Created in collaboration with The Visualist, Chicago’s leading visual arts calendar, Sixty’s Art Picks is a wide selection of Midwest arts events, handpicked for our audience of artists, cultural workers, and curators, prioritizing the spaces and events of historically marginalized peoples. Our list is broad but by no means comprehensive; please look at venue calendars to find more events.
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Wed, May 1, 6pm
Roland Nurier: YALLAH GAZA (2023)
Gene Siskel Film Center: 164 N State St, Chicago
Free
Wed, May 1, 6:30pm
Pretty in Paperback: CHAIN-GANG ALL-STARS
City Lit Books: 2523 N Kedzie Blvd, Chicago
Free
Wed, May 1, 7pm
Asian American Is Not a Color: Conversations on Race, Affirmative Action, and Family by OiYan Poon
Women & Children First Bookstore: 5233 N Clark St, Chicago
Free
Wed, May 1, 7:30pm
Making Multichannel Music w/ Anthony Janas
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago
Free
Wed, May 1, 7:30pm
ICC Guitar and Percussion Ensemble Performances
East Peoria Campus: Academic Building, Lecture Recital Hall, 127F, 1 College Dr, East Peoria, IL
Free
Wed, May 1,11pm (EST)
Gilles Peterson & Friends Day 01: A Tribute to Amp Fiddler presented by Dez Andrés
Spot Lite Detroit: 2905 Beaufait St, Detroit, MI
$10.95-21.95
Thurs, May 2, 5-8pm
Half & Half
Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University: 40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston
Free
Thurs, May 2, 6-8pm
TASTE OF NIGERIA | African Music and Art Fundraiser Night–
Connect Gallery: 1520 E Harper Ct, Chicago
Free
Thurs, May 2, 6:15-7:15pm
Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron
Milwaukee Art Museum: 700 N. Art Museum Drive, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Thurs, May 2, 7pm
Chaz Ebert
Anderson’s Bookshop – Naperville: 123 W Jefferson Ave, Naperville, IL
Free
Thurs, May 2, 8-9pm
Live @ LOW END | Holland Andrews
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts: 724 S. 12th St, Omaha, NE
Free
Thurs, May 2,11pm (EST)
Gilles Peterson & Friends Day 02: Detroit Love the Live Experience presented by Carl Craig
Spot Lite Detroit: 2905 Beaufait St, Detroit, MI
$10.95-21.95
May 3-4, 2024
Dana Michel: MIKE
Wexner Center for the Arts: 1871 N High St, Columbus, OH
Free
May 3-26, 2024
An Educated Guess
Definition Theatre @ 55th: 1160 E 55th St, Chicago
$25-30
May 3-June 1, 2024
Claire Hamlin: Pocket Gallery
South Haven: 600 Phoenix St, South Haven, MI
Free
May 3-July 27, 2024
Cultures of Restitution: Decolonial Histories, Justice, and the Museum
Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society: 5701 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago
Free
May 3-July 28, 2024
Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron
Herzfeld Center for Photography and Media Arts: 700 N. Art Museum Dr, Milwaukee, WI
Free
May 3-August 11, 2024
William Villalongo: Myths and Migrations
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: 227 State St, Madison, WI
Free
Fri, May 3, 9am-6:30pm
Chryssa & New York
Wrightwood 659: 659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago
Free
Fri, May 3, 12-1pm(EST)
Behind the Scenes with Collection Manager Rebekah Ryan
Eiteljorg Museum: 500 W Washington St, Indianapolis, IN
Free
Fri, May 3, 12-1pm
Gallery Talk: Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron
Milwaukee Art Museum: 700 N. Art Museum Drive, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Fri, May 3, 4-6pm
Ferengi (Stranger) Dienke Groenhout with the Maakfabriek: Workshop
