July Art Picks

July 1-August 19, 2022
OUTS
Filter Photo: 1821 W Hubbard St., Chicago, IL
Free

July 3, 7pm-Midnight
The Chi BLACK Pride: MINI BALL
Haven Entertainment Center: 932 E. 43rd St., Chicago, IL
$25

Fri, July 1, 4-6pm
Indigo Dye Demonstration with Amanda Harth
Lawndale Pop-Up Spot: Douglas Blvd. & Central Park Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, July 1, 6-9pm
Lynn Basa: Hoodoos and Other Anomalies
Mu Gallery: 1541 W Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, July 1-2, 6-9pm
Moonwater IV
Ruth Page Center for the Arts: 1016 N Dearborn St., Chicago, IL
$35-50

Fri, July 1, 5-9pm
Victoria Fuller: Bring Back The Extinct Northern White Rhino
Epiphany Center for the Arts: 201 S Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, July 1, 7pm
Slo ‘Mo Party
Sleeping Village: 3734 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago, IL
$10-20

Fri, July 1, 7-10pm
Roland Santana: Mega Mania
Belong Gallery: 2712 W North Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, July 2, 12pm
Conversation in Community
National Museum of Mexican Art: 1852 W 19th St., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, July 2, 5-6:30pm (EST)
Queering the Black Gaze
Allied Media Conference: Online
Free

Sat, July 2, 7-9pm
A Community Affair
The Digs Chicago: 333 N Oakley Blvd., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, July 2, 7-9pm
Side Yard Sounds 2022 presents Sinner’s Friend + opening performance by Spencer Hutchinson
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL
$15

Wed, July 6, 5-7pm
The Ways We Read: Amplifying the Genius of Black Learning Week 2
Holy Family Ministry School: 3415 W Arthington St., Chicago, IL
Free

Thurs, July 7, 5-7pm
Beyond the Frame
Museum of Contemporary Photography: 600 S Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Thurs, July 7, 6-7pm(EST)
Bleacher Talk: Tyrrell Winston & Laura Mott, Chief Curator
Cranbrook Art Museum: 39221 Woodward Ave Box 801, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Free

Thurs, July 7, 6-9pm
The Space Between Us
Co-Prosperity: 3219 S Morgan St., Chicago, IL
Free

Thurs, July 7, 7-9pm
Jenna Lyle
Comfort Station: 2579 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Thurs, July 7, 8pm-Midnight
RUMORS
Dorian’s: 1939 W North Ave, Chicago, IL
$10 cover after 8pm

Fri, July 8, 4-6pm
Nailah Golden
Lawndale Pop-Up Spot: Douglas Blvd. & Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, July 8, 7-9pm
Trapfuturism
Lawndale Pop-Up Spot: Douglas Blvd. & Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, July 8, 4-7pm
Cydney Lewis: Colored with Iron and Lace
Fracas Gallery: 2233 S Throop St. #601, Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, July 8, 6-8pm
Melon Sprout and Clark Woods: simulated trans*ition
Roman Susan: 1224 W Loyola Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, July 8, 6-8pm
All That Light: A Ten Year Retrospective of the Artists-in-Residence Program (2012-2022)
Logan Center Exhibitions: 915 E 60th St., Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, July 8, 6-10pm
Ten x Ten 2022
Chicago Art Department: 1932 S Halsted St., Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, July 8, 8-11pm
CLEAT Series: Coppice, Leash
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, July 8, 4-5pm
Archive Awareness Panel Series
Black Metropolis Research Consortium: Online
Free

Sat, July 9, 12:30-1:30pm
Exhibition Gallery Talk: A Site of Struggle with Alisa Swindell
Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University: 40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL
Free

Sat, July 9, 2pm
In-Gallery Reading with Poets Ariana Reines & Carmen Giménez Smith
Walker Art Center: 725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN
Free with admission

Sat, July 9, 2-3pm
Ragdale in Chicago: avery r. young
Poetry Foundation: 61 W Superior St,. Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, July 9, 2:30pm
To Trouble, Escape & Exceed – Curated by the Concerned Black Image Makers
Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University: 40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL
Free

