Featured image: A digital illustration of a Black femme person closing their eyes while facing towards the viewer. The person has purple hair and wears a yellow shirt. Text reads: “Women’s History Month” towards the bottom of the composition. Image by Teshika Silver.
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Tues, March 1, 12:15-1:15pm
Bani Abidi
School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Online
Free
March 2-12, 6-7pm
Re/Connect
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: 220 E Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
$30-110
Wed, March 2, 4pm (EST)
Futura2000 in Conversation with Zephyr and Carlo McCormick
Wexner Center for the Arts: 1871 N High St, Columbus, OH
Free
Wed, March 2, 7-10pm
Avreeayl Ra – Healing Arts Initiative: Meditation in Motion
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL
$15
March 3-June 26, 2022
Beautiful Diaspora / You Are Not the Lesser Part
Museum of Contemporary Photography: 600 S Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Thurs, March 3, 12pm
In Conversation: Artists Johny Pitts, Damon Locks, Citlali Fabián
Museum of Contemporary Photography: Online
Free
Thurs, March 3, 12:30-1:30pm
Exhibition Gallery Talk: A Site of Struggle with Leslie Harris and Miriam Petty
Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University: 40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL
Free
Thurs, March 3, 5-9pm
Girl Power and A Herstory of Women Filmmakers
Walker Art Center: 725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN
Free
Thurs, March 3, 6-7pm
stef m. shuster: Trans Medicine
Gene Siskel Film Center: 164 N State St., Chicago, IL
$12
Thurs, March 3, 6-8pm
An Evening with Meriem Bennani
57th Street Books: Online
Free
Thurs, March 3, 7pm
Environments of Struggle: Crystal Z. Campbell and Christopher Harris
Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University: 40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL
Free
Thurs, March 3, 7pm
Kelly O’Connor Mcnees “The Myth of Surrender”
The Book Cellar: 4736-38 N Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Thurs, March 3, 8pm
Orla Tinsley Reading
Subterranean Books: Online
Free
March 4-31, 2022
Varsity Art XXVI
Art Saint Louis: 1223 Pine St, St. Louis, MO
Free
March 4-April 9, 2022
SAM JAFFE: Muscle Memory
65GRAND: 3252 W North Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, March 4, 12pm
In Conversation: Artists Xyza Cruz Bacani, Jessica Chou, Farah Salem
Museum of Contemporary Photography: Online
Free
Fri, March 4, 5-8pm
Inspired to Inspire: Artwork by Michigan City Area Schools Art Teachers
Lubeznik Center for the Arts: 101 W 2nd St, Michigan City, IN
Free
Fri, March 4, 5-8pm
LatinXAmerican
Lubeznik Center for the Arts: 101 W 2nd St, Michigan City, IN
Free
Fri, March 4, 6pm (EST)
Kris Graves: A Southern Horror
Tube Factory artspace: 3125 E 10th St, Indianapolis, IN
Free
Fri, March 4, 6pm (EST)
Gallery Show
Hoy Polloy: 1125 Cruft St, Indianapolis, IN
Free
Fri, March 4, 6-9pm
Vikesh Kapoor: See You at Home
Filter Space: 1821 W Hubbard St., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, March 4, 6-9pm
Erica McKeehen: Authoring Allure
The Martin: 2500 W Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, March 4, 7pm
Flesh to Spirit: Materiality and Abstraction in Black Experimental Film
Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University: 40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL
Free
Fri, March 4, 9pm
The Arab Blues
Hungry Brain: 2319 W Belmont Ave., Chicago, IL
$10
March 5-April 22, 2022
Stan VanDerBeek
DOCUMENT: 1709 W Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, March 5, 11am
Curatorial Talk and Activations: Assembly Required
Pulitzer Arts Foundation Wordmark: 3716 Washington Blvd, St. Louis, MO
Free
Sat, March 5, 12pm
mama.film/The Big Read Short Film Series
Wichita Art Museum: Online
Free
Sat, March 5, 1-4pm
The Shine of Black Skin – Contemporary Silverpoint from a Black Artist’s Perspective
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 S Cornell Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, March 5, 3-5pm
Ayanah Moor: I Wish I Could Be You More Often: Reception and Artist Discussion
Cleve Carney Museum of Art: 425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL
Free
Sat, March 5, 4-5:30pm
When I Am Through With You There Won’t be Anything Left
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts: 724 S 12th St, Omaha, NE
Free
Sat, March 5, 4:20 & 8pm
HOT MESS!
