April Art Picks

March 31-April 28
Value Prints
Buddy (at Chicago Cultural Center): 78 E Washington St, Chicago
Free

April-July, 2023
Wood & Wire
Grassroots Art Center: 213 S Main St, Lucas, KS
Free

April 1-30, 2023
Deana Novak: Jack of all
Cando Arts Center: 502 4th Ave, Cando, ND
Free

April 1-May 20, 2023
Micala Gingrich Gaylord: Love Is Memory
Ulrich Museum of Art: 1845 Fairmount; Wichita, KS
Free

April 1-May 26, 2023
Maia Cruz Palileo: Days Later, Down River
Moniquemeloche: 451 N Paulina St, Chicago
Free

April 1-October 8, 2023
Ava Wanbli: Sertraline Dolls
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: 227 State St, Madison, WI
Free

April 1, 2023-January 28, 2024
Egyptomania: Fashion’s Conflicted Obsession
Cleveland Museum of Art: 11150 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH
Free

April 1, 2023-March 31, 2024
Native Art History is Made Here
Eiteljorg Museum: 500 W Washington St, Indianapolis, IN
Free

Sat, April 1, 1pm
Irene Wa: CRISÁLIDA DE SAL: Artist Talk
Goldfinch: 319 N Albany Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 1, 1-2pm
Life After: A Conversation on Life after Involvement with the Criminal Legal System
Urban Arts Space: 50 W Town St, Suite 130, Columbus, OH
Free

Sat, April 1, 1-4pm
Peter Ronan and Cassie Tompkins: Pink Moon
Roman Susan: 1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 1, 2-5pm
LESLIE BAUM: for IRIS and other flowers
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL
Free

Sat, April 1, 3-8pm
Grilled Cheese Grant Reception
Vanguard Sculpture Services: 3374 W Hopkins St, Milwaukee, WI
Free

Sat, April 1, 4-6pm
Yams Living Room: Artist Talk
Elephant Room Gallery: 704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 1, 4-7pm
Janhavi Khemka: Unit 1505
Comfort Station Logan Square: 2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 1, 4-8pm
Whitney Johnson: The Tuning of the Elements
Bond Chapel: 1025 E 58th St, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 1, 6-8pm
SPACORE
Co-Prosperity: 3129 S Morgan St, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 1, 6-9pm
Tongue & Nail
Iceberg Projects: 7714 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 1, 7pm
Freedom From and Freedom To
Elastic Arts Center: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago
$15

Sat, April 1, 7pm
Anatomy of Habit: “Black Openings” Album Release
Cobra Lounge: 235 N Ashland Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 1, 7-9pm
SPRING 2023 AT GAYVILLE HALL
Gayville Hall: 502 Washington St, Gayville, SD
Free

April 2-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

Sun, April 2, 12pm
Children’s Books from Mexico / Libros infantiles de México
Newberry Library | UNAM Chicago: Online
Free

Sun, April 2, 1-3pm
Maggie Bridger | Lab E: In-Process Showing
Experimental Station: 6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago
Free

Sun, April 2, 3-4pm
Johnson Publishing Library Reading with Krista Franklin
Stony Island Arts Bank: 6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago
Free

Sun, April 2, 3-5pm
Jodi Hays and Katrin Schnabl: Everso
Devening Projects: 3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago
Free

Sun, April 2, 7-10pm
“ELECTRIC CHERRY HORSE” SINGLE RELEASE SHOW BY THE FOOTLIGHT DISTRICT
Color Club: 4146 North Elston Ave, Chicago
$10

Mon, April 3, 3-5pm
Wild Boar to Baconfest: Pigs in History and Popular Culture
Brookfield Public Library: 3609 Grand Blvd, Brookfield, IL
Free

Mon, April 3, 6:30-8:30pm
Tanda: Storytelling Post-Colonialism Through Landscape & Plants History
Chuquimarca: Online
Free

Mon, April 3, 7pm
Fool’s 48
Coyote Twin Theater: 10 E Main St, Vermillion, SD
Free

Mon, April 3, 7pm
Let’s Talk: Reclaiming Outdoor Spaces
Penumbra Theatre: 270 N Kent St, St. Paul, MN
Free