Sat, July 9, 4-7pm
When You’re Within A Few Meters of Your Destination, You Are There
Comfort Station: 2579 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, July 9, 5-7pm
Jesse Howard: Blue Nile with Daughter
Bert Green Fine Art: 8 S Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, July 9, 5-7pm
Deirdre Sullivan-Beeman: Delirium
Bert Green Fine Art: 8 S Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, July 9, 12-5pm
Healing in the Park
ChiResists: Hirsch & Kedzie, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, July 9, 5-7pm
James Wilke: Pox Americana: How Smallpox Once Plagued America & The World
International Museum of Surgical Science: 1524 N Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, July 9, 7-9pm
Side Yard Sounds: MEGA LAVERNE & SHIRLEY (巨拉夫恩和謝莉)
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL
$15

July 9-10, (Sat: 10am-6pm & Sun: 11am-5pm)
Barrio Arts Fest
3015 W. Division Street, Chicago, IL
Free

Sun, July 10, 1-5pm
TechTonic Black Table @ Sundays on the Boulevard
Lawndale Pop-Up Spot: Douglas Blvd. & Central Park Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sun, July 10, 3-4pm
Behind the Scenes: Meet the artists of Mural Dances
Synapse Arts: Online
$50

Tues, July 12, 5:30-6:30pm
Tara Betts: Refuse to Disappear
57th Street Books: 1301 E 57th St., Chicago, IL
Free

Tues, July 12, 6-7:30pm
Bronzeville ARTrepreneur Series
Build Bronzeville: The Bronzeville Incubator – 5055 S Prairie Ave., Chicago, IL 
Free

Wed, July 13, 5-7pm
The Ways We Read: Amplifying the Genius of Black Learning Week 3
Holy Family Ministry School: 3415 W Arthington St
Free

Wed, July 13, 5-7pm
Creative Placemaking
Weinberg Newton Gallery: 688 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Wed, July 13, 7pm
Summer Sounds: Bear Williams Trio
Dominican University: 7900 W Division St, River Forest, IL
Free

Wed, July 13, 2-3pm
Archive Awareness Panel Series
Black Metropolis Research Consortium: Online
Free

Thurs, July 14, 5-8pm
Summer Social: Feminist Parking Lot with Jennifer Reeder
Walker Art Center: 725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN
Free with admission

Thurs, July 14, 8pm
CRYING IN THE BATHROOM: A VIRTUAL EVENING WITH ERIKA L. SÁNCHEZ AND SANDRA CISNEROS
Books & Books: Online
Free

Thurs, July 14, 6-9pm (EST)
24th Annual Heritage Music Festival
The King Arts Complex: 835 Mount Vernon Ave, Columbus, OH
Free

Thurs, July 14, 6:30-8pm
Community as Rebellion: Surviving Academia as a Woman of Color
Haymarket House: 800 W Buena Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Thurs, July 14, 6:30-7:30pm
Public Assembly with musician Mary Lawson
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts: 724 S 12th St, Omaha, NE
Free

Thurs, July 14, 5-7:30pm
Remaking the Exceptional Publication Release: Poetry Reading and Stories of Resistance
DePaul Art Museum: 935 W Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

July 15 – August 28, 2022
Nubes Art Fair
Heaven Gallery:  1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL
Free

July 15 – October 2, 2022
Marvin Tate: The Musicality of Poetry
Experimental Sound Studio: 5925 N Ravenswood, Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, July 15, 4-6pm
Keyierra Collins Performance
Lawndale Pop-Up Spot: Douglas Blvd. & Central Park Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, July 15, 6-9pm
Kitchen Table Stories
Evanston Art Center: 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Free

Fri, July 15, 6:30-9:30pm
Kombilesa Mi
DuSable Museum of African American History: 740 E 56th Pl., Chicago, IL
Free

July 15-17, 2022
Stitch by Stitch: Conversation on Quilting, “Healing” and Abolition
Various locations around Chicago
Free

July 15 – September 24, 2022
…of the land: acts of refusal and ratification
South Side Community Arts Center: 3831 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

July 15 – September 2, 2022
SAPPHIRE & CRYSTALS: FORWARD
Bridgeport Art Center: 1200 W. 35th Street, Chicago, IL
Free

July 16-17, 12-10pm
Silver Room Sound System Block Party
Oakwood Beach: 3900-4100 South DuSable Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL
$50-90

July 16-24, 2022
Jordan Weber: All Our Liberations
Pulitzer Arts Foundation: 3716 Washington Blvd, St. Louis, MO
Free

