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West Town

Wisconsin

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West Loop, Fulton Market, East Garfield Park

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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

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

River North

Anne Loucks Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of&nbsp;Abstract Narratives, a new exhibition in our Glencoe gallery featuring Lori Glavin, Grace Munakata, and Jenny Nelson. On view through June 10th, the show explores the color, texture and stories embedded in the work of these artists.&nbsp;For an exhibition checklist, please click&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(96, 96, 96);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.artsy.net/show/anne-loucks-gallery-lori-glavin-grace-munakata-and-jenny-nelson-abstract-narratives" target="_blank">here</a>.Lori Glavin’s paintings and monotypes are saturated with color, light, and bold shapes.&nbsp;She takes inspiration from everyday life and the natural world to collect, combine and layer&nbsp;forms, pattern, and rich color.Grace Munakata's&nbsp;mixed media paintings&nbsp;incorporate drawing, gestural marks&nbsp;and&nbsp;fields of color. Images from distinct elements cluster, evoking stories rooted in nature, conservation, memory and experience.&nbsp;Jenny Nelson's paintings&nbsp;employ spontaneous&nbsp;marks&nbsp;and tactile brush strokes. Her process of building up, editing, and taking away layers&nbsp;of&nbsp;color creates&nbsp;compositions that are&nbsp;energetic, balanced and responsive.Please stop in to see the show.&nbsp;We'd love to see you!

Lori Glavin, Grace Munakata & Jenny Nelson: Abstract Narratives

Please join us for the Opening Reception of&nbsp;sounds better with you,&nbsp;guest curated by Iris Colburn and Gabriel Garza.The reception will include a performance by&nbsp;<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://artsoflife.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=676dcf6750de4694fd657fca1&amp;id=fbfb57d9af&amp;e=ed6a12e728" target="_blank">Van Go Go</a>&nbsp;on Friday, May 23, from 5 - 8pm at Circle Contemporary.&nbsp;Featured.Artists:&nbsp;<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://artsoflife.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=676dcf6750de4694fd657fca1&amp;id=b286cb430f&amp;e=ed6a12e728" target="_blank">Chris Austin</a>&nbsp;–&nbsp;<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://artsoflife.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=676dcf6750de4694fd657fca1&amp;id=44d747f2c4&amp;e=ed6a12e728" target="_blank">Joey Center</a>&nbsp;–&nbsp;<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://artsoflife.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=676dcf6750de4694fd657fca1&amp;id=6da2d7a60f&amp;e=ed6a12e728" target="_blank">Raven Chacon</a>&nbsp;–&nbsp;<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://artsoflife.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=676dcf6750de4694fd657fca1&amp;id=86d4dd0e91&amp;e=ed6a12e728" target="_blank">Marcus Imani Kennedy</a>&nbsp;–&nbsp;<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://artsoflife.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=676dcf6750de4694fd657fca1&amp;id=c480310bb9&amp;e=ed6a12e728" target="_blank">Bill Lilly</a>&nbsp;–&nbsp;<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://artsoflife.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=676dcf6750de4694fd657fca1&amp;id=feb5616f9c&amp;e=ed6a12e728" target="_blank">Isabelle Frances McGuire</a>&nbsp;–&nbsp;<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://artsoflife.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=676dcf6750de4694fd657fca1&amp;id=b95814b5ce&amp;e=ed6a12e728" target="_blank">Dave Muller</a>&nbsp;–<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://artsoflife.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=676dcf6750de4694fd657fca1&amp;id=e157c76659&amp;e=ed6a12e728" target="_blank">Micah Schippa-Wildfong</a>&nbsp;–&nbsp;<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://artsoflife.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=676dcf6750de4694fd657fca1&amp;id=14ca2c4093&amp;e=ed6a12e728" target="_blank">Lucy Walsh</a>&nbsp;Iris Colburn&nbsp;is a curator and writer based in Chicago. She is a curatorial associate at the MCA Chicago, where she recently curated&nbsp;Chicago&nbsp;Works | Andrea Carlson: Shimmer on Horizons&nbsp;and the MCA’s presentation of&nbsp;Virginia&nbsp;Jaramillo: Principle of Equivalence. She has organized performances with Joelle Mercedes, Katinka Kleijn, and Micah Schippa, and contributed writing to several publications.Gabriel Garza&nbsp;is an artist from Los Angeles, currently pursuing his MFA in Art from University of Southern California. His solo shows include Malaprop Pablum at /(Slash) (San Francisco)&nbsp;and Escolar (Santa Rosa, CA). His curatorial projects in California include In Concert (San Francisco, 2023) and&nbsp;Thats A More (Oakland, 2022) with Theadora Walsh, along with&nbsp;Punto Lairs inc, a gallery in his parents' backyard (Los Angeles, 2020-21). Opening Reception:&nbsp;Friday, May 23 | 5-8pm (<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://artsoflife.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=676dcf6750de4694fd657fca1&amp;id=f173236d80&amp;e=ed6a12e728" target="_blank">VanGoGo</a>&nbsp;performance)Closing Reception:&nbsp;Friday, July 11 (<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://artsoflife.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=676dcf6750de4694fd657fca1&amp;id=395d220776&amp;e=ed6a12e728" target="_blank">Dorothy Carlos</a>&nbsp;performance)&nbsp; Circle Contemporary2010 W Carroll AveChicago, IL 60612

