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In solidarity with and in support of an open letter to the Chicago party scene we recently published here at Sixty, we’d like to share this you in hopes that you read and consider while looking through the events listed below. The letter was cowritten by a group of disabled queers with the goal of reaching organizers who plan events and cultivate spaces for queer community building and joy.
This month’s featured imagemaker is Tonal Simmons.
May 1-26, 2023
Here//Now
Intersect: 3636 Texas Ave, St. Louis, MO
Free
May 1-July 31, 2023
59 Days
Flint Institute of Arts: 1120 E Kearsley St, Flint, Michigan
Free
May 1-October 7, 2023
Yasmin Spiro: Groundation
The Arts Club of Chicago: 201 E Ontario St, Chicago
Free
Mon, May 1, 6pm
Poetry @ The Green: May 2023
The Green at 320: 320 S Canal St, Chicago
Free
Mon, May 1, 6:30-8:30pm
Tanda: The Semiotics of Belonging: A Study of Belonging in the Chicago Urban Landscape Through Visibilizing Markers of Displacement and Environmental Racism
Chuquimarca: Online
Free
May 2-September 1, 2023
Teen Perspectives on Racism and Health Equity
Minneapolis Institute of Art: 2400 Third Ave, South Minneapolis, MN
Free
Tue, May 2, 4-5pm
Curator Colloquium: Surviving the Long Wars: Residues and Rebellions —Aaron Hughes and Ronak Kapadia
Newberry Library: 60 W Walton St, Chicago
Free
Tue, May 2, 6:45-8:45pm
Lighthearted: A non-D&D Tabletop Roleplaying Game
The Actors Garden: 909 S Lombard Ave, Oak Park
Free
Tue, May 2, 7-8pm
An Evening of Poetry with Dina Elenbogen & Robert Manaster
Urbana Free Library: 210 W Green St, Urbana, IL
Free
Tue, May 2, 7-9pm
OUTspoken! LGBTQ+ Storytelling
Sidetrack The Video Bar: 3349 N Halsted St, Chicago
Free
Wed, May 3, 6-8pm
Remembrance & Renewed Hope
International Museum of Surgical Science: 1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago
Free
Wed, May 3, 6-8pm
Prisoner Letter Writing Night
PO Box Collective: 6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago
Free
Wed, May 3, 8pm
AfriClassical Futures: JJJJJerome Ellis w/ Angel Bat Dawid, Luc Mosley, Sharon Udoh
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago
$15
Wed, May 3, 8-10pm
Comfort Film Presents: First Nations Film and VIdeo Festival 2023
Comfort Station Logan Square: 2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Free
Thurs, May 4, 3-4pm
Public Records in Chicago: Acquisition and Accessibility
Chicago Collections: online
Free
Thurs, May 4, 4:30-6:30pm
Writing Care Scenes: A Workshop & Skill Share with 2023 3Arts/Bodies of Work Residency Fellow, Kennedy Dawson Healy
Haymarket House: 800 W Buena Ave, Chicago
Free
Thurs, May 4, 5-8pm
Natasha Moustache: Lerozyon (l-EURO-zhuhn): Closing Reception and Conversation
C33 Gallery: 33 E Ida B. Wells Dr, First Floor, Chicago
Free
Thurs, May 4, 5-8pm
Northwestern University 2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition: What am I to do with a weak mirror?