July 16-October 9, 2022
inResidence: New Industry Dance at the South Bend Museum of Art
South Bend Museum of Art: 120 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, South Bend, IN
Free

July 16-October 16, 2022
Broad Spectrum, Clear Vision: The Collection of Carl and Stephanie Beling
Fort Wayne Museum of Art: 311 E Main St, Fort Wayne, IN
Free

Sat, July 16, 2-6pm
FRONT Block Party
FRONT International: 50 Public Square Suite 1700, Cleveland, OH
Free

Sat, July 16, 1-5pm
25th Anniversary Block Party
Charlotte Street: 3333 Wyoming St., Kansas City, MO
Free

Sat, July 16, 12-5pm(EST)
Abigail DeVille Opening Weekend at The Sculpture Center
The Sculpture Center: 1834 E 123rd St, Cleveland, OH
Free

Sat, July 16, 1-2pm
Artist Tour: Raúl Ortiz
Elmhurst Art Museum: 150 Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL
Free

Sat, July 16, 2pm
Artist Talk: Richard Knight: Walking with Purpose
Historic Third Ward: 207 E. Buffalo St. Ste. 526, Milwaukee, WI
Free

Sat, July 16, 2-3:30pm
WRAP YOUR CROWN
Red Clay Dance Company: 808 East 63rd St., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, July 16, 3-5pm
In Conversation | Michi Meko & Key Jo Lee
Kavi Gupta | Washington Blvd: 835 W Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, July 16, 4pm
Watchtower
Roman Susan: 1224 W Loyola Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, July 16, 4-6pm
Loving and Coupling: A Conversation with Artist Couples
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 S Cornell Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, July 16, 4-6pm
Reading Poetry to Read Ourselves
South Asia Institute: 1925 S Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, July 16, 6pm(EST)
Artist Talk: Haseeb Ahmed in Conversation with Heavy Color
Spaces: 900 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH
Free

Sat, July 16, 6:30-8:30pm
Jessica McGhee: You Can Rest Here
Contemporary Art Center of Peoria: 305 SW Water St, Peoria, IL
Free

Sat, July 16, 7-9pm
Side Yard Sounds: Aaron Shapiro
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL
$15

July 17-October 29, 2022
The Language Between Worlds
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 S Cornell Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sun, July 17, 10am-4pm
Copper Box, Doctor Nativo
John Michael Kohler Arts Center: 608 New York Ave, Sheboygan, WI
Free

Sun, July 17, 3pm
State/Free Performance
DePaul Art Museum: 935 W Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sun, July 17, 5-6pm
Emotional Historians Reading – Jon Sands, José Olivarez, and Sylvia Ewing
57th Street Books: 1301 E 57th Street Sideyard, Chicago, IL
Free

Sun, July 17, 2-3:30pm
Westside Writers Reading Series
Austin Branch Library: 5615 W Race Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Mon, July 18, 8-11pm
Third Shore Collective & James Davis’ Beveled
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave. Chicago, IL
$10-15

Tues, July 19, 7pm
Virtual Panel Discussion: BODY LANGUAGE edited by Nicole Chung
Women & Children First Bookstore: Online
Free

Wed, July 20, 7:30pm
Fruit Salad
The Martin: 2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Wed, July 20, 6-9pm
CPC Presents: A Summer Poetry Gathering
Haymarket House: 800 W Buena Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Wed, July 20, 6-8pm
“Fluyendo: All-Gender Skirt Class” with Ivelisse Diaz from La Escuelita Bombera de Corazón
Navigating Blackness: Urban Theater, 2620 W Division Ave. Chicago, IL
Free

Thurs, July 21, 6-7:30pm
Expert Series: Artist Nate Young
Milwaukee Art Museum: 700 N. Art Museum Dr, Milwaukee, WI
Free

Thurs, July 21, 6-8pm
“Pikete, Spin & Dip” with Edrimael Delgado from LaBoriVogue
Navigating Blackness: Urban Theater, 2620 W Division Ave. Chicago, IL
Free

Thurs, July 21, 6-9pm
Class + Art by Crave
4622 S. Martin L. King Dr., Studio 205 & 209 Chicago, IL
Free

Thurs, July 21, 5-7pm
Livewire – Open Mic
National Indo American Museum: 815 S Main St, Lombard, IL
$5

