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Whether you’re looking for a fun night with friends or hoping to expand your artistic skills, our classes are designed for all experience levels and provide an inspiring environment for artists and non-artists alike.

Featured Paint & Sip

Celebración de los Muertos: Papel Picado and Paint & Sip Workshops

Papel Picado: Mon Sept 28th, 6PM-8PM
Paint & Sip: Fri Oct 9th, 6PM-8PM

Celebrate the beauty and tradition of Día de los Muertos, and join us for two creative workshops.

On September 28th, try your hand at the ancient art of Papel Picado. The evening will also feature themed light bites available for purchase, and access to a cash bar.

On October 9th, pick up a brush and attend our festive Paint & Sip night.

The Papel Picado Workshop is complimentary with your Paint & Sip ticket purchase. Join us both days for fun, unique experiences!

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The Galleries at Art City

Check out the exhibitions in our m.i.a.r., Members, and Studio Galleries.

Close to Pleasure

Solace

Solo exhibition by Annie Halpin
On display until October 3rd

Solo installation by Emma Xhaxho
On display until October 3rd

Constellations

Curated Group Show
On display until October 3rd

Art lives here!

Solo and group exhibitions, art classes, and creative events all in one place.

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Upcoming

Explore the shows coming to Art City in the near future.

Close to Pleasure

Solo Installation by Emma Xhaxho

Opens September 11th at Art City

Emma Xhaxho’s Close to Pleasure lives at the threshold of fantasy and reality. Hardware as fetish wear, dreamscapes as paintings, and inanimate objects as surrogates for the artist’s own body, Xhaxho embraces what some may consider lewd, reminding us that the line between indecent and intimate is razor thin. The works in Close to Pleasure are created with equal parts humor and seriousness, as the most significant moments in life tend to be.

Solace

Solo Exhibition by Annie Halpin

Opens September 11th at Art City

Annie Halpin’s Solace explores girlhood, healing, and body image in a series of oil paintings on canvas. A careful examination looking inward, the exhibition feels like seeing the artist’s own self-reflection in real time. Even when depicting friends in pairs, shared moments of contemporary commonplace activities, like painting nails and bedrotting, become introspective.

Upcoming Shows

Explore the exhibits coming to Art City in the near future.

Hybrid Infestation

Solo installation by Mia Capodilupo

Opens July 10th at Art City

Mia Capodilupo draws on science fiction, disease, pandemics, and climate change to create an immersive installation using found and fabricated wood, ceramics, plastics, semiprecious stones, fabrics, plaster, and rubber. The installation spreads into every corner and crevice of the space, evoking an invasive and evolving ecosystem.

Not a Patient Woman

Solo exhibition by Yuliya Klochan

Opens July 10th at Art City

Yuliya Klochan’s Not a Patient Woman urgently presents viewers with stories of social justice and amplifies marginalized voices. Defiant and bold, the figures in these works represent the diverse experience of “other”, eliciting joy and portraying visceral pain. The show also thoughtfully plays with the meaning of being patient, referring to Klochan’s identity as a disabled person. She spent years striving to be a "good patient", but has since shed that goal and empowered herself to feel, be, and exist as she truly is.

CASH ONLY: An Ode to Dive Bars

Group Show

Opens July 10th at Art City

Cash Only: An Ode to Dive Bars is a curated group exhibition featuring artwork celebrating Chicago’s beloved no-frills watering holes. From new takes on classic photobooth strips to transformations of beer cans into art, and even experimentations with neon light, this exhibition captures the spirit of Chicago’s dive bar culture.