First Saturday Evanston Art Events

First Saturday Evanston Art Events, September 3, 9a-9p

Plan your art-filled Saturday on Labor Day Weekend during Evanston Made’s First Saturday Evanston Art Events w this handy Google Map! Help put Evanston Art on the map and host an event, fill in the form here. 

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Events by Neighborhood

 

Emerson/Dodge

• Strange Art Studios, 1711 Darrow, Unit 2, 12-3p

 

Noyes St.

• Marjorie Davidson paintings, Coffee Lab, 910 Noyes St., 8:30a-5p

 

Downtown Evanston 

Galleries

• Artem Pop Up Gallery, 1627 Sherman Ave., 11a-6p 

Shop Evanston Made Partners

• Alley Gallery, 1712 Rear 2, Sherman Ave, 10a-4p
• Ayla’s Originals, 1511 Sherman Ave, 11a-4p

 

Food & Drink 

• Table23 Fundraiser at Koi! Koi Evanston’s “Table23” donates 23% of the total check to Evanston Made. Dine in: reserve table23 at one of these times; 4:30p, 6:30p or 8:30p, call (847) 866-6969.

 

Main Dempster Mile 

 

Sketch at Sketchbook

• Free sketching workshop w artist Sherry Smith! We’ll gather at Sketchbook Evanston and discover the joys of sketching with a beer in one hand, pencil in the other. Free art materials included. Sketchbook Brewery, 821 Chicago Ave., 1-2:30p

 

Galleries

• Core Members Show, SPACE900, 816 Dempster St., 12-5p  
• The Wild Waning West: New Work by Katsy Johnson at Perspective Fine Art Photography Gallery, 12-6p

• Parting Lines by Micah Sweezie, Trapdoor, 1303 Chicago Ave. 6-9p
• Evanston Made Members Painting Group Show, 832 Dempster St., 5-8p
• ”The Philosopher Walks”, paintings by Anne Hayden Stevens, Gallery 901, 901 Sherman Ave., 3-5p

 

Food & Drink

• Visit Evanston Pour and enjoy delicious small plates, coffee drinks and adult bevvys, mention “First Saturday”! 10% of sales will go to Evanston Made! Art on display by Storm Print City. 528 Dempster St., 7a-9p

 

Art in Venues

• Ben Blount Prints, Wine Goddess, 702 Main St., 12-9p
• Bonnie Katz, Village Farmstand, 810 Dempster, 10a-5p
• Storm Print City, Evanston Pour, 528 Dempster St., 7a-9p

 

Shop Evanston Made Partners

• Kombucha Brava, 717 Custer Ave., 10a-3p
• Nice Lena & Friends, 1235 Chicago Ave., 11a-5p
• Secret Treasures, 605 Dempster St., 11a-3p
• Stumble & Relish, 1312 Chicago Ave., 11a-5p

 

Central Street 

 

Art in Front Yards

• Amy O. Woodbury’s 22nd Annual Front Yard Art Sale, 1931 Colfax Street, 9a-5p

 

Galleries

• Reclaiming Cultural Treasures, Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, 3001 Central St., 10a-5p
• Evanston Art Center, 1717 Central St., 9a – 4p
• The Sari-Sari Shop, 2601 Prairie Ave., 12-3p
• Aydin Dincer, Prairie Joe’s WEST, 2608 Prairie Ave., 12-5p

 

Art in Venues

• Sarah Kaiser-Amaral, Backlot Coffee, 2006 Central St., 7a-5p
• John Liberty, Gracie’s 1939 Central St., 11a-5p
• Amy Gertler, Frolic & Detour, 1909 Central St., 12-6p

 

West Village 

 

Galleries

• (un)disclosed with Bryana Bibbs, 1100 Florence Gallery, 1100 Florence Ave. Gallery open 12-5p
• Set Gozo, Amber Matthews, Roger Vandiver at Xiao Space Gallery, 1522 Greenleaf St., 12-5p
• Miniatures by Judith Lewin. Millcreek Miniatures, 1127 Florence Ave., 1-4p
• Deb Bretag, Photography and Janice Fleckman, Mixed Media. 1129 Florence Ave., 12-5p

 

Art in Front Yards

• Licky Lab & Alpaca Free Little Art Gallery, 1227 Dewey Ave., all day viewing
• Terri Michaels, 1512 Crain Street
• Art-in-Place Installation by Alice George with artist demo in front yard, 1324 Ashland Ave., 2-5p  
• Front and backyard installations by Alice George & Shawn Decker. Open House & Viewing, 1324 Ashland Ave., 12 – 6p

 

Shop Evanston Made Partners

• RetroFit, 1620 Greenleaf St., 12-5p

 

 

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