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St, Oak Park
Free
Fri, May 3, 5pm
End of Semester Exhibition + Sale
Kansas City Art Institute: 4415 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, MO
Free
Fri, May 3, 5-8pm
Emmy Star Brown: Familiar Form
Vertical Gallery: 2006 W Chicago Ave, #1R, Chicago
Free
Fri, May 3, 5-8pm
May Gallery Walk: Melissa Ann Pinney
Pictura: 202 S Rogers St, Bloomington, IN
Free
Fri, May 3, 5-8pm
May First Friday Opening Reception
Peoria Art Guild: 203 Harrison St, Peoria, IL
Free
Fri, May 3, 5-9pm
Jaclyn Wright: High Visibility (Blaze Orange)
Filter Space: 1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 207, Chicago
Free
Fri, May 3, 6pm
Innuendo (record release) • Useless Info • Big Laugh • Necron 9
Cactus Club: 2496 S. Wentworth Ave, Milwaukee, WI
$10
Fri, May 3, 6-8pm
WRONG & STRONG: 2024 MFA Thesis Exhibition
Logan Center Exhibitions: 915 E 60th St, Chicago
Free
Fri, May 3, 6-8pm
Margaret Welsh: Suspension of Disbelief
ENGAGE Projects: 864 N Ashland Ave, Chicago
Free
Fri, May 3, 6-8pm
Miyoko Ito: Needle, Stone, and Mud
Corbett vs. Dempsey: 2156 W Fulton St, Chicago
Free
Fri, May 3, 6-9pm
May First Friday: What’s it Worth? A Solo Art Show by Cameron Omega
1000 Words Gallery: 3328 E 10th St, Indianapolis, IN
Free
Fri, May 3, 6:30-11pm
Arts of Life Benefit Auction – Enchanted Garen
Garfield Park Conservatory: 300 N Central Park Ave, Chicago
$75-175
Fri, May 3, 7pm
The Lavender Book Club: “The Color Purple”
The Literary: N Neil St, Champaign, IL
Free
Fri, May 3, 7pm
Born in Flames by Lizzie Borden
Walker Art Center: 725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN
$12-15
Fri, May 3, 7-11pm
Natalia Villanueva Linares: Lands of Dual 11
Heaven Gallery: 1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago
Free
Fri, May 3, 8-9pm
Gray Sound 5: Sarah Hennies & Tristan Kasten-Krause
Midway Studios: 929 E 60th St, Chicago
Free
May 4-5, 2024
ARTSFEST
East Walnut Street & South John Q Hammons Parkway: 900 E Walnut St, Springfield, MO
$0-5
May 4-5, 2024
Pattern Play with Jane Sassaman
The Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts: N50W5050 Portland Rd, Cedarburg, WI
$270-295
May 4-11, 2024
2024 School of Art & Design BFA Exhibition
Krannert Art Museum: 500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL
Free
May 4-August 25, 2024
Women Reframe American Landscape
Woodson Art Museum: 700 North 12th St, Wausau, WI
Free
May 4-September 8, 2024
Fairy Tales and Fables: Illustration and Storytelling in Art
Cleveland Museum of Art: 11150 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH
Free
May 4, 2024-January 7, 2025
To My Friends at Horn: Keith Haring and Iowa City
Stanley Museum of Art; 160 W. Burlington St, Iowa City, IA
Free
May 4-May 25, 2024
Techniques for Ecstasy: Alexandra Beaumont
Public Functionary: 1500 Jackson Street NE, Studio 144, Minneapolis, MN
Free
Sat, May 4, 11am-3pm(EST)
Artist-In-Residence: Kateri Sparrow
Contemporary Arts Center for Contemporary Art: 44 E 6th St, Cincinnati, OH
Free
Sat, May 4, 2pm(EST)
The Ins & Outs of Art Collecting
Detroit Art Museum: 4719 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI
Free
Sat, May 4, 1pm
Open Decks Series – Digital Edition
Cactus Club: 2496 S. Wentworth Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Sat, May 4, 1-3pm
Communication Craft Circle
Communication: 2645 Milwaukee St, Madison, WI
Free
Sat, May 4, 1-3pm
Zine Workshop
Chinese American Museum of Chicago: 238 W 23rd St, 4th floor, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 4, 1-3pm
