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June 1-5, 2022
2022 Uptown Art Week
4620 N Broadway St., Chicago, IL
Free
June 1-October 30, 2022
Alebrijes: Creatures of a Dream World
Cantigny Park: 1S151 Winfield Rd, Wheaton, IL
Free
Wed, June 1, 5:30-7pm
Kicking Off Summer Reading With My Very Own Library
57th Street Books, The Seminary Co-op: 5751 S Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Thurs, June 2, 10:30am
Thursday Knitting Circle
Chicago Public Library Logan Square: 3030 W Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Thurs, June 2, 11:15-11:45am
Seniors Movement
The Indo-American Center: 6328 N California Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Thurs, June 2, 3-6pm
Richard Knight: Walking with Purpose
Lauren Semivan: A Map Both Distant and Concrete
Historic Third Ward: 207 E. Buffalo St. Ste. 526, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Thurs, June 2, 5:30-6:30pm
Like Water Through Stone: Celebrating Hamid Naficy
Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University: 40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL
Free
Thurs, June 2, 5:30-8:30pm
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Salvage One: 1840 W Hubbard St., Chicago, IL
$0-10,000
Thurs, June 2, 5:30-9pm
DARKROOM Benefit Auction and Party
Columbia College Chicago Student Center: 754 S Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL
$150-375
Thurs, June 2, 6-8pm
Residency Meet + Eat
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts: 724 S 12th St, Omaha, NE
Free
Thurs, June 2, 6:30-8pm
Not Quite: Asian Americans and the “Other” in the era of the pandemic and the uprising
Oak Park Public Library: 834 Lake St, Oak Park, IL
Free
Thurs, June 2, 7pm
The Consonant Unknown: Film Screening Curated by Shen Xin
Walker Art Center: 725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN
Free
Thurs, June 2, 7-8pm
Club de Lectura #9: Las malas
Pilsen Community Books: Online
Free
Thurs, June 2, 8:30-11:30pm
TERRIE EX & KEN VANDERMARK SOLOS & DUOS
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave., Chicago, IL
$15
June 3-5, 2022
Do Division Street Fest
Division Street between Damen and Leavitt, Chicago, IL
$10 donation
June 3-30, 2022
Poets, Mystics, and Gods
Detroit Artists Market: 4719 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI
Free
June 3-July 24, 2022
Rob Funkhouser: Study In Place
Tube Factory artspace: 1125 Cruft St, Indianapolis, IN
Free
June 3-July 31, 2022
Denise Treizman: In Between Living
University Galleries of Illinois State University: 11 Uptown Circle, #103, Normal, IL
Free
Fri, June 3, 2-11pm(EST)
Season Shut-down Party
Museum of Contemporary Art: 11400 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH
$0-17
Fri, June 3, 5-7pm
鬼鎮 (Ghosttown) Spirit Simulator
Chicago Gamespace: 2418 W Bloomingdale Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, June 3, 5-8pm
Julian Flavin: The Smell Of A House Being Built In The Rain
Chicago Artists Coalition: 2130 W Fulton St., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, June 3, 5-8pm
Layer, Mark, Repeat
Chicago Artists Coalition: 2130 W Fulton St., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, June 3, 5-9pm
Fables
Povos Chicago, 2000 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, June 3, 6-8pm
Alberto Aguilar: Seeing Thoughts Through
ENGAGE Projects: 864 N Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, June 3, 6-8:30pm
First Friday: Tropicália with DJ Mo Samba
Pulitzer Arts Foundation: 3716 Washington Blvd,St. Louis, MO
Free
Fri, June 3, 6-9pm
AJMAL MAS MAN MILLAR: Tomorrow Belongs To God
65GRAND: 3252 W North Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, June 3, 6-9pm
Zach Meisner: Seæmings
MICKEY: 1635 W Grand Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, June 3, 6:30-9:30pm
BOUNDARYMIND: Performance
6018North: 6018 N Kenmore Ave. Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, June 3, 6:30-9:30pm
Curtis Mayfield & Super Fly: A Black Music Month Tribute
DuSable Museum of African American History: 740 E 56th Pl., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, June 3, 7-9pm