Block Museum of Art: 40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL
Free
Thurs, May 4, 5:30pm
Toast the Artist
Wrightwood 659: 659 W Wrightwood Ave., Chicago
Free
Thurs, May 4, 6-10pm
Open Door: Gregg Bordowitz, Asia Calcagno, Terri Kapsalis & Ugochi Nwaogwugwu
The Poetry Foundation: 61 W Superior St, Chicago
Free
Thurs, May 4, 6-7:30pm
Injecting Old Europe with New Ideas: Appropriating Black Music in Germany
Museum of Contemporary Photography: 600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Free
Thurs, May 4, 6:30-8pm
Jeff Stevenson: Right Between the Eyes
Robert F. DeCaprio Gallery: 9000 W College Parkway, Palos Hills, IL
Free
Thurs, May 4, 7-8:30pm
Palabra Pura Poetry Pop-Up @ Feria del Libro
Ida Noyes Hall | University of Chicago: 1212 E 59th St, Chicago
Free
Thurs, May 4, 7-8:30pm
Palabra Pura Poetry Pop-Up @ Feria del Libro
Ida Noyes Hall | University of Chicago: 1212 E 59th St, Chicago
Free
Thurs, May 4, 7:30-8:30pm
Comfort Music: YASU EY //&// Lula Asplund
Comfort Station Logan Square: 2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Free
Thurs, May 4, 9:30pm
Jamie Shriner: Corn Baby [Late Show]
Color Club: 4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago
$10
May 5-20, 2023
WASTED by Free Street’s Youth Ensemble (2023)
Free Street Theater – Pulaski Park: 1419 W Blackhawk St, Chicago
Free
May 5-26, 2023
STEPHANIE ALANIZ
Kansas City Artists Coalition: 3200 Gillham Rd, Kansas City, MO
Free
May 5-26, 2023
THAYER BRAY
Kansas City Artists Coalition: 3200 Gillham Rd, Kansas City, MO
Free
May 5-June 18, 2023
KeepIt500
Gallery 924: 924 N. Pennsylvania St, Indianapolis, IN
Free
May 5-June 24, 2023
Pat Kroth: Saved, Salvaged and Stitched
Arts + Literature Laboratory: 111 S Livingston St, Suite 100, Madison, WI
Free
May 5-June 26, 2023
Through Her Eyes: Mama Representation Project
Contemporary Arts Center Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art: 44 E 6th St, Cincinnati, OH
Free
May 5-July 1, 2023
Lavender Country
LUX Center for Arts: 2601 N 48th St, Lincoln, NE
Free
Fri, May 5, 2-4pm
Central West Center Artist in Residence, Ariella Granados: Open Studios
Central West Center: 2102 W Ogden Ave, Chicago
Free
Fri, May 5, 5-8pm
Melina Ausikaitis: Fall in the Leaves
Regards: 2216 W Chicago Ave, Chicago
Free
Fri, May 5, 6-8pm
center • part: 2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition
Logan Center Exhibitions: 915 E 60th St, Chicago
Free
Fri, May 5, 6-9pm
Natalie Pivoney: Chasing Dopamine
Purple Window Gallery: 2233 S Throop St, Room 845, Chicago
Free
Fri, May 5, 6-9pm
Armando Román: MADE IN HEAVEN
The Martin: 2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago
Free
Fri, May 5, 6-9pm
Graham Livingston: One eye constitutes while the other collapses
Ignition project space: 3839 W Grand Ave
Free
Fri, May 5, 6:30pm-12am
Arts of Life Neon Dreams Benefit Auction
Bridge 410: 410 N Paulina St, Chicago
$0-1,000
Fri, May 5, 7pm
INFINITY minus infinity (2019) with the Otolith Group in person
Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University: 40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL
Free
Fri, May 5, 7-8:30pm
KO-MISSION: event series
Links Hall: 3111 N Western Ave, Chicago
$16-42