Mon, April 3, 7-8pm
An Evening of Poetry: Marty Cain, Stefania Gomez, and Carleen Tibbetts
Pilsen Community Books: 1102 W 18th St, Chicago
Free

Tues, April 4, 6-7:30pm
Athena LaTocha Lecture
The Art Institute of Chicago: Fullerton Hall, 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Free

Tues, April 4, 6-8pm
Jose Olivarez – Promises of Gold
Volumes Bookcafe: 1373 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Free

Tues, April 4, 6-9pm
Links Soirée
The Golden Triangle: 2035 W Grand Ave, Chicago
$100

Tues, April 4, 7pm
Extreme Noise Records
Walker: 725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN
$10-24

Tues, April 4, 7pm
OUTspoken! LGBTQ+ Storytelling
Sidetrack The Video Bar: 3349 N Halsted St, Chicago
Free

Wed, April 5, 6:30-9:30pm
Evelyn Gray / Isaac Arms / Carisa
Communication Madison: 2645 Milwaukee St, Madison, WI
Free

Wed, April 5, 7pm
An Evening with ROSS GAY
A Room of One’s Own: 2717 Atwood Ave, Madison, WI
Free

Wed, April 5, 8pm
New Now Showcase
Color Club: 4146 North Elston Ave, Chicago
$10

April 6-August 13, 2023
Amuleto
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago
Free

April 6-8, 8pm
Shamel Pitts | TRIBE: Touch of RED
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago
Free

Thurs, April 6, 11am-12pm
South Dakota Sales Tax for Artists and Performers
Arts South Dakota: Online
Free

Thurs, April 6, 12-2pm
Joanne Aono, Christine Forni, and Deanna Krueger Artist Talk
Visual Arts Gallery, Governors State University: 1 University Parkway, University Park, IL
Free

Thurs, April 6, 3-4pm
Mammal Hall / Hyperdistanced
Public Space One: 538 S Gilbert St, Iowa City, IA
Free

Thurs, April 6, 6-7:30pm
Panel Conversation: Joseph Allen, Tom Arndt, and Laura Migliorino with Pao Houa Her
Weisman Art Museum: 333 E River Rd, Minneapolis, MN
PAY-AS-YOU-WISH (INCLUDING FREE)

Thurs, April 6, 6-9pm
Eseosa Edebiri: Perhaps Blue is a Cool Color, After All
ACRE Projects: 2439 S Oakley Ave, Chicago
Free

Thurs, April 6, 6:30pm
TRACE EVIDENCE by Charif Shanahan
Haymarket House: 800 W Buena Ave, Chicago
Free

Thurs, April 6, 6:30-9pm
Welcome meeting – Sioux Falls Savoy Theater
Patrick Henry Middle School: 2200 S 5th Ave, Sioux Falls, SD
Free

Thurs, April 6, 7-8pm
Jessica Laser, S. Yarberry, Jake Fournier and Sasha Debevec-McKenney celebrate PLANET DRILL
Pilsen Community Books: 1102 W 18th St, Chicago
Free

Thurs, April 6, 7-10:30pm
Thanya Iyer w/ Foxby (Bemidji), Parliament Lite and Divine Offering
The Aquarium: 226 Broadway N Fl 2, Fargo, ND
$10

Thurs, April 6, 8-9pm
Live @ LOW END | Kali Malone
Augustana Lutheran Church: 3647 Lafayette Avenue, Omaha, NE
Free

April 7-May 14, 2023
DONNIE NIE: Envisaged Potentials
FLXST Contemporary: 2251 S Michigan Ave, Suite 220, Chicago
Free

April 7-8, 2023
H2O Danceworks: Columbus Choreographers Showcase
Wexner Center for the Arts: 1871 N High St, Columbus, OH
$6-24

April 7-29, 2023
Lyzz Lundberg Sidebotham: Sacred Institutions
Peoria Art Guild: 203 Harrison St, Peoria, IL
Free

April 7-May 14, 2023
Leon Richmond: Famous American Soups
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center: 2012 Baltimore Ave, Kansas City, MO
Free