Side Yard Sounds presents: Family Junket
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL
$15
June 4-5, 2022
75th Annual 57th Street Art Fair
57th Street, Hyde Park, Chicago, IL
Free
June 4-July 16, 2022
Jennie C. Jones: Nocturnes
PATRON: 1612 W Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
June 4-July 23, 2022
Exhibition #29
Granite City Art and Design District: 1822 State St, Granite City, IL
Free
June 4, 2022- June 4, 2023
Garden Party: Outdoor Sculptures by Dorothy Gillespie
Fort Wayne Museum of Art: 311 E Main St, Fort Wayne, IN
Free
Sat, June 4, 10am(EST)
Michigan Student Film Festival – Elementary/Junior Division
Detroit Film Theatre Auditorium: 5200 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI
Free
Sat, June 4, 10:30am
Poemtime
Poetry Foundation: 61 W Superior St., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 4, 11:30am
Art House Underground Makers Market
Hideout Inn: 1354 W Wabansia Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 4, 12-1pm
Virtual Artist Talk: This Way Home
Heaven Gallery: Online
Free
Sat, June 4, 12-4pm
826CHI Publications Festival at La Follette
La Follette (Robert) Park: 6855 S Oglesby Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 4, 12-4pm
Moonwalkers
Space & Time: 3307 W Irving Park Rd., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 4, 12-6pm
Joseph Renda Jr.: Larger Than Life
Vertical Gallery: 1016 N Western Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 4, 1pm
MI VESTIDO CUELGA AHÍ: Mexican Embroidery
National Museum of Mexican Art: 1852 W 19th St., Chicago, IL
$75-200
Sat, June 4, 1:30-3:30pm
Sequences, Iterations and Permutations (SiP) Reception, Curatorial Tour, and Panel Discussion
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 S Cornell Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 4, 2pm
Dr. Jessica Hernandez: Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science
National Museum of Mexican Art: 1852 W 19th St., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 4, 2-4pm
Creative Arts Fair at Hasan
Hasan (Elliot) Park: 6855 S Oglesby Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 4, 3pm
Artist Talk: Rirkrit Tiravanija
The Art Institute of Chicago: 111 S Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 4, 3-4pm
Gallery Talk: Nate Young in conversation with Romi Crawford
moniquemeloche, 451 N Paulina St., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 4, 3-5pm
Chicago Gospel Music Festival
Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park: 201 E Randolph St., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 4, 3-9pm
Abolitionist Company Class – “Assembly”
DePaul Art Museum: 935 W Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 4, 4-7pm
Andy Hunt & Rob Sohmer: No, No, For You
Comfort Station Logan Square: 2579 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 4, 4-7pm
Cecilia Beaven: Seedling
FLXST Contemporary: 2251 S Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 4, 5-7pm
Sherman Beck
Kavi Gupta Gallery: 835 W Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 4, 6-8pm
Melissa Brown: Thrift Store Find
Andrew Rafacz Gallery: 835 W Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 4, 6-9pm
SHENEQUA: Meh Familay – The Beginning
Ignition project space: 3839 W Grand Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 4, 7pm
ELEMENTS: A NIGHT OF ELECTRONIC IMPROVISATION
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL
$15
Sat, June 4, 7pm
Var’s Between Two Galleries Presents: Cosmic Endeavors & Moonglow
Between Two Galleries: 706 S 5th St, Milwaukee, WI
$10
Sat, June 4, 7pm
Isinmi, a performance facilitated by Lola Ayisha Ogbara
The Luminary: 2701 Cherokee St, St. Louis, MO
Free
Sat, June 4, 7:30-8:30pm
Kelly Krumrie, Amanda Goldblatt, and Nathanael Jones
Pilsen Community Books: 1102 W 18th St., Chicago, IL
Free
Sun, June 5, 11am-2:30pm
Grounded in Pride: June 5 edition (two sessions – yoga & sound healing)
Lululemon: 944 W North Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sun, June 5, 3-5pm
Rachel Britton: Voyeur (Closing Reception!)