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL
$15
Sat, March 5, 8pm
Bessie, Billie & Nina – Pioneering Women in Jazz
The Sheldon: 3648 Washington Blvd, Saint Louis, MO
$15-40
Sun, March 6, 1-4pm
Verena Brassel, Bob Nonnemacher, Sandra Perlow, Cole Pierce: 4 Solo Shows
Evanston Art Center: 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Free
Sun, March 6, 1-4pm
Dr. Yaoundé Olu: Black Field / White Field
Evanston Art Center: 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Free
Sun, March 6, 5-6:45pm
Moving Forward Together: A Climate Scientist’s Vision for Collaboration
Weinberg Newton Gallery: 688 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
March 7-12, 2022
Eileen Mueller
Roman Susan: 1224 W Loyola Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Mon, March 7, 6-7:30pm
The New Futurists: On Afro-Indigenous and Latinx-Futurism
Hyde Park Art Center: Online
Free
Tues, March 8, 2pm
In Conversation: Artist Kelvin Haizel and Dr. Robert Hanserd
Museum of Contemporary Photography: Online
Free
Tues, March 8, 6-7pm
Abby Seiff: Troubling the Water
57th Street Books: Online
Free
Wed, March 9, 6pm
X as Intersection: Latinx Artists in Conversation
National Museum of Mexican Art: Online
Free
Wed, March 9, 6pm (EST)
400Forward
Wexner Center for the Arts: Online
Free
Wed, March 9, 6-7:30pm
Art, Activism, and Contemporary Resonances of the 1935 NAACP exhibition “An Art Commentary on Lynching”
Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University: 40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL
Free
Wed, March 9, 7-8pm
Public Assembly: Bodily Autonomy part 2
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts: 724 S 12th St, Omaha, NE
Free
March 10-April 21, 2022
DAP Collective: YOU ARE A(NTI)RACIST
Glass Curtain Gallery: 1104 S Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
March 10-August 7, 2022
Remaking the Exceptional: Tea, Torture, & Reparations | Chicago to Guantánamo
DePaul Art Museum: 935 W Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Thurs, March 10, 6-8pm
An Evening with Andy Slater
Gene Siskel Film Center: 164 N State St., Chicago, IL
$12
Thurs, March 10, 6:30-9pm
In-Person Performance: Present Music “Ablaze”
Milwaukee Art Museum: 700 N Art Museum Dr, Milwaukee, WI
$17-$22
Thurs, March 10, 7-8pm
Open Door Reading Series: Viola Lee, Jen Steele, Helene Achanzar & Hinisha Malone
Poetry Foundation: Online
Free
Thurs, March 10, 8pm
Fulcrum Point New Music Project
Hungry Brain: 2319 W Belmont Ave., Chicago, IL
$10
Fri, March 11, 5-10pm
Refinecltv Presents: PLANET HER Women’s History Month Bazaar Celebration!
Garfield Park Conservatory: 300 N Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL
$12
Fri, March 11, 5-9pm
Azadeh Gholizadeh & Elnaz Javani: Phonetic Fragments
Roots & Culture: 1034 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, March 11, 5-10pm
56/Milwaukee
Oliva Gallery: 3816 W Armitage Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, March 11, 6-9pm
Determined to Resist
5 Points Art Gallery: 3514 N Port Washington Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Fri, March 11, 6-9pm
Marvin Tate + Prophet Blackman: Birds of Paradise
5 Points Art Gallery: 3514 N Port Washington Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Fri, March 11, 6-9pm
Allen Moore: A Vibe Called Death
Cleaner Gallery + Projects: 1856 N Richmond St., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, March 11, 6-9pm
Daija Guy: In Transition
The Martin: 2500 W Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, March 11, 6-10pm
GLOW UP
Hairpin Arts Center: 2810 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Fri, March 11, 7-9pm
Side Yard Sounds presents: Mad Myth
Compound Yellow: 244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL
$15
Fri, March 11, 7:30pm
SOUTH LOOP SPARK PLUG
The Dance Center Columbia College: 1306 S Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
$10-30
March 12-April 23, 2022
ARNOLD J. KEMP: TALKING TO THE SUN
M. LeBlanc: 3514 W Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, March 12, 6-9pm
