First Saturday Evanston Art Events

Plan your art-filled Saturday during Evanston Made’s First Saturday Evanston Art Events. Citywide events listed by neighborhood below, use this Google Map to navigate! Share what you see on social media using #evanstonmade #visitevanston

 

Artist Studio Tours

• Visit studios across Evanston 12-5p, List of participating artists here. 

 

Events by Neighborhood

 

Emerson/Dodge

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

 

Noyes St.

• Coffee Lab, 910 Noyes St., 8:30a-5p
• Art Swap/Costume Swap, Noyes Cultural Art Center, 927 Noyes St., 11a-5p
• Olivia Hunter Art Exhibit, Noyes Cultural Art Center, 927 Noyes St., 11a-5p

Downtown Evanston 

 

Galleries

• Artem Pop Up Gallery, 1627 Sherman Ave., 11a-6p 
• Looking101, Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University, 40 Arts Circle Drive, 12:30p

 

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 workshop! 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

• Three Perspectives; Ken Avick, Colleen Conley, Clark Ellithorpe, SPACE900, 816 Dempster St., 12-4p  
• Perspective Fine Art Photography Gallery, 12-6p
• Trapdoor, 1303 Chicago Ave. 6-9p
• Evanston Made Members Photography Group Show, 832 Dempster St., Open hours 12-6, Opening reception 4-6p, RSVP
• 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
• Aidan Dillon, 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

 

Central Street 

 

Art on Display

• Without Words (Abbreviated)” Closing Reception, 3:30-6p. “Susan Beiner: HIVE Expanded” Opening Reception, 3:30-6p.. Evanston Art Center, 1717 Central St., 
• Liz Martino, Backlot Coffee, 2006 Central St., 7a-5p
• John Liberty paintings, Gracie’s 1939 Central St., 11a-5p
• Frolic & Detour, 1909 Central St., 11a-5p
• The Sari-Sari Shop, 2601 Prairie Ave., 12-3p
• Aydin Dincer, Prairie Joe’s WEST, 2608 Prairie Ave., 12-5p
• Weaving Through Time: Textiles as Art, Gallery 1925, 1925 Central St., 12-5p
• Reclaiming Cultural Treasures, Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, 3001 Central St., 10a-5p
• Jevoid Simmons, Up from Down Home: The Journey North, Northminster Presbyterian Church, 2515 Central Park Ave., 10a-12p

 

West Village 

 

Galleries

• Zach Mory curated by Aron Packer Projects, 1100 Florence Gallery, 1100 Florence Ave., 12-5p
• Beth Adler Studio, 1125 Florence Ave.
• 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

 

Shop Evanston Made Partners

• RetroFit, 1620 Greenleaf St., 12-5p

 

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