Hansel and Gretel, a collective tribute to Pope.L by DoVA alumni
Hutchinson Courtyard, The University of Chicago: 1131 E 57th St, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 4, 1-4pm
marimacha monarca press: Piñata Pollination: Seed-Papermaking Workshop
McKinley Park Community Garden: W 38th St & S Damen Ave, Chicago
Free
Thurs, May 4, 1-4pm
The People’s Ring Shout
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago
Free
Thurs, May 4, 1-4pm
Foiled Paperworks
Arts IC | ArtiFactory: 120 N Dubuque St, Iowa City, IA
Free
Sat, May 4, 3-6pm
Celebrate May Day at Haymarket House
Haymarket Books: 800 W Buena Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 4, 4-7pm (EST)
Anthropocene Transmissions
333 Midland: 333 Midland St, Highland Park, MI
Free
Sat, May 4, 4-7pm
Reevah Agarwaal and Lisa DeAbreau: Becoming
FLXST Contemporary: 2251 S Michigan Ave, Suite 220, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 4, 5-7pm(EST)
Reception: Department of Art Senior Projects Exhibition
Urban Arts Space: 50 W Town St, Suite 130, Columbus, OH
Free
Sat, May 4, 5-8pm
William Villalongo: Myths and Migrations
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: 227 State St, Madison, WI
Free
Sat, May 4, 6pm
Opening Passages: Photographers Respond to Chicago and Paris
6018North: 6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 4, 6pm
Mexican History Through Dance
CSPS: 1103 3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids, IA
$13-15
Sat, May 4, 7pm
I’ll Be Home Soon
CRAFT NITE: 2456 W Huron St, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 4, 7pm
Praize Productions presents Black Love Reigns Supreme
Logan Center: 915 E 60th St, Chicago
$45-125
Sat, May 4, 7pm
The Brenda and Glennda Show/Glennda and Friends by Glenn Belverio
Walker Art Center: 725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN
$12-15
Sat, May 4, 7-10pm
Var Gallery Presents: Brittany Ann Tranbaugh & Sadie Gustafson-Zook
Var Gallery 2nd Street: 643 S 2nd St, Milwaukee, WI
$14-17
Sat, May 4, 8pm
WZRD 50th Anniversary Party
Martyrs’: 3855 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 4, 8:30-10:30pm
AIRMW at Elastic Arts: Kishino Takagishi & Henry Wolf / Mallory Qiu
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago
$10-15
Sat, May 4,11pm (EST)
Gilles Peterson & Friends Day 04: Gilles Peterson (All Night Long)
Spot Lite Detroit: 2905 Beaufait St, Detroit, MI
$21.95-32.90
May 5, 2024-May 11, 2025
Tiff Massey: 7 Mile + Livernois
Detroit Institute of Arts: 5200 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI
Free
Sun, May 5, 4-6pm
Tom Bell reads from “The Holler”
Confluence Books: 705 W Main St. Ste 100, Carbondale, IL
Free
Sun, May 5, 4pm
AfriClassical Futures: King Sophia Presents Classical Black Folk Songs
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago
$10-15
Mon, May 6, 7-9pm
Spring 2024 Edition of the First Nations Film and Video Festival
Comfort Station Logan Square: 2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Free
Tues, May 7, 6-8pm
Darkroom Open House with Rich Ankeney
Galesburg Community Arts Center: 349 E Main St, Galesburg, IL
Free
Tues, May 7, 6:30-8:30pm
Bridging Diasporic Divides: Synthesizing Family Through Visual Art
Chuquimarca: Online
Free
Tues, May 7, 7:30pm
The Dead Don’t Need Reminding Book Launch and Celebration with Julian Randall
Haymarket Books: 800 W Buena Ave, Chicago
Free
May 8-12, 2024
WAM Shop Spring Sale
Weisman Art Museum: 333 E River Rd, Minneapolis, MN
