Created in collaboration with The Visualist, Chicago’s leading visual arts calendar, Sixty’s Art Picks is a wide selection of Midwest arts events, handpicked for our audience of artists, cultural workers, and curators, prioritizing the spaces and events of historically marginalized peoples. Our list is broad but by no means comprehensive; please look at venue calendars to find more events.
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Sunday, March 1, 10AM-4PM
Museum Admission & Native American Cultural Festival
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: 4525 Oak St, Kansas City, MO
Free
Sunday, March 1, 2-4PM
Monotype Madness, with Cameron Peterson
The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum: 521 Main Ave, Moorhead, MN
$200
Tuesday, March 3, 5-6:30PM
VOICES: Carolyn Castaño
Gallery 400: 400 S Peoria St., 5th Floor Room 5100, Chicago
Free
Tuesday, March 3, 7-8PM
Virtual Lecture Exploring Art Quilt Collage with Deborah Boschert
Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts: N50W5050 Portland Rd, Cedarburg, WI
Free
Wednesday, March 4, 4:30-5:30PM
ATP Visiting Artist Talk: Rush Baker IV
Northwestern University Department of Art Theory and Practice: Kresge Hall, 1880 Campus Dr, Room 1515, Evanston, IL
Free
Thursday, March 5, 7PM (EST)
Talk Low Music Festival: Featuring Maria Chávez
Swell: 2936 Colerain Ave, Cincinnati, OH
From $17.85
March 5-May 10, 2026
Fables, Myths, and the Stories We Share
North Dakota Museum of Art: 261 Centennial Dr, Stop 7305, Grand Forks, ND
Free
March 5-August 2, 2026
Rania Matar: Where Do I Go? لوين روح؟
Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art: 1133 E Seventh St, Bloomington, IN
Free
Thursday, March 5, 5-8PM
Dutes Miller: For a Darkend Room
Lillstreet Art Center: 4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago
Free
Thursday, March 5, 5-8PM
Shared Practice
Lillstreet Art Center: 4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago
Free
Thursday, March 5, 6-8PM
Barbara Nessim: My Compass Is the Line
DePaul Art Museum: 935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago
Free
Friday, March 6, opening reception 5-7PM
Pride of Dakota Member Artists Show
Bismarck Art & Galleries Association: 422 E Front Ave, Bismarck, ND
Free
March 6-April 12, 2026
Periphery: Paintings and Reduction Relief Prints by Eric A. Johnson
The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum: 521 Main Ave, Moorhead, MN
Free
March 6-June 5, 2026
Cosechando Historias
Latino Arts, Inc: 1028 S 9th St, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Friday, March 6, 5-8PM
Cosmic Connections
Lubeznik Center for the Arts: 101 W 2nd St, Michigan City, IN
Free
Friday, March 6, 5-8PM
March 2026 First Friday at LVAC
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center: 2012 Baltimore Ave, Kansas City, MO
Free
Friday, March 6, 6-9PM
YEAR 13
Side Street Studio Arts: 15 Ziegler Ct, Elgin, IL
Free
Friday, March 6, 7-11PM
HYPHEN
Heaven Gallery: 1550 N Milwaukee Ave, #2, Chicago
Free
March 7-April 4, 2026
Linling Lu
BasketShop: 3105 Harrison Ave, Cincinnati, OH
Free
Saturday, March 7, 10AM-12PM
Imagination Station: Weaving
Galesburg Community Arts Center: 349 E Main St, Galesburg, IL
Free
Saturday, March 7, 2-4PM
Jesse Howard: Artist Talk
Bert Green Fine Art: 8 S Michigan Ave, Suite 620, Chicago
Free
Saturday, March 7, 7PM
Rashayla Marie Brown: The End(s) of Suffering
Co-Prosperity: 3219 S Morgan St, Chicago
Free
Thursday, March 12, 6-7:30PM
Beyond the Studio: Isaac Tapia
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art: 4420 Warwick Blvd, Kansas City, MO
Free
Thursday, March 12, 7-9PM
We Call Each Other
Heaven Gallery: 1550 N Milwaukee Ave, #2, Chicago
Free
Friday, March 13, 5-7PM
Interval: Portraits Thus Far
Leather Archives & Museum: 6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago
Free
Friday, March 13, 6-10PM
13-Year Anniversary Group Show
Jackson Junge Gallery: 1389 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago
Free
Friday, March 13, 7PM
Kikù Hibino: OFF.Manual
Co-Prosperity: 3219 S Morgan St, Chicago
Free
March 19-April 11, 2026
Arts in our Schools K-12 Exhibition
Jamestown Fine Arts Association: 115 2nd St SW, Jamestown, ND
Free
Friday, March 20, 4-7PM
Carrie Gundersdorf: Junonia
4th Ward Project Space: 5338 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago
Free
March 20-May 2, 2026
Janny Baek + Jeff Rubio
Joy Machine: 4148 N Elston Ave, Chicago
Free
Saturday, March 21, 10AM-12PM
Bracelet Stamping Workshop with Artist in Residence JJ Otero
Eiteljorg Museum: 500 W Washington St, Indianapolis, IN
$33-43.56
March 26-May 3, 2026
Teen Voices in Glass: 2026 Area High School Glass Exhibition
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass: 165 N Park Ave, Neenah, WI
Free
Tuesday, March 31, 6PM
Oren Pinhassi: Into Your Arm’s Length
The Arts Club of Chicago: 201 E Ontario St, Chicago
Free
Through March 7, 2026
a person chosen, named, or honored…
PATRON Gallery: 1612 W Chicago Ave, Chicago
Free
Through March 14, 2026
Carrier
Co-Prosperity: 3219 S Morgan St, Chicago
Free
Through March 14, 2026
World in My Eyes
Joy Machine: 4148 N Elston Ave, Chicago
Free
Through March 8, 2026
Cindy Weil: Only Wool
Museum of Nebraska Art: 2401 Central Ave Kearney, NE
Free
Through March 15, 2026
Jaume Plensa: A New Humanism
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park: 1000 East Beltline Avenue NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49525
Free
About the image maker: “Buflo” is a Latino graffiti artist who has been painting illegally for more than 10 years. Lately he channels his earliest memories of doing graffiti through short stories giving a glimpse on what one artist might go thru during painting a night in the south side of Chicago.