Fri, May 5, 8pm
Homeroom Presents: BLANK BOX- Ben Zucker’s Everfraction
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago
$15
May 6-7, 2023
Artsfest
East Walnut Street & South John Q Hammons Parkway: 900 E Walnut St, Springfield, MO
$5
May 6-14, 2023
2023 School of Art & Design Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
Krannert Art Museum: 500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL
Free
May 6- June 10, 2023
Craig Deppen Auge, CJ Charbonneau, Sam Haan, Mary Clara Hutchison, Cesar Lopez
GRANITE CITY ART & DESIGN DISTRICT: 1800 block of State Street, Granite City, IL
Free
May 6- June 24, 2023
Zoe McGuire: Earthshine
Library Street Collective: 1274 Library St, Detroit, MI
Free
Sat, May 6, 11am-11pm
Dorian Wood: Canto de Todes
Bemis Center: 724 S. 12th St, Omaha, NE
Free
Sat, May 6, 10am-5pm
Listo para el museo: Wall Hangings
National Museum of Mexican Art: 1852 W 19th St, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 6, 10-11:15am
Maneki-Neko Collage (AKA Lucky Cat Craft) With Annie Chu
Chicago Public Library – Uptown: 929 W Buena Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 6, 11am-12pm
DIY Pop-Up Books
Newberry Library: 60 W Walton St, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 6, 12-3pm
Jeanology
Devonshire Cultural Center: 4400 Greenwood Ave, Skokie, IL
Free
Sat, May 6, 12-10pm
Chicago Artist Claire Ashley: Inflatable Artwork in Unconventional Places
Epiphany Center for the Arts: 207 S Ashland Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 6, 2pm
OF BLACK STUDY BY JOSHUA MYERS
AFRIWARE BOOKS: 1701 S 1ST AVE, SUITE 400, MAYWOOD, IL
Free
Sat, May 6, 2-5pm
Mikey Mosher: Biofeedback
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL
Free
Sat, May 6, 3-7pm
THE ART OF KENTUCKY DERBY
345 ART GALLERY: 345 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 6, 4-7pm
Woman Life Freedom
Woman Made Gallery: 2150 S Canalport Ave #4A-3, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 6, 5-8pm
Emergence Series: Matt Zuska and David Kogan
T MARI GALLERY: 1227 W Devon Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 6, 5-8pm
This is Your Allowance
Positive Space Studios: 3520 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 6, 8pm
AIRMW Presents: Drazek Fuscaldo ft. Tatsu Aoki + George Marich
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago
$15
Sun, May 7, 3:30-5:30pm
Performance Art Lab of Iowa (PALI) May 2023 meeting
PUBLIC SPACE ONE: 538 S Gilbert St, Iowa City, IA
Free
Sun, May 7, 12-4pm
Olive Stefanski: Becoming One Who Holds Many
Tiger Strikes Asteroid: 2233 S Throop St, Unit 419, Chicago
Free
Sun, May 7, 7:30-9:30pm
Black Feminist Poetics: From the Dirt to the Delta
Pegasus at Chicago Dramatists: 765 N Aberdeen St, Chicago
Free
Mon, May 8, 6pm
Poetry @ The Green: May 2023
The Green at 320: 320 S Canal St., Chicago
Free
Mon, May 8, 6pm
Latino Writers Initiative
National Museum of Mexican Art: Online
Free
Tues, May 9, 7pm
SIDE NOTES FROM THE ARCHIVIST by Anastacia-Reneé
Women & Children First Bookstore: 5233 N Clark St, Chicago
Free
Tues, May 9, 7-8:30pm
Preserving Family Stories One Document at a Time
Urbana Free Library: online
Free
Tues, May 9, 8pm
Timbre Tribe + Open Jam!
