June 2025
Chicago Cultural Center Dance Studio Residency: Erin Kilmurray
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Monday, June 9th, at 6PM
Chicago Cultural Center Dance Studio Residency: Ishti Collective
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Sunday, June 8th, at 2:30PM
Natasha Mijares: lighting rituals of joy
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Sunday, June 8th, at 2PM
Christine Forni: Drawing You Outside
@ Cultivator
Bray Grove Farm, PO Box 576, Morris, IL 60450
Opening Sunday, June 8th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, June 8th
Claire Pentecost: Human as Euphemism
@ Cultivator
Bray Grove Farm, PO Box 576, Morris, IL 60450
Opening Sunday, June 8th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, June 8th
Leave A Message(Sound Meditation with Sam Thousand and Jay Taylor)
@ Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, June 8th, from 1:30PM - 3:30PM
Shake Shook Shaken: Presence w/ Emily Beisel + Julie Meckler
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, June 8th, at 12PM
Bruce McClure: Two Projectors & A Barrel Full of Monkeys
@ Church of the Three Crosses
333 W Wisconsin St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, June 7th, from 8:30 PM - 11 PM
SPOKEN WORD CAFÉ 2025
@ Chicago Filmmakers
1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, June 7th, at 8PM
Side Yard Sounds presents: The Singleman Affair + Health&Beauty + Alta Marea
@ compound yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, June 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
Lampo: Ikue Mori
@ Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, June 7th, at 7PM
Anna Engelhardt, Mark Cinkevich: Terror Element
@ Twelve Ten Gallery
1210 West Thorndale Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, June 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 19th
Vincent Larouche: Cold Room
@ M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 12th
Chimera
@ CSI Project Space
1912 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, July 18th
Marsh Melodies and the Breathing Ear – Sara Zalek & Norman Long
@ Big Marsh Park
11559 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60617
Opening Saturday, June 7th, from 5PM - 7PM
Unseen Forces
@ T. Mari Gallery
1023 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, June 7th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 22nd
Felipe Macia: Practices of Place: PRE-HUMAN KNOWLEDGE
@ Watershed Art & Ecology
Watershed Art & Ecology
Opening Saturday, June 7th, at 5PM
Mauricio López F.: Wind Reenactment
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 7th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, June 29th
Master Class: Inside the Last American Museum School with SAIC Painting Alumni: Artist Roundtable Discussion
@ SECRIST | BEACH
1801 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, June 7th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, June 21st
Caitlyn Min-ji Au: Panda
@ SHANGHAI SEMINARY
3262 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 7th, from 3PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, August 1st
JAQUI ALMAGUER: Trees of My Life: A Dedication to All My Relations Past, Present and Future
@ Trickster Cultural Center
190 S Roselle Rd, Schaumburg, IL 60193
Opening Saturday, June 7th, from 3PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, September 21st
Design & Art 16
@ Dock 6 Collective
2100 N Major Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Saturday, June 7th, from 2PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 7th
Christine Shallenberg and Aurora Tabar: Tending to the Mother in Me
@ Berger Park Cultural Center
6205 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago IL 60660
Opening Saturday, June 7th, at 1PM
INCA Press pop-up and KIRKI QHAÑI book talk
@ inga
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 7th, from 1PM - 7PM
Hyde Park 78th Annual 57th St Art Fair
@ 57th Street
Between Woodlawn and Kenwood Avenues
Opening Saturday, June 7th, from 11am - 6PM
On view through Sunday, June 8th
Alison Bechdel on Spent: A Comic Novel
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
230 S. Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, June 7th, from 2PM - 3:15PM
Planting Seeds – an Indigenous Zine Fest
@ Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, June 7th, from 11AM - 4PM
Raqib Shaw: Paradise Lost
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, June 7th, at 12PM delete
On view through Monday, January 19th
Gender Fucked Productions Presents: Trans Scribe: A New Works Festival
@ Steppenwolf
1700 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, June 6th, at 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 8th
Pleiades Series: Butt Mommy, Mrs. Hands
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 6th, at 8PM
FIRST FRIDAYS ART EXHIBITION
@ TQ EXPERIENCE
1545 N Western Avenue Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, June 6th
18th Birthday Party and Print Battle
@ Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 6PM - 10PM
José A Rosa: Dulce Sueño
@ El Schomburg
2538 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 6th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, July 19th
Alan Emerson Hicks: Better World
@ SoNa Chicago Art Gallery
1527 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, July 12th
Jessica Zawadowicz and Yaismel Alba Garib: There’s a box they don’t tell you about
@ Patient Info
902 N Western Ave, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, July 13th
FACES OF FULTON
@ Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Tuesday, June 24th
Orange Peels
@ Fargo Venue
641 E Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb, IL 60115
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Chicago Cultural Center Dance Studio Residency: Ginger Krebs
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, June 6th, at 6PM
Art Gallery Opening
@ Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, June 6th, at 6PM
Instructions on how to spread dandelions
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake Street, Oak Park, Il 60302
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, June 27th
LALO: Between Worlds
@ VSG Contemporary
673 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago IL 60642
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 6PM - 9:45PM
