March Art Picks

February 24, 2017 · Archives, Art Picks, Arts Guide, Featured

Exhibitions, screenings, performances, actions and other events to get on your calendar this month.

Our Art Picks are created in collaboration with The Visualist, Chicago’s leading visual arts calendar, and cross-promoted through Windy City Times, one of the longest locally-published LGBTQ weeklies with a national reach. Click here to get our Art Picks and latest articles delivered to your inbox monthly.

This is a growing list, so check back often for new additions.

March Art Picks

Feb 23 – Mar 25, various times
OnEdge, an experimental live performance series
Chicago Cultural Center and Other Locations
Free

Wed, Mar 1, 6pm
Brujos Chicago Premier
Chicago Cultural Center (78 E Washington St)
Free

Thurs, Mar 2
The Artist in the Archive
Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies (Northwestern University, 1970 Campus Drive)
Free

Thurs, Mar 2, 6:00pm
Art in Urgent Times: A Conversation with Rick Lowe, Kristiana Rae Colón & Isis Ferguson
The Social Justice Initiative at UIC (750 S Halsted St, Rm 302)
Free

Thurs, Mar 2, 6:30-9:30pm
Free Them All
Cortelyou Commons (2324 N. Fremont St)
Free

Thur, Mar 2, 6:30pm
Arrive Speaker Series Presents: Kenanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Loyola University Galvin Auditorium (6339 N Sheridan Rd)
Free

Fri, Mar 3 – Sat, Mar 4, 6pm
Minor Matter by Ligia Lewis
Chicago Cultural Center (78 E Washington St)
Free

Fri, Mar 3, 6pm
At The Borderlands: Mitos|Memory, Silvia Gonzalez and Amy Reidel
ACRE (1345 W 19th St)
Free

Fri, Mar 3, 6pm
Hiding in Plain Sight + The Politics of Desire
Chicago Artists Coalition (217 N Carpenter)
Free

Sat, Mar 4, 6-8pm
Book Release: How to Make A Hood
In House (3520 W Armitage)
Free

Sat, Mar 4, 5-8pm
The Launch of A People’s History of Chicago
Harold Washington Library (400 S State St)
Free

Sat, Mar 4, 10pm
Closing Party: In Between Two Bodies
South of the Tracks (4223 W. Lake St, #430)
Free

Sun, Mar 5, 3pm
Resist the Urge to Press Forward: Brent Fogt and Stacia Yeapanis
Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery (32 E Quincy St, Riverdale)
Free

Sun, Mar 5, 1pm
Resist: A Community Talk
Heaven Gallery (1550 N Milwaukee)
Free

Sun, Mar 5, 12-3pm
Carris Adams: This, That, and the Third
Tiger Strikes Asteroid (319 N Albany)
Free

Sun, Mar 5, 6pm
The Era + Friends at The Promontory
The Promontory (5311 S Lake Park Ave)
$5

Tues, Mar 7, 4:30-6pm
Bronzeville Out – Gwendolyn Brooks
Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture (5733 S University Ave)
Free

Tues, Mar 7, 6pm
Disappearing Queer Spaces: A Dialogue
Hyde Park Art Center (5020 S Cornell)
Free

Tues, Mar 7, 7pm
I Be Done Been Was Is
D
uSable Museum of African American History (740 E 56th Pl)
Free, but RSVP required

Wed, Mar 8, 6pm
Lecture in Photography: Barbara Tannenbaum
Ferguson Lecture Hall (600 S Michigan Ave)
Free

Thurs, Mar 9, 5:30-9pm
Health with Heart: A Port Ministries Free Clinic Fundraiser
National Museum of Mexican Art (1852 W 19th St)
$30 online/ $50 at the door

Thurs, Mar 9, 6-8pm
The Passion of Remembrance
Conversations at the Edge (164 N State St)
Free

Thur, Mar 9, 6-11:30pm
Thawalls: Kickoff Bash!
Threewalls and Links
Navy Pier (600 E Grand Ave)
$45

Mar 9-10, 11-5pm
Mar 11-12, 12-4pm
Gallery Weekend Chicago: EXPANDED
MANA Contemporary (2233 S Throop)
Free

Fri, Mar 10, 7-10pm
Tandem Felix Letterpress’ Art Party + Craft Fair
Lacuna Artists Lofts
Free

Fri, Mar 10, 6pm
Victoria Martinez & Yvette Mayorga: Luscious Saturn
Roots + Culture (1034 N Milwaukee Ave)
Free

Fri, Mar 10, 6pm
Artist Talk: Everyday Rituals–Bridging the Black Secular and Divine
Rootwork Gallery (645 W. 18th St)
Free

Sun, Mar 12, 7-10pm
La Extraodinaria Historia de Julia Pastrana Burlesque Show
Uptown Underground (4707 N Broadway)
$10

Thurs, Mar 15, 6-8pm
70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green
Garfield Park Conservatory (300 N Central Park Ave)
Free

Thurs, Mar 16, 6-8pm
Sky Hopinka: Translations and Transmutations
Conversations at the Edge (164 N State St)
Free

Thurs, Mar 16, 7:30pm
NIC Kay: lil BLK
Hamlin Park Fieldhouse (3035 N Hoyne Ave)
Free

Thurs, Mar 16, 6:30-9pm
The Rear View Mirror Sessions: The Excellence of Quincy Jones
Arts and Public Life (301 E Garfield Blvd)
Free

Fri + Sat Mar 17 + 18
Her Struggle Her Triumph, A Celebration Of Women Through Art
Absolutely Anything Essential Gift Shop (3521 S. King Dr)
Free

Sun, Mar 19, 2pm
The Haunting of the In Between Space: Tracing Future Memories
ACRE (1345 W 19th St)
Free

Sun, Mar 26, 6pm
Movement Matters Roundtable
Dovetail Studios (2853 W Montrose Ave)
Free

Fri, March 31, 6-8pm
Bearden’s Odyssey: Poets Respond to the Art of Romare Bearden
Block Museum of Art (40 Arts Circle Drive)
Free

Closing Soon/Eventually

Through March 12th
Precariat
Hyde Park Art Center (5020 S Cornell)
Free

Through March 19th
Everyday Rituals: Bridging the Black Secular and the Divine
Rootwork Gallery (645 W. 18th St)
Free

Through April 1st
Derrick Adams and Susan Hefuna
Rhona Hoffman Gallery (118 N Peoria St)
Free

Through April 2nd
One Day This Kid Will Get Larger
DePaul Art Museum (935 W Fullerton)
Free

Through April 8th
Liana Finck and Omar Velázquez: BOUQUET
Produce Model Gallery (1007 W 19th St, Suite 1)
Free

Through April 9th
50 x 50 Invitational / The Subject is Chicago: People, Places, Possibilities
Chicago Cultural Center (78 E Washington St)
Free

Through May 7th
Nicole Marroquin and Andres L. Hernandez: Historical F(r)ictions
Chicago Cultural Center (78 E Washington St)
Free

Through June 25th
Public School
Hyde Park Art Center (5020 S Cornell)
Free

Through June 25th
Eugene Eda’s Doors for Malcolm X College
Chicago Cultural Center (78 E Washington St)
Free

Through July 30th
The Wall of Respect: Vestiges, Shards and Legacies
Chicago Cultural Center (78 E Washington St)
Free

Featured Image: Installation detail by Yvette Mayorga. See more of her for at Chicago Artists Coalition in The Politics of Desire, at the Chicago Cultural Center in 50 x 50 Invitational: The Subject Is Chicago, or at her website