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Title: PRINTS: Paschke and his Coast to Coast Contemporaries artists from California to Chicago to N.Y.Location: 240 S. State StreetDescription: Enjoy a moveable feast of public art galleries and exhibits in Chicago’s downtown Loop. A collaborative initiative of the Chicago Loop Alliance and the Chicago Artists’ Coalition, this series of temporary art exhibitions in empty Read more…

Title: Jeff Zimmermann: The God ParticleLocation: Chicago Cultural Center, Michigan Avenue Galleries, 78 E. Washington StreetDescription: Watch as muralist Jeff Zimmermann creates a new mural in the Chicago Cultural Center’s Michigan Avenue galleries. A native of Chicago, Zimmermann is internationally recognized for his large scale murals featuring painted images of contemporary pop culture and sensitively Read more…

Title: Jeff Zimmermann: The God ParticleLocation: Chicago Cultural Center, Michigan Avenue Galleries, 78 E. Washington StreetDescription: Watch as muralist Jeff Zimmermann creates a new mural in the Chicago Cultural Center’s Michigan Avenue galleries. A native of Chicago, Zimmermann is internationally recognized for his large scale murals featuring painted images of contemporary pop culture and sensitively Read more…

Title: Forms of Spectacle and Solutions to Vacancy featuring Nick BastisLocation: 3100 W. Washington BoulevardDescription: Consider how architecture impacts its environment when you visit this public installation of a Frank Gehry reproduction. Temporarily relocating world-famous architecture in an empty lot on Chicago’s west side, artist Nick Bastis explores symbolism in architecture and its influence on Read more…

Title: Kinzie Corridor Art Walk featuring Mike MarinoLocation: Kinzie Corridor between Western and Ogden avenues, start at: Arts of Life, 2010 W. Carroll AvenueDescription: Enjoy a weekend of art, exploring the artists’ studios and businesses that inhabit the edgy, quirky and sometimes surprising spaces of the Kinzie Industrial Corridor on Chicago’s near west side. Check Read more…

Title: Kinzie Corridor Art Walk featuring Mike MarinoLocation: Kinzie Corridor between Western and Ogden avenues, start at: Arts of Life, 2010 W. Carroll AvenueDescription: Enjoy a weekend of art, exploring the artists’ studios and businesses that inhabit the edgy, quirky and sometimes surprising spaces of the Kinzie Industrial Corridor on Chicago’s near west side. Check Read more…

Title: Alone Together: Urban Community as Family at Mama Stella’s featuring Margaret WrightLocation: Stella’s Diner, 3042 N. Broadway StreetDescription: Explore ideas of community and family in an urban environment with the artist collaborative Standard Usage Project and patrons of Stella’s Diner. Working with the restaurant’s regulars, the artists use various media including documentary still photography, Read more…

Title: Art Here Art Now featuring Melissa WeberLocation: 1452-1466 E. 53 StreetDescription: Visit transformed storefront spaces on East 53 Street where the notion of the inaccessible, solitary artist is demystified. The Hyde Park Alliance for Arts and Culture (HyPa) and the University of Chicago collaborate with Melissa Weber and other south side artists and arts Read more…

Title: Common Ground featuring Sam KirkLocation: Elephant Room, Inc., Art Gallery, 704 S. Wabash AvenueDescription: Experience the work of Chicago artists who gather inspiration from their local neighborhoods and urban experiences at the Elephant Room Gallery. “Common Ground” is an exhibition of mixed-media work and paintings by Hebru Brantley, Sam Kirk and Hugo Style, all Read more…

Title: Bernard Williams at McCormick GalleryLocation: McCormick Gallery, 835 W. Washington BoulevardDescription: Experience the work of Bernard Williams, which draws from Chicago architecture and culture, in this solo show at the McCormick gallery. Through his new sculptures that explore a psychic and social space between the artist and broad cultural environment, Williams absorbs urban influences, Read more…