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago
$15
Wed, May 10, 6pm
2023 Film, Video, New Media, Animation and Sound Festival
Gene Siskel Film Center: 164 N State St, Chicago
Free
Wed, May 10, 6-7pm
Lecture in Photography: Grace Deveney
Museum of Contemporary Photography: 600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Free
Wed, May 10, 6-7:30pm
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
Free
Thurs, May 11, 7pm
Leslie Parker & Collaborators: Threshold of Change
Walker Art Center: 725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN
Free
Thurs, May 11, 7pm
Fashion Futures
Chicago Fashion Coalition at the Chicago Cultural Center: 78 E Washington St, Chicago
$30
Thurs, May 11, 8-9pm
Live @ LOW END | Joe Rainey
Bemis Center: 724 S. 12th St, Omaha, NE
Free
May 12-13, 2023
SELF
The Pharmacy Gallery & Art Space, Inc: 623 E Adams St, Springfield, IL
Free
May 12-June 24, 2023
SITE Seeing
Charlotte Street: 3333 Wyoming St, Kansas City, MO
Free
May 12-July 15, 2023
Cadine Navarro: Seed Songs for a New Earth (2023)
Wexner Center for the Arts: 1871 N High St Columbus, OH
Free
May 12-November 5, 2023
When Salt Was Gold: Yangzhou, City of Riches and Art
Cleveland Museum of Art: 11150 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH
Free
Fri, May 12, 8:45am
BREATHE: Morning Edition – SKY Schools MKE at No Studios
NŌ STUDIOS 1037 W McKinley Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Fri, May 12, 4-8pm
CHROMA 2023
Beeler Gallery: 60 Cleveland Ave, Columbus, OH
Free
Fri, May 12, 5-8pm
“No Scraps LEFT BEHIND” Aareon Boyd
Lincoln Arts Institute: 112 S McLean St, Lincoln, IL
Free
Fri, May 12, 7-8:30pm
TERRANEA: hakawatia of the sea by Body Watani
Links Hall: 3111 N Western Ave, Chicago
$16-42
Fri, May 12, 7pm
Casey Plett & Hazel Jane Plante
Women & Children First Bookstore: 5233 N Clark St, Chicago
Free
Fri, May 12, 7-9pm
Side Yard Sounds: Lia Kohl + Norman W. Long + Zander Raymond + Sara Zalek
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL
$5
Fri, May 12, 7-10pm
THIS IS WHAT WE BUILD
Chicago Art Department: 1926 S Halsted St, Chicago
Free
Fri, May 12, 7:30-9pm
POV: Eugene Tang & Nikki Telegan, Jules Zinn & Bijou Video
Comfort Station Logan Square: 2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Free
Fri, May 12-Sun, May 14
2023 Ayodele African Drum and Dance Conference
Sherman Park: 1301 W 52nd St, Chicago
$15-185
Fri, May 12, 5-7:30pm
Paint Your Own Nahuatl
Mano at Lacuna Lofts: 2150 N Canalport, Chicago
$80
May 13-14, 2023
CABF ‘23
Columbus Museum of Art: 480 E Broad St, Columbus, OH
Free
May 13-July 14, 2023
Lisa Englander: Grammar Lessons
OS Projects: 601 6th St, Racine, WI
Free
Sat, May 13, 11am-1pm; 4-6pm
From Nopal To Wool by Omar Chasán
Mano at Lacuna Lofts: 2150 N Canalport, Chicago
$150
Sat, May 13, 6-10pm
Infinite Power: Opening Reception
Studio Nez and Elephant Room Gallery: 803 W Van Buren St, Oak Park, IL
Free
Sat, May 13, 5-7pm
From the House of Yemanja: Opening Reception
2240 Gallery: 2240 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 13, 12pm
Printmaking Workshop with Marimacha Monarca Press
National Museum of Mexican Art: 1852 W 19th St, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 13
Community Through Collage: Opening Reception
Chicago Collage Community at Everybody’s Coffee: 935 W Wilson Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 13, 2-3pm
Liz Chilsen: Open Furrows: Artist Talk
Adds Donna: 3252 W North Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 13, 4-7pm
May 13–Jul 2, 2023
Renaissance Society: 5811 S Ellis Ave, Cobb Hall, 4th Floor, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 13, 11am-1pm
Jen Everett, Photographic Archive Workshop
George B. Vashon Museum, 2223 St. Louis Ave, St. Louis, MO
