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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
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Susan Emmerson and Lisa Walcott: With One Stone
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McLean County Arts Center
601 N East St, Bloomington, IL 61701
Opening Friday, July 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, July 16th
Memorial Quilting Workshop: Honoring Lives Lost in Illinois Prisons During COVID-19
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Precious Blood Ministry Of Reconciliation
5114 S Elizabeth St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, July 16th, from 3PM - 7PM
Big Dipper Lunch and Learn III: Crafting an Impactful Artist’s Statement with Waringa Hunja
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Big Dipper Projects
online
Opening Friday, July 16th, from 2:15PM - 3PM
Chicago Comics: Live Drawing: Chris Ware
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, July 16th, from 10AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 3rd
Se Son Rose, Fioriranno: Closing Reception
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salonlb.
1010 W 35th St, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, July 16th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, July 16th
Abraham: Pushpins, Paintings & Drawings / Transitions & Transformations
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Elephant Room Gallery
3203 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, July 30th
BCMC Cooper Crain and Bill MacKay
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, July 16th, at 7PM
The Color Pencil Show
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Project Onward
Online
On view through Thursday, August 19th
Toward Common Cause: Art, Social Change, and the MacArthur Fellows Program at 40
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
On view through Wednesday, December 29th
Virtual Artist Talk: Jordan Casteel
@
The Art Institute of Chicago
online
Opening Thursday, July 15th, at 5PM
Art After Work: Emery Blagdon
@
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Online
Opening Thursday, July 15th, from 5PM - 6PM
Artecito Virtual – Plantas y Arboles
@
OPEN Center for the Arts
Online
Opening Thursday, July 15th, at 6PM
Whitney Bradshaw: OUTCRY
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McCormick Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, July 15th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, September 4th
Reclaiming our Future: The Kedzie Center’s Annual Event, with Ruth Behar
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Women & Children First Bookstore
Online
Opening Thursday, July 15th, at 7PM
Jen Cronin and Annie Hejny: Lessons on Sustaining an Art Practice and Staying Inspired
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salonlb.
1010 W 35th St, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Thursday, July 15th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Shapeshifters: From _____ to Design
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IIT Institute of Design
Online
Opening Wednesday, July 14th, from 12PM - 1PM
Eve L. Ewing: Maya and the Robot
@
57th Street Books
1301 E 57th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, July 14th, from 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Pour One Out: A Monthly Storytelling Series
@
Volumes Bookcafe
Online
Opening Wednesday, July 14th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
ASIAN POP-UP CINEMA Presents: SAMURAI MARATHON 1855 (2019)
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, July 14th, from 8PM - 10PM
Draw the Collections
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, July 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
Tuesdays on the Terrace: Junius Paul / Tomeka Reid Duo
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Opening Tuesday, July 13th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Panel Discussion: Writing the American West
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American Writers Museum
Online
Opening Tuesday, July 13th, at 6:30PM
Viejitas Pero Bonitas: Karaoke
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El Paseo Community Garden
944 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, July 11th, from 4PM - 8PM
Chemical (Re)Actions: Artist Talk and Screening
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Inga
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, July 11th, from 6PM - 9:30PM
Kate O’Neill and Neal Vandenbergh
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Apparatus Projects
2501 N Spaulding Ave. Apt 1, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, July 11th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 19th
Artists and Models: A Tribute to the South Side Community Art Center
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South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
On view through Sunday, August 29th
David Boykin as Dr Belsidus
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 7PM - 9PM
David Willburn: Stories About Monuments and Landscapes
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FLXST Contemporary
2251 S Michigan Ave. Suite 220 Chicago, IL 60616
On view through Sunday, August 22nd
Catharine Newell: Immersed
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Ken Saunders Gallery
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Wednesday, August 11th
The Perpetual Canvas: John Fanestil in conversation with Debi Cornwall
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CASE Art Fund
Online
Portraits in the Park with avery r. young & de deacon board
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Douglass Park
1401 S Sacramento Dr, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 4PM - 6PM
Examining the State of Our Environment: 20/21 Curatorial Fellowship Exhibition
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
On view through Sunday, September 5th
MSAE Summer Soundwalks: Ambient Encounters: Eco-Orientation
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Steelworkers Park
E 87th St at Lake Michigan, Chicago, IL 60617
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 10AM - 11AM
Beth Herman Adler: Shape Shift: Closing Reception
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, July 10th
Radical Used Book Fair
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Haymarket House
800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 11AM - 3PM
Samuel Levi Jones and Kellie Romany in Converation
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PATRON
1612 W Chicago Ave Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Saturday, July 10th
The Color of Normal
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Juliet Art House
1750 S Union Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, July 11th
T.F. Projects & The Dime Open House
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T.F. Projects & The Dime
1513 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Tuesday, August 31st
Regin Igloria: Everything Moves With Me
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 2PM - 5PM
Tiny Domingos: Hybrid Togetherness
@
Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 10am - 11am
Madeleine Aguilar: you are here
@
Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 2PM - 5PM
Group Exhibition
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Dragonfly Gallery
2436 W Madison St, c-1, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 14th
PORTFOLIO
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Chicago Printmakers Collaborative
4912 N Western Ave, Chicago IL 60625
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Tuesday, August 31st
Very Small Paintings: Under 14″ and Prints Published During the Pandemic