Leather Archives & Museum: 6418 N Greenview Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sun, June 5, 7pm
Mirelsie Velázquez: PUERTO RICAN CHICAGO
Women & Children First Bookstore: 5233 N Clark St., Chicago, IL
Free
Mon, June 5, 7pm
ALOK
Thalia Hall: 1807 South Allport St., Chicago, IL
$35
Tues, June 7, 6-7pm
Alex After Hours
LATITUDE: Online
Free
Tues, June 7, 6-8pm
2021 VAF Grant Recipients: Visual Arts Fund Project Presentations
Midway Contemporary Art Library: 201 Sixth Street SE, Suite 4, Minneapolis, MN
Free
Tues, June 7, 8pm
Midwest Film Festival: CODE OF THE FREAKS
Gene Siskel Film Center: 164 N State St,. Chicago, IL
$15
June 7-September 17, 2022
Art Links Sheboygan: Never What Is Planned
John Michael Kohler Arts Center: 608 New York Ave, Sheboygan, WI
Free
Tues, June 7, 6:30-8pm
Demystifying Pitching, Press, & Publishing – Muña Public Workshop
Chuquimarca: Online
Free
Tues, June 7, 8pm
Notes on Masculinity: A Drag-King Centered Cabaret
The California Clipper: 1002 N. California Ave. Chicago, IL
$10
Wed, June 8, 12-2pm
Yoonshin Park: Finding Space: Artist Talk
NEIU Fine Arts Center Gallery: 5500 N St. Louis Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Wed, June 8, 6:30-8pm
2020-2022 Fellows Celebration (!!!)
Threewalls: Online
Free
Wed, June 8, 7-8:30pm
Pour One Out: A Monthly Storytelling Series
Volumes Bookcafe: 1373 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Wed, June 8, 7-10pm
Root of Two Performance Series | Lori Goldston and Kyle Hanson
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts: 724 S 12th St, Omaha, NE
Free
Thurs, June 9, 6-9pm
Some Parts of Us: DePaul University’s Graphic Design Senior Capstone Show
Epiphany Center for the Arts: 201 S Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Thurs, June 9, 7-8:30pm
HEROES/SHEROES OF “LIFT EVERY VOICE”
AFRIWARE BOOKS: Online
Free
Thurs, June 9, 7pm
Juste Un Mouvement (Just A Movement)
Logan Center for the Arts: 915 E 60th St., Chicago, IL
Free
Thurs, June 9, 8:30-11:30pm
FIVE PEOPLE
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave., Chicago, IL
$15
Fri, June 10, 6-7:40pm
Fighting Anti-Trans Laws in Illinois
Chicago Therapy Collective: 5200 N Clark St, Chicago, IL
Free
June 10- 18, 2022
2022 Pivot Arts Festival
Vsarious Locations: Chicago
June 10- 19, 2022
The Color Purple
CSPS Hall: 1103 3rd St SE, Cedar Rapids, IA
$40-52
June 10- July 31, 2022
The Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Mary L. Nohl Fund FELLOWSHIPS FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS 2019 and 2020
Haggerty Museum of Art: 1234 W Tory Hill St, Milwaukee, WI
Free
June 10- August 14, 2022
Portal For(e) the Ephemeral Passage
Wexner Center for the Arts: 1871 N High St, Columbus, OH
Free
June 10 – August 29, 2022
CONTRA CORRIENTE
Chicago Art Department: 1926 South Halsted St., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, June 10, 12pm
FOCAL POINT Live: Artists Xyza Cruz Bacani and Jason Reblando
Museum of Contemporary Photography: Online
Free
Fri, June 10, 5-9pm
Francesca Schwartz: Inscriptions
Mu Gallery: 1541 W Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, June 10, 6-9pm
A Good Year For The Roses
Cleaner Gallery + Projects: 1856 N Richmond Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, June 10, 7pm
TOMMASO MORETTI AT SIDE YARD SOUNDS
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St., Oak Park, IL
$15
Fri, June 10, 7pm
Open Labs #3: Ayako Kato
High Concept Labs: 2233 S Throop St., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, June 10, 7-9pm
Dan Galat and Kelly Quesada
Mu Gallery: 1541 W Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, June 10, 7-10pm
Making Space
The Plan: 600 N Albany Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, June 10, 8pm
Wild & Sublime
Hungry Brain: 2319 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL
$25
Fri, June 10, 8pm-1am
Slo ‘Mo’s Suited & Booted Pride Ball
Michelle’s Ballroom: 2800 W Belmont Ave., Chicago, IL
$65
June 11-12, 12-12pm
Anatomy for Interiors
Roman Susan: 1224 W Loyola Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
June 11-July 30, 2022
Cheryl Pope: Variations on a Love Theme