Discussing Allure: a panel on sex work, burlesque & bodily autonomy
The Martin: 2500 W Chicago Ave
Free
Sat, March 12, 6-10pm
Linen, Silk, and Pearls
LVL3 Gallery: 1542 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
March 13-April 28, 2022
Illinois High School Art Annual Exhibitions
The Bridgeport Art Center: 1200 W 35th St., Chicago, IL
Free
March 13-April 23, 2022
You must go on. I can’t go on. I’ll go on
Devening Projects: 3039 West Carroll Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
March 13-April 23, 2022
Sean Sullivan: In the shade of the tree
Devening Projects: 3039 West Carroll Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
March 13-April 23, 2022
Figures, Grounds
Western Exhibitions: 1709 W Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
March 13-April 23, 2022
Lilli Carré
Western Exhibitions: 1709 W Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sun, March 13, 7pm
cola, wombo, fran
Sleeping Village: 3734 W Belmont Ave., Chicago, IL
$15-18
Mon, March 13, 6:30-7:30pm
The Billboard: A Play About Abortion Book Launch and Discussion
Haymarket House: 800 West Buena Avenue, Chicago, IL
$0-$5
Tues, March 15, 7pm
Virtual Conversation: Rachel Krantz (OPEN) & Jessica Fern (POLYSECURE)
Women & Children First Bookstore: Online
Free
Wed, March 16, 7pm
Artist Talk: Olive Stefanski
Roman Susan: Online
Free
March 18-April 14, 2022
This Too Shall Pass
Ralph Arnold Gallery: 1131 W Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL
Free
March 18-April 30, 2022
Dana Lynn Harper: Field Guides
The Sculpture Center: 1834 E 123rd St, Cleveland, OH
Free
March 18-June 5, 2022
Robert Banks & Dexter Davis
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland: 11400 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH
Free
March 18-August 28, 2022
Currents 121: Oscar Murillo
Saint Louis Art Museum: One Fine Arts Dr, Forest Park, St. Louis, MO
Free
Fri, March 18, 6-9pm
C.J. Pyle: Skin Tight
Epiphany Center for the Arts: 201 S Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, March 19, 1pm (EST)
Viewpoints: Woori Sori (Our Voice) Responds to Who Was this Built to Protect
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland: 11400 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH
Free
Sat, March 19, 1:30-2:30pm
Panel Discussion: Sustainable Architecture
Elmhurst Art Museum: 150 Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL
Free
Sat, March 19, 3-6pm
Laura Lynn Hsieh: Mahjong and Dumplings
Chinese American Museum of Chicago: 238 W 23rd St., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, March 19, 6-8pm
Sound Healing with Jason and Cassandra
International College of Surgeons: 1516 N Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL
Free
Sat, March 19, 6-9pm
Austin Osman Spare: Psychopathia Sexualis
Iceberg Projects: 7714 N Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL
Free
Sun, March 20, 2-3pm
Archiving 101 with Skyla Hearn of The Blackivists
Sixty Inches From Center: Online
Free
Sun, March 20, 3-5pm
CATAPULT: Magic Shadows!
Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts: 201 Schaumburg Ct, Schaumburg, IL
Free
Mon, March 21, 12pm
Art on a Monday: Trish VanOsdel
Wichita Art Museum: 1400 W Museum Blvd, Wichita, KS
$35
Tue, March 22, 6:30pm
CSO All-Access Chamber Music: Civitas Ensemble
Kehrein Center for the Arts: 5628 W Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL
Free
Tue, March 22, 7pm (EST)
Mad Royal Film Festival 2022
Wexner Center for the Arts: 1871 N High St, Columbus, OH
Free
Tue, March 22, 7-8:30pm
Exploring Death, Grief and Trauma Reading Group
LATITUDE: Online
Free
Thurs, March 24, 6-7pm
Mike Amezcua: Making Mexican Chicago
57th Street Books: Online
Free
Thurs, March 24, 6pm
Opening Reception: Pop Stars! Popular Culture and Contemporary Art
21c Museum Hotel: 55 East Ontario St., Chicago, IL
Free
Thurs, March 24, 6-8pm(EST)
Science of Grief: Poetry Workshop and Reading
MSU Broad: Online
Free
Fri, March 25,12:30pm
Virtual Event: The Sex Lives of African Women: Self-Discovery, Freedom, and Healing by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah
