April Art Picks

Mon, April 1, 5pm
Visiting Artist Talk: Iman Raad
Kresge Hall, Northwestern University: 1880 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL
Free

Mon, April 1, 5-7pm
Jessica Stockholder: For Events
Hutchinson Courtyard, The University of Chicago: 1131 E 57th St, Chicago
Free

Tues, April 2, 6-8pm
Confronting the Legendary Great Plains
Nebraska Innovation Campus: Auditorium: 2021 Transformation Dr, Lincoln NE
Free

Wed, April 3, 12-1pm
Matthew Metzger in conversation with Andi Crist, Katelyn Patton, and Samuel Schwindt
Gallery 400: 400 S Peoria St, Chicago
Free

April 4-6, 7pm(CST)
Anonymous Ensemble: Llontop
Wexner Center for the Arts: 1871 N High St Columbus, OH
$6-48

April 4-14, 2024
Onion City Experimental Film Festival
Various Locations
Prices vary by event

Thurs, April 4, 12:30pm
Wanda Hollensteiner Conservation Lecture with Hannah Segrave
Wright Museum of Art: 700 College St, Beloit, WI
Free

Thurs, April 4, 2-6pm
Workshop: Miniature Weaving Wall Hanging
Kenosha Public Museum: 5500 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI
Free

Thurs, April 4, 5-7pm(CST)
What Is Real?
Beeler Gallery: 60 Cleveland Ave (Entrance on E. Gay St.), Columbus, OH
Free

Thurs, April 4, 5-7pm(CST)
Author Reading: Susan Muaddi Darraj
Indy Reads: 1066 Virginia Ave, Indianapolis, IN
Free

Thurs, April 4, 5:30pm
Kickstarter Tutorial with Matt Jones
Sugar Maple: 441 E Lincoln Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Free

Thurs, April 4, 8-9pm
Live @ LOW END | Lisel
724 S 12th St, Omaha, NE
Free

April 5-6, 2024
Puerto Rican Archives: Preserving Community Memory
National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture: 3015 W Division St, Chicago
Free

April 5-6, 2024
The Cher Show
Mary W. Sommervold Hall Stage at the Washington Pavilion: 301 S Main Ave. Sioux Falls, SD
$29-124

April 5-May 25, 2024
Regional High School Student Show
Foundry Art Centre: 520 N Main Center, St. Charles, MO
Free

April 5-August 18, 2024
Robin F. Williams: We’ve Been Expecting You
Columbus Museum of Art: 480 E Broad St, Columbus, OH
Free

Fri, April 5, 4-7pm
Currents 123: Tamara Johnson
Saint Louis Art Museum: One Fine Arts Dr, Forest Park, St. Louis, MO
Free

Fri, April 5, 5-8pm
DOOMSCAPES AND THE DIGITAL BEYOND
ARC Gallery: 1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 5, 5-8pm
Grant William Thye: Release
Vertical: 2006 W Chicago Ave, #1R, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 5, 5-8pm
April First Friday
LUX Center: 2601 N 48th St, Lincoln , NE
Free

Fri, April 5, 6-8pm
Lawrence Agyei: DRILL
Blanc Gallery: 4445 S King Dr, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 5, 6-9pm
Czr Prz: Travel Through the Ether
Elephant Room Gallery: 704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 5, 6-9pm
JENAL DOLSON: Radicle Dream
65GRAND: 3252 W North Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 5, 6-9pm
Carolyn Cardenas and Bobby Ross: Familiar Stories
August House Studio: 2113 W Roscoe St, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 5, 8-11pm
[We Don’t Know Yet] What a Cinema Can Do: A Night of Live Sound and Moving Image
Public Works: 2141 W North Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 5, 8:30-11pm
Open-Styles Street Dance Session
PS1 Close House (Dance Hall): 538 S Gilbert St, Iowa City, IA
Free

April 6-July 28, 2024
Victoria Martinez: Braiding Histories
Chicago Cultural Center: 78 E Washington St, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 6, 10:30-11:30am(CST)
Drag Story Hour with Prince Brentlee and Aqua Marie!
Indy Reads: 1066 Virginia Ave, Indianapolis, IN
Free