Free
May 8-September 8, 2024
Heather Galloway Vickers: “Elegant Equine”
Art Museum of Greater Lafayette: 102 S 10th St, Lafayette, IN
Free
May 8-September 8, 2024
Laura Ricks: “Felted Forests: Rock Walls, Waterfalls and Woodland Wonders”
Art Museum of Greater Lafayette: 102 S 10th St, Lafayette, IN
Free
May 8-September 8, 2024
Robert Pulley: “Courting the Mystery”
Art Museum of Greater Lafayette: 102 S 10th St, Lafayette, IN
Free
Wed, May 8, 6:30-7:30pm(EST)
Sea of Grass: A Family Tale from the American Heartland by Walter R. Echo-Hawk
Eiteljorg Museum: 500 W Washington St, Indianapolis, IN
Free
Wed, May 8, 7:30pm
Making Multichannel Music w/ Dorothy Carlos
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago
Free
Wed, May 8, 7:30pm
The Loft’s Spring 2024 Student Reading
The Loft at Open Book: 1011 Washington Ave, South Minneapolis, MN
Free
May 9-September 15, 2024
Tim Olson: The Hall of Notable Iowans & Other Midwestern Curiosities
Sioux City Art Center: 225 Nebraska St, Sioux City, IA
Free
Thurs, May 9, 5-8pm
2024 MFA Thesis Exhibition | Columbia College Chicago
Columbia College Chicago Student Center, Fifth Floor: 754 S Wabash Ave, Chicago
Free
Thurs, May 9, 7pm
Sound + Video collaborations by: Blank Thomas + Zlatko Ćosić / StL String Collective + William Morris / JoAnn McNeil + José Garza
St. Louis Public Library – Central Library Auditorium: 1301 Olive St, St Louis, MO
Free
Thurs, May 9, 8-9pm
Live @ LOW END | Ben Vida with Yarn/Wire
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts: 724 S. 12th St, Omaha, NE
Free
May 10-19, 2024
HairSLAY: A Drag Parody Musical
The District Theatre – Cabaret Room: 627 Massachusetts Ave, Indianapolis, IN
$30
May 10-11, 2024
SPT Theatre’s Senses of Humor: Smell
CSPS: 1103 3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids, IA
$25-30
May 10-12, 2024
37th ANNUAL ART FAIR
LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK: 12580 Rott Rd, Saint Louis, MO
Free
May 10-26, 2024
The Speedway Arts Council’s Original Pop-up Art Shop 2024 Edition
Wilcox Environmental Engineering: 1552 N Main St, #100, Speedway, IN
Free
May 10-June 7, 2024
Henry Hess | Jonathan Lohr | Michael Giles
ROY G BIV: 435 W Rich St, Columbus, OH
Free
May 10-August 18, 2024
From Shanghai to Ohio: Woo Chong Yung (1898–1989)
Cincinnati Art Museum: 953 Eden Park Dr, Cincinnati, OH
Free
Fri, May 10, 8pm (EST)
Spot Lite 3 Year Anniversary Weekend
Spot Lite Detroit: 2905 Beaufait St, Detroit, MI
$5.50
Fri, May 10, 6-8pm
The Mask of Prosperity
Leather Archives & Museum: 6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago
Free
Fri, May 10, 6-9pm
Becs Epstein & Yiwei Leo Wang: Spectral Reflection
Roots & Culture: 1034 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago
Free
Fri, May 10, 7pm
Auricle Synth Night
Arts + Literature Laboratory: 111 S Livingston St, #100, Madison, WI
$12-15
Fri, May 10, 7pm
The Brenda and Glennda Show/Glennda and Friends by Glenn Belverio
Walker Art Center: 725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN
$12-15
Fri, May 10, 7-8pm
Carta Monir and Sir Testimony present SIDESHAVE
Gallery 400: 400 S Peoria St, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 11, 2024
Survivor Beads
City Park: 500 E Franklin St, Appleton, WI
Free
Sat, May 11, 10:30-11am
STORYTIME WITH LOCAL AUTHOR Lori Sugarman-Li
Volumes Bookcafe: 1373 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 11, 10am-4pm
2024 Peoria Heights Fine Art Fair
Tower Park: 4901 N Prospect Rd, Peoria Heights, IL
Free
Sat, May 11, 12pm