moniquemeloche: 451 N Paulina St., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 11, 11am
Artist Talk: Cara Romero
Saint Louis Art Museum: 1 Fine Arts Dr, St. Louis, MO
Free
Sat, June 11, 1-10pm
Rock the Garden 2022
Walker Art Center: 725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN
$84-300
Sat, June 11, 3pm
Hans Ekestang: Great Feelings and Meetings
Swedish American Museum: 5211 N Clark St., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 11, 4-7pm
Generations: 30 Years of Woman Made Gallery
Woman Made Gallery: 2150 S Canalport Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 11, 7-10pm
Damiane Nickles: Pass with Care
The Martin: 2500 W Chicago Ave
Free
Sat, June 11, 7pm
HALI POLOMBO AT SIDE YARD SOUNDS
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St., Oak Park, IL
$15
Sat, June 11, 11am
Art Speaks: But You See Me
Saint Louis Art Museum: 1 Fine Arts Dr, St. Louis, MO
Free
June 11-12, 2022
Hyde Park Summer Fest
Midway Plaisance Park 59th St. & Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL
$75-$400
Sun, June 12, 1-5pm
The Art of Pride
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 S Cornell Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sun, June 12, 2-3pm
Pre Juneteenth Freedom w/Fashion Pop Up
Zhou B Art Center: 1029 W 35th St., Chicago, IL
Free
Sun, June 12, 4:30pm
Sketches of Blue
The Kehrein Center for the Arts: 5628 W Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL
Free
Tues, June 14, 7-8pm
Last Summer on State Street
Semicolon Bookstore & Gallery: 5751 S Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Tues, June 14, 8:30-11pm
NadNavillus / Advance Base / Tara Betts
The Hidedout Inn: 1354 W Wabansia Ave., Chicago, IL
$12
June 15-29, 2022
Residency: Dorothy Burge and Vincent Wade Robinson
DePaul Art Museum: 935 W Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Wed, June 15, 8-11:30pm
Elastro Series: Jason Kahn, Dalia Chin, Cunningham/Shippy
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave., Chicago, IL
$15
June 16-26, 7pm
Co-MISSION Festival of New Works
Links Hall: 3111 N Western Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Wed, June 15, 6:30-7:30pm
Pride Story Time
Chicago Public Library: Online
Free
Thurs, June 16, 5-6pm
Archives Come Alive
Chicago Public Library: Rogers Park, 6907 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL
Free
Thurs, June 16, 4pm
OPTION: Damon Locks presents “Isn’t It Beautiful?…Collapsing”
Museum of Contemporary Photography: 600 S Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Thurs, June 16, 6-7:30pm
Voices for Justice Juneteenth Celebration: Clint Smith
Chicago Public Library: Online
Free
Thurs, June 16, 7pm
Jess T. Dugan: LOOK AT ME LIKE YOU LOVE ME
Women & Children First Bookstore: 5233 N Clark St., Chicago, IL
Free
Thurs, June 16, 6-7pm
Amanda Harth Panel with Michael White
Lawndale Pop-Up Spot: 1408 South Central Park Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
June 17-18, 2022
Workshop: Haptic Encounters by useless initiatives
Pulitzer Arts Foundation: 3716 Washington Blvd,St. Louis, MO
Free
Fri, June 17, 12:30-1:30pm
Exhibition Gallery Talk: A Site of Struggle with Emily Martin
Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University: 40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL
Free
Fri, June 17, 5-10pm
Tamara Wasserman: VISCERAL
Oliva Gallery: 3816 W Armitage Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, June 17, 6pm
World Refugee Day with Shugri Said Salh – The Last Nomad
Left Bank Books: 399 N. EUCLID AVE ST. LOUIS, MO
Free
Fri, June 17, 6pm-6am
Opening Reception: Black Artists Matter
Studio 6: 3065 North Rockwell, Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, June 17, 6-9pm
FÁTIMA: AXKAUIA
Epiphany Center for the Arts: 201 S Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, June 17, 8pm
The Prison Industrial Complex and Asian People in the United States
The Unurbanist Assembly: Online
Free
June 18-19, 2022
Pride Fest
Halsted Street, between Addison and Grace St., Chicago, IL
Free
June 18 – August 13, 2022
SKIN + MASKS: DECOLONIZING ART BEYOND THE POLITICS OF VISIBILITY