Sat, April 6, 12-3pm
Open Art Studio
Yours truly: 833 E Center St, Milwaukee, WI
Free

Sat, April 6, 1-3pm
The Secrets Women Keep
Independence Branch, Chicago Public Library: 4024 N Elston Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 6, 1-4pm
The United Colors of Robert Earl Paige
Hyde Park Arts Center: 5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 6, 1-4pm
Parapluie
Hyde Park Arts Center: 5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 6, 2-4pm
Dog Tarot Release Party with Megan Lynn Kott
Sugar Maple: 441 E Lincoln Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Free

Sat, April 6, 2-4pm
Creating More Hours: Workshop #4: Cookie Decorating
Generator Space: 1804 Vinton St, Omaha, NE
Free

Sat, April 6, 2-6pm
Grid Luck
Mayfield: 505 Marengo Ave, Forest Park, IL
Free

Sat, April 6, 4-7pm
Sangwoo Yoo: Ephemeral Echoes
Comfort Station Logan Square: 2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 6, 6-8pm(EST)
2024 MFA Exhibition Opening Reception
MSU Broad Art Museum: 547 E Circle Dr, East Lansing, MI
Free

Sat, April 6, 6-10pm
Brad Stumpf and Jeffly Gabriela Molina: Esta Casa Es Un Cuerpo / This House Is A Body
ARTRUSS: 4553 W Diversey Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 6, 7pm
Freedom From and Freedom To
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago
$10-15

Sat, April 6, 7pm
William Parker’s Mayan Space Station
Xavier Hall: 3733 W Pine Mall, St. Louis, MO
$10-20

Sun, April 7, 1-3pm
Art Exhibit by Anthony Deon
Cathedral Arts Project: 3900 Webster St, Omaha, NE
Free

Sun, April 7, 1-4pm
David Cordero: NEAR MISS
Space & Time: 3307 W Irving Park Rd. Chicago
Free

Sun, April 7, 2-5pm
Tom Meacham: Simile
Devening Projects: 3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago
Free

Sun, April 7, 2-5pm
Eleanna Anagnos: Lucid
Devening Projects: 3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago
Free

Sun, April 7, 2-3pm
The Power of Small Things with Artist Tilly Woodward
Brunnier Art Museum, Scheman Building: 1805 Center Dr, Ames, IA
Free

Sun, April 7, 3-6pm
Susan Giles: Words to Grasp
Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery: 32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL
Free

Sun, April 7, 3:15pm
Sing Omaha Choral Concert
Cathedral Arts Project: 3900 Webster St, Omaha, NE
Free

April 8-May 12, 2024
There are Two Elephants in this Room: 2024 BFA in Studio Art Senior Capstone Exhibition
Des Lee Gallery: 1627 Washington Ave, St. Louis, MO
Free

Tues, April 9, 7-8pm
Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt with Orisanmi Burton, Damon Locks and Maryan Kashani
Pilsen Community Books: 1102 W 18th St, Chicago
Free

April 10-September 8, 2024
Everyday States of Awe – Selections from the Ceramic Work of Bill Gossman
Rochester Art Center: 30 Civic Center Dr, SE, STE 120, Rochester, MN
Free

Wed, April 10, 6-8pm(CST)
Poetry Open Mic with Indiana Humanities
Indy Reads: 1066 Virginia Ave, Indianapolis, IN
Free

April 11-25, 2024
2024 Milwaukee Film Festival
Various Locations
Various costs

Thurs, April 11, 8-9pm
Live @ LOW END | claire rousay
724 S 12th St, Omaha, NE
Free

April 11-14, 2024
Artists Run Chicago: Here and Now
Navy Pier: 600 E Grand Ave, Chicago
$30-175

April 12-14, 2024
BARELY FAIR
Color Club: 4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago
Free

