October Art Picks

October 1, 2022 · Art Picks

Sixty’s selection of art exhibitions and events in Chicago and the Midwest for October 2022.

Image: A crystalline structure like a snowflake or a compass, with orange flowers coming out from the hybrid directions and green leaves coming out from the cardinal directions. Illustration by Kiki Lechuga-Dupont.
Image: A crystalline structure like a snowflake or a compass, with orange flowers coming out from the hybrid directions and green leaves coming out from the cardinal directions. Illustration by Kiki Lechuga-Dupont.

If you’ve followed us for a while, you know that our Art Picks offer a wide scope of events that are relevant to our audiences because we and the artists, cultural workers, curators, spaces, and projects we support live full lives that know no boundaries. We maintain expansive practices and work toward justice for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and disability communities in Chicago and the Midwest.  

Created in collaboration with The Visualist, Chicago’s leading visual arts calendar. Click here to get our Art Picks and latest articles delivered to your inbox monthly. This is a growing list, so check back often with new additions. All times are listed in Central Standard Time.

To learn more about this month’s featured illustrator Kiki Lechuga-Dupont, read her recent interview!

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In solidarity with and in support of an open letter to the Chicago party scene we recently published here at Sixty, we’d like to share this you in hopes that you read and consider while looking through the events listed below. The letter was cowritten by a group of disabled queers with the goal of reaching organizers who plan events and cultivate spaces for queer community building and joy.


October 1-December 17, 2022
The First Homosexuals: Global Depictions of a New Identity, 1869-1930
Wrightwood 659: 659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

October 1, 2022-January 14, 2023
The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited
Grand Rapids Art Museum: 101 Monroe Center St NW, Grand Rapids, MI
$0-20

Sat, October 1, 12-6pm
lefty OUT there: Textura
Vertical Gallery: 1016 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 1, 7-10pm
Better Now Than Never
3609 S 18th St., Omaha, NE
Free

Sat, October 1, 1-2:30pm
Conversation with Sentrock
Elmhurst Art Museum: 150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL
Free

Sat, October 1, 1-5pm
Cecilia Beaven: Comics Workshop
Glass Curtain Gallery: 1104 S Wabash Ave, First Floor, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 1, 2-6pm
Block Party and Tool Sale
Chicago Tool Library: 1048 W 37th St, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 1, 5-7pm
Janani – An Ode to Motherhood: Indian Classical Dance
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL
$15

Sat, October 1, 6pm
Aztec Dance – Xochitl-Quentzal – Mexico’s Ancient Culture and Living Tradition
Messenger Public Library of North Aurora: 113 Oak St, North Aurora
Free

Sat, October 1, 6pm
Toby Zallman / Josue Pellot
Ignition project space: 3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 1, 6-9pm
Joaquin Valdez Macher: Salad Days
The Martin: 2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 1, 6-10pm
Soft Opening: Closing
Agitator Artist Collective: 3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 1, 6-10pm
Materiality
The Plan: 600 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 1, 7pm
Wind Quintet: The 5th Wave Collective
Heaven Gallery: 1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

October 2, 2022
Jerry O. Wilkerson: I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter
Dragon, Crab and Turtle: 2814 Locust St, St. Louis, MO
Free

Sun, October 2, 11am
Screening | Nick Cave and Jack Cave’s 376 Days
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Sun, October 2, 11am-2pm
Tegan Brozyna Roberts: Vestige
Material: 2025 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Sun, October 2, 11am-2pm
Chris Reeves: How to Play the Piano
Comfort Station: 2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Sun, October 2, 1pm
Black Fine Art Month Kick-Off
David L. Pierce Art & History Center: 20 E Downer Pl, Aurora
Free

Sun, October 2, 3pm
Hayley Campbell & Riva Lehrer
Women & Children First Bookstore: online
Free

October 3, 2022-January 14, 2023
Otis Houston Jr.: My Name is My Word
John Michael Kohler Arts Center: 608 New York Ave, Sheboygan, WI
Free