sounds better with you

Mongerson Gallery is thrilled to present&nbsp;Space Travelers,&nbsp;a solo exhibition of works by the Chicago Surrealist artist Julia Thecla (1896-1973). Once described as “the mystery girl of Chicago art,” Thecla was known for her dreamlike compositions featuring a world of fairies, dancers, animals, and sprites rendered in her signature jewel-toned blues.&nbsp;Space Travelers&nbsp;invites viewers into Thecla’s radiant inner cosmos — an imaginative, escapist world that feels both fantastical and uncannily intimate. This one-night exhibition and reception will take place on June 11, 5:30-7:30 p.m., with remarks at 6:15pm, at Expansive Superior, 405 W. Superior St., on the 7th floor. <a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://mongersongallery.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a7ad92181082dccac16f6c885&amp;id=4cca6fb32c&amp;e=d4bddc3732" target="_blank">Please RSVP</a> Julia Thecla Connell was born in Delavan, Illinois, and developed an early passion for art. She attended Illinois State University in Normal for a summer before relocating to Chicago in 1920 to study at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). To support herself, she worked in art and antique restoration. During the Great Depression, she contributed to the Works Progress Administration’s "easel division." Thecla began to gain national recognition for her work in the 1940s, with a notable exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1943. That same year, she was included in Peggy Guggenheim's&nbsp;Exhibition by 31 Women&nbsp;at the Art of This Century gallery in New York. She was connected to artists like Ivan Albright and Gertrude Abercrombie and became part of Chicago’s surrealist movement, producing works that were both haunting and whimsical. Active in Chicago’s artistic circles during the 1940s, her popularity waned in the 1950s as abstraction took center stage in the art world. Thecla died in relative obscurity in Chicago in 1973. Image: Julia Thecla,&nbsp;Hey Diddle Diddle, Oil on canvas board, 11.5 x 13 inches.&nbsp;

Space Travelers: The Dreamworlds of Julia Thecla

Sports Memorabilia <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://hindmanauctions.com/auctions/6350-sports-memorabilia?page=1&amp;per=48&amp;tab=overview" target="_blank">Details</a> Jun 12, 2025&nbsp;10:00AM CT Timed Online / Chicago

Sports Memorabilia

Taking place within the exhibition&nbsp;Germinations,&nbsp;this public reading in English and Spanish presents excerpts from the Huarochirí Manuscript,&nbsp;one of the few surviving records of Quechua worldviews from the Andean region. The lively myths in this a 17th-century text feature tricksters, grieving mothers, fire gods, and elemental spirits, who embody the struggle for cosmic balance and other aspects of the underlying cosmology.

