Your 2018 Beverly Art Walk Survival Guide

CHICAGO, IL — One of the best yearly events in any Chicago neighborhood is this weekend as the Beverly Area Arts Alliance's Beverly Art Walk takes shape at numerous stops in Beverly/Morgan Park on Saturday. It is the fifth annual event, which features artists offering a variety of forms and coming from near and far.

While many local businesses transform into art galleries for the day, Beverly Art Walk co-founder Sal Campbell says a big part of the event are the "pop-up" galleries that are created just for Art Walk day, of which there will be six on Saturday.

"We'll have clusters of venues everywhere," Campbell said. "Every year, the pop-up galleries are the most fun because they tend to change based on the different spaces and what's available."

Here's everything you need to know as you plan for the day.

Who?

About 200 artists will have their work displayed at more than 60 venues throughout Beverly/Morgan Park. Here are five we highlighted earlier in the week.

When?

The Art Walk will run from noon until 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 29.

Where?

Almost everywhere in the neighborhood. The Beverly Art Walk will have 61 stops on Saturday, with each place featuring the work of at least one artist. See which places will also have music via the Art Walk Day Map here.

We've organized these stops geographically along major business districts in the neighborhood. Here they are:

95th Street

• Van Wade's, 2141 W. 95th St.
• Fabula, 2135 W. 95th St.
• Uprising Market at the Vineyard, 2109 W. 95th St.
• Barraco's Music Main Stage, 2107 W. 95th St.
• Barraco's Pizza, 2105 W. 95th St.
• Southtown Health Foods, 2100 W. 95th St.
• Beverly Library Branch, 1962 W. 95th St.
• Beverly Hills Marketplace, 1809 W. 95th St.
• Blulady Pop-up, 1805 W. 95th St.
• 95th Street Farmers Market Mural, 1700 W. 95th St.
• Upfall SXU Gallery, 1767 W. 95th St.

99th Street

• Trinity United Methodist Church, 9848 S. Winchester Ave.
• Color Me Beauty Bar, 1810 1/2 W. 99th St.
• Quantum Me, 1800 W. 99th St.
• Art On The Loose, 1704 W. 99th St.
• Windows On Wood Pop-up, 9907-11 S. Wood St.
• Sweet Freaks, 9927 S. Wood St.
• B-Sides Coffee + Tea, 9907 S. Walden Parkway
• Tranquility Salon, 9908 S. Walden Parkway
• Joplin Marley Studio, 9911 S. Walden Parkway
• Turkey, 9913 S. Walden Parkway
• Capsule, 9915 S. Walden Parkway
• Beverly Mural, 9921 S. Walden Parkway

103rd Street

• Ohana Ice & Treats, 1800 W. 103rd St.
• Surface+Texture Gallery, 1804 W. 103rd St.
• RMH Design, 1804 W. 103rd St.
• Blossom Boys, 1810 W. 103rd St.
• Heritage Gallery, 1907 W. 103rd St.
• Root Consignment, 1913 W. 103rd St.
• Belle Up, 1915 W. 103rd St.
• Beverly Yoga "Barefoot Gallery", 1917 W. 103rd St.
• Starbucks, 1933 W. 103rd St.
• Beverly Unitarian Church, 10244 S. Longwood Dr.
• Swanson's Deli, 2414 W. 103rd St.

111th Street

• Beverly Arts Center, 2407 W. 111th St.
• Boundary, 2334 W. 111th St.

Western Avenue

• Elaine Miller Billboard, 10100 S. Western Ave.
• Bookie's, 10324 S. Western Ave.
• Running Excels, 10328 S. Western Ave.
• Ancestry Moon Art Studio, 10338 S. Western Ave.
• Quilter's Trunk, 10352 S. Western Ave.
• 19th Ward Office, 10400 S. Western Ave.
• Planet 104 Gallery, 10408 S. Western Ave.
• Horse Thief Hollow, 10426 S. Western Ave.
• Horse Thief Hollow Music Main Stage, 10426 S. Western Ave.
• Beverly Bakery, 10528 S. Western Ave.
• Solution 3, 10547 S. Western Ave.
• Everything's Relative, 10548 S. Western Ave.
• Cork & Kerry, 10614 S. Western Ave.
• Barney Callaghan, 10618 S. Western Ave.
• Dance Gallery Chicago, 10628 S. Western Ave.
• Boxcar Camp Gallery, 10654 S. Western Ave.
• Uprising Market at Olivia's Garden, 10730 S. Western Ave.
• Edward Jones, 10930 S. Western Ave.
• Open Outcry Brewing Company, 10934 S. Western Ave.
• The Children's Park at Clissold Elementary School, 110th & Western
• Americano's, 11060 S. Western Ave.
• O'Rourke's Office, 11064 S. Western Ave.

Residential Streets

• Sutherland Elementary School, 10015 S. Leavitt St.
• Ingersoll-Blackwelder House, 10910 S. Prospect Ave.
• Ridge Historical Society, 10621 S. Seeley Ave.