Mon, October 3, 5-6:30pm
The UIC Disability Cultural Center & Bodies of Work present: Outdoor Campus Concert with Calculated Discomfort
The plaza between University Hall & Behavioral Sciences Building: 601 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL
Free

Mon, October 3, 6:30-8:30pm
Socialist Night School: Pop Culture & Propaganda
Comfort Station Logan Square: 2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

October 3 – 28, 2022
WHERE SHE COMES FROM
Northeastern Illinois University Gallery: 5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL
Free

Mon, October 3, 6pm
Irradiated
Wexner Center for the Arts: 1871 N High St, Columbus, OH
$5-9

October 5-9, 2022
Afrofuturist Weekend ft. Ben LaMar Gay + Dark Matter Residents
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL
$0-15

Wed, October 5, 6:30pm
Saving Our Own Lives: A Liberatory Practice of Harm Reduction
Haymarket Books: Online
Free

Wed, October 5, 6:30pm
Trans Voices, Trans Futures: Maine Lit Fest Event
A Room of One’s Own: 2717 Atwood Ave, Madison, WI
Free

Wed, October 5, 6:30-8:30pm
Tanda: Ecologies of Impairment: Farm labor and Disability
Chuquimarca: Online
Free

October 5, 2022-February 19, 2023
Sky Hopinka: I’ll Remember You as You Were, Not as What You’ll Become
John Michael Kohler Arts Center: 608 New York Ave, Sheboygan, WI
Free

Thurs, October 6, 5-7pm
Tetsuya Yamada: Shallow River
Midway Contemporary Art: 1509 NE Marshall St, Minneapolis, MN
Free

Thurs, October 6, 7-8pm
Maya Marshall in conversation with Nicole Homer
Poetry Foundation: 61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL
Free

October 7-December 2, 2022
Sculptural Imprints
KINK Contemporary: 15515 Waterloo Rd, Cleveland, OH
Free

Fri, October 7, 5:30-8pm
Passing Through: Artists from DoVA 2012-2021
Logan Center Exhibitions: 915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, October 7, 6-9pm
Pam Marlene Taylor: Confetti
The Martin: 2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, October 7, 10am
ReSOURCE: Art and Resourcefulness in Black Chicago
South Side Community Art Center: Online
Free

October 8, 11am-5:45pm
HYPOCRISY OF JUSTICE: SIGHTS AND SOUNDS FROM THE BLACK METROPOLIS
The Hyde Park Jazz Festival, the Reva & David Logan Center for the Arts, and the University of Chicago: 915 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL

October 8 – December 17, 2022
9 Artists/ 9 Months/ 9 Perspectives
South Side Community Art Center: 3831 South Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

October 8-December 10, 2022
Kelly Kristin Jones: nwl
The Luminary: 2701 Cherokee St, St. Louis, MO 6311
Free

October 8, 2022-April 15, 2023
Andrea Carlson: The Waves May Break Here Still
The Arts Club of Chicago: 201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 8, 11am
How the Word is Passed
Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University: 40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL
Free

Sat, October 8, 11am-3pm
Chicago Home Movie Day 2022
Chicago History Museum: 1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 8, 10am-4pm
Midwest Perzine Fest!
Columbia College Chicago: 1104 S Wabash St, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 8, 12-4pm
At Home
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art: 2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 8, 12:30-1:30pm
Mendi + Keith Obadike: Numbers Station 2 [Red Record]
Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University: 40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL
Free

Sat, October 8, 2-5pm
Film Screening and Talk: Partition, South Asian Cinemas and Manto
South Asia Institute: 1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 8, 2-8pm
Design & Art 14
Dock 6 Collective: 2100 N Major Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 8, 3-5pm
On Collaboration: Krista Franklin & Cauleen Smith in Conversation, moderated by Ionit Behar
DePaul Art Museum: 935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 8, 7pm
Preemptive Listening by Aura Satz with Raven Chacon
Walker Art Center: 725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN
$14-18