Kavi Gupta: 219 N. Elizabeth St. Chicago, IL
Free
June 18-August 14, 2022
Raul Ortiz: More is More
Elmhurst Art Museum: 150 Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL
Free
June 18-September 11, 2022
Handstitched Worlds: The Cartography of Quilts
Fort Wayne Museum of Art: 311 E Main St, Fort Wayne, IN
Free
June 18-September 25, 2022
Whatever Gets You Through the Night: Selections from the Mott-Warsh Collection
Cranbrook Art Museum: 39221 Woodward Ave Box 801, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Free
June 18-September 25, 2022
Tyrrell Winston: A Tiger’s Stripes
Cranbrook Art Museum: 39221 Woodward Ave Box 801, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Free
June 18-September 25, 2022
Tunde Olaniran: Made a Universe
Cranbrook Art Museum: 39221 Woodward Ave Box 801, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Free
June 18-October 2, 2022
Balancing the Cosmos: Works by Li Hongwei
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts: 314 S Park St
Free
Sat, June 18, 11am(EST)
All Day Blackness: Celebrating Juneteenth at the Wex
Wexner Center for the Arts: 1871 N High St,Columbus, OH
Free
Sat, June 18, 1pm
English-Spanish Bilingual Tours/Recorridos bilingües inglés – español
Fort Wayne Museum of Art: 311 E Main St, Fort Wayne, IN
Free
Sat, June 18, 1:30pm
Gallery Talk: Tectonic Reflections
National Museum of Mexican Art: 1852 W 19th St., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 18, 2-5pm
Social Justice Quilting Workshop with Dorothy Burge: Message to Police Torture Survivors
DePaul Art Museum: 935 W Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 18, 3:30-6pm(EST)
The Poetry Room Open Mic: Masterpiece
MSU Broad: 547 E Circle Dr, East Lansing, MI
Free
Sat, June 18, 4-8pm
Michel Andreenko: Revisited & Michel Andreenko and Ukrainian Artists in Paris
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art: 2320 W Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 18, 6-10pm
Boundary 5th Anniversary Spectacular!
boundary: 2334 W 111th Pl., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 18, 1-4pm
Family Reunion BBQ Picnic
Affinity Community Services: 83rd and Western, Dan Ryan Woods, Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 18, 7pm
JOEY MELAND & SKY GOODMAN AT SIDE YARD SOUNDS
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL
$15
Sat, June 18, 7pm(EST)
Celebrating Asian American Arts, Community & Culture
Detroit Film Theatre Auditorium: 5200 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI
Free
Sat, June 18, 7-10pm
Dial Tone
LVL3: 1542 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 18, 9pm
Soul Summit Dance Party / Guest DJ Skeme Richards / Soul Summit DJs
The Empty Bottle: 1035 N Western Ave., Chicago, IL
$0-5
Sat, June 18, 1pm
ARTSMART: The Art of Graffiti
Diasporal Rhythms: Online
Online
Sat, June 18, 12-6pm
Juneteenth Village Fest
ITAV Family of Schools: Douglass Park, Chicago, IL (On California Ave from 12th Pl to Ogden)
Free
Sat, June 18, 11am-1pm
TechTonic Black Opening Water Ritual and Procession with Isra Rene, Sojourner Zenobia, Ebere Agwuncha and Zahra Baker
Lawndale Pop-Up Spot: Love Blooms Here Plaza, Douglass Blvd and Central Park Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sun, June 19, 11am-4pm
DuSable’s Juneteenth BBQ
DuSable Museum of African American History: 740 E 56th Pl., Chicago, IL
Free
Sun, June 19, 6-10pm
Congo Square’s Juneteenth Celebrations
Zhou B Art Center: 1029 W 35th St., Chicago,IL
Free
Sun, June 19, 4-9pm
Father’s Day Block Party
Light Up Lawndale: 3200 W. Douglas Boulevard, Chicago, IL
Free
Sun, June 19, 11am-2:30pm
Grounded in Pride: June 5 edition (two sessions – yoga & sound healing)
Lululemon: 944 W North Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sun, June 19, 12-3pm
Family Day
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis: 3750 Washington Blvd, St. Louis, MO
Free
Sun, June 19, 2pm
Thank You Chicago Juneteenth Market
The Promontory: 5311 S Lake Park Ave West., Chicago, IL
Free
Sun, June 19, 6:30-8:30pm
Juneteenth Celebration
Contemporary Art Center of Peoria: 305 SW Water St, Peoria, IL
Free
Sun, June 19, 7-8pm