Free
Sat, May 13, 6pm
Maggie Bridger | Scale
High Concept Labs: 2233 S Throop St, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 13, 6-9pm(EST)
Rust Belt Fibershed: One Year, One Outfit
Camp Washington: 2940 Colerain Ave, Cincinnati, OH
Free
Sat, May 13, 6pm-12am
Dada Ball and Bash: Future Fantasy
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis: 3750 Washington Blvd, St. Louis, MO
Free
Sun, May 14, 11am-1pm; 4-6pm
Teotitlan Weaving by Bulmaro & Diego Pérez
Mano at Lacuna Lofts: 2150 S Canalport, Chicago
$150
Sun, May 14, 3-6pm
Lilli Carré: Stone Figures Mud Drawing
(northern) Western Exhibitions: 7933 N Lincoln Ave, Skokie, IL
Free
Mon, May 15, 1-2pm
Artist Talk With Jenny Lam
The Harold Washington Library: 400 S State St, Chicago
Free
Mon, May 15, 6pm
Poetry @ The Green: May 2023
The Green at 320: 320 S Canal St, Chicago
Free
Tues, May 16, 5:30-7:30pm
“Let This Radicalize You” Virtual Book Launch
Haymarket Books: Online
$0-25
Tues, May 16, 6-8pm
2023 Public Performances of No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks
The Harold Washington Library: 400 S State St, Chicago
Free
Tues, May 16, 6-8pm
Awi’nakola: SIDEBAR
Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry: 929 E 60th St, Chicago
Free
Tues, May 16, 6:30-7:30pm
Film Screening: The Mind of a Chef with Edward Lee
Chicago Public Library – South Shore: 2505 E 73rd St, Chicago
Free
Tues, May 16, 6:30-8pm
Book Launch: Let This Radicalize You
Haymarket Books: Online
Free
Tues, May 16, 7pm
BIANCA by Eugenia Leigh
Women & Children First Bookstore: 5233 N Clark St, Chicago
Free
Wed, May 17, 7-10pm
Get Lit. Open Mic Night
Lit. on Fire Books: 712 W Main St, Peoria, IL
Free
May 18-June 18, 2023
Voices & Visions
Contemporary Arts Center Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art: 44 E 6th St, Cincinnati, OH
Free
Thur, May 18, 6-8pm
Book Launch: Voices from the Margins
Mana Contemporary: 2233 S Throop St, Chicago
Free
Thur, May 18, 7pm
QUIETLY HOSTILE by Samantha Irby
Mundelein Center for the Fine and Performing Arts: 1020 W Sheridan Rd, Chicago
Free
Thurs, May 18, 6-7:30pm
Art Projects For The Now: LL Proyectos & Casa Ma
DePaul Art Museum: Online
Free
May 19-August 5, 2023
Derrick Woods-Morrow: Gravity Pleasure Switchback
Gallery 400: 400 S Peoria St, Chicago
Free
Fri, May 19
Awi’nakola: DIALOGUES
Watershed Art & Ecology: 1821 S Racine Ave, Chicago
Free
Fri, May 19
ELIZABETH YOUNGBLOOD
M Contemporary Art: 205 E 9 Mile, Ferndale, MI
Free
Fri, May 19, 7-10pm
11th Annual Juried Art Competition
The Bridgeport Art Center, Third Floor Gallery: 1200 W 35th St, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 20, 9:30am-4:30pm
Back Home: Polish Chicago
Chicago History Museum: 1601 N Clark St, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 20, 10am-5pm
Oglala Lakota Artspace (OLA) Grand Opening
First Peoples Fund, 706 West Boulevard, Rapid City, SD
Free
Sat, May 20, 12pm
Workshop: Calling on the Archive
Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago: 5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 20, 12pm
Lime: a Garden Gathering with Yasmin Spiro
The Arts Club of Chicago: 201 E Ontario St, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 20, 1-2pm
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage
Chicago Public Library – Lozano Branch: 1805 S Loomis St, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 20, 2-6pm
Foraging Poetry Workshop
Arts + Literature Laboratory: 111 S Livingston St, Suite 100, Madison, WI
Free
Sat, May 20, 3-6pm
2023 Summer Exhibitions Opening
Bemis Center: 724 S. 12th St, Omaha, NE
Free
Sat, May 20, 7-9pm
Side Yard Sounds: “Outside In” Ben Lamar Gay + Norman W. Long + Tommaso Moretti + John Sutton
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL
$5
Sun, May 21, 1-2:30pm
Expert Series: John Ridley and Kimi Hill on Chiura Obata
Milwaukee Art Museum: 700 N Art Museum Dr, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Mon, May 22, 8pm
NASTY, BRUTISH & SHORT: A Puppet Cabaret
Links Hall: 3111 N Western Ave, Chicago
$5-19
Wed, May 24, 7pm
An Image of an Angry Dog: Videos by Chloë Simmons
Arts + Literature Laboratory: 111 S Livingston St, Suite 100, Madison, WI
Free
Thurs, May 25, 7-8pm
Gwendolyn Brooks Panel: Reflecting on a Chicago Legend
The Poetry Foundation: 61 W Superior St, Chicago
Free
May 26-August 27, 2023
Jerry Jordan: Expressions for a New Renaissance
MOWA | West Bend: 205 Veterans Ave, West Bend, WI
Free
Fri, May 26, 7:30-8:30pm
Poetry off the Shelf: CM Burroughs, Camille Roy & Syd Staiti
PO BOX Collective: 6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago
Free
Fri, May 26, 6:30-8:30pm
Community Journalism and Chicago’s Housing and Overdose Crisis
Haymarket House: 800 W Buena Ave, Chicago
$0-25
Fri, May 26, 8pm
Marguerite: a Solo Show by Maggie Winters
Color Club: 4146 NElston Ave, Chicago
$15
Fri, May 26, 8:30pm
J e l l o: QuEEr Experiment, Curated by Reign Drop & Virginia VanLieshout
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago
$15
May 26 – July 8, 2023
Mary Porterfield: With/In
Epiphany Center for the Arts: 201 S Ashland Ave., Chicago
Free
Sat, May 27, 4:20pm
Hot Mess!
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago
$15
Sat, May 27, 10am-5pm
Prairie Arts Festival
Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts: 201 Schaumburg Ct, Schaumburg, IL
Free
Sat, May 27, 3-8pm
ACRE Summer Daze
Music House: 1018 N California Ave, Chicago
$0-70
May 28-October 2023
James Barnor: Accra/London
Detroit Institute of Arts: 5200 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI
Free
Closing May 14, 2023
DONNIE NIE: Envisaged Potentials
FLXST Contemporary: 2251 S Michigan Ave, Suite 220, Chicago
Free
Closing May 14, 2023
Leon Richmond: Famous American Soups
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center: 2012 Baltimore Ave, Kansas City, MO
Free
Closing May 14, 2023
2023 Graduate Degree Exhibition of Cranbrook Academy of Art
Cranbrook Art Museum: 39221 Woodward Ave, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Free
Closing May 20, 2023
Micala Gingrich Gaylord: Love Is Memory
Ulrich Museum of Art: 1845 Fairmount; Wichita, KS
Free
Closing May 21, 2023
DAVID WILLBURN: Traits, Tendencies, and Acts
FLXST Contemporary: 2251 S Michigan Ave, Suite 220, Chicago
Free
Closing May 21
“We Are Proud to Present A Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known As Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915″ by Jackie Sibblies Drury
Theatre Y: 3611 W Cermak Rd, Chicago
$0-60
May 21, 2023
Fairview
Defintion Theater at The Revival: 1160 E 55th St, Chicago
$35
Closing May 24, 2023
Gaze: Power and Politics
Mark Arts: 1307 N Rock Rd, Wichita, KS
Free
Closing May 26, 2023
Maia Cruz Palileo: Days Later, Down River
Moniquemeloche: 451 N Paulina St, Chicago
Free
Closing May 27, 2023
Quality Control
FLXST Contemporary: 2251 S Michigan Ave, Suite 220, Chicago
Free
Closing May 27, 2023
Technicolor Dreams: Art by Lynette K. Waters-Whitesell & Jennifer Hoard
The Anderson Museum of Art: 32 W 10th St, Anderson, IN
Free
About the photographer: Tonal Simmons, they/them, is a Black queer non-binary artist who is a writer, photographer and painter. Their photography and painting seeks to examine the similarities between flowers, growth, and Black queerness. While their writing explores the idea of DEI within art, creating w/chronic conditions, & lack of access to art for Black and brown creatives. You can check out their personal work at www.tonalscorner.com