April 7-May 27, 2023
Quality Control
FLXST Contemporary: 2251 S Michigan Ave, Suite 220, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 7, 4:30-6pm
Jaume Plensa: Forgotten Dreams
Gray Warehouse: 2044 W Carroll Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 7, 5-7pm
Michiko Itatani: Infinite Hope
Jean Albano Gallery: 215 W Superior St, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 7, 5-7pm
Community Art Show
The Matthews Art Gallery: 612 Main St, Spearfish, SD
Free

Fri, April 7, 5-8pm
2023 UIC MFA Thesis Show 1: a series of encounters: Panel Discussion and Closing Reception
Gallery 400: 400 S Peoria St, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 7, 5-8pm
“where the light corrupts your face…”
South Side Community Art Center: 3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 7, 5-8pm
Jon Summers: Seasons
Anderson O’Brien Fine Art: 3220 Farnam St. #2101, Omaha, NE
Free

Fri, April 7, 5-9pm
For Eternity: 45 Years Of Prince
Retreat at Currency Exchange: 305 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 7, 5-9pm
Bryana Bibbs: Numb
Oliva Gallery: 3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 7, 6pm
A Poetry Reading with CLAIRE WAHMANHOLM and K IVER
A Room of One’s Own: 2717 Atwood Ave, Madison, WI
Free

Fri, April 7, 6-9pm
Recuerdos de Papel
Harrison Center: 1505 N Delaware St, Indianapolis, IN
Free

Fri, April 7, 6-9pm
Pia Cruzalegui / Elaine Luther
Ignition project space: 3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 7, 8pm
Dark Matter Series: Oui Ennui, Jada-Amina
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago
$15

Sat, April 8, 11am-1pm
Cyanotype Printmaking
Intersect: 3636 Texas Ave, St. Louis, MO
$0-50

Sat, April 8, 12pm
Shake Shook Shaken: SHAPE w/ Hunter Diamond
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago
$15

Sat, April 8, 1pm
Virginia Martinez: Adventures with Abuela
National Museum of Mexican Art: 1852 W 19th St, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 8, 2-3pm
Desired Forms: Ceramics at Bemis and Beyond
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts: 724 S 12th St, Omaha, NE
Free

Sat, April 8, 2-3pm
Conversation: Gio Swaby—Love Letters
The Art Institute of Chicago: 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 8, 2-3pm
Traditional Jazz: A Historical Perspective of Early Jazz from the New Orleans and Chicago Era
Lombard Historical Society: 23 W Maple St, Lombard, IL
Free

Sat, April 8, 2-3pm
Latinos in Illinois and the USA: Music as a Cultural History
Glen Carbon Centennial Library: 198 S Main St, Glen Carbon, IL
Free

Sat, April 8, 3-5pm
Natalie Shugailo: Everything Fades
Riverside Arts Center Town Hall Gallery: 27 Riverside Rd, Riverside
Free

Sat, April 8, 5-7pm
Prosthesis
Haynes Court: 3050 S Haynes Ct, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 8, 6-9pm
Jackie Furtado and Jessica Tang: The table in the formal room takes the form of the room
Produce Model Gallery: 1918 S Canalport Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 8, 7pm
Anna Webber’s Shimmer Wince
Pulitzer Arts Foundation: 3716 Washington Blvd, St. Louis, MO
Free

Sat, April 8, 7-10pm
Thanya Iyer / Steev baker is inkstained
Communication Madison: 2645 Milwaukee St, Madison, WI
Free

April 9-May 14, 2023
2023 Graduate Degree Exhibition of Cranbrook Academy of Art
Cranbrook Art Museum: 39221 Woodward Ave, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Free

Sun, April 9, 7-11:30pm
Baltic to Boardwalk // Pass the Flask Tour Homecoming
The Aquarium: 226 Broadway N Fl 2, Fargo, ND
$10-15

April 10-June 10, 2023
PIITWEWETAM: MAKING IS MEDICINE
All My Relations Arts: 1414 E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis, MN
Free

April 10, 6pm
Reception: Kahari Blackburn: Listen to more Jazz Music
Chicago Athletic Association: 12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Free

