May 2018
Specks of Earth
@ Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2nd, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, May 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
Reparations Live!: Black Rest As a Radical Act
@ Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th Street, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, May 19th, from 6PM - 10PM
Twisted Party for Twisted Oyster
@ Your Happy Place Liquors
2501 A N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, August 5th
Swing Set Drum Kit
@ Raymond Park
1700 Hinman Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, May 19th, from 10AM - 3PM
Savanna Arts Parade
@ West Pullman Park
401 W 123rd St, Chicago, IL 60628
Opening Saturday, May 19th, from 12PM - 4PM
Chicago Resilience Festival
@ Douglas Park
1858 S California Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 19th, from 12PM - 4PM
Expressionist Treasure
@ Morpho Gallery
5216 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, June 13th
Broken Dreams
@ Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, Illinois 60608
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, June 1st
Whitney Bedford: NUMINOUS
@ Carrie Secrist Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 30th
Kazumi Seki: Bedtime Breathing
@ Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 3PM - 3:30PM
On view through Friday, May 18th
David Hauptschein: The Madman Theory
@ Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Fourth Floor, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, May 18th
Common Bound
@ 062
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, June 8th
The Smile Behind the Mask
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, June 24th
Santina Amato: Monster
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, June 24th
Mel Cook & Molly Colleen O’Connell: Mother of the Clown
@ Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, May 18th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, June 16th
The Frost Bound Fast the Tears Between Them
@ Rubberneck
2058 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 10th
Conversation: Fleshing Out Ivan Albright
@ The Art Institute of Chicago, Griffin Court
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 12PM - 1PM
“THE WILD” Marshall Square Sculpture Project #2
@ OPEN Center for the Arts
2214 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
Chicago Zine Fest 2018: Friday Night Panel Discussion and Reading
@ The Institute of Cultural Affairs - USA
4750 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
On view through Saturday, May 19th
DfbrL8r // Fri3rd // Zhou B
@ Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery [DFBRL8R]
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
Jeanne Dunning Mary Dunning
@ Randy Alexander Gallery
1926 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Il 60616
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 16th
Expressionist Treasure
@ Morpho gallery
5216 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, June 1st
Melanie Schiff: Lay Lie Lay
@ PATRON
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 7th
Alex Chitty: pulling flavor from the dirt
@ PATRON
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 7th
eco-ART
@ The Art Center Highland Park
1957 Sheridan Rd, Highland Park, IL 60035
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Monday, June 25th
Impermanent Lands
@ The Art Center Highland Park
1957 Sheridan Rd, Highland Park, IL 60035
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Monday, June 25th
Heroes of Color
@ Comix Revolution
606 Davis St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 6PM - 7PM
Adam Scott: Terraforms (Chromium Dreams)
@ 65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 16th
Systematic Overtures
@ Thomas Masters Gallery
245 W North Ave, Chicago, IL60610
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
Anna Hasseltine: Unlikely Friends and Certain Enemies
@ Galerie F
2415 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 10th
Sarvin Haghighi: The Sound of Silence
@ Art NXT Level Projects /33 Contemporary
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, June 9th
Visions of Venus
@ Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, June 8th
Manifest Truth
@ Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, May 25th
Overlook Field Trip: MoCP Print Viewing
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, May 17th, from 7PM - 9PM
Curator Tour: Speak Truth To Power, Photography by ASMP Legend Eddie Adams
@ Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
9603 Woods Dr, Skokie, IL 60077
Opening Thursday, May 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
Public Newsroom #63: How the Tribune, RedEye and Hoy Unionized
@ Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, May 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
An Expansive Practice—Howardena Pindell as artist/curator/activist
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, May 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, May 20th
Chicago Zine Fest: Visit the DePaul zine collection
@ DePaul University, John T. Richardson Library
2350 N Kenmore Ave, Rm 417, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, May 17th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 19th
Uptown Speaks
@ Haitian American Museum of Chicago (HAMOC)
4654 N Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Thursday, May 17th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Jessica Stockholder: Play on Surfaces and Surfing
@ Regenstein Library
1100 E 57th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, May 17th, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Sunday, June 17th
Leading Change Workshop
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, May 16th, from 8AM - 12:30PM
Branding Quality TV: Race, Gender, and Representation
@ Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, May 16th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Reflecting on Light, Architecture and Design
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Wednesday, May 16th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 26th
Studs Terkel Birthday & Radio Archive Launch Celebration
@ Hideout Inn
1354 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, May 16th, at 6:30PM
The Chair: Rethinking Culture, Body & Design
@ The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, May 16th, from 12PM - 3PM
Carol Genetti and Rob Jacobs: Forced into Femininity
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, May 15th, from 7PM - 9PM
Cello Recital / Reading Event
@ Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Tuesday, May 15th, from 1PM - 1:20PM
On view through Thursday, May 17th
Art Design Chicago: The Intersection of Creativity and Commerce
@ Maggiano's Banquet
