May 2024
Austin Gardner presents: Reflection as Art Practice, a Performance and Workshop
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 2PM - 4:30PM
Lecture: Body Partings—The Art of Christina Ramberg
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 2PM - 3PM
EVERYBODY’S ART: A Kool-Aid Color Weaving Workshop
@ South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 1PM - 3PM
Family Day: Birds of a Feather
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 1PM - 4PM
Sarah Leuchtner: Processing Skies Past
@ OS Projects
601 Sixth St, Racine, WI 53403
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, July 13th
Paul Gerard Somers: Muscle Memory: Closing Reception
@ SoNa Chicago Art Gallery
1527 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, May 11th
The World Around Summit: Watch Party
@ Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, Illinois 60610
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 12PM - 5PM
Secret Ingredients: Marking Time and Memory with Materials
@ Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, July 7th
Jazz Brunch: Isaiah Collier and The Chosen Few
@ GRAY Gallery
2044 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 11:30 AM - 1PM
On view through Friday, May 31st
Family Day | Migration Stories
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 11AM - 3PM
Cornelia Arts Building May 2024 Open Studios DAY TWO
@ Cornelia Arts Building
1800 W Cornelia Ave, Chicago IL 60657
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 11am - 3PM
The Runaways Lab Theater Presents: The Explanatory Gap
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 7PM - 9PM
STORYTIME WITH LOCAL AUTHOR Lori Sugarman-Li
@ Volumes Bookcafe
1373 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 10:30AM - 11AM
2024 Peoria Heights Fine Art Fair
@ Tower Park
4901 N Prospect Rd, Peoria Heights, IL 61616
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 10AM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, May 12th
Spank Bank Enterprises Presents An Erotic Art Market Spank Bank Enterprises Presents An Erotic Art Market
@ Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 12PM - 7PM
Futurhythm Machines:: Chicago House
@ Watershed Art and Ecology
1821 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 11th, from 12PM - 8PM
Complacency Presents – Baker/Bishop/Burke/Goulet/Jones
@ Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 10th, at 8PM
Quiet Comfort: Zachary Good
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Eternal Maternal
@ HAZ Cooperative Studios
1706 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, June 7th
POETIC MOVEMENTS: Selected Films from Adele Friedman & Jean Sousa
@ Chicago Filmmakers
1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 7PM - 10PM
Film Talks: A Touring Program of Experimental Cinema
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, May 10th, at 7PM
Becs Epstein & Yiwei Leo Wang: Spectral Reflection
@ Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 8th
Gel
@ Roots & Culture Milwaukee Ave Window
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 8th
Instituto Gráfico de Chicago: Through Printmaking
@ NEIU Fine Art Center Gallery
5500 N St Louis Ave, Building E, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, May 31st
Beverly Serrell: Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach
@ 57th Street Books
1301 E 57th St Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 6PM - 7PM
ChiArts Senior Showcase
@ COLOR CLUB
4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
Perennial (traces)
@ Strata Gallery
3035 W George St, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, May 17th
Nick Wilkinson: Sun Rays Like Stilts
@ Cleaner Gallery + Projects
1856 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 22nd
Esau McGhee: Less Than You Desire More Than You Deserve (Exhibit C)
@ Cleaner Gallery + Projects
1856 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 22nd
Cornelia Arts Building May 2024 Open Studios
@ Cornelia Arts Building
1800 W Cornelia Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
The Mask of Prosperity
@ Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, August 2nd
Julia Signe: Birds of No Feather
@ Povos Downtown
600 W Van Buren St Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 23rd
ART & IMPACT: Strands of Wisdom
@ Art on Sedgwick
1404 N Sedgwick St Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
Text(ure(al)
@ Circle Contemporary
2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 8th
Wanderings: 2024 Undergraduate Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition
@ The Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, June 7th
Department 24
@ Hokin Gallery
623 S Wabash Ave, 1st Fl, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, May 24th
Pieces, 2024 Manifest BA Fine Arts Exhibition
@ C33 Gallery
33 E Ida B. Wells Dr, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, May 31st
Bethany Cordero and Deborah Newmark: Liminal Space
@ Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 8th
Rhonda Gates: land[e]scapes
@ Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, June 22nd
Dennis Lee Mitchell: Through An Open Flame
@ Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, June 22nd
2024 Photography Undergraduate Exhibition | Columbia College Chicago
@ Photography Lighting Studio
1104 S Wabash Ave, Second Floor, Room 202 Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 2PM - 3PM
Dorothy Graden: Timeless Mysteries
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 1PM - 2PM
On view through Wednesday, July 17th
Carta Monir and Sir Testimony present SIDESHAVE
@ Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, May 10th, from 7PM - 8PM
Comfort Music: Liz Flood & Jeff Kimmel/Jack Langdon
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, May 9th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Joe Fournier
@ Friendly Music Community
6729 Roosevelt Rd, Berwyn, IL 60304
Opening Thursday, May 9th, from 7PM - 12AM
On view through Sunday, June 30th
Film Talks: A Touring Program of Experimental Cinema
@ Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, May 9th, from 7PM - 9PM
Dancing Flowers and Sprouting Seeds: Films of Botanical Motion
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, May 9th, at 7PM
Absolutamente Negro: The Intentionality of Building
@ The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture
3015 W Division St, Chicago, IL60622
Opening Thursday, May 9th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Every house has a door performs a new work
@ The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, May 9th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Smart Scholars Symposium: Identity, Space, and Time in the Visual Arts
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, May 9th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Gabriela Leyva: Heaven on Earth
@ Koehnline Museum of Art
1600 E Golf Rd, Des Plaines, IL 60016
Opening Thursday, May 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, June 28th