Mon, April 10, 6pm
NIGHTINGALE PROJECTS: THE INFERNAL GROVE
Gene Siskel Film Center: 164 N State St, Chicago
Free

Mon, April 10, 6-8pm
Design and Solidarity Book Launch
Haymarket House: 800 W Buena Ave, Chicago
Free

April 11-25, 2023
Botanical Illustration and Watercolor
Intersect: 3636 Texas Ave, St. Louis, MO
$0-90

Tues, April 11, 6-9pm
Calling on the Past
Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago: 5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago
Free

Tues, April 11, 7pm
THE WANDERING WOMB by S.L. Wisenberg
Women & Children First Bookstore: 5233 N Clark St, Chicago
Free

Wed, April 12, 2-3:30pm
Whiteout: How Racial Capitalism Changed the Color of Opioids in America
Haymarket Books: Online
Free

Wed, April 12, 6pm
Jessi Reaves and Diane Simpson in Conversation with Historian Kate Nesin
The Arts Club of Chicago: 201 E Ontario St, Chicago
Free

Wed, April 12, 6-7:30pm
Toward an Anti-Racist Art Ecosystem Conference Series
School of the Art Institute of Chicago: 112 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Free

April 13-May 24, 2023
Gaze: Power and Politics
Mark Arts: 1307 N Rock Rd, Wichita, KS
Free

Thurs, April 13, 5-7pm(EST)
Reparations of the Heart: Recent Work by Kristin Anahit Cass
Stamelos Gallery Center: 4901 Evergreen Rd, Dearborn, MI
Free

Thurs, April 13, 8-11pm
Theodora Allen: Solitaire
Soccer Club Club: 2923 N Cicero Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 14, 12-1pm
Leading the Way: Women Indigenizing Institutions
EXPO Chicago: Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Avenue, Chicago
$35

April 14-23, 2023
Silent Sky
THEATRE LAWRENCE: 4660 Bauer Farm Dr, Lawrence, KS
$30

April 14-May 21, 2023
DAVID WILLBURN: Traits, Tendencies, and Acts
FLXST Contemporary: 2251 S Michigan Ave, Suite 220, Chicago
Free

April 14-July 15, 2023
Patric McCoy: Take My Picture
Wrightwood 659: 659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago
Free

April 14-July 15, 2023
Kongkee: Warring States Cyberpunk
Wrightwood 659: 659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 14, 6-9pm (through July 15, 2023)
COUNTERPUBLIC (Grand Opening)
CITYPARK, 2100 Market St, St. Louis, MO
Free

Fri, April 14, 5-7pm
Shift: Music, Meaning, Context
Museum of Contemporary Photography: 600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 14, 5-8pm
Isabelle Rizo: Madness and Mysticism: A Diasporan Perspective
PRESS HERE: Center for Mad Culture: 410 S Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 14, 5-9pm
Natasha Moustache: Lerozyon (L-EURO-ZHUHN)
C33 Gallery-Columbia College Chicago: 33 E Ida B. Wells Dr, First Floor, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 14, 6-9pm
Katie Neece: Haunted Nostalgia: the mall with be closing in 10 minutes…
Middle Child Gallery: 2233 S. Throop St, #950, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 14, 6-10pm
Static From Englund
August House Studio: 2113 W Roscoe Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 14, 6-10pm
Barely Fair 2023
COLOR CLUB: 3801 W Montrose Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 14, 7pm
Shelley Wong & Ina Cariño
High Low: 3301 Washington Ave, St Louis, MO
Free

Sat, April 15, 11am-6pm
A Song for Frankie: A Daylong “House” Party
Stony Island Arts Bank: 6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago
Free

April 15-July 15, 2023
Black Quantum Futurism: Community Futures: Space-Time Liberation Lab (CF:STL Lab)
The Luminary: 2701 Cherokee St, St. Louis, MO
Free

Sat, April 15, 12-7pm
Open Lab: Meredith Haines | 1 in 2
High Concept Labs: 2233 S Throop St, Suite #401, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 15, 1pm
Opening-Day Panels: Pacita Abad
Walker: 725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN
Free

