May 2023
Mapping Black Archives: A Collage Workshop with Alexandra Antoine
@ South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, May 13th, from 1PM - 4PM
Garfield From Memory Painting Pop-up
@ Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 13th, from 12PM - 6PM
Découverte: Her Diasporan Chronicles of Self Discovery
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, May 13th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, May 21st
Bake Sale for Choice supporting Midwest Access Coalition!
@ Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, May 13th, from 11AM - 2PM
Family Day: Design Your Own Flag
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, May 13th, from 1PM - 4PM
Saturday Studio: Fresh Cuts
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, May 13th, from 12PM - 2PM
Peter Hujar: Performance and Portraiture
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Monday, October 9th
Family Day | Poetry and Improv
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, May 13th, from 11AM - 3PM
UNDERGRADUATE VISUAL CRITICAL STUDIES SYMPOSIUM
@ SAIC Sharp Building Room 327
37 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, May 13th, at 1PM
Elastic Arts 5th Annual Benefit
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 13th, at 7PM
Bright day would turn to night, my love
@ TUSK
3205 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
2023 Art Clash!
@ SIDE STREET STUDIO ARTS
15 Zeigler Ct, Elgin, IL 60120
Opening Saturday, May 13th, from 7PM - 10PM
Macula Dog (NYC) • RXM Reality • Ivy Hollivana • castroduperly + juan flores
@ Digital Art Demo Space
2515 S Archer Ave, Suite 2, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 13th, at 8PM
Mandy Cano Villalobos: Undue Pleasure
@ boundary
2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, May 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 10th
Fireside Chat and Afternoon Tea: Rachel Gage: Leverage Your Best Self
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL, 60610
Opening Saturday, May 13th, from 11AM - 1PM
On view through Monday, June 16th
D.E.F. Showcase 2023
@ DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago IL 60614
Opening Saturday, May 13th, from 1PM - 5PM
Community Talks with Jordan Martins
@ Mana Contemporary Chicago
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 13th, from 12PM - 1PM
Grammar Lessons
@ OS Projects
601 Sixth St, Racine, WI 53403
Opening Saturday, May 13th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, July 15th
Jim Newberry: Secret Life of Plants: Artist Talk
@ Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 13th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, June 3rd
Graduate Exhibition Two
@ SAIC Galleries
33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, May 13th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, May 21st
Liz Chilsen: Open Furrows: Artist Talk
@ Adds Donna
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 13th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Friday, May 26th
Reading by Jacqui Germain
@ Graham Foundation
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, May 13th, from 5:30PM - 6:30PM
Casey Plett & Hazel Jane Plante
@ Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, May 12th, at 7PM
2023 Photography Undergraduate Exhibition
@ Photography Lighting Studio
1104 S Wabash Ave, Second Floor, Room 202, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 12th, from 2PM - 3PM
Body Breeze Earth: 2023 MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition
@ Columbia College Chicago Student Center
754 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 20th
Misophonia: 2023 BA Fine Arts Showcase
@ C33 Gallery
33 E. Ida B. Wells Drive, First Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 12th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, June 2nd
Out of the Basement: 2023 Undergraduate Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition
@ Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 12th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Tuesday, June 6th
TERRANEA: hakawatia of the sea by Body Watani
@ Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, May 12th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
POV: Eugene Tang & Nikki Telegan, Jules Zinn & Bijou Video
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 12th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
THIS IS WHAT WE BUILD
@ Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 12th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, May 26th
Art for a Cause
@ Storm Print City Studio
601 Prairie Ave, Wilmette, IL 60091
Opening Friday, May 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
Sounding the Spectral: A Symposium
@ The University of Chicago, Various Locations
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
On view through Saturday, May 13th
Juan Carlos Torres: Como No Enamorarme De Ti, Pilsen Paletas: Artist Talk & Reception
@ Pilsen Arts & Community House
1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, May 28th
CLEAT Series: Jeffrey Gardner, Stephan Moore, Sam Clapp
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Friday, May 12th, at 8PM
Strange Arrangement
@ free range
3257 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, May 12th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, June 2nd
New oil on copper paintings by Joan Holleb
@ Addington Gallery
704 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, May 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, June 30th
HOMECOMING
@ Columbia College Chicago
754 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 12th, from 12PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Spring Art Show
@ Art on Sedgwick
1408 N Sedgwick St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, May 12th, from 4:30PM - 8PM
Ann Pickett: Ahoy
@ Ann Pickett Studio & Gallery
410 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 12th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, May 14th
Alyssa Low: Matter
@ The Annex
2714 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 12th, from 7PM - 10PM
Beyond Antiquity
@ National Hellenic Museum
333 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60661
Opening Friday, May 12th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, September 30th
ADWA: AN AFRICAN VICTORY (1999) with Haile Gerima
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, May 12th, at 6:30PM
BODIES III
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, May 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Hali Palombo, James Sherman and Janna Lee, Jacob Hooks
@ Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 12th, at 8PM
C. Tai Tai: (swim/survival/sink/soft) TANKING: 2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition: center • part
@ Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, May 12th, from 1:30PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 11th
Dennissa Young: An Emotional Archive
@ The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, June 16th
Traces of Us
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 1st
Side Yard Sounds: Lia Kohl + Norman W. Long + Zander Raymond + Sara Zalek
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, May 12th, from 7PM - 9PM
Bryan Northup and Fran Sampson: Traces of Us
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 1st
Gina Lee Robbins: Overflow
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 24th
Jim Newberry: Secret Life of Plants
@ Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 12th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 3rd
2023 Art and Art History MFA Thesis Exhibition
@ Columbia College Chicago Student Center
754 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, May 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 20th
Janis Kanter: Stop the Noise
@ McCormick Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
On view through Thursday, May 25th
IMPROVISED MUSIC SERIES: CLAUSeN/KOHL DUO & FELDMAN/REMPIS/DAISY – RECORD RELEASE PARTY!!