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Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave, Suite 620 Chicago IL 60603
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Monday, August 30th
Victoria Martinez: Next Chapter
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid
2233 S Throop St, Unit 419, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 10th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, August 21st
Photos at Zoom Discussion Session: Terry Evans
@
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 12PM - 1PM
Lindsey Dorr-Niro: Reiterative Forms
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Wedge Projects
1448 Howard St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, July 30th
Joan Holleb: Cut-ups and Eve Ozer, Fred Holland and Hugh Spector: Cowscapes
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Addington Gallery
704 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Tuesday, July 13th
Summer Group Show 2021
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Vale Craft Gallery
230 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 4th
ALL ALIVE! The Big Top Comes To River North
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Carl Hammer Gallery
740 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 28th
Amy Donaldson: The Substance of Beauty
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Gallery 1871
1871 N Clybourn St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 11th
DRAWN TO PAPER
@
Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 7PM - 10PM
Love In The Time Of…
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, August 11th
Currency @ Swiss National Bank, Zurich
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Soccer Club Club
2923 N Cicero Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 8PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, July 16th
BRIGHT-LINE
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The Latent Space
4150 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, August 22nd
Frankie Toan: In The Weeds
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Drama Club
2439 S Oakley Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, July 30th
Healing House Music: Free Dance Session
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 11AM - 1PM
Emily Rapport: Still Open
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Eat Paint Studio
5036 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago IL 60625
On view through Saturday, August 14th
Betsy Ming-Lai Lam: Reflexivity
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The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 25th
Zachary MacTavish: Composition
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Belong Gallery
2712 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, July 31st
Some Fires Should Burn
@
Cleaner Gallery + Projects
1856 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, July 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 21st
Gemini by Isaiah & Jeremiah Collier at Compound Yellow
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, July 9th, at 7PM
Bob Tanner: What Was…Isn’t by
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Perspective Gallery
1310-1/2B Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL, 60201
On view through Sunday, August 1st
SPARK Summer Park Series at Mozart Park
@
Mozart Park
2036 N Avers Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, July 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
CHOP IT UP: Black Wall Street Journey
@
Arts + Public Life
Online
Opening Thursday, July 8th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Albrecht Dürer and How Art Imagines Our World
@
Newberry Library
Online
Opening Thursday, July 8th, at 12PM
Improvised Music Series: Rempis/Abrams/Ra + Baker
@
Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, July 8th, at 8:30PM
A Roundtable Discussion: Architecture and Black Lives
@
Hyde Park Art Center
Online
Opening Thursday, July 8th, at 6PM
Rachel Niffenegger: Sempiternity
@
Bubbles
418 N Clark St 3rd Fl,Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, July 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, July 29th
Par Excellence Redux: The Front 9
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Elmhurst Art Museum
Online
On view through Sunday, September 26th
Viral Silence: Conversations with Three Illinois Communities
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Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
202 S Broadway Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Opening Wednesday, July 7th, at 7PM
Project Yourself! Greatest Hits
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, July 7th, from 8PM - 10PM
Virtual Paperback Release: THE TASTE OF SUGAR by Marisel Vera
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Women & Children First Bookstore
Online
Opening Wednesday, July 7th, at 7PM
Before GPS: Getting Lost and Found in Early America
@
Newberry Library
Online
Opening Tuesday, July 6th, at 12PM
Art on theMART: Year of Chicago Music Launch Event
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Chicago Riverwalk
222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Tuesday, July 6th, at 8PM
Tuesdays on the Terrace: Twin Talk
@
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Opening Tuesday, July 6th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Jessica Hopper: A Living Female Rock Critic
@
Chicago Humanities
Online
Opening Tuesday, July 6th, at 7PM
Printmaking Workshops with Instituto Gráfico de Chicago
@
Cleve Carney Museum of Art
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 601317
Opening Tuesday, July 6th, from 10AM - 2PM
In My Room
@
Hot Wheelz Festival
Online
On view through Friday, July 9th
Virtual Event | Activating Freedom: With Liberty and Justice for All
@
Chicago History Museum
Online
Opening Sunday, July 4th, from 10AM - 2PM
Local Vibe: An art event
@
Pilsen Art House
1756 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, July 3rd, from 6PM - 10PM
Alex Kostiw: Pakiramdam
@
Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
On view through Saturday, July 31st
Homemade, with Love: More Living Room: Closing
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Krannert Art Museum
500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
Opening Saturday, July 3rd, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, July 3rd
Realm Of Whiskeys: Journey Through Scotland
@
Fulton Street Collective
1551 W Thomas St, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Friday, July 2nd, at 8PM
Photos at Zoom Discussion Session: Vera Klement
@
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Friday, July 2nd, from 12PM - 1PM
Phyllis Bramson | Robert Indiana | Mayumi Lake
@
Lubeznik Center for the Arts
101 W 2nd, Michigan City, IN 46360
Opening Friday, July 2nd, from 3PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, October 15th
Meaning and A Lack Thereof
@
2000 N Milwaukee
2000 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Friday, July 2nd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, August 15th
Lauren Spencer King: She Will Be Unnatural
@
Regards
2216 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, August 7th
Manifesting Independence
@
Hyde Park Art Center
Online
Opening Thursday, July 1st, from 4PM - 5:30PM
Artecito Virtual: Polillas
@
OPEN Center for the Arts
Online
Opening Thursday, July 1st, at 6PM
Sisi’s Many Jails: From Gaza to Tora
@
Haymarket Books
Online
Opening Thursday, July 1st, from 1PM - 2:30PM
Appalachian Spring: A Musical Romance with America
@
Richard H. Driehaus Museum
Online
Opening Thursday, July 1st, at 7PM
Soul Storytelling: We’ll Understand It Better By and By
@
Logan Center
Online
Opening Thursday, July 1st, from 6PM - 7:30PM
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