Sat, April 15, 1-2:30pm
Fighting Capitalism’s Ecological Death Cult
Haymarket Books: Online
Free

Sat, April 15, 3-4:30pm
Standing Strong: Elizabeth Catlett
Stanley Museum of Art: 160 W Burlington St, Iowa City, IA
Free

Sat, April 15, 4-6pm
Millicent Kennedy: REVIVƎЯ
Lillstreet Art Center: 4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 15, 7-9:30pm
LESSONS IN LIBERATION
Haymarket House: 800 W Buena Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 15, 7-11pm
Israel Aten, Zoe Barcza, Sven Loven, Isabelle Frances McGuire, and Mindy Rose Schwartz
M. LeBlanc: 3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 15, 7-11pm
Live @ LOW END | madison moore: there’s always energy for dancing
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts: 724 S 12th St, Omaha, NE
Free

Sat, April 15, 7pm
SEEING THE SPACE BETWEEN US: an evening in community with Diana Solís & friends
Pilsen Community Books: 1102 W 18th St, Chicago
Free

Sun, April 16, 11am-2pm
Mat Rappaport: Treatments
Material: 2025 West Belmont Ave, Chicago
Free

Mon, April 17, 6-7pm
Mónica Gomery – “Might Kindred” Hilesh Patel
The Seminary Co-op: 5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago
Free

Tues, April 18, 5-6:30pm
VOICES: Salomé Voegelin
Gallery 400: 400 S Peoria St, Chicago
Free

Tues, April 18, 6-8pm
Forms & Features Online: Pantoum
The Poetry Foundation: Online
Free

Tues, April 18, 7:30-9:30pm
The Conference of the Birds
Burtness Theatre: 281 Centennial Rd, Grand Forks, ND
$10-20

Wed, April 19, 6pm
Blue Hour Reading & Workshop Series
Haymarket House: 800 W Buena Ave, Chicago
Free

Wed, April 19, 6pm
Marwa Arsanios: WHO IS AFRAID OF IDEOLOGY, PART 1 and PART 2
Conversations at the Edge at Gene Siskel Film Center: 164 N State St, Chicago
$12

Wed, April 19, 6-7:30pm
International Solidarities
DePaul Art Museum: 935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago
Free

Wed, April 19, 6-7:30pm
Artist Talk: Skawennati on Indigenous Futurisms and World-building
Weisman Art Museum: 333 E River Rd, Minneapolis, MN
PAY-AS-YOU-WISH (INCLUDING FREE)

Wed, April 19, 7-10pm
Get Lit. Open Mic Night
Lit. on Fire Books: 712 W Main St, Peoria, IL
Free

Wed, April 19, 7:30pm
PO BOX Poetry Reading Series
PO Box Collective: 6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago
Free

April 20-May 4, 2023
Milwaukee Film Festival
The Oriental Theatre: 2230 N Farwell Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Various Prices

Thurs, April 20, 10:30-11:30am
Storytime: Fry Bread, A Native American Family Story
Pulitzer Arts Foundation: 3716 Washington Blvd, St. Louis, MO
Free

Thurs, April 20, 5:30pm
Open Mic & Exhibition: Stomping Grounds x Tortas y Talento x PO Box Collective)
Chicago Art Department: 1926 S Halsted St
Free

Thurs, April 20, 5:30pm
Poetry off the Shelf: Renee Gladman, Eileen Myles & Simone White
The Poetry Foundation: 61 W Superior St Chicago
Free

Thurs, April 20, 1-3pm
Newberry Transcribathon: Social Activism Collections
Newberry Library: 60 W Walton St, Chicago
Free

Thurs, April 20, 6pm
Marwa Arsanios: WHO IS AFRAID OF IDEOLOGY, PART 3 and PART 4
Conversations at the Edge at Gene Siskel Film Center: 164 N State St, Chicago
$12

Thurs, April 20, 7-8:30pm
John Jennings: Go Back and Get It
Krannert Art Museum: 500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL
Free

April 21-30, 2023
Ladies Ring Shout 2.0
First Church of the Brethren: 425 S. Central Park Blvd, Chicago
Pay-what-you-can

April 21-23, 2023
The Awakening
Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre: 705 N Illinois St, Indianapolis, IN
$20-32

