December 2018
Zakkiyyah Najeebah: A Different Kind of Love Story: For Us
@ ADDS DONNA
3252 West North Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, January 12th
In Transit
@ Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan Street, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, January 12th
Salvador Dominguez: OPEN / ABIERTO
@ One After 909
906 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, January 26th
Night Catches Us
@ Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, December 14th, from 7:45PM - 10:45PM
My Womb es mi Altar: Afro-Latinadad Visions of the Sacred
@ Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, December 14th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Celebrating the Christmas Story in Art
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, December 14th, from 12PM - 1PM
The 20th Annual Animation Show of Shows
@ Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
On view through Thursday, December 27th
Welcome
@ The Yards
2028 S Canalport Ave, Chicago, IL 606016
Opening Friday, December 14th, from 7PM - 11PM
Second Friday Open Studios
@ Fine Arts Building Studios
410 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, December 14th, from 5PM - 9PM
Jim Redd: Flashback ‘84
@ Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 14th, from 5PM - 10PM
AIDS Awareness Stamps
@ Gerber Hart Library and Archives
6500 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, December 13th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Open Crit: Cog*Nate Collective
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, December 13th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Tangelo 10.0: December Reading
@ Tangelo
2451 S Oakley Ave Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, December 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
Boots Riley: Sorry To Bother You
@ Berger Park Cultural Center
6205 N Sheridan Rd Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, December 13th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Pen Incest Publication Launch
@ 062
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Thursday, December 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
Christien Meindertsma
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, December 13th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Public Newsroom 89: Ask the Editor! Op-ed Writing Workshop
@ Experimental Station, Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, December 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
Copyright Workshop
@ Pilsen Law Center
1545 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, December 13th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Eduardo F. Rosario: On Recombination
@ Sector 2337 + The Green Lantern Press
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, December 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
Picturing The Silver Room
@ The Silver Room
1302 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, December 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
How to Draw in Museums (Part I)
@ Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, December 13th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Ivan Brunetti: 3×4
@ ShopColumbia at Averill and Bernard Leviton Gallery
619 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, December 13th, from 4PM - 7PM
Odes & Tattoos: Gallery Talk
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Thursday, December 13th, from 5:30PM - 6:30PM
Dr. Deborah Dash Moore conversation in with Maudlyne Ihejirika
@ Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership
610 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, December 13th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Pen Incest Publication Launch
@ 062 Gallery
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Thursday, December 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, January 6th
Harlo Holmes: Journalism, Activism, and the Surveillance State
@ Make City (ICNC)
320 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Thursday, December 13th, from 7PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, December 13th
2018-19 Artists in Residence Welcome Reception and Artist Talk
@ Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture
5733 S University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, December 12th, from 7PM - 9PM
Haley Fohr’s Hideout Residency – Night 2: green
@ Hideout Inn
1354 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, December 12th, from 9PM - 12AM
J e l l o: 20(18)
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, December 12th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Living Architecture: Murmurs of Democracy
@ 6018NORTH
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Wednesday, December 12th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 23rd
Pour One Out: The End, Perhaps?!
@ Volumes Bookcafe
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, December 12th, from 7PM - 9PM
SPARK Microgrant Info Session
@ Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Wednesday, December 12th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Andrea Bowers and Emory Douglas
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, December 12th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Sinema Obscura: Dinner Theatre
@ Uncommon Ground
1401 W Devon Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Wednesday, December 12th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
2nd Wednesday Lecture: Cultivation and Community in Chicago
@ Garfield Park Conservatory
300 N Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Wednesday, December 12th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Take Root Among The Stars: The Legacy of Octavia Butler, Surviving the 21st Century & Beyond
@ The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Leroy Neiman Center
37 South Wabash, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, December 12th, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Saturday, January 26th
Women’s Work at Hull-House and Beyond: The Feminist Agenda
@ Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Tuesday, December 11th, from 5:30 PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, February 15th
An Accident is Never Over
@ Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Basement, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Tuesday, December 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, December 11th
The Color of Art
@ Oak Park Public Library
834 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60301
Opening Tuesday, December 11th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Chase Twichell
@ Poetry Foundation and Poetry Magazine
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Tuesday, December 11th, from 7PM - 8PM
Sara Condo: Everywhere is Anywhere
@ The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Tuesday, December 11th, from 8PM - 9:30PM
Dark Money
@ DOC 10
4614 N Lincoln Ave,, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Tuesday, December 11th, from 7PM - 10PM
Chicago Shorts Night
@ Theater Wit
1229 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Tuesday, December 11th, from 7:30PM - 9:45PM
Forbidden Newberry, Vol. 2
@ Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Tuesday, December 11th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Udita Upadhyaya and Lindsey Barlag Thornton: In Progress
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, December 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
Packaged: A Creative Art Workshop: Comfort and Discomfort Boxes
@ Awakenings
4001 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Tuesday, December 11th, from 7PM - 9PM