Women & Children First Bookstore: Online
Free
Fri, March 25, 7-8pm
Conversation with Composer Terence Blanchard
First United Methodist Church of Chicago: 77 W Washington St., Chicago, IL
$0-20
March 26-May 7, 2022
Jinn Bronwen Lee
Regards: 2216 W Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
March 26-July 10, 2022
Theodora Allen Saturnine: A Tale of Today
The Richard H. Driehaus Museum: 40 E Erie St., Chicago, IL
Free with admission
Sat, March 26, 1:30-2:30pm
DANCE PAMOJA CHALLENGE
Red Clay Dance Company: Online
Free
Sat, March 26, 6-8pm(EST)
Artist Talk: Gabrielle Lajoie-Bergeron
SPACES: 2900 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH
Free
Sat, March 26, 6-9pm
Mary King: Curious Home and Soap Is A Noun
Epiphany Center for the Arts: 201 S Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Tue, March 29, 1-1:30pm
Voices: Sarah Schulman
Gallery 400: online
Free
Thurs, March 31, 12-1:15pm
Barak adé Soleil
School of the Art Institute of Chicago: online
Free
Thurs, March 31, 6-8pm
An Evening with Dani and Sheilah ReStack
Gene Siskel Film Center: 164 N State St
$12
Through March 1, 2022
Mayumi Lake and Stacia Yeapanis: The Bigger the Fear and Despair
Riverside Arts Center FlexSpace: 32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL
Free
Through March 3, 2022
Tyrrell Winston: Hail Mary
Library Street Collective: 1274 Library Street, Detroit, MI
Free
Through March 5, 2022
Mobile Makers Chicago: Shape Makers
The Arts Club of Chicago: 201 E. Ontario Street, Chicago, IL
Free
Through March 6, 2022
Damon Freed: Town & Country
Bruno David Gallery: 7513 Forsyth Boulevard, Saint Louis, MO
Free
Through March 6, 2022
Kioto Aoki and Pamela Ramos: Sixth Planet from the Sun
LVL3: 1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL
Free
Through March 11, 2022
Carlos Barberena – I Have Been a Stranger in my Own Land
Latina Arts Inc: 1028 S 9TH ST., Milwaukee, WI
Free
Through March 12, 2022
Flor, Manal Kara, & Caleb Yono: THEM
Roots & Culture: 1034 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL
Free
Through March 12, 2022
Crip*
Gallery 400: 400 S. Peoria St, Chicago, IL
Free
Through March 13, 2022
Confluence
Heaven Gallery: 1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL
Free
Through March 13, 2022
ON DRAWING DRAWING ON: Ten Years of Fellowship at the Richard and Mary L. Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry
Logan Center Exhibitions: 915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL
Free
Through March 13, 2022
Powerful Women II: Contemporary Art From the Eiteljorg Collection
Eiteljorg Museum: 500 West Washington St., Indianapolis, IN
$8-$15
Through March 19, 2022
Tomokazu Matsuyama: The Best Part About Us
Kavi Gupta Gallery: 219 N Elizabeth St, Chicago, IL
Free
Through March 20, 2022
I don’t know you like that: The Bodywork of Hospitality
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts: 724 S. 12th St., Omaha, NE
Free
Through March 20, 2022
The Regional
Contemporary Arts Center: 44 E. 6th St., Cincinnati, OH
Free
Through March 26, 2022
Darin Latimer: SuperDeath pt. 1 (Let it Bleed)
Elephant Room Gallery: 704 S Wabash Ave. Chicago, IL
Free
Through March 26, 2022
THE UNDERWORLD: George Crump
South Side Community Art Center: 3831 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
Free
Through March 26, 2022
Uncommon Prints x Common Matrices
Woman Made Gallery: 2150 S Canalport Ave, 4A-3, Chicago, IL
Free
Through March 27, 2022
Holly Murkerson: syn-
Goldfinch Gallery: 319 N. Albany, Chicago, IL
Free
Through March 27, 2022
drék davis
Swope Art Museum: 25 South 7th St., Terre Haute, IN
Free
Through March 27, 2022
An-My Lê: On Contested Terrain
Milwaukee Art Museum: 700 N. Art Museum Dr., Milwaukee, WI
$17-$22
Through March 28, 2022
FEMME
FLXST Contemporary: 2251 S Michigan Ave., Suite 220, Chicago, IL
Free
About the illustrator: Teshika Silver is a freelance illustrator, designer, teaching artist and spiritual cultural worker spending time and living freely in Washington Park, Chicago. Follow her work on Instagram @astratesh.