Highlights

via Beverly Area Arts Alliance

• Beverly Art Walk Children’s Park & Art Exhibition (noon to 5 p.m., Clissold Elementary School): Beverly artist Cindy Wirtz and Clissold and Kellogg Elementary student and family volunteers will host a variety of children’s art activities, including kite making, creations from recycled materials, origami peace cranes, and more. Live music, storytelling, a food truck, the Peaceful Playground, and an interactive public art project will all be featured. Attendees will also watch as award-winning sand sculptor Brian Turnbough creates a 4-ton sand sculpture celebrating the Beverly Art Walk. Members of the Beverly Chicago Children’s Choir will perform at 2 p.m.
• Two Uprising Handmade Markets (Olivia’s Garden, 10730 S. Western Ave. and The Vineyard, 2115 W. 95th St.): makers and craft vendors will sell a variety of handmade items—from jewelry and ceramics to all-natural bath and body works—in the parking lot just south of Olivia’s Garden and at The Vineyard, Barraco’s new banquet space on 95th Street.
• Chicago’s vibrant music scene will be showcased at Horse Thief Hollow and 95th Street main stages for featured acts, plus nearly 30 local music performances throughout the day and the neighborhood, including acoustic, classical quartets, blues, rap, and rock-n-roll. The 95th Street Music Stage will include DJ Ruta Spencer spinning tunes and feature performances by The Lonesome Organist, The Flips and Sanctified Grumblers.
• Artist Elaine Miller’s artwork, inspired by the nearby Dan Ryan Woods, will be displayed on a massive billboard in Beverly on 101st and Western Ave. “Remnant- September” is part of a three-month series of billboards that subvert the usual purpose of a billboard to advertise. Miller’s unique billboards, each unadorned with any accompanying text or explanations, are intended to be a respite from advertising and a gentle prod to viewers to notice natural beauty and perhaps question the onslaught of advertising they experience in their daily lives.
• Artist Davis McCarty’s sculpture, “Quantum Me”— (aka the "Beverly Bean") that changes color based on the location of the viewer, the weather and time of day—is on display at 99th Street and Walden Parkway. The biggest investment in public art in the 19th ward, the sculpture was partly funded by the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, which launched its “50X50 Neighborhood Arts Project” in 2017.
• Six pop-up galleries throughout The Walk, each with a unique style and personality, will feature exciting work from emerging and accomplished artists in a wide range of styles and mediums. They include Planet 104, Boxcar Camp, Surface+Texture, Fabula, UpFall and BluLady. In Planet 104, nine artists express their idiosyncratic artistic visions from other-worldly to intensely personal. In Boxcar Camp, a collection of artists, curators and art lovers from Blue Island and their artistic cohorts create a fun and interactive arts experience. In Surface+Texture, a photographer and a multimedia artist explore the aesthetic and tactile nature of visual compositions and repurposed mundane objects. In Fabula (Latin for “story”), the mysterious, evocative and allegorical works of seven artists are on view. At UpFall Art Station, students, faculty and alumni from Saint Xavier University merge their talents in the act of creating a public art exhibition. BluLady features a combination of local and Cleveland-based artists in a variety of mediums.

For The Kids

There will be an Art Walk Scavenger Hunt for kids that can be picked up at the Sutherland I Modanarri Festival or the Clissold Children's Park.

"This is designed to give kids something fun to do as their parents move from site to site," said Corinne Rose, a Beverly Area Arts Alliance board member. "Small prizes will be provided for those who complete most items on the list."

The check out point for the scavenger hunt is the Alliance information table at the Uprising Vineyard table.

How It All Began

The Beverly Art Walk formed as a result of a 2014 meeting between co-founders Sal Campbell and Monica Wilczak. Both longtime neighborhood residents who share a common hairdresser, the two were introduced and the first walk was in the plans shortly after that. READ MORE: A Look Back At How The Beverly Art Walk Began

Street Closures

Walden Parkway will be closed just south of 99th Street for a festival occurring on the street there. Other thoroughfares will remain open to traffic as art walkers will be on the sidewalks.

Trolleys

Trolleys will be running throughout the neighborhood to guide visitors along the route. Art walkers can ride them for free.

DUI Patrol

While art and wine (or other forms of alcohol) often go hand in hand, it's important to not drink and drive on Art Walk day or any day. Also, the Chicago Police Department plans to deploy their "DUI Saturation Patrol" in the neighborhood beginning at 7 p.m. Designate a sober driver, take the trolleys or walk. READ MORE: DUI Crackdown Planned In Beverly/Morgan Park On Art Walk Day

Have Fun!

Save for the South Side Irish Parade, no neighborhood event brings more visitors than the Beverly Art Walk, which has become the most hyped local fall event since it began in 2014. Come for the great artwork, stay for everything else our community offers and come back again and again.

Photo courtesy of Chris Steinmetz