West Town, Wicker Park, Ukrainian Village, Kinzie Corridor, Humboldt Park

West Town

Wisconsin

IL • MI • IN

West Loop, Fulton Market, East Garfield Park

West Loop and West Side

Evanston, The North Shore, Northern, Western and Southern Suburbs

Suburbs

Old Town, Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Roscoe Village, Bucktown, Wicker Park, Logan Square, Lincoln Square, Ravenswood, Uptown, Edgewater, Andersonville, Rogers Park

North Side

Michigan Avenue, Streeterville, The Gold Coast, The Loop, and South Loop

Michigan Avenue

Pilsen, Bridgeport, Chinatown, plus Hyde Park, Jackson Park/Dorchester, and Bronzeville

South Side

Superior and Franklin streets, West Chicago Ave, and down to Merchandise Mart and the River

River North

Join artists and cultural workers Jasmin Cardenas, Érika Ordosgoitti, and Nazafarin Lotfi for a conversation moderated by Susan Gzesh as they explore the intersection of community arts, sanctuary, and civic action.

Conversation on the Intersection of Community Arts, Sanctuary, and Civic Action

Co-curator Eduardo Bello leads an in-gallery conversation about the exhibition.

Curator's Talk:  Modernity in the Making

Celebrate art and community at Hyde Park Art Center—enjoy a conversation between Jackman Goldwasser resident Pooja Pittie and artist Soumya Netrabile, followed by a community dinner, free and open to all. Pittie is the inaugural resident of the Beyond Bodies of Work: A 3Arts + Hyde Park Art Center Residency.

Beyond Bodies of Work: A 3Arts + Hyde Park Art Center Residency

Co-curator Corinne Granof leads an in-gallery conversation about the event "All the Noise and the Hurry" on Thursday, November 5, at 3:30 PM.

Curator's Talk: All the Noise and the Hurry

Adrienne Brown, Professor in the Departments of English and Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity at the University of Chicago, presents her current research on reimagining urban emptiness.

Vacant Stares: Adrienne Brown on Rethinking Urban Emptiness

Neurologist, Professor, and Director of the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics Anjan Chatterjee and glass artist Judith Schaechter discuss how the brain perceives, creates, and responds to art.

Anjan Chatterjee & Judith Schaechter on Neuroaesthetics

The conversation will be moderated by Chicago artist and curator Catherine Schwalbe, whose practice spans sculpture, installation, mixed media, found objects, site specific work, and social practice. Schwalbe maintains Haptic Studio and Residency, shares a clay studio at Ripple Studios, and teaches at Lillstreet Art Center.The program offers an opportunity to hear directly from participating artists about their work, their relationship to clay, and the regional context surrounding contemporary ceramic practice. Featured Artists:Aaron BeckerGabriel Chalfin-Piney-GonzálezMirentxu GanzarainSuzanne LongHenry Tyson Location:Oliva Gallery3816 W. Armitage Ave.Chicago, IL 60647 Image: Suzanne Long,&nbsp;Lamb of God take away the sins of the world

Material Bodies: Conversations, Clay and the Midwest Landscape

Dipesh Chakrabarty, Christine Laquet, Jennifer Pitts, &amp; Zachary Cahill on the Climate Crisis. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, December 1st, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm. Zachary Cahill, Director of Programs and Fellowships at the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry, will moderate a discussion with the 2026-2027 Gray Fellows.

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