World Collage Day
Tube Factory artspace: 1125 Cruft St, Indianapolis, IN
Free
Sat, May 11, 12-7pm
Spank Bank Enterprises Presents An Erotic Art Market Spank Bank Enterprises Presents An Erotic Art Market
Leather Archives & Museum: 6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 11, 12-8pm
Futurhythm Machines: Chicago House
Watershed Art and Ecology: 1821 S Racine Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 11, 1pm
Celebratory Concert: Funkadesi Unplugged & Community Drum Circle w/ Special Guest Emily Hooper Lansana
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago
$0-15
Sat, May 11, 1-3pm
Sarah Leuchtner: Processing Skies Past
OS Projects: 601 Sixth St, Racine, WI
Free
Sat, May 11, 4pm
Madeleine Aguilar: yard model
Roman Susan: 1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 4, 5-9pm
Spring Open Studios
Var Studios 2nd & 5th Street: 643 S 2nd St/ 423 W. Pierce Milwaukee, WI
Free
Sat, May 11, 7pm
Transmission Shorts Program
Walker Art Center: 725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN
$12-15
Sat, May 11, 7-9pm
The Runaways Lab Theater Presents: The Explanatory Gap
Comfort Station Logan Square: 2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Free
Sun, May 12, 11am
Free Swim Artist Market
Cactus Club: 2496 S. Wentworth Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Sun, May 12, 2:30-4:30pm
Philharmonic Chorale Presents: A Festival of Song
East Peoria Campus, Performing Arts Center: 1 College Dr, East Peoria, IL
Free
Mon, May 13, 6pm
Leah Gilbert
Anderson’s Bookshop Downers Grove: 5112 Main St, Downers Grove, IL
Free
Tues, May 14, 11am-1pm(EST)
Produce Pop Up at The Welcome Project
The Welcome Project: 2936 Colerain Ave, Cincinnati, OH
Free
Tues, May 14, 10:30-11:30am
AUTHOR STORYTIME WITH Anja Pasquesi
Volumes Bookcafe: 1373 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Free
Wed, May 15, 5-6pm
Exploring Iowa State College Pottery’s Place in History
Brunnier Art Museum: 805 Center Drive, Ames, IA
Free
Wed, May 15, 5-6pm (EST)
CNU Legacy Project: Release Party
The Well: 2868 Colerain Ave, Cincinnati, OH
Free
Wed, May 15, 7pm
Queer Karaoke
Cactus Club: 2496 S. Wentworth Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Wed, May 15, 7:30pm
Violent Femmes
Peoria Civic Center Theater: 201 SW Jefferson Ave, Peoria, IL
$29.50
Wed, May 15, 7:30pm
Making Multichannel Music w/ Allen Moore
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago
Free
Thurs, May 16, 5-7pm
Piece by Piece: Recent Work from Regional Fiber Artists
Stamelos Gallery Center: 4901 Evergreen Rd, Dearborn, MI
Free
May 17-July 5, 2024
Nick Schleicher: BAJA BLAST
Houska Gallery: 4728 McPherson Ave, St. Louis, MO
Free
Fri, May 17, 11am-4pm
Sacred Healing Waters Symposium
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art: 410 Third Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, IA
Free
Fri, May 17, 6pm-8pm
Marcus the Artist: City of Gold
Café Logan, 915 E 60th, Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, May 18, 1pm-4pm
Artist Conversation: Industry of the Ordinary (Adam Brooks and Mathew Wilson)
Bert Green Fine Art, 8 S Michigan Avenue, Suite 620, Chicago IL 60603
May 18-July 20, 2024
Charles McGee
Library Street Collective: 1274 Library Street (Alley), Detroit, MI
Free
May 18-September 1, 2024
Tiny Wonders: Small-scale Works from the Collection
Fort Wayne Museum of Art: 311 E Main St, Fort Wayne, IN
Free
May 18-September 1, 2024
Rowland Ricketts: Invisible Forces
Fort Wayne Museum of Art: 311 E Main St, Fort Wayne, IN