Sat, October 8, 1-3pm
Dandelion Black Women Artists Talk
South Side Community Art Center: 3831 South Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
Free


Sun, October 9, 1-5pm
Queer Art Party
Sleeping Village: 3734 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 8, 3-4pm
Mellon Archives Innovation Program #2: The Johnson Publishing Library
Stony Island Arts Bank: 6760 South Stony Island Avenue, Chicago, IL
Free

Sun, October 9, 1-3pm
Ghar Archive (SpaceShift Collective)
Starlight, 2709 West Devon Avenue, Chicago IL
Free

Sun, October 9, 16, 23, 11am-2pm
The Martin Marketplace
The Martin, 2500 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL
Free

Mon, October 10, 12:30pm
Lighting the 8th Fire through Indigenous Arts
Online, Grantmakers in the Arts Conference
Free

Wed, October 12, 6:30pm
Code is Magic with Rabia Tayyabi (SpaceShift Collective)
2709 West Devon Avenue, Chicago IL
Free

Wed, October 12, 6-10pm
Nuestra Herencia: Senior Legacy Film Premiere
National Museum of Mexican Art: 1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL
$30-100

Wed, October 12, 6pm
No One Ever Sees Indians: Native Americans in Media
Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts: 600 N East St, Bloomington, IL
Free

Wed, October 12, 7pm
THE FUTURE IS DISABLED by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Women & Children First Bookstore: online
Free

Wed, October 12, 8-10pm
Nancy Wilson’s SOMETHING WONDERFUL performed live @ JazzRecordArt Collective
Fulton Street Collective: 1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL
Free

Wed, October 12, 6:30pm
Braided Magazine: Open Mic & Vendor Market
The Martin, 2500 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL
$5

Thurs, October 13, 4-6pm(EST)
After Work Happy Hour – Performance by Bashiri Asad, Artisan Vendors and more…
Lockerbie Marketplace: 320 N New Jersey St, Indianapolis, IN
Free

Thurs, October 13, 5:30-8pm
RUTH CARTER FILM SERIES – AMISTAD
The Dusable Black History Museum and Education Center: 740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL
Free

Thurs, October 13 – Sun, October 16
Elevate Chicago 2022
Chicago Cultural Center, Dance Center at Columbia College, Mana Contemporary, Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, 21c Museum Hotel, and Palmisano Nature Park
Chicago, IL
$0-$30

Thurs, October 13, 6pm
Kelli Morgan: Art, Whiteness, and Empire: How We All Got Here
Krannert Art Museum: 500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL
Free

Thurs, October 13, 6-7pm
John Irving – “The Last Chairlift” and Jason Reynolds – “Ain’t Burned All the Bright”
Seminary Co-op Bookstore: Online
Free

Thurs, Oct 13, 7-9pm
Protest Music Party (SpaceShift Collective)
Starlight, 2709 West Devon Avenue, Chicago IL
Free

Thurs, October 13, 7-8pm
Open Door: Dreaming Ages
Poetry Foundation: 61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL
Free

October 14-December 17, 2022
Can you see me?
Weinberg/Newton Gallery: 688 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

October 14 – December 12, 2022
Face in the Crowd
Circle Contemporary: 2010 W Carroll Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, October 14, 6:30-8pm
Global Indigenous Perspective: From Turtle Island to Sápmi
Chicago Cultural Alliance: Nordic House Chicago, Wrigley Building, 400 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, October 14, 6-7:30pm
Achut Deng: Don’t Look Back
International House: 1414 E 59th St, Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, October 14, 6-9pm(EST)
JOSHUA RAINER: ARCHENEMY
M Contemporary Art: 205 East 9 Mile, Ferndale, MI
Free

Fri, October 14, 7:30pm
A.I.M by Kyle Abraham: Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth
Northrop: 84 Church St SE, Minneapolis, MN
$20-45

