January Art Picks
A list of performances, screenings, exhibitions, and other art events to help you start the new year.

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.
January Art Picks
January 2-4, 2018
Links Hall Community Clean Up Week 2018
Links Hall (3111 N Western Ave)
Free
Thurs, January 4, 7-9:30pm
Lemonade, with Julie Dash, Jamila Woods and Jacqueline Stewart
The Harper Theater (5238 S Harper Ave)
Free
Thurs, January 4, 6-8pm
Artist Talk with Pope.L and Dieter Roelstraete
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts (915 E 60th St)
Free
Thurs, January 4, 6-11pm
What’s Next? A five-hour marathon conversation and more…
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts (915 E 60th St)
Free
January 5-6, 7pm
Catalyst Movmnt Presents: Lather Rinse Repeat/Fall Climb Release
Links Hall (3111 N Western Ave)
$10-12
Fri, January 5, 6-7pm
Erin Hayden (in collaboration with Edra Soto): Empty
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (220 E Chicago Ave)
Free
Fri, January 5, 6-9pm
Beyond Words
Chicago Artists Coalition (217 N Carpenter St)
Free
Fri, January 5, 12:30pm
Field Foundation Information Session II
National Museum of Mexican Art (1852 W 19th Street)
Free
Fri, January 5, 6-9pm
Cameron Harvey: See Without Seeing, Know Without Knowing
Chicago Artists Coalition (217 N Carpenter St)
Free
Fri, January 5, 5:30-7:30pm
Lee Grantham: Reverse Acrylic Paintings
Jean Albano Gallery (215 W Superior)
Free
Sat, January 6, 11am-4pm
B-Side Vinyl Shop + Swap
Arts Incubator (301 E Garfield Blvd)
Free
Sat, January 6, 12pm-12am
AMFM Gallery One Year Anniversary
AMFM Gallery (2151 W 21st St)
Free
Sat, January 6, 3-4pm
Archiving Workshop VI
Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative (1456 E 70th St)
Free
Sun, January 7, 2-5pm
Beauty Breaks: Re/use Re/fuse
F4F (2846 W 21st St)
Free
Mon, January 8, 7-9pm
Sam Trump
Currency Exchange Café (305 E Garfield Blvd)
Free
Wed, January 8, 6:30-8:30pm
In-Session: The Perilous Journey of Maria Rosa Palacios
Threewalls (2738 W North Ave)
Free
Tue, January 9, 7:17-9:42am
Eve’s Bayou (Kasi Lemmons, 1997)
No Nation – Art Gallery and Tangential Unspace Lab (1542 N Milwaukee Av Fl 2)
Free
Thurs, January 9, 6-9pm
Vives Q: Reimagining Queer Revolution
National Museum of Mexican Art (1852 W 19th St)
Free
Fri, January 10, 6-9:30pm
Do Not Resist?
Hairpin Arts Center (2810 N Milwaukee Ave)
Free
Thurs, January 11, 6-7pm
Barbara Jones-Hogu: Resist, Relate, Unite 1968-1975
DePaul Art Museum (935 W Fullerton Ave)
Free
Thurs, January 11, 6-8pm
Gallery Talk: Robert Burnier and Caroline Picard
The Arts Club of Chicago (201 E Ontario St)
Free
Thurs, January 11, 6-8pm
Rock, Paper, Image
DePaul Art Museum (935 W Fullerton Ave)
Free
Thurs, January 11, 6-8pm
Jose Guerrero: Presente: A Memorial Print Portfolio
DePaul Art Museum (935 W Fullerton Ave)
Free
Sat, January 13, 6pm
Falling For You: Michaela Murphy (act two)
Triumph (2055 W Cermak Rd)
Free
Sat, January 13, 7-12pm
Utopia Ball
Dfbrl8r (1463 W Chicago Av)
$5-15
Sat, January 13, 1-4pm
Burning Bowl 2018: Re-Imagining Tomorrow: Serving Our Communities Future
Morgan Park United Methodist Church (11030 S Longwood Dr)
Free
Sat, January 13, 1-4pm
Anita Hill: Speaking Truth to Power
Film Row Cinema (1104 S Wabash Ave)
Free
Sun, January 14, 2:30-5pm
2nd Sunday Open House and Volunteer Orientation
Read/Write Library Chicago (914 N California Ave)
Free
Sun, January 14, 3-5pm
Black In Front Of My Ears: On Blackness and My Dominican consciousness
Links Hall (3111 N Western Ave)
$5
Sun, January 14, 4-6pm
Emma Draves: Listen.
High Concept Labs (2233 S Throop St)
$10
Mon, January 15, 6-8pm
Chicago Women Take Action General Meeting
Bar Louie (47 W Polk St)
Free
Tue, January 16, 6-8pm
In Progress: Aymar Jean Christian
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (220 E Chicago Av)
Free
Wed, January 17, 3:30-5pm
Innovation in Chicago Dance and Disability
University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Disability and Human Development (1640 West Roosevelt Rd)
Free
Fri, January 19, 5-8pm
Félix Candela: Concrete Shells: An Engineered Architecture for Mexico and Chicago
Gallery 400 (400 S Peoria St)
Free
Sat, January 20, 11am-1pm
Join Indivisible at the Women’s March to the Polls
Downtown Chicago
Free
January 21- March 11, 2:30-5pm
Fieldwork for Mixed Disciplines!
Outerspace (1474 N Milwaukee Ave)
$60
Fri, January 26, 1-2:15pm
Open Company Class with Christina Gonzalez-Gillett
Pulaski Park (1419 W Blackhawk St)
$10
Fri, January 26, 6-8pm
Mike Cloud: The Myth of Education
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts (915 E 60th St)
Free
Sat, January 27, 7pm
Resuscitate
Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery (1463 W Chicago Ave)
$20-25
Sun, January 28, 2-4pm
Beyond Measure: Daniel Cerrejón and Carolyn Lazard
Tiger Strikes Astroid (319 N Albany Av)
Free
Sun, January 28, 6pm
Falling For You: Christalena Hughmanic (closing act)
Triumph (2055 W Cermak Rd)
Free
Sun, January 28, 2-5pm
Art of Sight, Sense of Feeling (last day)
The Franklin (3522 W Franklin Blvd)
Free
Mon, January 29, 5:30-7pm
Application Work Session #1 w/ Chicago Dancemakers Forum
DuSable Museum of African American History (740 E 56th Pl)
Free
Tues, January 30, 6:30pm
Civic Talks – “Race: Are We So Different?” with Joy L. Bivins, Lisa Yun Lee, and Natalie Moore
Chicago History Museum (1601 North Clark St)
$5-$10
Wed, January 31, 7pm
Eclipsing Festival Opening Ritual Participatory Music Coalition
Links Hall (3111 N Western Ave)
$10-20
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Featured Image: Taken from Catalyst Movmnt Presents: Lather Rinse Repeat/Fall Climb Release happening at Links Hall January 5th and 6th, featuring Keisha Janae, Trinity Dawn Bobo, and Keyierra Collins.