First Saturday Evanston Art Events

First Saturday Evanston Art Events • February 1, 2025

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!

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

SOUTH EVANSTON

Open Studio

• Mark Cleveland: Open home and art studio in partnership with Evanston Made and Sotheby’s Real Estate. Savings on oil paintings and limited edition prints while they last, 1100 Mulford St., 12-4p

MAIN DEMPSTER MILE

Art Openings

• SPACE 900 Gallery: Small Show | Work by Space 900 members – Todd Anderson, Colleen Conley, Clark Ellithorpe, Judith Roston Freilich, Bob Magrisso, Joanna Pinsky, Beth Shadur, Judy Solomon, and Annie Trincot, 816 Dempster St., 1-4p
• Gallery 901 and Open Studio Project: Emma Adams presents a collection of multimedia artworks, poems, and sketchbook excerpts that, in the artist's words, "capture my Saturn return." This collection has themes of evolution and transformation, whimsical discovery, and reconnection with nature. It's a look inside the artist's head—which seems to be full of glitter and clouds, 901 Sherman Ave., 6-9p

Make Art!

• Sketching at Sketchbook Brewing Company - Hilda Raiser & Bob Kiolbassa will be on hand with sketching tips. FREE w RSVP here. Materials provided! Sketchbook Brewery, 821 Chicago Ave., 1-2:30p

Art Exhibit plus Food & Drink

• Evanston Pour: See new works by Kai Shapiro. Enjoy delicious small plates, coffee drinks and cocktails. 528 Dempster St., 8a-9p

Shop our Partners

• Stumble & Relish, 1312 Chicago Ave., 11a-5p
• Luna Delgado, 800 Dempster St., 11a-5p
• Evanston Pour, 528 Dempster St., 8a-9p
• Ben Blount prints, Wine Goddess, 702 Main St., 12-9p
• Masterpiece Framing + Imaging, 714 Main St., 10a-5p
• Nice Lena & Friends, 1235 Chicago Ave., 11a-5p

• Secret Treasures, 605 Dempster St., 11a-3p

DOWNTOWN EVANSTON

Exhibits

• Block Museum of Art: Woven Being | Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland, 40 Arts Circle Dr., 12-3:30p, talks at 2:30p
• Block Museum of Art: it takes a long time to stay here | Paintings by Jordan Ann Craig, 40 Arts Circle Dr., 12-5p

Artist Talks

• Creative Coworking Artist Talks: Fran Joy & Angela Williams, 922 Davis St., 2-4p
• Grove Gallery: Elemental Exhibition and Artists Talks at The Grove Gallery, Street parking/ADA Accessible Entrance, 619 Grove St., 5-8p

Shop for Original Art

• Artem Pop Up Gallery: 1627 Sherman Ave., 12-4p
• Creative Coworking: 922 Davis St., 2-4p

Shop our Partners

• Ten Thousand Villages, 1509 Chicago Avenue, 10a-6p

NOYES ST.

Art on Exhibit

• Noyes Cultural Art Center: Bonnie J Katz | Retrospective, 927 Noyes Street, First Floor Gallery, 9a-5p

Artist Open Studios

• Noyes Cultural Art Center: Socorro Mucino Open Studio–Printmaking Demonstration, 927 Noyes Street, Studio #221, 12-5p
• Noyes Cultural Art Center: Bonnie Katz Open Studio, 927 Noyes Street, Studio #219, 12-5p
• Noyes Cultural Art Center: Anne Sills Open Studio–Ceramics, 927 Noyes Street, Basement Studio B10B, 12-5p

Art Mixer

• Coffee Lab: Emerging Artist Mixer hosts Valentine’s Day Card Making! Meet emerging artists and make Art Friends. Free to attend w RSVP here. 910 Noyes St., 6:30-9p

CENTRAL STREET

Art on Exhibit

• Evanston Art Center: Student Biennial, First Floor Gallery. 1717 Central St., 9a-4p
• Evanston Art Center: The 10th International Artist’s Book Triennial, Second Floor Main & Atrium Gallery, 1717 Central St., 9a-4p
• Evanston Art Center: Eli Williamson | The Four Virtues–Wonder, First Floor Lobby Gallery, 1717 Central St., 9a-4p
• Prairie Joe’s WEST: Aydin Dincer, 2608 Prairie Ave., 12-5p  
• Storm Print Studio: Russell Muits, 2601 Prairie Ave., 11a-5p

Art in Venues

• Backlot: Michael G. Ennis Photography, 2006 Central St., 7a-5p
• Gracie’s: John Liberty, 1939 Central St., 11a-5:30p
  

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FIRST SATURDAYS in 2025

January 4, February 1, March 1, April 5, May 3, June 7, July 5, August 2, September 6, October 4, November 1, December 6

About Evanston Made

Started as a 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.

For additional information, please contact Lisa Degliantoni, Co-Director of Evanston Made at [email protected] or (847)544-8205

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