Event Details
Evanston Made presents First Saturday Evanston Art Events, a free self-guided tour of Evanston’s Creative Community. See art on display, shop for art and handmade goods, meet small business owners, enjoy a delicious meal, learn to sketch and make ART Friends! INFO
FIRST SATURDAY ART EVENTS LISTINGS BY NEIGHBORHOOD
CITYWIDE
Artist Studio Tour • Open 12-5p
Bonnie Katz, 927 Noyes St., Studio #219
Anne Sills, 927 Noyes St., Studio Basement
Socorro Mucino, 927 Noyes St., Studio #221
Maggie Drouillard, 1309 Chicago Ave.
Darren Oberto, 1712 Sherman Ave., Rear #2
Ross Martens, 712 Sherman Ave., Rear #2
Mark Collins, 1716 Sherman Ave.
Carol Hammerman, 1119 Hinman Ave.
Craig Jobson, 1726 Ashland Ave., Bldg. B
Hive Center for the Book Arts, 840 Custer
Nina Weiss, 930 Pitner Ave., Ste. 10
Alice George, 2308 Lee St., 2nd Floor
Julie Rivera, 1618 Dempster St.
Darin Walsh and John Eliasik, 1516 Greenleaf St.
Holly Greenberg, 1522B Greenleaf St.
Joanna Kramer, 1100 Florence Ave.
Ben Blount, 1123 Florence Ave.
Beth Adler with Edge of Time Jewelry, 1125 Florence Ave.
Janice Fleckman, 1129 Florence Ave.
Jack Kraig, 1532 Crain St.
Deborah Puntenney, 408 Ridge Ave., Unit 18-2
Elizabeth O’Connor-Bolich, 1110 Austin St.
Madeline Usher, 537 Custer Ave., Suite 6
MAIN DEMPSTER MILE
Art Openings
Perspective Gallery: Photography by Suzanne Metzel and Kaushik Sunder Rajan. 1310-1/2-B Chicago Ave., Opening reception 5-7p
Open Studio Project Gallery: Visibility: Artists of Search Inc. Five artists from Visibility Arts, a community-based nonprofit serving Chicago’s north side and northern suburbs, present a group exhibition. 901 Sherman Ave., 2-4p
Space 900 Gallery: MEMORY: Work by Colleen Conley, Clark Ellithorpe, Judy Solomon, and Annie Trincot. 816 Dempster St., 3-7p
Studio Sale
Alley Cat Studio: Bowls and mugs super sale. 100% proceeds are donated to World Central Kitchen. 821 Main St., 12-5p
Make Art!
Sketching at Sketchbook Brewing Company. Sketchbook teams up with Evanston Made to offer sketching tips and free materials. Hosted at Sketchbook Brewing Co. in Evanston, Guest Artist Andrew Walker III will be on hand with sketching tips and a variety of materials are provided! FREE to attend. RSVP here. Sketchbook Brewery, 821 Chicago Ave., 1-2:30p
Shop our Partners
The Brothers K Coffeehouse, Art by Iliana Cardona, 500 Main St., 7a-5p
Stumble & Relish, 1312 Chicago Ave., 11a-5p
Nice Lena & Friends, 1235 Chicago Ave., 11a-5p
Evanston Pour, Julie Cowan, 528 Dempster St., 8a-9p
Modern Vibe, 611 Dempster St., 11a-4p
Secret Treasures, 605 Dempster St., 11a-3p
Luna Delgado, 800 Dempster St., 11a-5p
Crafted, 822 Dempster St., 10a-5p
Wine Goddess, 702 Main St., 12-9p
Masterpiece Framing + Imaging, 714 Main St., 10a-5p
DOWNTOWN EVANSTON
Art Exhibitions
Grove Gallery: Folk Songs: Acoustic Guitarist, Jared Kimball. 619 Grove St., 2-4p
Saw Room Gallery: See works by Alley Gallery Staff Artists; Avram Eisen, Ross Martens, Darren Oberto and Alicja Pulit.1712 Rear 2, Sherman Ave., 10a-5p
Block Museum of Art: Pouring, Spilling, Bleeding: Helen Frankenthaler and Artists’ Experiments on Paper is curated by Stephanie S.E. Lee, 2024–25 Art History Graduate Fellow and Corinne Granof, Academic Curator, at The Block Museum of Art. 40 Arts Cir Dr., 12-5p
Dittmar Gallery: Anne Kogen photography exhibit, “STREET”, takes viewers back in time through a series of candid street photographs that capture varied aspects of humanity and society in the early 1980s. Norris University Center, 1999 Campus Dr., 10a-5p
Artist Talk
Creative Coworking: Elisa Ann Lindstrom and Dorothy Mason, 922 Davis St., 2-4p
Shop for Original Art
Artem Pop Up Gallery, 1625-1627 Sherman Avenue, 11a-6p
Alley Gallery, 1712 Rear 2, Sherman Ave., 10a-5p
CENTRAL STREET
Art Exhibition
Juried by Debra Favre, CSI | Materiality in Sculpture: A Dialogue Between Substance and Form explores the interplay of materials in the realm of sculpture, showcasing works that challenge, celebrate, and redefine our understanding of material substance through freestanding and wall-hung sculptures as well as installation and video. Forty members of Chicago Sculpture International have been selected for this exhibition. Evanston Art Center, 1717 Central St., 9a-5p
Art in Venues
The Famous Taco Burger: Robert Potter Journey to Guanajuato, Mexico. 2901 Central St., 11a-7:30p
Backlot: Ana Kim tiger paintings. 2006 Central St. 7a-5p
Gracie’s: John Liberty paintings, 1939 Central St., 11a-5:30p
Great Harvest: Watercolor originals and prints by Peter Jablokow. Free Coffee with Great Harvest Bread purchase! 2126 Central St., 6a-5p