On view through Saturday, July 12th
Pedro Igrez: Rural
@ Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 29th
Works In Progress: Closing Party
@ PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, June 6th
Adam Daley Wilson: This Is Post-Theory Art
@ ENGAGE Projects
864 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Friday, July 18th
HOME
@ ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, June 27th
Carbon Marks: Impressions in Pit Fire, Saggar & Raku
@ Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 5PM - 7PM
Susan Volk: In The Element
@ Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 5PM - 7PM
Stinkfish: Prickly portraits of a fragmented world
@ Vertical Gallery
2006 W Chicago Ave, #1R, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 28th
Jaqueline Cedar: Slide
@ ANDREW RAFACZ
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 19th
Josh Dihle: Basement Arrangement
@ ANDREW RAFACZ
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 19th
ANNUAL STUDENT ARTWORK EXHIBITION
@ ArtSpace Chicago
3418 W Armitsge Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 5PM - 9PM
The Artistic Expression of Adult Male Spanking Presented by Justin
@ Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 7PM - 9PM
Sofía Fernández Díaz: Casi visible
@ NEIU Fine Art Center Gallery
5500 N St Louis Ave, Building E, Chicago, IL 60625
On view through Friday, June 27th
DAWN OF IMPRESSIONISM: PARIS 1874
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
On view through Thursday, June 12th
Thus masked, the world has a language
@ MARIANE IBRAHIM
437 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, August 23rd
Air is in the Spring: Multi-Disciplinary Art Exhibit & Sale: Final Night
@ Timeless Arts Gallery & Studio
3040 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 6;30PM - 9:30PM
On view through Friday, June 6th
Comfort Music: Tyler Wagner & Zander Raymond
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, June 5th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Public Exhibition Tour of Huguette Caland: Bribes de corps
@ The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, June 5th, from 6PM - 7PM
Artist Panel Conversation: The Classroom as a Studio
@ Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education
1010 W 35th St, Suite 697, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Thursday, June 5th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, June 6th
Power Through
@ Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, June 5th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
ABOVE, BELOW & BEYOND
@ Fourth Presbyterian Church
126 E Chestnut St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, June 5th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, September 4th
Newcity Breakout Artists 2025: Exhibition Closing
@ Chicago Artists Coalition
1431 W Hubbard St, Suite 201 Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, June 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, June 5th
Queer Symbolism in Cosplay Props
@ Little Village Branch
2311 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago IL 60623
Opening Thursday, June 5th, from 4PM - 5PM
Perkins&Will
@ TheMART
222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654
On view through Sunday, July 6th
The First Homosexuals Film Series: Through the Keyhole: Shorts Program
@ FACETS
1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, June 4th, at 7:30PM
Tone Glow & Comfort Film Present: LeAnn Bartok’s films
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, June 4th, from 7PM - 9PM
From Hilde, With Love | Free Film Screening
@ Chicago History Museum
1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, June 4th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
First Wednesday Blues & Beyond Jam with Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith
@ Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, June 4th, at 7:30PM
From the Earth to the Skies: A Visioning Workshop In Mutual Abundance
@ Sisters in Cinema Media Arts Center
2310 E 75th St, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Tuesday, June 3rd, from 6PM - 8PM
HCL Benefit Performance
@ Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Tuesday, June 3rd, from 6PM - 9:30PM
Tone Glow Presents “Rotating Signals: The Contemporary Korean Avant-Garde
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Monday, June 2nd, at 7PM
Diagrams, Systems, Collective Power Workshop Series: Speculative Systems
@ Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Monday, June 2nd, from 6:30PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, June 16th
Simple Stitches Crochet Club
@ Austin-Irving
6100 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago IL 60634
Opening Monday, June 2nd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Summer Screenings
@ Chicago Cultural Center and Chicago History Museum
Chicago Cultural Center Claudia Cassidy Theater 78 E Washington St, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60602; Chicago History Museum McCormick Theater 1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Monday, June 2nd, from 6:30 PM - 9 PM
On view through Wednesday, August 20th
Side Yard Sounds Sunday Residency series: Sharon Udoh & Ben Willis with guests Vincent Davis & Paige Alice Naylor
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, June 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
Neighborhood Party and Artist Celebration
@ National Public Housing Museum
919 S Ada St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, June 1st, from 3PM - 5PM
Threads of Identity: Stitching Stories through Portrait Quilts
@ Heritage Museum of Asian Art
3500 S Morgan St, 3rd Fl, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, June 1st, from 2PM - 4PM
Friends of Dorothy’s
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St., Evanston, IL, 60201
Opening Sunday, June 1st, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, June 29th
4th Annual Art of Pride
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, June 1st, from 12PM - 4PM
How to See in the Dark: Closing
@ Co-prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, June 1st, from 11AM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 1st
Kunstausstellung: A Solo Art Show
@ Lincoln Square Barber Shop Gallery
2415 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Sunday, June 1st, from 11AM - 7 PM