April 21-June 4, 2023
Nancy Kubale and Lori Schappe-Youens – Like-Minded
Abel Contemporary Gallery: 524 E Main St, Stoughton, WI
Free

April 21-September 3, 2023
Wendy Red Star: A Scratch on the Earth
Columbus Museum of Art: 524 E Main St, Stoughton, WI
$0-18

April 21-September 3, 2023
Lesley Vance: always circled whirling
Columbus Museum of Art: 524 E Main St, Stoughton, WI
$0-18

April 21-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

Fri, April 21, 5:30-10pm
Artfest
Crystal Coop: 3400 W 53rd St, Anderson, IN
$30

Fri, April 21, 5-8pm
2023 UIC MFA Thesis Show 2: CTRL + histories: Panel Discussion and Closing Reception
Gallery 400: 400 S Peoria St, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 21, 6-9pm
Perspective(s): 2023 CAPE After School Exhibition
CAPE: 1010 W 35th St, Suite 697, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 21, 7pm
THE THICK AND THE LEAN by Chana Porter
Women & Children First Bookstore: 5233 N Clark St, Chicago
Free

April 22-23, 2023
Earth Day Festival
Pulitzer Arts Foundation: 3716 Washington Blvd, St. Louis, MO
Free

April 22-August 6, 2023
Edra Soto: Destination/El Destino: a decade of GRAFT
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 22, 11am-2pm
South Side Community Archiving Now
Green Line Performing Arts Center: 329 East Garfield Blvd, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 22, 10:30am-4:30pm
Milwaukee Zine Fest
Milwaukee Public Library, Central Branch: 814 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Free

Sat, April 22, 7pm
YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL by Maggie Smith
Wilson Abbey: 935 W Wilson Ave, Chicago
Free

April 23-August 13, 2023
Raja Deen Dayal: The King of Indian Photographers
Cleveland Museum of Art: 11150 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH
Free

Sun, April 23, 3-4pm
Mellon Fellows Public Program with Ben LaMar Gay
Stony Island Arts Bank: 6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago
Free

Mon, April 24, 7-8:30pm
Black Coffee + Raw Sugar
Links Hall: 3111 N Western Ave, Chicago
$15-40

Mon, April 24
Under the Umbrella
UIS Visual Arts Gallery: 1 University Plaza, Health and Sciences Building, 201, Springfield, IL
Free

Tues, April 25, 7pm-12am
Jade Presents: Tenci
The Aquarium: 226 Broadway N Fl 2, Fargo, ND
$10-17

Tues, April 25, 6pm
Beauty Turner Academy of Oral History Virtual Showcase
National Public Housing Museum: Online
Free

April 26-29, 2023
Zuri’s Crown
Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall – MPAC: 929 N Water St, Milwaukee, WI
$45.50

April 27, 2023
On the Edge of the Wind: Native Storytellers & the Land
State Historical Society of North Dakota: 612 E Boulevard Ave, Bismarck, ND
Free

Thurs, April 27, 7pm
IMPERFECT VICTIMS by Leigh Goodmark
Women & Children First Bookstore: 5233 N Clark St, Chicago
Free

Thurs, April 27, 7-8pm
Staff & Friends Reading: Adrian Matejka, Maggie Queeney, Charif Shanahan & Patricia Smith
The Poetry Foundation: 61 W Superior St, Chicago
Free

April 28-May 21, 2023
Fairview
Defintion Theater at The Revival: 1160 E 55th St, Chicago
$35

April 28-June 17, 2023
Anya Kielar
DOCUMENT: 1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago
Free

April 28-June 3, 2023
Temple Of: Julia Arredondo & Chad Kouri
Roots & Culture: 1034 N Milwaukee, Chicago
Free

April 28-August 27, 2023
Luis Camnitzer: Monuments to Unknown Heroes
Contemporary Arts Center Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art: 44 E. 6th St, Cincinnati, OH
Free

April 28-October 7, 2023
Robert O’Neal: Open To All
Contemporary Arts Center Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art: 44 E. 6th St, Cincinnati, OH
Free