April 12-May 18, 2024
A Change of Scenery
St. Louis Artists Guild: 12 N Jackson Ave, St. Louis, MO
Free

April 12-May 18, 2024
Source by Maddie Aunger
St. Louis Artists Guild: 12 N Jackson Ave, St. Louis, MO
Free

April 12-July 22, 2024
POW-litical Comics: From Ripon to the RNC
MOWA: 205 Veterans Ave, West Bend, WI
Free

April 12-August 11, 2024
Arte Diseño Xicágo II • From the World’s Fair to the Present Day
National Museum of Mexican Art: 1852 W 19th St, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 12, 5-8pm
Paul Mpagi Sepuya: Infinite Like Night
DOCUMENT: 1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 12, 5-7pm
Regin Igloria: Seven Skins Catalog Release Party
Glass Curtain Gallery: 1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 12, 6-7pm
Sandra Binion: Autobiography of Looking
Experimental Sound Studio: 5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 12, 7-10pm
Brendan Fernandes: New Monuments
General John Alexander Logan Monument in Grant Park: S Michigan Ave & E 9th St, Chicago
Free

April 13-June 8, 2024
Jerry Phillips: Phantom Redux
Good Weather: 1524 S Western Ave, Suite 121, Building A, Chicago
Free

April 13-July 7, 2024
Fantastic Realms: Myths, Magic, and Folklore
Fort Wayne Museum of Art: 311 E Main St, Fort Wayne, IN
Free

Fri, April 13, 1 and 7pm
THE THIRD MAN (1949)
Virginia Theatre: 203 W Park Ave, Champaign, IL
Free

Fri, April 13, 12-2pm
Family Day: Paper Quilting Workshop with Jason Wesaw
Museum of Contemporary Photography: 600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 13, 12-2pm(CST)
Nathalie Joachim
Wexner Center for the Arts: 1871 N High St Columbus, OH
$6-36

Fri, April 13, 2pm
Collaborative Publishing Workshop with Temporary Services
Walker Art Center: 725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN
Free

Sun, April 15, 10am-11:30am
Write to Political Prisoners in Russia (at Mount Zion Temple)
Mount Zion Temple: 1300 Summit Ave, St. Paul, MN
Free

April 14-July 21, 2024
Jerry Phillips: Phantom Redux
Cleveland Museum of Art: 11150 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH
$0-15

Tues, April 16, 7pm
Arthouse Cinema – Student Movie Night
The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum: 521 Main Ave, Moorhead, MN
Free

Tues, April 16, 7:30-10pm
Marcus is Walking
University of North Dakota: 281 Centennial Rd, Grand Forks, ND
$10-20

Wed, April 17, 10:30am-12pm
SPARK! The Secret of Muddy Water
John Michael Arts Center: 608 New York Ave, Sheboygan, WI
Free

Wed, April 17, 6:30pm
Pete Hill, author of River Profiles: The People Restoring Our Waterways
Boswall Books: 2559 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Free

Wed, April 17, 7-8pm
SHORT WAR with Lily Meyer and Amanda Goldblatt
Pilsen Community Books: 1102 W 18th St, Chicago
Free

Wed, April 17, 7-8pm
Rachel Wiley Poetry Reading + Book Signing
Rose and Eugene Presents: 701 N Phillips Ave, Unit 135, Sioux Falls, SD
$10

Thurs, April 18, 6-9pm
Muses: An Evening of Jazz
Elmhurst Art Museu: 150 Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL
Free

Thurs, April 18, 6:30pm
Sergio M González, author of Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin
Boswall Books: 2559 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Free

Thurs, April 18, 7-10pm
Courage in Community: The Gerber/Hart Spring Soiree
Sidetrack The Video Bar: 3349 N Halsted St, Chicago
$125-350

Thurs, April 18, 7:30-9pm
Not From Here with Eunji Kim
The Lincoln Lodge: 2040 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 19, 5-7pm
The City of Sioux Falls’ 11th Annual ArtAbility
The Underground by Rehfeld’s: 431 N Phillips Ave, Sioux Falls, SD
Free

