Evanston Made presents First Saturday Evanston Art Events. See art on display, shop for art and handmade goods, learn to sketch and make ART Friends!

Evanston Art Map. Updated the First Saturday of every month, scroll this Google map for locations to see and shop for art in Evanston. Double check open hours before going to venues.

FIRST SATURDAY ART EVENTS LISTINGS BY NEIGHBORHOOD

WEST VILLAGE

Open Studios

David Rubman woodworking, 2308 Lee St., 11a-5p
Alice George, encaustic monotypes, 2308 Lee St., 12-5p

Make Art

Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene: Open Studio Birdcrafting. Help us make 10,836 bird replicas for this crowdsourced environmental art project! Free and open to all ages! 1522B Greenleaf St., 12-2p

MAIN DEMPSTER MILE

NEW SHOP!

Shop Evanston Made: Browse original art and handmade goods created by Evanston Made members. 822 Dempster St., 12-5p

Art Openings

Perspective Gallery: 1310 1/2B Chicago Ave., 5-7p
Gallery 901: Bekah Elsie World: An Intern Art Show Retrospective. 903 Sherman Ave., 5-8p
SPACE900: Work by Space 900 members Todd Anderson, Jill Birschbach, Colleen Conley, Clark Ellithorpe, Bob Magrisso, Joanna Pinsky, Pam Sloan, Beth Shadur, and Annie Trincot. 816 Dempster St., 1-7p

Art Exhibits

Hive Center for the Book Arts: Poetry broadsides by Onieros Press (Shawn Sheehy) on our Walls gallery; work by Leah Mayers in our Windows gallery. 840 Custer Ave., 10a-6p

Make Art!

Sketching at Sketchbook Brewing Company. Sketchbook teams up with Evanston Made to offer sketching tips and free materials. Guest Artists will be on hand with sketching tips and a variety of FREE materials are provided! FREE to attend. RSVP here. Sketchbook Brewery, 821 Chicago Ave., 1-2:30p

Art in Business

The Brothers K Coffeehouse: Art by Molly Mae Knake, 500 Main St., 7a-5p
Evanston Pour, Plein Air Painters,528 Dempster St., 8a-9p
Windfree Solar Cafe, Jean Cunningham, 517 Dempster St., 8a-6p

DOWNTOWN EVANSTON

Art Openings

Saw Room Gallery: The Writing on the Wall | Damien James. 1712 Sherman Ave., 10-6p
Grove Gallery: In the Absence of Space: Claim, Create, Connect. 619 Grove St., 4-6p

CENTRAL STREET

Art Exhibits

Blue Dot Art Gallery: Aydin Dincer. 2608 Prairie Ave., 12-4p
Excerpts of Imagination | Louis De Guzman. Evanston Art Center, 1717 Central St., 9a-4p
Thinking Through Tapestry | American Tapestry Alliance. Evanston Art Center, 1717 Central St., 9a-4p
Unrestrained Ambiguity |Denise Presnell. Evanston Art Center, 1717 Central St., 9a-4p

Art in Business

The Famous Taco Burger: Robert Potter Journey to Guanajuato, Mexico. 2901 Central St., 11a-7:30p
Great Harvest: Heather Eidson photography. Free Coffee with Great Harvest Bread purchase! 2126 Central St., 8a-2p
Curt’s Cafe: 2922 Central St. 8a-3p
Backlot: Morgan Rose Murphy. 2006 Central St., 7a-5p

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FIRST SATURDAYS in 2026

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About Evanston Made

Started as an Artist Studio Tour in June 2014, by a group of volunteer art advocates, Evanston Made has grown into a 400+ member organization with year round events and hyper local online shopping portal - shopevanstonmade.org

Evanston Made is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit arts organization with the mission to connect Evanston creatives to the public through programming and events. Learn more at evanstonmade.org and consider making a donation of any amount to support programs that drive our mission.

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