Public Reading: Myths from the Huarochirí Manuscript

Ukrainian Artist in Residence, Nina Murashinko

The Richard J. Abrahamson Collection

The Richard J. Abrahamson Collection

A Concert Series on the Lincoln Landing 200 West 8th Street Lockport, IL 60441

Friday in the Park - June 2025

Bert Green Fine Art&nbsp;is pleased to present our first solo show by Pennsylvania-based artist&nbsp;Dan Barry, and our second show by Chicago artist&nbsp;Mikey Mosher. Both artists will have limited edition prints in the BGFA booth #352 at&nbsp;EXPO Chicago 2025. Mikey Mosher&nbsp;intersects materials and techniques which are not normally combined; he is using carpentry, CNC routing, sewing, found materials, symbolic objects, and textiles to reference multiple historical styles of art making which are rarely ever seen together: Op Art, assemblage, quilting, fabric arts, and abstraction. Taking advantage of contemporary access to all kinds of materials and historical knowledge, Mosher is synthesizing compositions which would have been improbable in earlier eras. All gallery events are free and open to the public. Additional information found at the gallery website at&nbsp;<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://bgfa.us./" target="_blank">https://bgfa.us.</a>&nbsp;Please forward to any interested parties. Mikey Mosher, Recalibration, Poplar, fabric, acrylic paint, 21 x 20”, 2025

Mikey Mosher: Crossroads

We hope you'll join us for an evening of arresting art, light refreshments and engaging conversation. All are welcome and there is always free parking in our open lot across the street and just to the north on Clybourn (look for the sign that says Jayson Home, Artists Frame Service and Chicago Art Source). What Dreams May Come&nbsp;will be on view in the gallery through June 14th and the virtual exhibition can be viewed&nbsp;<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://chicagoartsource.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c1d50c8e60a2b190ac05b35b9&amp;id=1f59700307&amp;e=dea8511fc1" target="_blank">here</a>.&nbsp;

What Dreams May Come: Featuring Fontaine Scarelli, Krista Harris and Peter Kuttner

Reception: May 16, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.A group show featuring artists represented by Victor Armendariz of Gallery VICTOR. In celebration of The Art Center's 65th&nbsp;anniversary.&nbsp;&nbsp;Every year, The Art Center holds an art show to go along with its annual Spring Benefit. This year, TAC has invited Chicago gallerist Victor Armendariz to curate a new show titled&nbsp;Our Time.This exhibition will celebrate art and legacy, commemorating 65 years of The Art Center Highland Park being the North Shore's home for artistic discovery.

Gallery VICTOR Presents: Our Time

Bert Green Fine Art&nbsp;is pleased to present our first solo show by Pennsylvania-based artist&nbsp;Dan Barry, and our second show by Chicago artist&nbsp;Mikey Mosher. Both artists will have limited edition prints in the BGFA booth #352 at&nbsp;EXPO Chicago 2025. ﻿Dan Barry&nbsp;combines found objects, ephemera, and vintage frames with mark making and text to produce artworks densely layered with meaning and textural complexity. Tending toward smaller sizes, they engage the viewer on an intimate scale, and invite a dialogue with the work through close inspection. For this exhibition, BGFA has published a limited-edition archival pigment print of a reproduction of one of his earlier works. Dan Barry, As Funny As It May Seem, Found paper, graphite, cotton thread, antique frame, 13.5 x 10.5”, 20 x 16”, 2025