Fri, October 14, 6-8pm
Black Fine Art Month Salon Talk “Who’s Got Next’
South Side Community Art Center: 3831 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 15, 10am-8pm
Slow & Low: Chicago Lowrider Festival
Navy Pier, 600 E Grand Ave, Chicago, IL
$15

Sat, October 15, 12-2pm
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TOUR
Neighbors in Nature: McKinley Park (2210 W. Pershing Rd), Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 15, 2-5pm
MAKING AND MOVEMENT
Neighbors in Nature: McKinley Park, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, Oct 15, 2:30-4pm
Hues of Black & Blue Artist Talk with Lola Ayisha Ogbara
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 South Cornell Avenue, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 15, 10am-2pm
The Relationship Between Art Making and Mental Health
Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL
Free

October 15, 2022-February 11, 2023
JeeYeun Lee: Shore Land (Calumet Park Preview)
Steelworkers Park: E 87th St at Lake Michigan, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 15, 11am
Joseriberto: Bobo Deco
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 15, 1-4pm
Circularities
Tiger Strikes Asteroid: 2233 S Throop St, Unit 419, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 15, 5-6pm
Tricia Hersey: Rest is Resistance
Haji Healing Salon: 4448 S Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 15, 6:30-10:30pm
Horizontal family practice jones
The Carl: 1957 W Cullerton St, #2F, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 15, 10:00am-12:30pm
The Relationship Between Art Making and Mental Health
Intuit: The Center For Intuitive and Outside Art: Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 15, 5pm
DIE D.E.I.: A Discussion on the Horrors of Institutional Inclusion
Museums Moving Forward: Online
Free


Sun, October 16, 1-4pm
CAVA: Later Impressions 2022
Evanston Art Center: 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Free

Sun, October 16, 5pm
Rest is Resistance / Solo(s)
Haymarket House: 800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Sun, October 16, 1-6pm
We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community
Chicago Cultural Alliance: on the boulevard green at Douglas Blvd. and Central Park Ave., Chicago, IL
Free

Sun, October 16, 4-8pm
GATHER: A Performance Soirée
DFBRL8R + SITE/less + Hyde Park Art Center + No Nation Art Lab: 1250 W Augusta Blvd, Chicago, IL
Free

Tues, October 18, 6pm
Minda Harts with Lecia Michelle – Right Within
Left Bank Books: 399 N. Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO
Free

Tues, October 18, 6-7pm
Medea Benjamin: War in Ukraine
57th Street Books, The Seminary Co-op: 5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Tues, October 18, 7-10pm(EST)
Interface (1995) and ED/HF (2017
Strosacker Auditorium: 2125 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, OH
Free

Tues, October 18, 5:30-7:30pm
CANVASSING TRAINING AND PRACTICE
Neighbors in Nature: McKinley Park, Chicago, IL
Free

Wed, October 19, 2:30-5:30pm
Daniel Ramos: Artist Talk
McHenry County College: 8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake, IL
Free

Wed, October 19, 5-6:30pm
Coloring Black Surveillance
Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University: 40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL
Free

Wed, October 19, 6-7:30pm
Art Now presents Nicole Marroquin: Teach / Transform
Columbia College Chicago: 1104 S Wabash Ave 1104 South Wabash Avenue Chicago, IL
Free

October 20-22, 2022
Unfinished Business
Links Hall: 3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL
$15-70

Thurs, October 20, 4-7pm
COMMUNITY EXCHANGE
Neighbors in Nature: McKinley Park (near 38th and the northbound side of Damen), Chicago, IL
Free

Thurs, October 20, 5:30pm
Liza Oliver | An Economy of Sentiment: The Shared Language of Abolitionists and the West India Interest in Late Eighteenth-century British Print Culture
Krannert Art Museum: 500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL
Free

Thurs, October 20, 7pm
Artist Talk: Autumn Knight
Walker Art Center: 725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN
Free