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Thursday, May 11th, at 8:30PM
Fireside Chat: Judith A. Paice: Lessons for Our Future
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, 60610
Opening Thursday, May 11th, from 5PM - 8PM
Art & Wine Tour
@ 21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, May 11th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Comfort Music: Heinemann/Long/Ali //&// Gerrit Hatcher
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, May 11th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
“The Man Who Envied Women:” Film Screening and Discussion
@ DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago IL 60614
Opening Thursday, May 11th, at 6PM
Bidi Bidi Boom Boom: The Selena Tribute Dance Party
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, May 11th, at 6:30PM
On view through Saturday, May 13th
FOOTPRINTS OF PAN-AFRICANISM (2017) with Shirikiana Aina
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, May 11th, at 6:30PM
Artist talk by Katherine Simóne Reynolds
@ Graham Foundation
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL
Opening Thursday, May 11th, from 6 PM - 7 PM
Joe Krueger: Believe | Create | Hustle
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, May 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 20th
nunn “Tour + Live Set” Film Premier, Wajid, Steph Patsula
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Wednesday, May 10th, at 8PM
Ceyhun Fırat: Peripheral: 2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition: center • part
@ Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, May 10th, from 9AM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, June 11th
Pour One Out
@ Volumes Bookcafe
1373 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, May 10th, at 7PM
A Conversation about Liberation, Beauty, and Energies in Art Making: Torkwase Dyson with D. Soyini Madison
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, May 10th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
D-Composed String Quartet
@ The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, May 10th, at 6PM
Lecture in Photography: Grace Deveney
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, May 10th, from 6PM - 7PM
2023 Film, Video, New Media, Animation and Sound Festival
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Wednesday, May 10th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, May 13th
Colloquium: Mapping Desire and Conquest: Dudley’s Atlas and Medici Colonial Aspirations
@ Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, May 10th, from 4PM - 5PM
SIDE NOTES FROM THE ARCHIVIST by Anastacia-Reneé
@ Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Tuesday, May 9th, at 7PM
Timbre Tribe + Open Jam!
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, May 9th, at 8PM
Preserving Family Stories One Document at a Time
@ Urbana Free Library
online
Opening Tuesday, May 9th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Sacred Harp
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, May 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
Women in Science Luncheon
@ Field Museum
1400 S DuSable Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Tuesday, May 9th, from 11AM - 1PM
Black Feminist Poetics: From the Dirt to the Delta
@ Pegasus at Chicago Dramatists
765 N Aberdeen St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Monday, May 8th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Poetry @ The Green: May 2023
@ The Green at 320
320 S Canal St., Chicago, IL 60606
Opening Monday, May 8th, at 6 PM
Maker’s Market in Downtown Evanston
@ 1800 Maple Ave
1800 Maple Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, May 7th, from 12PM - 5PM
Meet & Greet Performance: Florence Nightingale
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago IL 60610
Opening Sunday, May 7th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, May 7th
Pañuelx: Perreo en el Parque
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, May 7th, from 1PM - 3PM
10 Desirous Adjustments
@ Switch Hook Projects
122 S Michigan Ave #1265, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Sunday, May 7th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, July 2nd
APIDA Arts Festival
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, May 7th, from 10AM - 4PM
Collective Creations Movement Workshop
@ Awakenings Gallery
4001 N Ravesnwood Ave, Suite 204-C, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Sunday, May 7th, from 2PM - 5PM
Olive Stefanski: Becoming One Who Holds Many
@ Tiger Strikes Asteroid
2233 S Throop St, Unit 419, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, May 7th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, June 10th
2023 School of Art & Design Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
@ Krannert Art Museum
500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
On view through Sunday, May 14th
Listo para el museo: Wall Hangings
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 6th, from 10AM - 5PM
Woman Life Freedom
@ Woman Made Gallery
2150 S Canalport Ave #4A-3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 6th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, June 3rd
AIRMW Presents: Drazek Fuscaldo ft. Tatsu Aoki + George Marich
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 6th, at 8PM
Chicago Artist Claire Ashley: Inflatable Artwork in Unconventional Places
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
207 S Ashland Ave Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, May 6th, from 12PM - 10PM
OF BLACK STUDY BY JOSHUA MYERS
@ AFRIWARE BOOKS
1701 S 1ST AVE, SUITE 400, MAYWOOD, IL 60153
Opening Saturday, May 6th, at 2PM
Jeanology
@ Devonshire Cultural Center
4400 Greenwood Ave, Skokie, IL 60076
Opening Saturday, May 6th, from 12PM - 3PM
Maneki-Neko Collage (AKA Lucky Cat Craft) With Annie Chu
@ Chicago Public Library - Uptown
929 W Buena Ave, Chicago IL 60613
Opening Saturday, May 6th, from 11AM - 12PM
First Saturday Evanston Art Events
@ Evanston Made
Various Locations in Evanston
Opening Saturday, May 6th, from 9AM - 9PM
Student Perspectives 2023
@ Perspective Gallery
1310 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, May 6th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, May 28th
2023 Art & Design BFA Exhibition
@ Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois
500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
Opening Saturday, May 6th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, May 14th