Fri, July 22, 6-8pm
“BombaVogue Experimentation” with Edrimael Delgado and Ivelisse Diaz
Navigating Blackness: DuSable Museum, 740 E 56th Pl.
AMES Lecture Hall, Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, July 22, 6pm
Red Rover Poetry Series
Space Oddities / Humboldt Park, Chicago, IL
Free

July 22-31, 2022
AMERICAN SIDE EFECTOS
The Den Theatre: 1331 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
Pay what you want

July 22, 2022-January 8, 2023
Conscious Response: Photographers Changing the Way We See
Detroit Institute of Arts: 5200 Woodward Ave, Detroit , MI
Free

Fri, July 22, 5-7pm
Cristal Sabbah, Olula Harris, Marvin Tate
Lawndale Pop-Up Spot: Douglas Blvd. & Central Park Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, July 23, 3-7pm
Abolitionist Climate Justice from ATL to CHI
Stop Cop City + Defend the Atlanta Forest: Hyde Park @ Iowa Building, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, July 23, 1-3pm
Forms & Features Online with Cecilia Caballero
Poetry Foundation: Online
Free

Sat, July 23, 4pm
Lauren Sudbrink: Courageously Easy & Obligingly Alone
Roman Susan: 1224 W Loyola Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, July 23, 6-8pm
The Land Between The Sea
ENGAGE Projects: 864 N Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, July 23, 6pm
[De]Coded: Surviving the Law as a Sexual Deviant 
Gerber Hart Library and Archives: 6500 N Clark St 2nd Fl, Chicago, IL
$10 suggested donation

Sat, July 23, 7-9pm
Side Yard Sounds: The Harry Tonchev Trio
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL
$15

Sat, July 23, 2-8pm
Community Healing Mercado
El Paseo Community Gardens: 944 W. 21st St., Chicago, IL
Free

Sun, July 24, 2-5pm
“Saucy Sunday con La Escuelita: A Collaborative Batey for Voguers & Bomberxs”
Navigating Blackness: Esmeralda’s Lounge, 2539 W Division Ave.
Outdoor, Chicago, IL
Free

Sun, July 24, 2-8pm
Cosmic Country Cookout
Judson & Moore Distillery: 3057 North Rockwell St., #Building 5, Chicago, IL
$0-$50

Sun, July 24, 12-5pm
Hyde Park Flea at Hyde Park Art Center
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 S Cornell Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Mon, July 25, 8-11pm
Devin Drobka Trio & Mai Sugimoto Quartet
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave., Chicago, IL
$10-15

July 28-29, 2-5pm
The Wire 40 x ESS Streaming Festival
Experimental Sound Studio: Online
Free

Thurs, July 28, 7pm
The Click Clack Club Presents: A Midsommar Amateur Night’s Dream
The Click Clack Club: Location TBD (and virtually)
#35-$50

Fri, July 29, 10am-6pm
The 2022 Newberry Book Fair
Newberry Library: 60 W Walton St., Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, July 29, 5-8pm
Junli Song: Body Rhythms
Chicago Printmakers Collaborative: 4912 N Western Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, July 29, 6-9pm (EST)
EMERGE
M Contemporary Art: 205 East 9 Mile, Ferndale, MI
Free

Fri, July 29, 9pm
The Secret History of Chicago Music: Renaldo Domino and the Heavy Sounds
Hideout Chicago: 1354 W Wabansia Ave., Chicago, IL
$15

Fri, July 29, 9pm
Justice Hill & Nightime Love
Dorian: 1939 W North Ave., Chicago, IL
$15

Sat, July 30, 1-5pm
Chicago Storytelling in Bughouse Square
Washington Square Park: 901 N Clark St., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, July 30, 2-4pm
Abolitionist Company Class: A Workshop with Ron Ragin
DePaul Art Museum: 935 W Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, July 30, 3-7pm
Down to Earth
Roots & Culture: 1034 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, July 30, 5-11pm
Opening Ceremony of Concept Store 005
4019 W. Madison Avenue, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, July 30, 7-9pm
We Found Love in a Hopeless Place: Film Screening
The Luminary: 2701 Cherokee St., St. Louis, MO
Free

Sun, July 31, 2-5pm
Sofia Hagström Møller: Grids and Gradients
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL
Free

