Downtown Evanston Thursday Night Markets
Downtown Evanston is hosting monthly Thursday Night Markets at Fountain Square from June to October. Each market has a theme to keep them unique and accommodate as many businesses…
Juneteenth Black Artisan Market
Shop the Black Artisan Market this Saturday, June 19, at Ingraham Park, Evanston, during the Juneteenth Celebration! Meet the vendors and shop their goods. Free to attend and open…
Celebrate Black Artists and Artisans in February!
Our organization has participated in discussions around equity and accessibility and how to make differences in the lives of Black creatives in our community. We have landed on this…
Art Under Glass December 2020
Evanston Made is excited to work with building owners, SSAs, the City of Evanston, and our member artists to activate commercial storefronts with art! Now more than ever, artists…
We Need to Treat Artists as Workers, Not Decorations
Reposted from Literary Hub Thank you Melissa Raman Molitor for sharing with us! By William Deresiewicz Art and money: the great taboo. Art, we’ve been taught to believe, has nothing to…
Evanston Made’s Community-Centric Fundraising Strategy
This is Evanston Made’s first attempt at fundraising, it’s our first year as a nonprofit organization, and we want to invite you into the process with us! It’s a…
Celebrating Eight Years of Evanston Made
To wrap up 2020 in an artsy, positive and hopeful way, I’m working on a daily gratitude project during November and December, where I dig through the last eight…
A Statement of Solidarity Against Racism from Evanston Made
As a young nonprofit, we are still defining how Evanston Made will be a social and racial justice advocate in our community, but we want to make it clear:…
Support BIPOC Artists and Makers
Evanston Made is committed to elevating and celebrating BIPOC (Black, Indiginous, People of Color) artists. We believe that purchasing art by people of color is a great way to…
Announcing Evanston Art Connects
Make Art / Share Art Evanston, you’re invited to transform E-town into a citywide art gallery May 9-June 9! Together we are going to “art-bomb” Evanston with homemade art, signs, banners, sculptures, installations,…