Kim Kelly’s Fight Like Hell
Pilsen Community Books: 1102 W 18th St., Chicago, IL
Free
Mon, June 20, 6-8pm
Pemon Rami Book Talk + Signing
The Silver Room: 1506 East 53rd St., Chicago, IL
Free
June 21- August 16, 2022
NO PRESSURE: THE FIRST EVER POWER WASHER ZINE EXHIBITION
SURVIVAL KIT: 1305 W 80th, Suite 303, Cleveland, OH
Free
Tue, June 21, 12-1pm
Meet Pascuala Herrera: Author and Winner of Soon to Be Famous Illinois
Chicago Public Library: Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St., Chicago, IL
Free
Tue, June 21, 4:30-6pm
On the Move
Sherman Park: 1301 W 52nd St., Chicago, IL
Free
Tue, June 21, 7pm
Left Bank Books Presents Dr. Ibram X. Kendi – How to Raise an Antiracist
Grandel: 3610 Grandel Sq, St. Louis, MO
$34
Wed, June 22, 7-1pm
Hottie’s World! Pride at Spotlite
2905 Beaufait, Detroit, MI
Free
Wed, June 22, 6-7pm
Voices for Justice: Author H. Melt
Chicago Public Library: Online
Free
Thurs, June 23, 5:30-8:30pm
Nature Lovers
South Shore Arts: 1040 Ridge Rd, Munster, IN
Free
Thurs, June 23, 5:30-8:30pm
OUT at CHM | Dancing for Life: Moving through HIV/AIDS
Chicago History Museum: 1601 N Clark St., Chicago, IL
$5-30
Thurs, June 23, 8:30-11pm
ENETTI/LONG DUO & JANICE/OTIS/DAVIS
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave., Chicago, IL
$15
Thurs, June 23, 10:30-11:30am
Storytelling for Juneteenth and Beyond with Oba William King
Chicago Public Library: Woodson Regional, 9525 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL
Free
June 23-July 23, 2022
New Work
SAIC Galleries: 33 E Washington St., Chicago, IL
Free
Thurs, June 23, 6pm(EST)
GROUND UP CURATORS + ARTIST TALK
MOCAD: 4454 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI
Free
Thurs, June 23, 6-8pm
Artist Talk and Tour: Angela Two Stars in Conversation with Darlene St. Clair
Walker Art Center: 725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN
Free
Fri, June 24, 2pm
Gallery Talk: Art and Identity
The Art Institute of Chicago: 111 S Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, June 24, 5pm
KING’S BIG ART PARTY
Kane Space: 2316 W North Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, June 24, 5-9pm
Big Idea IX – Visual Voices
Latino Arts, Inc.: 1028 S 9th St, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Fri, June 24, 5-9pm(EST)
Cincinnati Artist of the Month
Pendleton Art Center Cincinnati, 1310 Pendleton St, Cincinnati, OH
Free
Fri, June 24, 6-9pm
Messejah Washington: Love is Omega
Elephant Room Gallery: 704 S Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, June 24, 7pm
HONESTLY SAME + THE LUC MOSLEY ENSEMBLE AT SIDE YARD SOUNDS
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL
$15
Fri, June 24, 7pm
Sonic Rupture: songs for(e) the swarm 004
The Luminary: 2701 Cherokee St, St. Louis, MO
Free
Sat, June 25, 2-3:30pm & 4:30-6pm
At Play, a workshop facilitated by Ladi’Sasha Jones
The Luminary: 2701 Cherokee St, St. Louis, MO
Free
Sat, June 25, 2-7pm
Dyke Rager
Chi Dyke March: Woodlawn near 61st & S Eberhart (Chicago, IL)
$0-$25
June 25-August 13, 2022
Laura Letinsky
DOCUMENT: 1709 W Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
June 25-August 13, 2022
Azikiwe Mohammed
Western Exhibitions: 1709 W Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
June 25-August 13, 2022
Julia Schmitt Healy: Ray Takes a (Bad) Trip
Western Exhibitions: 1709 W Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
June 25-September 25, 2022
Images Unbound
Des Moines Art Center: 4700 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA
Free
Sat, June 25, 6-9pm
Midsummer Block Party 2022
Kimball Arts Center: 1757 North Kimball Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 25, 11am
Artist Talk: Alia Farid [virtual]
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis: Online
Free
Sat, June 25, 10am-12pm
Olmsted in Chicago: Jackson Park Walking Tour
Jackson Park: 6401 S Stony Island Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 25, 11am-1pm
Forms & Features Online with Andrew Venell
Poetry Foundation: Online
Free
Sat, June 25, 11am-3pm
Beth Lipman: All in Time
Wichita Art Museum: 1400 W Museum Blvd, Wichita, KS
Free
Sat, June 25, 1-4pm