516 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Tuesday, May 15th, from 11:30AM - 1:30PM
Omar Kholeif on Otobong Nkanga
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, May 15th, from 12PM - 1PM
The Art and Design of the Doomsday Clock
@ Weinberg/Newton Gallery
300 W Superior St, Ste 203, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Tuesday, May 15th, from 5PM - 8PM
Arts Program Design + Development
@ Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, May 15th, from 5:30PM - 9PM
Zoe Leonard: I want a president
@ LANDLINE
The alley just north of W. Cullterton St. running East/West between S. Carpenter St. and S. Miller St. in Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Tuesday, May 15th, from 12AM - 12AM
On view through Friday, June 1st
Blithe Field, Ariel Zetina, Mukqs, Banal Anml
@ TCC Gallery Chicago
2547 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, May 14th, from 7PM - 11PM
Option: Jeff Kimmel Solo + Trio
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, May 14th, from 7PM - 10PM
Midori Takada
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, May 14th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Storytelling Series
@ Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, May 14th, from 6PM - 7PM
Hui-min Tsen: At Bounded Space
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, May 13th, from 2PM - 4PM
Spudnik Press Community Day
@ Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, May 13th, from 2 PM - 6 PM
Print Politics and the Monoprint
@ Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 W Hubbard St #302, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Sunday, May 13th
Judith Russi Kirshner on the work of Richard Rezac
@ The Renaissance Society, Film Studies Center, Cobb Hall
5811 S Ellis Ave, 3rd floor, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, May 13th, from 1PM - 2PM
On view through Sunday, June 17th
Brian Dovie Golden: Silver Lining
@ Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 7th
New Arts Journalism M.A. Program
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
On view through Saturday, May 12th
Magda Bowen
@ Jimmy Beans Gallery
2553 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 12th, at 6PM
On view through Monday, June 4th
Future Fluid
@ School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 S Michigan Ave, Room 1307, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, May 12th, at Reception 6PM, Screening 6:15PM
On view through Saturday, May 12th
READ/WRITE – Grassroots Research Workshop
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 2PM - 4PM
Olivia Schreiner: Nascent Things
@ Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, June 10th
HAPPY HARD CORE
@ THE CONDO ASSOCIATION
2700 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 12th
You’ll Never Get What You Don’t Ask For
@ Adler & Floyd
3537 S Western Blvd, unit 5, 2nd FL, , Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, June 2nd
Queer Film Series: Episode 8: Part I
@ Hume
3242 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 6PM - 12am
Kate Conlon: DL-44
@ Fernwey
916 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, June 2nd
Fiona Craig
@ Essentia
2118 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, July 21st
Also this
@ The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, The LeRoy Neiman Center
36 S Wabash Ave, Rm 327, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 10AM - 4PM
Arte Diseño Xicágo: A Neighborhood Fiesta in the Heart of Pilsen
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 12PM - 5PM
Clinical Skill-Share + Strategies for Teaching Artists
@ Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 10AM - 1PM
Kismet
@ Agitator: a co-operative gallery
1112 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
20x20x20
@ Vertical Gallery
1016 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 26th
Arte al Rescate Presents an Art Fundraiser for Puerto Rico
@ Workshop 4200
4200 W Diversey Ave, Chicago IL 60639
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 10th
Lucid Film Fest
@ Porkchop
1516 E Harper Ct, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 2PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, May 12th
Sacha Ingber: Shelves of Mist
@ Triumph
2055 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 17th
An Exquisite Crawl
@ Sector 2337 + The Green Lantern Press, Gallerie F, The Whistler
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 12th, from 4PM - 6PM
Columbia College Chicago BFA Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition
@ Arcade Gallery
618 S Michigan Ave, 2nd fl, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, May 23rd
Kazumi Seki: Bedtime Breathing
@ Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 2:30PM - 3PM
On view through Friday, May 18th
David Heo: These Nights
@ YCA
1180 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, June 1st
Privates
@ Studio Oh!
1837 S Halsted St Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Tuesday, May 29th
Beyond Black Panther: Celebrating Sci-Fi in Books and Comic Books
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 1PM - 5PM
Rene Magritte: Selected Writings
@ The Cliff Dwellers
200 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60604
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Legacies in Art and Design
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 6PM - 7PM
Liz McCarthy: Handles Expenditure
@ Sector 2337 + The Green Lantern Press, Shoebox Gallery
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 29th
Crystal Lattice
@ ADDS DONNA
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 12th
Columbia College MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition
@ The Hokin Project
623 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, May 24th
Angelika Markul: If the hours were already counted
@ Sector 2337 + The Green Lantern Press
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 29th
Ritual for the Warrior Women
@ Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Howard Finster: Man of Visions
@ Carl Hammer Gallery
740 N Wells Street, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, June 29th
Peeling off the Grey
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 7th
Familia: BA Fine Art/ A+D Manifest Showcase
@ Columbia College Chicago Library
624 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 2PM - 3PM
Columbia College Art History Symposium: When Words Meet Images
@ Columbia College Chicago, The Hokin Hall
623 S Wabash Ave, Room 109, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 3PM - 5PM
Owning our Stories
@ OPEN Center for the Arts
2214 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 4PM - 10Pm
Surrealist Singing Workshop
@ Outerspace
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 11th, from 7PM - 9PM