Fri, April 19, 5-8pm
T R A N S C I E N C E: UIC 2024 BFA Thesis Exhibition
UIC School of Art and Art History: 400 S Peoria St, Chicago
Free

Fri, April 19, 7pm
Compensation by Zeinabu irene Davis
Walker Art Center: 725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN
$12-15

Fri, April 19, 11pm
DRONE SLEEPOVER
Grace Episcopal Church: 637 S Dearborn St, Chicago
$45-50

April 20-May 26, 2024
87th Annual Detroit Public Schools Community District Student Exhibition
DIA: 5200 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI
Free

April 20-July 14, 2024
The Paintings of Gabriela Gonzalez Dellosso: A Retrospective
Fort Wayne Museum of Art: 311 E Main St, Fort Wayne, IN
Free

April 20, 2024-March 30, 2025
The Vessel: Form and Function
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art: 410 Third Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, IA
Free

April 20, 2024-April 6, 2025
Eternal Love and Loss
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: 4525 Oak St, Kansas City, MO
Free

Sat, April 20, 10:30am-4:30pm
Milwaukee Zine Fest
Milwaukee Central Library: 814 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Free

Sat, April 20, 11am-1pm
Street Wisdom Walkshop
Horner Park: 2741 W Montrose Ave, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 20, 1-2pm
Wild Boar to Baconfest: Pigs in History and Popular Culture
Bishop Hill Heritage Association: 103 Bishop Hill St, Bishop Hill, IL
Free

Sat, April 20, 2pm
The Alchemy of Publishing Workshop with Co–Conspirator Press
Walker Art Center: 725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN
Free

Sat, April 20, 6pm
Intermissions: Devin T. Mays
The Renaissance Society: 5811 S Ellis Ave, Swift Hall, 4th Fl, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 20, 6-9pm
The Bridge: Malley/Irabagon/Rivoal/Lemêtre/Zerang
LVL3: 1542 N. Milwaukee Ave, 3rd Floor, Chicago
Free

Sat, April 20, 7pm
Code Unknown by Michael Haneke
Walker Art Center: 725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN
$12-15

Sat, April 20, 9pm
The Sidepieces
Hungry Brain: 2319 W Belmont Ave, Chicago
Free

Sun, April 21, 9pm
Shapeshifters
Hungry Brain: 2319 W Belmont Ave, Chicago
Free

Tues, April 23, 7:30pm
Perugia Press Showcase: Melody S. Gee, Carolina Hotchandani & Catherine Anderson
The Focal Point: 2720 Sutton Blvd, Maplewood, MO
$15

Tues, April 23, 7:30pm
Flex: Written by Candrice Jones
Penumbra Theatre: 270 N. Kent St, St. Paul, MN
$20

April 24-July 21, 2024
Dreaming Our Futures: Ojibwe and Očhéthi Šakówiŋ Artists and Knowledge Keepers
Rochester Art Center: 30 Civic Center Dr, SE STE 120, Rochester, MN
Free

Wed, April 24, 7pm
Granny Bingo Night: Disco Edition
Milwaukee Improv: 20110 Lower Union St, Brookfield, WI
$15

Wed, April 24, 9pm
TsuShiMaMiRe
Empty Bottle: 1035 N. Western Ave. Chicago, IL
$10

April 25-September 29, 2024
Domestic Idols
Minneapolis Institute of Art: 2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN
Free

Thurs, April 25, 5:30-8pm
UIS Visual Arts Senior Student Exhibition
UIS Visual Arts Gallery: One University Plaza Health and Sciences Building, 201, Springfield, IL
Free

Thurs, April 25, 6-8pm
Last Chance Exhibition Tour Night: Peter Xiao: A Room That One Is In (And All Things In It)
FIGGE ART MUSEUM: 225 W Second St, Davenport, IA
Free

April 26, 2024
Exploring Double Consciousness
The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History: 315 E Warren Ave., Detroit, MI
Free