Dan Barry: As Funny As It May Seem

A Springtime Group ShowSixteen artists. One theme. Infinite interpretations.Join us May 17 as we celebrate the arrival of "May Flowers" — a group show blooming with color, emotion, and intention. From abstract explorations to delicate renderings, each piece dives into the timeless symbol of the flower.More than just visual and olfactory beauty, flowers carry the notion of resilience. They’re a reminder that growth often follows storms — after April’s rain comes the burst of color and life. In this spirit, May Flowers invites you to reflect on what it means to bloom: to emerge, to evolve, to thrive.This show features several of our resident artists in addition to a handful of artists making their CT debut. Please welcome&nbsp;<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://shop.chicagotruborn.com/_t/c/v3/AAB3c2rQlpgs5t4JgLNVaOTaBw6QL4AY8MQjp_p45vJpnByrQ85RR5pDPmxvBGXG3Xs2UqsPdNcx-GKW8uk6S8AfQutPCUb_5z2z7EMbAElllZnnitL9E_Tu-HDVpyXRl4bsqXKgX7_ukQNEX_FgSvgmTk8JdFaoDWCB9bqXIx4PedoXR0RzBkOY1HNK6c7AY7u_DApRwjKBDZVuBpHNv-wZr-YDmTZTJ18ZM_ZaUd7dj88pekOB3ouLiOLDteW01Jq5B2RUMpzZI5nX8DIBkC3hlTOVEAd2QfoLVrf_FfMrVIUXjtY_3wzn" target="_blank">Anna Charney</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://shop.chicagotruborn.com/_t/c/v3/AADLh8z_dSRhTft3JJoTArU5n7k8u8aq6rvdMM4qnLdlwKuy6DLJwaTCQ1-rp79Hz1_rB9czqyyVr87Ux5iQlAhyplUSqzyfShmOXhfSZoHkR8fO2dOA4FnbxZfYVxWZkhdvIdn775bJv1EPXk6tkJbVA86ELcVFFt727UrjiJs3r5Vjag9JMhkDtjrqP9w3n78ZnjKwg2mFomD9DTatXDlMzgDcUfRP09mATOoEje1Wmb5a457B6_DHeEsk1iVFAaHfUU2QaV7-5UFPavIzNrU5rrJ_pvzYxh9jzR44TI65BshWcPJJEK8L" target="_blank">Anna Hasseltine</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://shop.chicagotruborn.com/_t/c/v3/AAAYuVE_bH_kzzco0BEd6xpSt6PuCZi-O0XuPIp8rTNTivXyQM2yKu9PdbeWeA-lThvl1sRJZenWFV9Y_V2aLgK28knaQnGi7ZhRryUrUDTWe_JD_B8LOqpoKJAEtaYeFlhxVEuaFWAg1udpwpsthKdpAbi12DTgegKOC5QhwsnuEGQDy4rPFK6oX64PL7I2yF6co5K4VUBEtfTpwChv5qcnGgZH-1EaizDbo2pOUdAEYibpYr_IfNT6E78u4z-_m7NRRSk7ayQHISS55uCDjXMaD4RifX3dYglcskTAupkwHdkZSA==" target="_blank">Sam Sidney</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://shop.chicagotruborn.com/_t/c/v3/AABZcpnFlSfMsEHLNtmBdmc2FWB7rU6yySk1-9VZJTE9n9DsuE6QJ2Le9sFuQODkj61FT-3stVETyCPJIE1AiCKNeJScwoBcZhSqAVZQbtpGhO3lA7Mu5tIxw-BZWg7OqBj77RpBagZAubpL0Tjtj-e8Bk0gHjILIgUaLsWy9ifSkxRFWK1DM8RsHEqY2UqdfHcjYEdCxKTP1yo4sKDJAbtw_0MmwBBB0k7f-hbfJso8U_fEcFsg-9OzfJeTn9lwGX5pLdNHbcxRS9iKQ6BR_z8jjjdphvw5gkCskuJ0VBFfJK-4IenP" target="_blank">Tony Passero</a>&nbsp;to the CT FAM!!!

...May Flowers

PATRON is proud to present our first solo exhibition,&nbsp;All water has a perfect memory, with Chicago-based artist Lindsay Adams.&nbsp;Titled in reference to Toni Morrison’s “The Site of Memory,” an essay exploring the nature of memory and narrative truth specifically in context of the historic Black American experience, Adams’s presentation of new paintings and drawings on both paper and mirror tile, metaphorizes the fluid nature of water as a means to extend her own exploration of memory, emotional truth, and place.&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:info@patrongallery.com?subject=Lindsay%20Adams%20%7C%20preview%20request%20" target="_blank">Inquire Here</a>Image: LINDSAY ADAMSUntitled (The Site of Memory, Morrison #3), 2025Ink, graphite, charcoal, pen, oil paint on paper22 1/4" x 30"Framed:&nbsp;25 1/2" x 33 1/4" x 1 3/4"&nbsp;LA010