Thursdays in July, 6-9pm
Show Your Work
K-FLEYE: 4622 South King Drive, Chicago, IL
Free

Through July 1, 2022
2022 IHSAE Annual Educator Exhibition
Bridgeport Art Center: 1200 W. 35th Street, Chicago, IL
Free

Through July 2, 2022
EMERGENCE: Intersections at The Center
South Side Community Art Center: 3831 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Through July 9, 2022
Alberto Aguilar: Seeing Thoughts Through
ENGAGE Projects: 864 N. Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Through July 9, 2022
Latina Community ‘Voces’ 
Krannert Art Museum: 500 East Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL
Free

Through July 9, 2022
Warm Walls
The Latent Space @ Monaco: 2701 Cherokee St. St. Louis, MO
Free

Through July 9, 2022
Judith Geichman: Atmosphere
Regards Gallery: 2216 West Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Through July 9, 2022
MIGHTY REAL / QUEER DETROIT: OTHER ARRANGEMENTS
David Klein Gallery: 163 Townsend St., Birmingham, MI
Free

Through July 10, 2022
This Way Home
Heaven Gallery: 1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL
Free

Through July 10, 2022
Make Hay in the Sun
HG: 2000 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 
Free

Through July 14, 2022
Julian Flavin: The Smell Of A House Being Built In The Rain
Chicago Artists Coalition: 2130 W Fulton St, Chicago IL
Free

Through July 14, 2022
Layer, Mark, Repeat
Chicago Artists Coalition: 2130 W Fulton St, Chicago IL
Free

Through July 15, 2022
A Good Year for the Roses
Cleaner Gallery + Projects: 1856 N. Richmond St., Chicago, IL
Free

Through July 16, 2022
Rirkrit Tiravanija: (who’s afraid of red, yellow, and green)
Wrightwood 659: 659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL
$15

Through July 16, 2022
Generations: 30 Years of Woman Made Gallery
Woman Made Gallery: 2150 S Canalport Ave #4A-3, Chicago, IL
Free

Through July 16, 2022
Key Change
Weinberg Newton Gallery: 688 N Milwaukee Ave #101, Chicago, IL
Free

Through July 16, 2022
split my sides
The Luminary: 2701 Cherokee St., St. Louis, MO
Free

Through July 16, 2022
Jennie C. Jones: Nocturnes
PATRON: 1612 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 
Free

Through July 17, 2022
Boxed In
Madison Museum of Art: 227 State St., Madison, WI
Free

Through July 17, 2022
Cecilia Beaven: Seedling
FLXST Contemporary: 2251 S Michigan Ave, Suite 220, Chicago, IL
Free

Through July 17, 2022
Juan Chawuk: Iridiscencia Cultural
Tube Factory: 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis, IN
Free

Through July 17, 2022
Zach Meisner: Seæmings
MICKEY: 1635 W Grand Ave. Chicago, IL
Free

Through July 22, 2022
Jalen Hamilton: To Whom This Ground Belongs
Blanc Gallery: 4445 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL
Free

Through July 23, 2022
Brandon Chavis: for colored queers
Goldfinch Gallery: 319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Through July 23, 2022
Jory Drew: Curtain Wall
Goldfinch Gallery: 319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Through July 23, 2022
Introductions
Patient Info: 902 N Western Ave, Chicago IL
Free

Through July 24, 2022
Alia Farid
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis: 3750 Washington Blvd
St. Louis, MO 
Free

Through July 24, 2022
Scott Zieher: Hero Worship
REAL TINSEL: 1013 West Historic Mitchell St., Milwaukee, WI
Free

Through July 28, 2022
FRESHWATER CONVERSATION W/ DREAM HAMPTON + RHEA L. COMBS
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit: 4454 Woodward Av., Detroit, MI
$5 suggested donation

Through July 30, 2022
Cheryl Pope: Variations on a Love Theme
moniquemeloche: 451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL
Free

Through July 30, 2022
Michi Meko: Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground
Kavi Gupta Gallery: 835 W. Washington Blvd. Floor 1, Chicago, IL
Free

Through July 30, 2022
Isabel Yellin: Black Box
M. LeBlanc: 3514 West Fullerton Avenue, Chicago, IL
Free

Through July 31, 2022
Denise Treizman: In Between Living
University Galleries of Illinois State University: 11 Uptown Circle, Suite 103, Normal, IL
Free