Sharon and Guy: Remnants: Recombined, Reconsidered
Tiger Strikes Asteroid: 2233 S Throop St., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 25, 2pm
Gallery Talk: Works on Paper—New on View
Kemper Art Museum: 1 Brookings Dr, St. Louis, MO
Free
Sat, June 25, 3-6pm
Riso Basics: Discover Risography with BEARBEAR
The Bindery: 347 E Ward St, Milwaukee, WI
$70
Sat, June 25, 5-6pm
Kimberly Jones: How We Can Win
57th Street Books, The Seminary Co-op: 5751 S Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 25, 7pm
MUTE DUO AT SIDE YARD SOUNDS
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL
$15
Sat, June 25, 7pm
DanceAfrica Chicago
HARRIS THEATER: 205 E Randolph St., Chicago, IL
$75-225
Sat, June 25, 11:30am-3pm
Chicago Black Social Culture Map Presents: Mapping Black Social Dance
Honeypot Performance: Links Hall, 3111 N Western Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 25, 4-7pm
Water Music on the Beach: Boulevard Dreamers
6018 North: Lane Beach, 5915 N Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, June 25, 8am-2pm
Ida B. Wells Festival
Bronzeville Historical Society: The Light of Truth Ida B. Wells, National Monument, 3729 South Langley Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sun, June 26, 1-5pm
TechTonic Black Table @ Sundays on the Boulevard
Lawndale Pop-Up Spot: 3605 W Douglas Blvd., Chicago, IL
Free
Sun, June 26, 2-4pm
Do or Dye Flag Edition
Lawndale Pop-Up Spot: Love Blooms Here Plaza, 1408 South Central Park Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sun, June 26, 4pm
E N E R G Y
smallWORLD Collective: The Promontory, 5311 South Lake Park Ave. West, Chicago, IL
$10-$150
Wed, June 29, 6-7pm
Black Travel and the Pullman Company Maid
Newberry Library: 60 W Walton St., Chicago, IL
Free
Wed, June 29, 6-7pm
Meet the Authors of Growing Up Chicago
Chicago Public Library: Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St., Chicago IL
Free
Wed, June 29, 5-7pm
Anansi Council: Imagining a Reading Culture with Mama Zah Zah Baker
Lawndale Pop-Up Spot: Holy Family Ministry School, 3415 W Arthington St., Chicago, IL
Free
Thurs, June 30, 9am-4pm
Cultivating a BIPOC Media Ecosystem
Media and Data Equity Lab: Online
Free
June 30-July 3, 2022
Allied Media Conference
Virtual and in Detroit
Thurs, June 30, 6pm
Levitt AMP Sheboygan Music Series
John Michael Kohler Arts Center: 608 New York Ave, Sheboygan, WI
Free
Thurs, June 30, 8:30pm
2022 CFA Media Mixer!
Constellation: 3111 N Western Avenue, Chicago, IL
$15-$20
Thurs, June 30, 6-7pm
Crochet Club
Chicago Public Library Douglass: 3353 W 13th St., Chicago, IL
Free
Thurs, June 30, 6-8pm(EST)
Family Photos: Cristina Kahlo Talk
MSU Broad: 547 E Circle Dr, East Lansing, MI
Free
Thurs, June 30, 3pm
The Great Muslim American Road Trip: A WTTW Preview and Community Conversation
WTTW: Online
Free
Through June 5, 2022
Peggy Chiang: spleen and ideal
Prairie: 2055 W Cermak Ave, Chicago, IL
Free
Through June 5, 2022
Gary LaPointe Jr: D O W N S H I F T
Roman Susan: 1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL
Free
Through June 5, 2022
Breathing Spaces
Real Tinsel: 1013 West Historic Mitchell St., Milwaukee, WI
Free
Through June 7, 2022
Jordan “Soup” Campbell: A•float
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL
Free
Through June 11, 2022
Devan Shimoyama: A Counterfeit Gift Wrapped in Fire
Kavi Gupta Gallery: 219 N Elizabeth St, Chicago, IL
Free
Through June 11, 2022
Rachel de Cuba & Hale Ekinci: When or if I was there
Tiger Strikes Asteroid: 2233 S Throop St, #419, Chicago, IL
Free
Through June 11, 2022
Hope Wang: before there was a hill there was a hole
boundary: 2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago IL
Free
Through June 11, 2022
TYSON REEDER: SIERRA MIST
M. LeBlanc: 3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL
Free
Through June 11, 2022
LatinXAmerican
LUBEZNIK Center for the Arts: 101 W. 2nd St., Michigan City, IN
Free
Through June 12, 2022
STABLEHEED: A LOOK AT
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit: 4454 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI
$5
Through June 12, 2022
Ella Rose Flood: Memorial Universe!
