First Saturday Evanston Art Events • November 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! INFO

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.

FREE Parking! First Saturday Free Three-Hour Parking Pilot Program. The first Saturday of every month through the end of the year, metered parking will be free, 6-9p

FIRST SATURDAY ART EVENTS LISTINGS BY NEIGHBORHOOD

MAIN DEMPSTER MILE

Live Music

• Art Makers Outpost: EISMA Cultural Concert Series - Ruan & Hide. 609 South Blvd., 11a-12p, RSVP for free here

Art Openings

• Perspective Gallery: Opening for Perspective Gallery's November Show "In Their Gardens of Good and Evil" by Susan Isaacson and Katsy Johnson. Opening for "15 Years In An Instant" Member Polaroid Installation. 1310-1/2-B Chicago Ave., Opening reception 5-7p
• Space 900 Gallery: the Space Between, works by Jewish Artists Collective Chicago. Artists include; Dorit Dotan Jordan, photographer with Mark Perlish, photographer. Beth Shadur, visual artist with Lois Roma-Deeley, poet. Jane Weintraub, sculptor with Amy Reichert, architect. Carol Neiger, visual artist with Alden Solovy, writer. Alan Hobscheid, visual artist with Adam Schaff, musician. Carly Newman, visual artist with Sam Welbel, multi-media performance artist. Bob Magrisso, visual artist with Roger L. Price, writer. Beth Adler, visual artist with Dina Elenbogen, poet. Berit Engen, visual artist with Mary Grace Bertulfo, writer. Ellen Holtzblatt, visual artist with Rabbi Karyn Kedar, writer. 816 Dempster St., 12-8p
• Compass: Brackish | A dual exhibition of abstract works, both individually and co-created, by A.J. Schmitz and Lily Bertrand. 814 Dempster St., 12-4p
• Open Studio Project Gallery 901: Free Your Mind | The Art of Margarita Inn, Opening Reception, 901 Sherman Ave., 1-3p

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 Jim Parks 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

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, Art by 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

• Evanston Public Library and Hive Center for the Book Arts: Closing reception for So Many Oceans & Light Beams: A Beginner Screen Printer's Retrospective at Evanston Public Library's Main Branch, Third Floor Exhibition space. 1703 Orrington Ave., 3-5p
• 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
• Block Museum of Art: 2025 Student Acquisition | Works by artist Chitra Ganesh 40 Arts Cir Dr., 12-5p
• Block Museum of Art: Art History 395 | Horror Modernism, Works selected from The Block’s collection in collaboration with undergraduate students enrolled in Horror Modernism Course. 40 Arts Cir Dr., 12-5p
• Dittmar Gallery: Ann 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
• Grove Gallery: Food for Thought | Still Life Paintings by Sheila Cahnman, John Fleck, Bonnie Katz, Sarah Kaiser-Amaral, Ken Minami, Socorro Mucino, Jan Nakao, David Roberts, Ginny Roeder, and Chunbo Zhang. Fundraiser for the C&W Foundation, 619 Grove St. 2-5p

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 Openings

• Storm Print City: Mark Battrell Photography Solo Show. 2916 Prairie Ave., open hours 12-5p, opening reception 4-8p

Art Exhibitions

• Evanston Art Center: The Forgotten Lives | David Bender. 1717 Central St., 9a-5p
• Evanston Art Center: A Tragedy of Religious Fanaticism | Maryam Safajoo, 1717 Central St., 9a-5p
• Evanston Art Center: outta here | Vivian Visser, 1717 Central St., 9a-5p
• Evanston Art Center: Color Exploration Narratives | The Students of Nina Weiss Monday Evening Painting Studio,1717 Central St., 9a-5p
• Evanston Art Center: Chicago Sculpture International | Materiality in Sculpture: A Dialogue Between Substance and Form, 1717 Central St., 9a-5pEvanston Art Center: My Extravagant Wardrobe | Anne Bernard-Pattis, 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: Molly Cranch paintings. 2006 Central St. 7a-5p
• Curt’s Cafe: Exhibit artists include Cie Bond, Fran Joy, Liz O’Connor-Bolich, Ren Picco-Freeman. 2922 Central St. 8a-3p
• Gracie’s: John Liberty paintings, 1939 Central St., 11a-5:30p
• Great Harvest: Nancy Gordon. Free Coffee with Great Harvest Bread purchase! 2126 Central St., 6a-5p

NOYES STREET

Open Studio

• Socorro Mucino: Alternative Photo-Based Works. 927 Noyes St., ​​Studio 221. 12-5p

WEST VILLAGE

Open Studio

• Jack Kraig Photography Studio. Photographs on Sale Priced from $10 to $375. 1532 Crain St., 11:30-4p
• Holly Greenberg’s Bird Collision Project. Make a bird, learn about bird conservation, make new friends! 1522B Greenleaf St., 6-8p

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