Sat, April 29, 11am-1pm
Forms & Features with Hua Xi
The Poetry Foundation: Online
Free

Sat, April 29, 7pm
Enso: A Multimedia Ikebana Exhibit and Performance
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave #208, Chicago
$15-25

Sat, April 29, 7pm
Rabbit Foot Puppetry Presents: THE CLOWN CAR ROLLS ON!
Comfort Station Logan Square: 2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Free

Through April 8
Off-Site | Rethinking Monuments: American Sculpture in its Time, 1850-2000
Detroit Institute of Art at the Grand Rapids Art Museum: 101 Monroe Center St NW, Grand Rapids, MI
Free

Through April 8
Carey Watters: Sharp Points
OS Projects: 601 6th St, Racine, WI
Free

Through April 8
Kazuyuki Takezaki: Marugame, Milwaukee
The Green Gallery: 1500 N Farwell Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Free

Through April 8
Everyday’s a New Day
Wave Pool Gallery: 2940 Colerain Ave, Cincinnati, OH
Free

Through April 9
Ten at Ten
Museum of Wisconsin Art | West Bend: 205 Veterans Ave, West Bend, WI
$15

Through April 9
Printmaking in the Twenty-First Century
Detroit Institute of Art:
$0-$14

Through April 9
Locating Private Spaces by Jen Wohlner
Saint Kate: 139 W Kilbourn Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Free

Through April 9
Social Realism to Surrealism
Museum of Wisconsin Art | West Bend: 205 Veterans Ave, West Bend, WI
$15

Through April 15
Irene Wa: Crisálida De Sal
Goldfinch Gallery: 319 N Albany Ave, Chicago
Free

Through April 16
Aesthetics of Loss
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art: 2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago
Donation-based

Through April 16
Aria Dean: Abattoir, U.S.A.!
The Renaissance Society: 5811 S Ellis Ave, Cobb Hall, 4th Floor, Chicago
Free

Through April 16
Shana Hoehn: Basket Toss
Prairie Gallery: 2055 W Cermak Ave, Chicago
Free

Through April 16
Vertical Gallery 10-Year Anniversary Show Part 1
Vertical Project Space: 2006 W Chicago Ave, #1R
Free

Through April 16
MUST-SEE
LVL3: 1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Free

Through April 20
High Maintenance
Chicago Artists Coalition: 2130 W Fulton St, Chicago
Free

Through April 20
Enduring Roots
Chicago Artists Coalition: 2130 W Fulton St, Chicago
Free

Through April 21
Queer Futurities: The Cyborg Re-engineered
The Hokin Gallery: 623 S. Wabash Ave, Chicago.
Free

Through April 21
Deep Needle
Co-Prosperity Sphere: 3219-21 S Morgan St, Chicago
Free

Through April 21
Don’t Pull My Strings
Chicago Art Department: 1926 S Halsted St, Chicago
Free

Through April 22
A Prophecy of Chaos and Miracles: Anwar Mahdi & Val Schlosberg
Roots and Culture: 1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Free

Through April 22
Counter Current
Wave Pool Gallery: 2940 Colerain Ave, Cincinnati, OH
Free

Through April 22
Jerry Monteith: Core Series
Kranzberg Arts Foundation: 3224 Locust St, Suite 401, St Louis, MO
Free

Through April 22
Richard Hull: Mirror and Bone
Western Exhibitions: 1709 W Chicago Ave
Free

Through April 22
Yams
Elephant Room Gallery: 704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago
Free

Through April 23
Playing Favorites: Spotlight on the Petullo Collection
Milwaukee Art Museum: 700 N. Art Museum Dr, Milwaukee, WI
$0-22

Through April 28
The Taxonomy of Peggy McNamara
Glass Curtain Gallery: 1104 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor, Chicago
Free

Through April 29
Shona Macdonald: Weather Accents
boundary: 2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago
Free

Through April 29
New Work: Matthew Hawtin, Sylvain Malfroy-Camine, Benjamin Pritchard
David Klein Gallery: 1520 Washington Blvd, Detroit, MI
Free

Through April 30
Skins Between by Molly Blumberg
Saint Kate: 139 W Kilbourn Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Free