Free
May 18-September 8, 2024
TMA Contemporary
The Trout Museum of Art: 111 W College Ave, Appleton. WI
Free
Sat, May 18, 10am-5pm
Argyle Street AANHPI Block Party
Q Ideas: 1134 W Argyle St, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 18, 10am-6pm
Deem Symposium | Designing for Dignity 02: A Convening of Possibilities
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 18, 1-2pm
Hebru Brantley: The Art of Representation
Illinois Tech – Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship: 3137 S Federal St, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 18, 7pm
Werk: Chicago’s Premiere Queer Comedy Show
The Lincoln Lodge: 2040 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
$12-16
Sun, May 19, 6-8pm
Side Yard Sounds presents: Seajun Kwon + Where Were We: Erez Dessel, Beth McDonald and Tyler Damon
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL
Free
Sun, May 19, 12-2pm (EST)
School Outreach Program: Student Art Show Reception
Contemporary Arts Center for Contemporary Art: 44 E 6th St, Cincinnati, OH
Free
Sun, May 19, 3-5pm
All The Sounds Are Done – Improvised Music Meetup
Communication: 2645 Milwaukee St, Madison, WI
Free
May 20-July 28, 2024
Reflection
University Galleries of Illinois State University: 11 Uptown Circle, Normal, IL
Free
Tues, May 21, 6:30pm
Weird & Wonderful: THE MEMBRANES
City Lit Books: 2523 N Kedzie Blvd, Chicago
Free
Wed, May 22, 2-4:30pm (EST)
Dance Movement Therapy Worshop
Contemporary Arts Center Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art: 44 E 6th St, Cincinnati, OH
Free
Wed, May 22, 6:30pm
Luncheon
South Bend Museum of Art: 120 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, South Bend, IN
$30
Wed, May 22, 7:30pm
Making Multichannel Music w/ Kikù Hibino
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago
Free
Wed, May 22, 8pm
Sappho’s Secret – Dyke Dance Party: DJ exgirl • DJ Dripsweat
Cactus Club: 2496 S. Wentworth Ave, Milwaukee, WI
$18-20
Thurs, May 23, 5:30pm
Plantas y Tito’s: Terrariums
Latino Arts, Inc: 1028 S 9th St, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Thurs, May 23, 7pm
SLUTS: Anthology edited by Michelle Tea
Women & Children First Bookstore: 5233 N Clark St, Chicago
Free
May 24-August 18, 2024
Captured Earth
Museum of Contemporary Photography: 600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Free
May 24-June 23, 2024
Looking Sideways curated by Emily Tripp
Museum of Contemporary Photography: 600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Free
Fri, May 24, 7pm
Open Screening
Chicago Filmmakers: 1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago
Free
Fri, May 24, 8pm
The Function
Land and Sea Dept: 3124 W Carroll Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 25, 10am-4pm
Beginning Weaving with Kallia Walkowiak 2024
The Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts: N50W5050 Portland Rd, Cedarburg, WI
$140
Sat, May 25, 10am-5pm
35th Prairie Arts Festival
Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts: 201 Schaumburg Ct, Schaumburg, IL
Free
Sat, May 25, 7-9pm
Cruising – Fetish Film Screening
Leather Archives & Museum: 6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago
Free
Sat, May 25, 10pm
Sappho’s Secret – Dyke Dance Party: DJ exgirl • DJ Dripsweat
Cactus Club: 2496 S. Wentworth Ave, Milwaukee, WI
$10
Sun, May 26, 10am(EST)
AfroSwag – Hair and Fashion Art Exhibition
Contemporary Arts Center for Contemporary Art: 44 E 6th St, Cincinnati, OH
Free
Sun, May 26, 12-3pm
Make A Pot, Take a Pot!