October 21-22, 8pm(EST)
Lia Rodrigues: Fúria
Wexner Center for the Arts: 1871 N High St, Columbus, OH
$14-20

October 21-December 16, 2022
Sara Dittrich: In slowness there is fullness
The Sculpture Center: 1834 E 123rd St, Cleveland, OH
Free

Fri, October 21, 6-10pm
Cornelia Arts Building October Open House
Cornelia Arts Building: 1800 W Cornelia, Chicago, IL
Free

Fri, October 21, 6-9pm
OPTION: Fred Moten / Brandon López / Gerald Cleaver Trio
Patron Gallery: 1612 West Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 22, 12-1pm
Rick Lowe on the Transformative Power of Public Art
Northwestern University – Norris University Center: 1999 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL
Free

Sat, October 22, 4:20-9:30pm
Hot Mess!
Elastic Arts: 3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 22, 2-3pm
In Conversation, Tyler Mitchell and Key Jo Lee
FRONT International 2022 Cleveland Triennial: Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 E. Boulevard, Cleveland, OH
Free

October 22 & 23, 12-8pm
18th Pilsen Open Studios
Pilsen Arts & Community House: Multiple Locations in Pilsen, Chicago, IL
Free


Sun, October 23, 1pm
Curator’s Tour of ‘A Natural Turn’
DePaul Art Museum: 935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Sun, October 23, 11am-3:30pm
Building Abolition. Feminism. Now.
Prison Neighborhood Arts/Education Project: 800 W. Buena Ave., Chicago, IL
Sold Out

Sun, October 23, 1-5pm
Snow Yunxue Fu
Chicago Gamespace: 2418 W Bloomingdale Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Sun, October 23, 1-5pm
CULMINATING EVENT
Neighbors in Nature: McKinley Community Play Garden (3518 S. Wolcott Ave.), Chicago, IL
Free

Thurs, October 27, 6pm
ARTIST TALK: AMANDA WILLIAMS
Smart Museum of Art: Breasted Hall, Oriental Institute, 1155 E. 58th Street, Chicago, IL
Free

Thurs, October 27, 6pm
Ada Limón: Poetry Reading and Conversation. Moderated by Ionit Behar and Billy Johnson Gonzalez
DePaul Art Museum: 935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Thurs, October 27, 11am-12pm CST
Virtual Talks w/Video Activists: Early SIGGRAPH Art Shows — 1981-1985
Online
Free

Thurs, October 27, 6-8pm
ANXIOUS BODIES
Gene Siskel Film Center: 164 N State St, Chicago, IL
$12

Thurs, October 27, 6-9pm
5 YEARS : 25 MURALS
Hyatt House Evanston: 1515 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL
Free

Thurs, October 27, 5-7:30pm
Syria: The Frontlines of Displacement
ARTS WORKS Project, 625 N Kingsbury Street, Chicago, IL
Free

October 28 – 29, 2022
24th Gwendolyn Brooks Black Writers’ Conference
Gwendolyn Brooks Center at Chicago State University: Online
Free

October 28, 2022 – January 15, 2023
Iowa Artists 2022: Miriam Alarcón Avila
Des Moines Art Center: 4700 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA
Free

October 28, 2022 – November 29, 2022
PERSPECTIVES: FIGURATION AND ABSTRACTION IN CONTEMPORARY BLACK ART
Arc Gallery 1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

October 28, 2022, 4pm-6pm
These small deaths will kill us: Working with mad disabled grief
Online
Sold out

October 29, 2022 – March 25, 2023
BREE GANT: WEND
MOCAD: 4454 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI
Free

October 29, 2022 – March 25, 2023
JUDY BOWMAN: GRATIOT GRIOT
MOCAD: 4454 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI
Free

October 29, 2022 – March 25, 2023
SWAN SONG
MOCAD: 4454 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI
Free

