion and Reproductive Rights
@ Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
Rare Earth Performances: Growing Concerns Poetry Collective
@ University of Chicago's Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 19th, at 6:30PM
On view through Friday, November 17th
HCL Fall 2017 Open House
@ Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2nd, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 7PM - 11PM
Dolores Huerta in conversation with Paul R. Chavez
@ Conaway Center
1104 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Opening Reception for Housing as a Human Right: Social Construction
@ Archeworks
625 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Monday, January 8th
Amalia Pica: Artist Talk
@ Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
Lee Bey: Chicago: A Southern Exposure
@ DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Wednesday, February 1st
Steve Harp
@ DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 1PM - 2PM
Reception and Roundtable for Educators: Black Panther Party-Chicago
@ Westside Justice Center
601 S California Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 3:30PM - 6:30PM
Rural Urban Framework
@ The Leroy Neiman Center
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 4:15PM - 5:45PM
Art for All Ages
@ Douglas Park
1401 S Sacramento Dr, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 5PM - 7PM
Human Human
@ Ralph Arnold Gallery
1131 W Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Tuesday, November 14th
Art After Work: DIY Henry Darger Costumes
@ Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, October 19th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Immigration Dialogue through Mural Art
@ UIC Latino Cultural Center
803 S Morgan St, Lecture Center B2, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, October 18th, from 11AM - 12:30PM
Making Out – Digitally Intimate
@ SITE Sharp
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago IL, 60603
Opening Wednesday, October 18th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, October 27th
Renata Graw
@ McAninch Art Center at College of DuPage
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Wednesday, October 18th, from 1PM - 1:50PM
David Hartt: in the forest
@ Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, October 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
Potluck, circle and intention setting
@ Plus Gallery Chicago
1800 W 18th St 1R (entrance on Wood St.), Chicago, IL, 60608
Opening Wednesday, October 18th, from 7PM - 8PM
Dinner with Mi-yeon Kwon’s 1000 Bowl Project
@ Prak-sis Ltd.
16 W Ontario St, 1st fl, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Wednesday, October 18th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, October 28th
Anahid Ghorbani: Dammeyer Fellow Reception and Artist Talk
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, October 18th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
An Evening with Amalia Pica and Friends
@ ACRE Projects
1345 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, October 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
Anxiety in Creative Process and Performance
@ VOLTA Performing Arts
2142 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, October 18th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
From Frank Llyod Wright to Chicago’s Jackson Park
@ Alphawood Gallery
2401 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, October 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
Amanda Williams
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, October 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
Lit & Luz Festival Kick-off + Earthquake Recovery Fundraiser
@ Ace Hotel Chicago
311 N Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, October 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
The Role of the Cultural Spaces in Decolonizing History
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, Illinois 60602
Opening Tuesday, October 17th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
A Local Artist Showcase
@ The Gwen, a Luxury Collection Hotel
512 N Rush St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, October 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
[re]IGNITE
@ Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Tuesday, October 17th, from 7PM - 9PM
Mark Dion Lecture
@ The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium
230 S. Columbus Dr. Chicago, IL
Opening Monday, October 16th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
I Am Not Your Negro
@ Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Monday, October 16th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
The Forum at Chicago Ideas Week
@ Block Thirty Seven
108 N State St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Monday, October 16th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, October 20th
Jurriaan Benschop
@ Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, October 16th, from 6PM - 7PM
Samira Yamin
@ Loyola University Chicago, Mundelein Center for Fine and Performing Arts,
1020 W Sheridan Rd, Room 708, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, October 16th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
Understanding Indigenous Roots: An Intercultural Discourse (Part II)
@ South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Sunday, October 15th, from 3PM - 5PM
Woman Made Poets Come to Pilsen
@ Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave, #4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, October 15th, from 1PM - 3:30PM
Within the Walls
@ The Overlook
3323 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, October 15th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Balas & Wax: For the Wanderer
@ THE FRANKLIN
3522 W. Franklin Blvd. Chicago IL 60624
Opening Sunday, October 15th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, November 19th
Portrait Drawing Workshop
@ Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Sunday, October 15th, from 2PM - 5PM