Yours Truly: 833 E Center St, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Tues, May 28, 1-2:30pm(EST)
Gallery Chat: Michigan Art and Artists
Grand Rapids Art Museum: 101 Monroe Center St NW, Grand Rapids, MI
Free
Tues, May 28, 5:30-8pm
OTVTonight: A Window Into Love
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago
Free
Tues, May 28, 7-10pm
12TH ANNUAL ART COMPETITION
Bridgeport Art Center. 1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL
Free
Wed, May 29, 5pm
Becoming Horse Girl movie series: Desert Hearts
Chazen Museum of Art: 750 University Ave, Madison, WI
Free
May 31-June 16, 2024
BLITHE SPIRIT
Dunes Arts Foundation. 288 Shady Oak Dr, Michigan City, IN
$25-35
May 31-June 30, 2024
Winding Accord
COMPANION: 3715 Washington Boulevard, Indianapolis IN
Free
Ongoing
My Abortion: My Choice
Woman Made Gallery: Online
Free
Thurs, May 2, 7pm
Virtual: Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire Panel with Alice Wong
Women & Children First Bookstore: Online
Free
Tues, May 7, 6:30-8:30pm
Bridging Diasporic Divides: Synthesizing Family Through Visual Art
Chuquimarca: Online
Free
Ending May 10
Kawsay Ukhunchay Andean and Amazonian Indigenous Art and Cultural Artifacts Research Collection
The Denison Museum: 100 West College Street, Granville, OH
Free
Ending May 10
Unarchive the museum: archaeological collections and replicas from Ecuador
The Denison Museum: 100 West College Street, Granville, OH
Free
Ending May 11
Lawrence Agyei: DRILL
Blanc Gallery
Free
Ending May 12
States of Becoming
Des Moines Art Center: 4700 Grand Avenue Des Moines, IA
Free
Ending May 12
DYNAMIC RANGE: Photographs by Bill Tennessen
Haggerty Museum of Art: 1234 W Tory Hill St, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Ending May 18
CZR PRZ: “Travel Through the Ether”
Elephant Room Gallery: 704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago
Free
Ending May 18
Maeve Coughlin: Someone Who Isn’t Me
Sulk Gallery: 525 S Dearborn St, Apt #209, Chicago
Free
Ending May 18
Newcity Breakout Artists 2024 Exhibition
Chicago Artist Coalition: 2130 W. Fulton St., Chicago
Free
Ending May 18
THE “LAST” PICTURE SHOW: FINAL SCREENING FEATURING EXHIBITED ARTISTS OF THE GALLERY
Jean Albano Gallery: 212 W Superior St, Chicago
Free
Through May 19, 2024
HAMLET
Red Theatre at The Edge Off-Broadway: 1133 W Catalpa Ave, Chicago
Pay-what-you-can
Ending May 24
SHINIQUE SMITH: METAMORPH
Monique Meloche Gallery: 451 N Paulina St, Chicago
Free
Ending May 25
Bitty Baga Art Exhibition
Galesburg Arts: 349 East Main Street, Galesburg, IL
Free
Ending May 25
Tom Jones: Strong Unrelenting Spirits
Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art: 2004 Baltimore Ave, Kansas City, MO
Free
Ending May 26
Digital Reimaginings: Printing Towards Accessibility
Allen Memorial Art Museum: 87 North Main Street, Oberlin, OH
Free
Ending May 26
Mao Lor: A Journey through Hmoob Paj Ntaub
The Paine: 1410 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh, WI
$0-12
Ending May 28
In the City: Memories of Black Presence
The Griot Museum: 2505 St Louis Ave, St. Louis, MO
$5-10
Ending May 31
McArthur Binion & Jules Allen: Me and You
Richard Gray Gallery: 2044 W Carroll Ave Chicago
Free
About the illustrator: Summer is a printmaker, illustrator, and graphic designer from Chicago. Her work is inspired by the art nouveau movement, religious/spiritual imagery and concepts, music, and various types of literature. For her, the enjoyment of creation is the patience and trust it requires her to practice.