Jargon Projects: 3310 N Milwaukee Ave, Suite 202, Chicago, IL
Free
Through June 12, 2022
Ball Bearing
LVL3: 1542 N Milwaukee Ave #3, Chicago, IL
Free
Through June 12, 2022
Chicago Works: Caroline Kent
Museum of Contemporary Art: 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago IL
$8-15
Through June 12, 2022
Beautiful Snail
Logan Center Exhibitions: 915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL
Free
Through June 12, 2022
Red: A Body in Places by Eiko Otake
SAIC Galleries: 33 E Washington St., Chicago, IL
Free
Through June 12, 2022
Elena Ailes and Antonio López: Maw
Apparatus Projects: 1500 S Western Ave, #407, Chicago, IL
Free
Through June 17, 2022
STAN VANDERBEEK: PANELS FOR THE WALLS OF THE WORLD: PHASE I, 1970
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 S. Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL
Free
Through June 17, 2022
MIKE BAUR AND JOHN BOYLAN
Contemporary Art Center of Peoria: 305 SW Water St., Peoria, IL
Free
Through June 18, 2022
Brandon Ng: Lure of the Local(e)
Filter Photo: 1821 W. Hubbard St. Suite 207, Chicago, IL
Free
Through June 18, 2022
Shani Richards: Patriot
The Sculpture Center: 1834 E. 123rd St., Cleveland, OH
Free
Through June 18, 2022
Fantasía Ariel: Plucked
Elephant Room Gallery: 704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago IL
Free
Through June 18, 2022
CAROLE HARRIS: BRIGHT MOMENTS
Grand Rapids Art Museum: 101 Monroe Center St NW Grand Rapids, MI
$6-10
Through June 18, 2022
Bed-Stuy to Chi: Artists from LAND Studio & Gallery
Western Exhibitions: 1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL
Free
Through June 18, 2022
Michael Pellew: No Life Till Kings County
Western Exhibitions: 1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL
Free
Through June 18, 2022
Kiah Celeste: All the best
DOCUMENT: 1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL
Free
Through June 18, 2022
Yaismel Alba Garib: smooth and painful
Fracas Art Gallery: Mana Contemporary Building, 2233 S Throop St. Studio 601, Chicago, IL
Free
Through June 19, 2022
Corrine Slade & Araceli Zuniga: Embodiment
FLXST Contemporary: 2251 S Michigan Ave, #220, Chicago, IL
Free
Through June 24, 2022
Joseph Josué Mora: Needed, But Not Wanted (In Masses)
Mana Contemporary: 2233 S Throop St., Chicago, IL
Free
Through June 25, 2022
Catherine Schwalbe: Flock
Riverside Arts Center FlexSpace: 32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL
Free
Through June 25, 2022
Eseosa Edebiri: Simulated Rainbow & Kimberly Montiel: Veins Darken With Nectar
Roots & Culture: 1034 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL
Free
Through June 25, 2022
Jacqueline Surdell: Score!
Devening Projects: 3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL
Free
Through June 25, 2022
contrapunctual
Midway Contemporary Art: 1509 NE Marshall Street, Minneapolis, MN
Free
Through June 25, 2022
Steve Reber: Operate on low
Devening Projects: 3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL
Free
Through June 26, 2022
Beautiful Diaspora / You Are Not the Lesser Part
Museum of Contemporary Photography: 600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL
Free
Through June 27, 2022
Nate Young: The Transcendence of Time
moniquemeloche: 451 N Paulina St., Chicago, IL
Free
Through June 30, 2022
Stephanie Graham: Love You Bro
Riverside Arts Center Town Hall Gallery: 27 Riverside Rd, Riverside, IL
Free
Through June 30, 2022
Zarouhie Abdalian: Interregna
Haynes Court: 1160 W 31st St, Chicago, IL
Free
Through June 30, 2022
RONALD DAVIS
The Greenberg Gallery: 230 S. Bemiston Ave., Suite 101, St.Louis MO
Free
About the photographer: Sarah Joyce is a photographer based in Chicago. In addition to portraiture, she’s been documenting the cultures, subcultures, and countercultures of Chicago for the last 10 years as a co-founder of GlitterGuts. Photo by Mariah Karson.