Fri, April 26, 6-8pm
John-Michael Korpal: A Year in the Life of a Tree
Warren Park: 2045 W Pratt Blvd, Chicago
Free

April 27-July 5, 2024
Sequence
Riffe Gallery: 77 S High St, Columbus, OH
Free

April 27-July 21, 2024
She blew up the art world.
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: 4525 Oak St, Kansas City, MO
$22

Sat, April 27, 10am-4pm
16th Street Studios Spring Studio Open House
Racine Arts and Business Center: 1405 16th St, Racine, WI
Free

Sat, April 27, 7pm
Silvita Brown: Ellas y Yo Mexicanas
National Museum of Mexican Art: 1852 W 19th St, Chicago
$15

Sat, April 27, 7pm
John Harmon: Book Reading and Solo Piano Performance
Arts + Literature Laboratory: 111 . Livingston St, Suite 100, Madison, WI
$10-20

Sat, April 27, 7pm
The Best of Video Poetry 2024
Arts + Literature Laboratory: 111 . Livingston St, Suite 100, Madison, WI
$15

Sat, April 27, 7pm
Werk: Chicago’s Premiere Queer Comedy Show
The Lincoln Lodge: 2040 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
$12-16

Sat, April 27, 7:30-9pm
The Swans of Harlem: Reclaiming the History of Black Ballet
Francis W. Parker School: 330 W Webster Ave, Chicago
$0-25

Sun, April 28, 5pm
Standing Bear Opera
Cathedral Arts Project: 3900 Webster St, Omaha, NE
Free

April 28-October 13, 2024
Korean Couture: Generations of Revolution
Cleveland Museum of Art: 11150 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH
$0-15

April 29- May 10, 2024
Opening Passages: Photographers Respond to Chicago and Paris
BUILD Chicago: Austin Headquarters, 5100 W Harrison St, Chicago
Free

April 29- May 31, 2024
Charles Lee: Combing Out My Brain
James Memorial Art Center: 621 1st Avenue W, Williston, ND
Free

Mon, April 29, 6PM
Athletes and Activism
Penumbra Theatre: 270 N. Kent St, St. Paul, MN
$20

Closing April 7
UNCHARTED WAYS THROUGH: MAPS, LAND, AND THE IMAGE
Uncharted Ways Through: Maps, Land, and the Image
Grand Rapids Art Museum: 101 Monroe Center St NW, Grand Rapids, MI
$0-12

Ending April 14
Revolutionary Times
Flint Institute of Arts:1120 East Kearsley Street, Flint, MI
$0-10

Ending April 14
The Wisconsin Artists Biennial
Museum of Wisconsin Art:205 Veterans Ave, West Bend, WI
$15

Ending April 19
Thomas Rickers: Retrospective
Eide/Dalyrymple Gallery: 30th St. and South Grange Ave, Sioux Falls, SD
Free

Ending April 28
BORDER CANTOS | SONIC BORDER
Grand Rapids Art Museum: 101 Monroe Center St NW, Grand Rapids, MI
$0-12

Ongoing
Imani Elizabeth Jackson
Obsidian: Online
Free

Tues, April 2, 6:30-8:30pm
TANDA: Red Diaper Babies: Childhood in the League of Revolutionary Struggle by Maggie Wong
Chuquimarca: Online
Free

Wed, April 3, 12:30-1:30pm
Culture of Care with Rhonda Wheatley: Releasing the Past & Cutting Ties
Threewalls: Online
Free

Wed, April 3, 7:30pm
The Other Four Artist Talk
Weisman Art Museum: Online
Free

Wed, April 3, 6-8pm
Culture of Care with Rhonda Wheatley: Releasing the Past & Cutting Ties
Threewalls: Online
$40-50

Tues, April 9, 6:30-8:30pm
TANDA: Decolonizing Death: Lessons From Marronage, Black Spirituality, & Afrofuturism by sun-Lynn Hunter
Chuquimarca: Online
Free

Sun, April 14, 2-3pm
The Enthronement of Merchandise with the Aura of Amusement
Brunnier Art Museum: Online
Free