Sat, October 29, 11am-12pm
Inside the American Presidency with Pete Souza & David Axelrod
David Rubenstein Forum: 1201 E 60th St, Chicago, IL
$0-20

Sat, October 29, 1pm
Artist Talk: Rafael Blanco
Elmhurst Art Museum: 150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL
Free

Sat, October 29, 2:30-3:30pm
Chicago Performance Artist, Jefferson Pinder
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts: 915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL
$0-20

Sat, October 29, 4-7pm
Notes on the Territory: Meditation
Roman Susan Gallery, 1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Sat, October 29, 6-8pm
Edra Soto: La Distancia
ENGAGE Projects: 864 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Mon, October 31, 12-1pm
Lit & Luz Virtual Keynote Address: Anthony Cody
Lit & Luz Festival: Virtual
Free

Mon, October 31, 6-7pm
An Artist Talk with Balam Bartolomé
Logan Center of the Arts: 915 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL
Free


Through October 1, 2022
Wow, Nice
Racecar Factory: 1125 E Brookside Ave., Indianapolis, IN
Free

Through October 8, 2022
Ellen Berkenblit: Umberville
Corbett vs. Dempsey: 2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 8, 2022
2022 FOTOFOCUS BIENNIAL: World Record
Multiple Venues in Cincinnati
Free

Through October 8, 2022
Victoria Martinez: Daughter of Wands
1918 S Canalport Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Free

Through October 9, 2022
Chloe Munkenbeck: Interior Motives
Roman Susan: 1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 15, 2022
Raheleh Filsoofi: Debated Narrative
ENGAGE Projects: 864 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 15, 2022
Kioto Aoki: Double Run Eight
Epiphany Center for the Arts: 201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 16, 2022
Artist Lecture: Nazafarin Lotfi
University Galleries of Illinois State University: 11 Uptown Circle, Normal, IL
Free

Through October 16
Yuge Zhou: Moon Drawings
Chinese American Museum of Chicago: 238 W 23rd St, Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 16, 2022
Dreamgirls
Paramount Theater: 23 East Galena Boulevard, Aurora, IL
$45-$79

Through October 16, 2022
What to Send Up When It Goes Down
Congo Square Theatre at Lookingglass Theater, 821 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL
$40

Through October 20, 2022
Poly-wave: Seeds of Color and Shape
University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery: One University Plaza, VPA 62, Springfield, IL
Free

Through October 21, 2022
Boris Ostrerov: Welcome To the Party and Raeleen Kao: Vital Signs
Bert Green Fine Art: 8 S Michigan Ave, Suite 620, Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 22, 2022
Olivia Zubko: Necessarium
Cleaner Gallery + Projects: 1856 N Richmond St., Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 22, 2022
Emerging Artist Series featuring Tianna Bracey
South Side Community Art Center, 3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 23, 2022
Teleportal Presents: Movement
Real Tinsel: 1013 W Historic Mitchell St, Milwaukee, WI
Free

Through October 23, 2022
Stephanie BarlowThey say it better than I ever will.
Companion: Washington Blvd and 38th Street, Indianapolis, IN
Free

Through October 28, 2022
Cecilia Beaven: Piece of Consciousness
Glass Curtain Gallery: 1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 28, 2022
Gordon Hall: TURN BACK
DOCUMENT: 1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 29, 2022
Olivia Juarez + Remy Bordas: Continuity Drift
Cleaner Gallery + Projects: 1856 N Richmond St., Chicago, IL
Free

Through October 29, 2022
Daniel Rios Rodriguez: when there is no sun
Western Exhibitions: 1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL
Free


About the Illustrator: Kiki Lechuga-Dupont is a multidisciplinary artist. She’s inspired by visual memory and its capacity for emotion and perspective. Though her body of work ranges in subject matter and style, she strives to design pieces that evoke a sense of wonder and mindfulness. When she’s not working, she’s tasting teas, collecting cookbooks, and exploring new drawing techniques. Photo by Matt Austin.