Lindsay Adams: All water has a perfect memory

As art forms, collage and assemblage are most closely associated with the modern era—particularly the early twentieth century. However, as a technique, collage—with its root word&nbsp;coller&nbsp;meaning to stick together or glue—has been practiced for centuries. While both collage and assemblage involve piecing together materials, collage describes two-dimensional compositions while assemblage generally characterizes three-dimensional works. Often, although not exclusively, collage and assemblage feature found or non-traditional art media. Many modern and contemporary artists even draw attention to their usage of various, often unexpected materials. Rather than disguising the multiple components of collage and assemblage, they explore ways of combining and expanding the information visually to create a unified whole made of bits and pieces of other things. Artists often engage elements that reflect modern life or larger themes—for example, found and recycled materials, or socially or politically charged images. Focused on the breadth of two- and three-dimensional work in RAM’s collection, this exhibition includes sculpture, collage, jewelry, quilts, and art to wear compiled from or appearing as a variety of individual pieces. In addition to being an exploration of artist process and material exploration,&nbsp;Pieces&nbsp;underscores the ability of some artists to recontextualize the marginalized or overlooked and to imbue the ordinary with something extraordinary. With an emphasis on repurposed and found materials, this exhibition supports RAM’s Zero Waste Art Initiative, an ongoing and multi-faceted project encouraging reconsideration of consumption habits and creative solutions for reuse. As outlined by RAM’s Education Department, this initiative “is working to establish partnerships with local businesses and manufacturing plants to reduce their waste and keep it out of landfills by turning these materials into educational, eco-art.” <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ramart.org/exhibit/pieces-collage-and-assemblage-from-rams-collection/" target="_blank">Details</a> Image: ErmanJacket, ca. 1995Found fabric and thread31 x 42 inchesRacine Art Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Victor WhitmanPhotography: Jarvis Lawson

Pieces: Collage and Assemblage from RAM’s Collection

PATRON is proud to announce&nbsp;Caroline Kent: The Sentimental Hand, our second solo exhibition with the Chicago-based artist.&nbsp;The Sentimental Hand&nbsp;results from a year in which Kent’s focus returned to honing in on the building blocks of her practice, starting with cut paper forms–the elementary facet of her practice. Celebrating the role of the artist’s own hand as foundational in each stage of her creative process, the exhibition unites four bodies of work across which Kent has been concurrently working for the past year.&nbsp;<h4>&nbsp;</h4><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:info@patrongallery.com?subject=Caroline%20Kent%7C%20preview%20request%20" target="_blank">Inquire Here</a> Image: CAROLINE KENT&nbsp;A cordial invitation to whimsy and mayhem, 2025Acrylic on Belgian linen, ebonized walnut&nbsp;30 3/8"&nbsp;x 36 3/8" x 2"&nbsp;CK151

Caroline Kent: The Sentimental Hand

OPEN LENS XV June 5 - July 6, 2025 The Artist Reception is June 14, from 4:00PM - 7:00PM