AIRMW Presents: Lauren Deutsch
@ Asian Improv aRts Midwest
4875 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60630
Opening Thursday, May 9th, from 5PM - 8:30PM
On view through Friday, May 10th
2024 MFA Thesis Exhibition | Columbia College Chicago
@ Columbia College Chicago Student Center, Fifth Floor
754 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, May 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Tuesday, May 28th
Comfort Film Presents 3 Films by William John Willke
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, May 8th, from 7:30PM - 10PM
Annual Public Lecture: Gina Dent
@ International House, The University of Chicago
1414 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, May 8th, from 7PM - 8PM
Lecture in Photography: Gregory Harris
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, May 8th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Opening Passages: Photographers Respond to Chicago and Paris: Gallery Talk
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Wednesday, May 8th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, August 25th
Making Multichannel Music w/ Dorothy Carlos
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, May 8th, at 7:30PM
The Dead Don’t Need Reminding Book Launch and Celebration with Julian Randall
@ Haymarket House
800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Tuesday, May 7th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
PRANKSTERS
@ Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, May 7th, at 7PM
Bridging Diasporic Divides: Synthesizing Family Through Visual Art
@ Chuquimarca
Online
Opening Tuesday, May 7th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
HEEL/FORMAZIONE—a double feature film screening
@ Inga
1740 W 18th Street, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Tuesday, May 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
The Dead Don’t Need Reminding Book Launch and Celebration with Julian Randall
@ Haymarket Books
800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Tuesday, May 7th, at 7:30PM
Sacred Harp
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, May 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
Darkroom Open House with Rich Ankeney
@ Galesburg Community Arts Center
349 E Main St, Galesburg, IL 61401
Opening Tuesday, May 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
Spring 2024 Edition of the First Nations Film and Video Festival
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, May 6th, from 7PM - 9PM
Gallery Conversation: What’s New in Modern Art?
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, May 6th, from 2PM - 2:45PM
fundamental!
@ The California Clipper
1002 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, May 5th, from 4 PM - 8 PM
Annette Monnier: Major Arcana
@ RUSCHWOMAN
2100 S Marshall Blvd, Suite 105, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Sunday, May 5th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, June 16th
Whereverfest
@ The Waste Shed
1754 N Kimball Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, May 5th, from 1PM - 5PM
Maker’s Markets 2024
@ Maple Avenue Garage 5th Floor Parking
1800 Maple Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, May 5th, from 12PM - 5PM
AfriClassical Futures: King Sophia Presents Classical Black Folk Songs
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, May 5th, at 4PM
Slam Diáspora @ Feria del Libro
@ The Pub – University of Chicago, Ida Noyes Hall (basement)
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, May 4th, from 9PM - 11PM
AIRMW at Elastic Arts: Kishino Takagishi & Henry Wolf / Mallory Qiu
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 4th, from 8:30PM - 10:30PM
POSTCARDS FROM A WORLD ON FIRE
@ Watershed Art & Ecology
1821 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 4th, at 8PM
Lampo: Madison Greenstone
@ Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, Illinois 60610
Opening Saturday, May 4th, from 8PM - 9PM
Opening Passages: Photographers Respond to Chicago and Paris
@ 6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, May 4th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, June 9th
no shared moon light
@ No Nation - Art Gallery and Tangential Unspace Lab
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 4th, from 5PM - 9PM
The Politicians (some of them)
@ (northern) Western Exhibitions
7933 N Lincoln Ave, Skokie, IL 60077
Opening Saturday, May 4th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, September 29th
Gato Encerrado/Locked Cat: A Meditation on Uprootedness, a Preface to Goodbye
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, May 4th, from 5PM - 9PM
Anne Harris & Noelle Africh: eyemind
@ Stasias Gallery
44 E Cedar St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, May 4th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 8th
Reevah Agarwaal and Lisa DeAbreau: Becoming
@ FLXST Contemporary
2251 S. Michigan Ave. Suite 220 Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, May 4th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, June 2nd
Sayeda Misa Sourour: Al-Atlal الأطلال
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 4th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, May 26th
Courage left in a tree – Zander Raymond album release
@ TUSK
3205 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 4th, from 4PM - 7PM
May Art & Wine Night
@ Creative Coworking
922 Davis St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, May 4th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, June 28th
Book Launch: Hello We Were Talking About Hudson
@ Corbett vs Dempsey
2156 W Fulton Street, Chicago
Opening Saturday, May 4th, from 3PM - 4:30PM
Jordan Strafer: DECADENCE
@ The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, Cobb Hall, 4th Fl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, May 4th, at 4PM
On view through Sunday, July 7th
You Are Invited
@ DANK Haus
4740 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, May 4th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Thursday, June 13th
Talk | Roundtable on Virginia Jaramillo
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60611
Opening Saturday, May 4th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Zine Workshop
@ Chinese American Museum of Chicago
238 W 23rd St, 4th floor, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, May 4th, from 1PM - 3PM
The People’s Ring Shout
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, May 4th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
marimacha monarca press: Piñata Pollination: Seed-Papermaking Workshop
@ McKinley Park Community Garden
W 38th St & S Damen Ave Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, May 4th, from 1PM - 4PM
Hansel and Gretel, a collective tribute to Pope.L by DoVA alumni
@ Hutchinson Courtyard, The University of Chicago
1131 E 57th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, May 4th, from 1PM - 3PM
A Day in the Life of Puppets
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, May 4th, from 9:30am - 3PM
