Artist Talks
Events
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Perspective Gallery’s February Invitational is Something to Hold On To
Perspective Fine Art Photography 1310-1/2B Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL, United StatesFeaturing the work of six emerging artists pursuing their BFAs at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, “HOLD” is Perspective Gallery’s 2026 Invitational Exhibition. The exhibit opens...
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“Real shape of the earth”: Short Films with Ben Balcom
Block CInema 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL, United StatesJoin us for a program that spotlights the work of Milwaukee-based filmmaker Ben Balcom whose films turn a lens to progressive social projects of the past with a playful...
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Avant to Live! The Films of Craig Baldwin with guest Brett Kashmere
Block CInema 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL, United StatesSan Francisco-based filmmaker Craig Baldwin embodies the subversive spirit of American underground film. Since the 1970s, Baldwin has been crafting dense, corrosive found-footage films that bend the detritus of...
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First Saturday Art Events
Noyes Cultural Arts Center 927 Noyes Street, Second Floor Gallery, Evanston, IL, United StatesEvanston Made presents First Saturday Evanston Art Events. See art on display, shop for art and handmade goods, learn to sketch and make ART Friends!
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UNION (2024) with filmmaker Brett Story in-person
Block CInema 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL, United StatesIn 2020, in the midst of a global pandemic, historic supply chain disruptions, and soaring profits, Amazon workers at Staten Island’s JFK8 Warehouse launched an unprecedented unionization attempt. Led...
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NASHVILLE (1975) in 35mm with Professor Heather Hendershot
The Block Cinema 40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL, United States“If you had to pick one film to represent 1975 America,” writes celebrated historian Heather Hendershot, “you could not do better than NASHVILLE.” A freewheeling musical satire about the...
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SEEDS (2025) with Brittany Shyne in-person
Block CInema 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL, United StatesIn Brittany Shyne’s debut film SEEDS, reverent attention is given to the rhythms of daily life for Centennial Black farmers in the American South. As a solo cinematographer-director with...
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HANDS ON A HARDBODY: THE DOCUMENTARY (1997) in 16mm
The Block Cinema 40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL, United StatesTwo dozen contestants gather around a hardbody pickup truck at a Nissan dealership in East Texas in 1997; seventy-seven hours later, the last person with his or her hand...
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