Reception for Open Lens XV

Chicago’s legendary&nbsp;<a style="color: blue;" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.oldtownartfair.org/" target="_blank">Old Town Art Fair</a>, now celebrating its&nbsp;75th&nbsp;Anniversary, returns to the heart of the historic&nbsp;OldTown&nbsp;Triangle&nbsp;Historic&nbsp;District (Main Gate at the intersection of Lincoln and Wisconsin Streets) on&nbsp;Saturday and Sunday,&nbsp;June 14 and 15, 2025.Established in 1948, the Old Town Art Fair is one of Chicago’s oldest juried art fairs and one of the first fine art fairs of its kind in the country. Organized by the non-profit&nbsp;Old Town Triangle Association&nbsp;and completely volunteer-run, this year’s Fair will be the most festive in its milestone 75-year history, attracting over 230 artists from across the country plus live music on two stages; an array of classic Chicago food and beverage options from local vendors; a dedicated Children’s Corner featuring interactive activities and crafts for kids; and the return of self-guided Garden Walks in over 50 gardens in the Old Town Triangle neighborhood.&nbsp;Annually, the Fair introduces artists to an estimated 30,000 art lovers over the course of the two-day event.&nbsp; Chris Nelson, Old Town Art Fair 2025 Chair, noted that a record number of artists applied to exhibit this year. “We have world class artists across all media showing with us,” he said. “We continue to expand our search for new exhibitors to ensure talented contemporary and upcoming artists are well represented, bringing a fresh feel to each year that has contributed to the Fair’s longevity and legacy over the past 75 years. From exceptional art to strolling Old Town’s historic gardens, there will be something for everyone to discover in this year’s Fair!” The Old Town Art Fair will take place, rain or shine, Saturday, June 14, from 10am-7pm, and Sunday, June 15, from 10am-6pm. Proceeds from the suggested donation of $12 for adults (free for children) go&nbsp;directly back into local schools, arts, and cultural programs in the area, including historic and architectural preservation clubs; the Menomonee Club; and the Old Town Triangle Association. Selected by a jury of local art professionals, including gallery owners, museum curators, and artists, the Fair features a dynamic mix of artists working across media, including paintings, sculpture, photography, printmaking, ceramics, glass, fiber, jewelry, and more. Over 700 artists apply each year for a coveted spot within the Fair. Each year, the Old&nbsp;Town&nbsp;Art&nbsp;Fair selects&nbsp;the&nbsp;work&nbsp;of&nbsp;an&nbsp;exhibiting&nbsp;artist&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;Art&nbsp;Fair’s&nbsp;commemorative&nbsp;poster. Visitors can view the dynamic evolution of 75 years of vintage posters online&nbsp;<a style="color: blue;" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.oldtownartfair.org/more/vintage-art-fair-posters/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.&nbsp;This year’s poster will feature a special commission by a local Chicago artist and long-time Fair contributor in celebration of the landmark anniversary. The Fair’s exhibitor committee also identifies an annual Emerging Artist to receive a courtesy booth space&nbsp;provided&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;Fair&nbsp;at&nbsp;no&nbsp;cost&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;artist. This year’s Emerging Artist,&nbsp;<a style="color: blue;" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://annabellesigmond.com/fine-art" target="_blank">Annabelle Sigmond</a>, explores the patterns of nature, human impact on geography, and climate change in her vibrant paintings and illustrations. Along with the visual art offerings, the Garden Walk--an attendee-favorite year after year--offers visitors the opportunity to tour over 50 gardens, many of which are private and only viewable during the Art Fair. Organizers provide historical information, fun facts, and anecdotes about the homes, architecture, and past and present residents. Old Town’s quaint green spaces make the neighborhood a charming and delightful destination for locals and tourists alike.&nbsp; For fifty years, two events have been held in Old Town on the second weekend in June; the Old Town Art Fair and the Wells Street Art Festival are separate events. For&nbsp;more&nbsp;information,&nbsp;please&nbsp;visit&nbsp;<a style="color: blue;" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.oldtownartfair.org/" target="_blank">oldtownartfair.org</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;follow&nbsp;along&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a style="color: blue;" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.instagram.com/oldtownartfair/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a style="color: blue;" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.facebook.com/OldTownArtFair/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>. ABOUT&nbsp;THE&nbsp;OLD&nbsp;TOWN&nbsp;TRIANGLE&nbsp;ASSOCIATIONThe Old Town Triangle Association (OTTA) is a community-based, not-for-profit organization dedicated&nbsp;to&nbsp;enhancing&nbsp;the&nbsp;quality&nbsp;of&nbsp;life&nbsp;for&nbsp;neighbors&nbsp;inthe&nbsp;historic&nbsp;Old&nbsp;Town&nbsp;Triangle&nbsp;District on Chicago’s north side. The&nbsp;OTTA&nbsp;hosts&nbsp;the&nbsp;Old&nbsp;Town&nbsp;Art&nbsp;Fair&nbsp;along&nbsp;with&nbsp;many&nbsp;other&nbsp;neighborhood&nbsp;initiativesand works to maintain the historic, landmarked buildings that make Old Town a unique and wonderful community. The&nbsp;“Triangle&nbsp;Building”&nbsp;at&nbsp;1763&nbsp;N.North&nbsp;Park&nbsp;serves&nbsp;as&nbsp;OTTA’s&nbsp;community&nbsp;center,&nbsp;meeting&nbsp;place, and neighborhood resource.