End Times Book Sale
@ Sector 2337 + The Green Lantern Press
2337 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, December 11th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, December 14th
Martino Stierli: Montage and the Metropolis
@ Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Monday, December 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
Megan Euker: On the Road to Progress, there are Fifty Guards to Pass
@ University Club of Chicago
76 E Monroe St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, December 10th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, January 13th
Jane Addams Day: Fighting Back, Farming, and Freedom
@ Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Monday, December 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
12th Annual Jane Addams Day Celebration
@ Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Monday, December 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
Sappho’s Salon December 2018: Transapalooza
@ Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Monday, December 10th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
2nd Sunday Community Binding at Read/Write Library
@ Read/Write Library Chicago
914 N California Ave (Walton Entrance), Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, December 9th, at 2PM
Shadows of Echoes of Memories of Songs
@ SIdeCar
411 Huehn St, Hammond, Indiana, 46327
Opening Sunday, December 9th, from 5 PM - 8 PM
On view through Sunday, December 9th
Black Eutopia Minifest: BLK n BRN “Shop the City”
@ Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, #100, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, December 9th, from 2PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 9th
Iconic Black Panther: Special Performance & Artist Talk
@ Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Sunday, December 9th, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, January 6th
Barbara Kasten: West by Midwest
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Griffin Galleries
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, December 9th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, January 27th
Holiday Craft and Record Fair
@ Rock Island Public House
13328 Olde Western Ave, Blue Island, IL 60406
Opening Sunday, December 9th, from 12PM - 6PM
Caroline Liu: A Hollow Shell of Elastic Skin
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, December 9th, from 3PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, February 3rd
Visitation/ For the Love of a Child
@ Laugh Out Loud Theater
3851 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Sunday, December 9th, from 3:30PM - 6:30PM
Fall 2018 Fieldwork Sharing
@ Outerspace
1474 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, December 9th, from 3:30PM - 5:30PM
Jon Cates in Conversation with Jeffrey Daniels: Storytelling Series
@ Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Sunday, December 9th, from 11AM - 12PM
Hooligan Mag Showcase
@ Schubas Tavern
3159 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Sunday, December 9th, from 8M - 11PM
Dimitri Pavotsky & Brad Robin: Playing Games
@ ORBIT
1350 W Erie St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Sunday, December 9th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
On view through Saturday, December 29th
If We Could Turn Back (Real)Time
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, 2nd Fl Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 6:30PM - 11PM
Quartersawn Pop-Up Shop
@ Gallery 1070
1070 W Granville Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from Noon - 6PM
On view through Monday, December 9th
Krampusnacht 2018
@ Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 7:30PM - 12AM
Behind the Model: Reconstructing the 1893 World’s Fair
@ Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 10AM - 11:30AM
Interactive Story/Text-Based Game Making Workshop
@ Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 1PM - 3PM
Ambient Church Chicago: 25th Anniversary of Kranky
@ Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
5850 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 6:30PM - 11PM
Christkindlmarket Beverly
@ Olivia's Garden
10730 S Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 10AM - 3PM
Cherry Moth Cake
@ Grassroots Chicago
515 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 3PM - 10PM
Everyone’s a Designer/Everyone’s Design
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 1:30PM - 3:30PM
Family Day: Trail Mix
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 11AM - 3PM
Small Works Members’ Show
@ Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave Unit 4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 12PM - 4PM
The Silver Room Pop Up
@ The Silver Room
1302 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, December 31st
Barking Water and Woman Who Returns
@ Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, May 11th
Emerging Artists Stirring the Pot
@ Chicago Urban Art Retreat Center
1957 S Spaulding Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 1PM - 4:15PM
Jorge Felix and Maya Ayala
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 1PM - 3PM
The Life and Times of Timuel D. Black: A Centenary Symposium
@ Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 1PM - 4PM
Sweet Home Chicago
@ All Star Press Chicago
2775 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 6PM - 10PM
You Are Beautiful
@ YAB HQ
3368 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 6PM - 10PM
AMERICAN EGO Part 3: The Supremacy of Celebrity: A Face in the Crowd
@ Filmfront
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
Haitian American Museum of Chicago (HAMOC) 6th Anniversary Fundraiser
@ Emerald City Coffee
1224 W Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
A Night of Performance
@
1726 S Desplaines St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 7PM - 11PM
2nd Annual December Print Exhibit
@ Rotofugi Designer Toy Store & Gallery
2780 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
Tsukasa Taiko: Reduction 6 & Taiko Legacy 15
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, December 8th, at 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, December 9th
Touch me with your tongue
@ New Works
3403 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, January 8th
Corpus Corpus: 2018 Print Xchange
@ free range
3257 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
DEC [#bitxbit] at DADS
@ Digital Art Demo Space
2515 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 8PM - 12AM
Baseline: The Next Stop
@ Axis Lab
1120 W Argyle St, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 3PM - 9PM
Agitator Cooperative Gallery Holiday Fundraiser
@ Agitator: A Co-operative Gallery
1112 N Ashland, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 6PM - 10PM
SSCAC Holiday Affordably Art Sale
@ South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, December 8th, from 10AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, December 9th
Vends + Vibes 2018: An Arts Marketplace
@ Arts and Public Life
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, December 8th, at 12PM
On view through Sunday, December 9th
Nicole Harrison: Legacy
@ SAIC at Homan Square
3517 W Arthington St, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Friday, December 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
Artists of UptownArtsCenter
@ Uptown Arts Center
941 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, December 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
The Absinthe Birds: A Love Letter To Paris
@ The Dime
1513 N Western Ave Unit 104, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 7th, from 7PM - 10PM
