March 2023
WORKING, WEAVING, FILMING
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 7PM - 9PM
Thinking Spring: Gallery Artist Group Show
@ Jean Albano Gallery
215 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, April 8th
In Pursuit of Spring
@ Addington Gallery
704 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, April 30th
FRED: Emblems
@ Carl Hammer Gallery
740 N Wells St. Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 29th
THE GHOST OF YOU by Margarita Saona
@ Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Violet Luczak: Don’t Pull My Strings
@ Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 6:30PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, April 22nd
High Maintenance
@ Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, April 20th
Digitalism
@ Water Street Studios
160 S Water St, Batavia, IL 60510
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 8th
‘MOON’ – Take 2
@ Sip Coffee House & Artisan Cafe
11 N Court St, Crown Point, IN 46307
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
Faces of Fulton
@ Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 7PM - 10PM
Soy Boricua
@ The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture
3015 W Division St, Chicago, Illinois 60622
On view through Saturday, December 16th
VOICES: Aram Han Sifuentes
@ Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
BEING BEBE (2021) with BeBe Zahara Benet & filmmaker Emily Branham
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, March 9th, at 5PM
Artini at Gallery Guichard
@ Gallery Guichard
436 East 47th St, Chicago, IL, 60653
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
Writing a Personal Urban History —The Importance of Genealogy and Local History for Understanding US History
@ Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, 60610
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 6PM - 7PM
Malkia Williams: Talking Bodies
@ C33 Gallery-Columbia College Chicago
33 E Ida B. Wells Dr, First Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, March 31st
World Cafe Featuring works from the Human | Mother | Black series
@ Malcolm X College
1900 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 4:30PM - 8PM
The Taxonomy of Peggy Macnamara
@ Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, April 28th
Invisible Landscapes Lecture Series: Beth A. Conklin
@ Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
5737 S University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 4PM - 5:30PM
een klein beet ji (gallery hours)
@ Porous Gallery
623 S Wabash Ave, room 411, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 1PM - 3PM
Friendly Faces
@ Friendly Community Room
6729 Roosevelt Rd, Berwyn, IL 60402
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
On view through Monday, May 1st
The Journey of Mollie’s War: WACs and WWII
@ Illinois National Guard and Militia Historical Society
1301 N MacArthur Blvd, Springfield, IL 62702
Opening Wednesday, March 8th, from 10AM - 11AM
International Womxn’s Day: A Collective Action
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, March 8th, from 4:30PM - 6PM
Ann Druyan: The Golden Record, and the Memory of Our Hearts
@ Block Museum
online
Opening Wednesday, March 8th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
THE DIS/AGREEMENT PROJECT: A Virtual Talk and Workshop
@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
Online
Opening Wednesday, March 8th, from 12PM - 1:30PM
Off the Chain: AWP Reception & Cave Canem Fellow Reading
@ Poetry Foundation
Online
Opening Wednesday, March 8th, from 8PM - 11PM
Lecture in Photography: Tom Jones
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, March 8th, from 6PM - 7PM
Edith Wharton’s Lost Play: A Reading and Talkback with Ghostlight Ensemble
@ Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, March 8th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
An Evening with Sarah Schulman at Whiskey Girl Tavern
@ Whiskey Girl Tavern
6318 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Wednesday, March 8th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Pour One Out: A Monthly Storytelling Series
@ Volumes Bookcafe
1373 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, March 8th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Exhibition Conversation [Online]: Ann Druyan, The Golden Record, and the Memory of Our Hearts
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
Online
Opening Wednesday, March 8th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Willa Goettling: Art, Activism, and Mutual Aid
@ Columbia College Chicago, Film Row Cinema
1104 S Wabash Ave, room 813, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, March 8th, from 6PM - 7PM
Homeroom Residency: Katinka Kleijn – DUO COLLISION
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Tuesday, March 7th, at 8PM
Torkwase Dyson Lecture
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, March 7th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Collage Reflection:s Virtual Workshop
@ Awakenings Art
Online
Opening Tuesday, March 7th, from 3PM - 4:30PM
Tim Waldrop: Close to Home
@ Western Illinois University Art Gallery
1 University Cir, Macomb, IL 61455
Opening Tuesday, March 7th, from 4:30PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, February 24th
Essential Workers
@ President's Gallery, Harold Washington College
30 E. Lake St., Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Tuesday, March 7th, from 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
On view through Wednesday, April 12th
Call and Response: Lawrence Steger’s Archive and Legacy: Artist Talk
@ Gallery 400
Online
Opening Tuesday, March 7th, from 6PM - 7PM
Forward Looking: Black Visual Artists in Conversation
@ Chicago African Americans in Philanthropy (CAAIP)
Online
Opening Tuesday, March 7th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
OUTspoken! LGBTQ+ Storytelling
@ Sidetrack The Video Bar
3349 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Tuesday, March 7th, from 7PM - 10:30PM
Pedro Vaz: Lived Landscape
@ Paris London Hong Kong
1709 W Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Saturday, April 22nd
Jennifer Holt: In the Shadow
@ UIS Visual Arts Gallery
One University Plaza, HSB 201, Springfield, IL 62703
Opening Monday, March 6th, from 11am - 6PM
On view through Thursday, April 13th
Grant Newman: When you come to a fork in the road, take it
@ Haynes
3050 S Haynes Ct, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, March 5th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Friday, March 31st
Maggie Bridger: Lab E: Training Group
@ Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, March 5th, from 1PM - 3PM
Johnson Publishing Library Reading with Dr. Amy Mooney
@ Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Sunday, March 5th, from 3PM - 4PM
Irene Wa: CRISÁLIDA DE SAL
@ Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, March 5th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
Sarah Leuchtner: SEQUENTIAL ESCAPES
@ Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, March 5th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
A Flatfiles Show
@ Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, March 5th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
Transformations
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, March 5th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, April 9th
Zachary Rawe: Allegedly Sister Perpetua’s Grey Habits
@ RUSCHWOMAN
2100 S Marshall Blvd. Chicago IL 60623
Opening Sunday, March 5th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, April 23rd
Artist Talk: Concentrate and Ask Again
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Second Floor
Opening Sunday, March 5th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, April 16th
Chicago Reel Black Filmmakers South Side Film Short Series
@ Harris (Harriet) Park
6200 S Drexel Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, March 4th, from 2PM - 4PM
lens 2023
@ Perspective Gallery
1310-1/2 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, March 4th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, March 26th
Jamie Woodward
@ The David Strawn Art Gallery
331 West College Ave, Jacksonville, IL 62650
On view through Sunday, March 26th
Art Talks! With Block Student Associates – On Wavelengths
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr. Evanston, IL 60208
On view through Sunday, July 9th
Deem Symposium | Designing for Dignity: A Convening of Possibilities
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, March 4th, from 10AM - 6PM
The Legacy of Gwen Araujo: A Conversation with Sylvia Guerrero
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 4th, from 3PM - 5PM
Sor Juana Festival 2023
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
On view through Saturday, May 13th
Armando Román: Crawling Through Glass
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, March 4th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, March 26th
Rough House presents: Puppets in Progress
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, March 4th, from 1PM - 3PM
Hot Pink Platter
@ AIR Gallery
348 Tudor Ct, Glencoe, IL 60022
Opening Saturday, March 4th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, April 1st
Karen Dana Cohen, Jaclyn Jacunski, Cydney Lewis: Make sure I’m there when you open your eyes
@ Tiger Strikes Asteroid
2233 S Throop St, Unit 419, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 4th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
WEIRD AND WEIRDER
@ Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, March 4th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, March 24th
Graduate Exhibition One
@ SAIC Galleries
33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, March 4th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Wednesday, March 8th
The time has come, to talk of many things…
@ ACRE Projects
2439 S Oakley Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 4th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 25th
Roe 2.0 – It Ain’t Over Yet!: Artist Walkthrough and Closing Reception
@ Woman Made Gallery
Lacuna Lofts 2150 S Canalport Ave. 4A-3 4th Floor, 60608 Dial 354 at North Entrance to Enter
Opening Saturday, March 4th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, March 4th
Meg Lipke: Moon Tempo
@ DOCUMENT
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 22nd
Bloom
@ Povos Chicago
2000 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, April 2nd
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon: I DO
@ Volume Gallery
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 22nd
Richard Hull: Mirror and Bone
@ Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 22nd
Be-Longing: The Work of Indira Freitas Johnson
@ The Art Center Highland Park
1957 Sheridan Rd, Highland Park, IL 60035
On view through Saturday, April 8th
Community Night: Reproductive Freedom Patches and Pins
@ Weinberg/Newton Gallery
688 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
YEAR 10
@ Side Street Studio Arts
15 Ziegler Ct, Elgin, IL 60120
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
Hot CIAO X
@ Studios on Sheridan
929 N Sheridan Rd, Peoria, IL 61606
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
ONE IMAGE, TWO ACTS (2020) with filmmaker Sanaz Sohrabi
@ Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, March 3rd, at 7PM
Ceyó: Closing Reception
@ Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Unit B, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, March 3rd
John Pittman: Orchestrations
@ Regards
2216 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
SCAFFOLD presents: Mirror Gate by Maria Burundarena
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, March 24th
DEE CLEMENTS: Chthulucene
@ 65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, April 2nd
Juxtaposed
@ Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 1st
Jason Brueck: WALL SPACE
@ Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, April 2nd
David Bechtol: Through the Eyes of a Traveler
@ ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Saturday, March 25th
Nancy Bechtol: no RAIN no RAINBOWS
@ ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Saturday, March 25th
Gretchen Beck: Gan nda Donie Koy
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
Molly Joyce: Perspective
@ Curb Appeal Gallery
Email info@curbappeal.gallery for address
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 22nd
Blue Space
@ ENGAGE Projects
864 N. Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 5:30 PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 1st
IMPACT Performance Festival
@ SAIC Galleries
33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
On view through Sunday, March 5th
Alessandra Norman and Liza Jo Eilers: GLORY’S
@ Yew Nork
2203 W Erie St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 8 PM - 11 PM
On view through Thursday, April 13th
Concentrate and Ask Again
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Second Floor, Chicago, 60622
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, April 16th
The Ground Between Us
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Second Floor
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, April 16th
Short Threads with Larry Gottheim
@ Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 8PM - 11PM
Voices Embodied Uplifted
@ Design Museum of Chicago
72 E Randolph St, Floor 1, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Wednesday, March 29th
Angela Davis Fegan: Deep Needle
@ Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, April 23rd
The Body in Practice: An Evening of Performances
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, March 2nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 19th
In Conversation WIth Alfred Conteh & Curator Danny Dunson
@ Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, March 2nd, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Improvised Music Series: Adasiewicz/Jackson Duo, Lily Finnegan Group
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, March 2nd, at 8:30PM
Avantika Bawa: simplenothingsimplesomething: Reception
@ University Galleries of Illinois State University
103 Uptown Circle, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Thursday, March 2nd, from 4PM - 5PM
On view through Thursday, March 2nd