Old Town Art Fair

Elevated: Art Via Chicago Wright and Toomey &amp; Co. / ChicagoAuction 18 June 2025 Interested in selling works in this sale?&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:consign@wright20.com" target="_blank">Contact us today</a>&nbsp;for a free evaluation! <a style="color: rgb(67, 90, 255);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.wright20.com/elevated-art-via-chicago" target="_blank">information</a> Wright and Toomey &amp; Co. are proud to offer the only auctions dedicated to exploring and supporting the legacy of Chicago art.&nbsp;Elevated: Art Via Chicago&nbsp;features 20th century art from important Chicago collections with an emphasis on artists and movements that have shaped the Chicago art world over the last 100 years, such as the&nbsp;Chicago Imagists,&nbsp;Hairy Who?,&nbsp;Monster Roster, and&nbsp;Chicago Modernists. The sale includes highlights by&nbsp;Gertrude Abercrombie,&nbsp;Karl Wirsum,&nbsp;Miyoko Ito,&nbsp;Richard Hunt,&nbsp;Ed Paschke,&nbsp;Robert Lostutter,&nbsp;Joseph Yoakum,&nbsp;Ruth Duckworth,&nbsp;Ivan Albright, and many others.

Elevated: Art Via Chicago

SECRIST | BEACH is&nbsp;pleased to announce the exhibition&nbsp;Master Class: Inside the Last American Museum School with SAIC Painting Alumni.&nbsp;Master Class&nbsp;brings together artworks by over 60 former and current students who studied in the Painting and Drawing Department of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) between the years 2000 and 2025. This exhibition, on view from April 19 through June 21, 2025 at SECRIST | BEACH in Chicago, is guest-curated by art historian, Chair of the Department of Painting and Drawing and current faculty member Lisa Wainwright along with SAIC President Emerita, Elissa Tenny. The gallery will host an opening reception for the public on Saturday, April 19 from 5-8PM.&nbsp;In 1866 a group of 35 artists founded the Chicago Academy of Design. Their mandate was to create a free school to study “life” and “antique” drawing and to run a gallery space alongside the school. The building the original gallery space occupied was lost in the Great Chicago fire of 1871, but by 1879 a new gallery space, with the support of new board members, was born and renamed the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. In 1882, that name was changed to&nbsp;what we know as&nbsp;the Art Institute of Chicago. Since that time, the School and the Art Institute have grown into a symbiotic dynamic that has&nbsp;greatly impacted both the Chicago scene and the larger art world&nbsp;in myriad ways.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On the eve of its 160th anniversary, and little known to many, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago is the last 'Museum School' in North America. In celebration of this achievement,&nbsp;Master Class&nbsp;dives into the close connection between the museum and the alums of its renowned Painting and Drawing Department from the last 25 years. On view in the gallery will be an artwork by each of the artists selected, taking up the entirety of the gallery’s 10,000 sq. ft. space. In addition to their own artwork, each artist has been asked to identify an artist and a work of theirs from the collection of the Art Institute. Didactics and a video presentation on view in our salon room will guide viewers to those works in the collection.&nbsp;&nbsp;Curating this exhibition has reminded us - and will express to viewers - the integral and generative link between the school and the museum, highlighting the long histories of public collections and art-making in Chicago. Some of the connections between the artwork on view and their chosen Art Institute collection include a Tony Lewis drawing and Stuart Davis’&nbsp;Ready-to-Wear&nbsp;(1955), Jeffly Gabriela Molina’s painting with Agnes Martin’s&nbsp;Untitled No. 12&nbsp;(1977), Minami Kobayashi’s painting and Pierre Bonnard’s&nbsp;Earthly Paradise&nbsp;(1916-1920).What becomes apparent in&nbsp;Master Class&nbsp;is the indelible impact these master artworks have provided for two and a half decades of art students. Contextually, placing these works into close proximities allows the viewer to comprehend the role a museum has in the cognitive&nbsp;and technical&nbsp;development&nbsp;of artists. Ultimately, the engaging&nbsp;pairings provide&nbsp;insight into the role of looking,&nbsp;sensorial consciousness,&nbsp;historical mapping,&nbsp;institutional awareness and other more surprising discoveries.&nbsp;This exhibition serves as a&nbsp;tangible experience for anyone interested in art history and pedagogy. CATALOGUE:&nbsp;In recognition of the importance of this monumental exhibition, SECRIST | BEACH is developing a comprehensive catalogue that will provide valuable insight regarding&nbsp;Master Class.&nbsp;Many&nbsp;participating artists&nbsp;have&nbsp;provided their own writing in which they expound on their experience as a student, their relationship with SAIC and why the master artwork they chose was impactful. A cadre of art historians, critics and academics connected to SAIC will also be contributing essays that focus on individual artists and their inspiration. Additionally, art historian and co-curator of&nbsp;Master Class&nbsp;Lisa Wainwright and artist and SAIC&nbsp;Crown Family&nbsp;professor Michelle Grabner will contribute introductory essays diving into the history of the relationship between the School and the Institute,&nbsp;and the placement of twenty-five years of production in the context of contemporary art. SCHOLARSHIP:At the conclusion of&nbsp;Master Class, Carrie Secrist and Bill Beach will be presenting a gift to The School of the Art Institute to support future students and their endeavors in learning.&nbsp; Artists featured in&nbsp;Master Class&nbsp;include:Lindsay Adams, Noelle Africh, Luke Agada, Alberto Aguilar, Latifa Alajlan, Cecilia Beaven, Aviv Benn, Samantha Bittman, Elijah Burgher, Robert Burnier, Nik Cho, Alex Bradley Cohen, Jeane Cohen, Paula Crown, Chelsea Culprit, Tavin Davis, Dana DeGiulio, Austin Eddy, Stephen Eichhorn, Peter Fagundo, Nicola Florimbi, Howard Fonda, Jae Ford, Jonathan Gardner, Magalie Guérin, Antonia Gurkovska, Efrat Hakimi, Andrew Holmquist, Mika Horibuchi, Patrick Dean Hubbell, Steven Husby, Omair Hussain, G.D. Johnson, James Kao, Em Kettner, Minami Kobayashi,&nbsp;Meredith Kopelman,&nbsp;David Leggett, Tony Lewis, MJ Lounsberry, Wangari Mathenge, Kristoffer McAfee,&nbsp;Rodney McMillian, Isabella Mellado, Emily Miller, Jeffly Gabriela Molina, Aliza Nisenbaum, Angel Otero, Ruth Poor, Kaveri Raina, Autumn Ramsey, Celeste Rapone, Josh Reames,&nbsp;Clare Rojas, Sterling Ruby, Charlotte Saylor, Claire Sherman,&nbsp;Sumakshi Singh, Cameron Spratley, Keer Tanchak, Sebastian Thomas, Alice Tippit, Orkideh Torabi, Pedro Trueba, Cody Tumblin, Omar Velázquez, Jonathan Worcester, Hiejin Yoo and Molly Zuckerman-Hartung.

Master Class: Inside the Last American Museum School with SAIC Painting Alumni 

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Celebrate the culminating thesis projects of 2025 MFA candidates at Northwestern's Department of Art, Theory, and Practice.Daniel Dobrow, bree gant, Breanna Robinson, Renee Royale, José Taymani — 2025 Master of Fine Arts degree candidates — present their thesis projects and conclude their residencies in the<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://art.northwestern.edu/?mc_cid=a75727937e&amp;mc_eid=UNIQID" target="_blank">&nbsp;Department of Art, Theory, and Practice at Northwestern University.</a>This exhibition and the associated events are co-organized by the Department of Art, Theory, and Practice and the Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University. Support provided by the Norton S. Walbridge Fund; the Myers Foundations; the Jerrold Loebl Fund for the Arts; and the Alsdorf Gallery Endowment.Exhibition Opening CelebrationMay 8, 2025, 5PM – 8PM,&nbsp;<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/opening-celebration-a-new-state-of-matter-tickets-1316600380179?utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=attendeeshare&amp;utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-term=listing&amp;utm-source=cp&amp;aff=ebdsshcopyurl?_eboga=false&amp;mc_cid=a75727937e&amp;mc_eid=UNIQID" target="_blank">RSVP</a> The Block Museum of Art and the Department of Art, Theory, and Practice celebrate the 2025 MFA thesis exhibition, A NEW STATE OF MATTER. Join us for an opening reception in the lobby of the museum and experience the work of artists Daniel Dobrow, bree gant, Breanna Robinson, Renee Royale, and José Taymani. Open to all; we appreciate an RSVP!

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