First Saturday Evanston Art Events • January 3, 2026

Evanston Made presents First Saturday Evanston Art Events. See art on display, shop for art and handmade goods, make ART and ART Friends!

Everyone is invited to host an Art Event on the First Saturday of the month in Evanston. Click here to fill out the host form by the Wednesday before each First Saturday and Evanston Made will promote!

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. 

FIRST SATURDAY ART EVENTS LISTINGS BY NEIGHBORHOOD

MAIN DEMPSTER MILE

Art Exhibitions

• Space 900 Gallery: Small Works Show. 816 Dempster St., 1-6p

Make Art! 

• Sketching at Sketchbook Brewing Company. Sketchbook teams up with Evanston Made to offer sketching tips and free materials. Guest Artists will be on hand with sketching tips and a variety of FREE materials are provided! FREE to attend. Sketchbook Brewery, 821 Chicago Ave., 1-2:30p

Art in Venues

• The Brothers K Coffeehouse: Art by Iliana Cardona. 500 Main St., 7a-5p

• Evanston Pour, Morgan Anderson photography, 528 Dempster St., 8a-9p

DOWNTOWN EVANSTON

Shop for Original Art

• Alley Gallery, 1712 Rear 2, Sherman Ave., 10a-5p

CENTRAL STREET 

Art Sale

• Prairie Joe’s West: Shop primal and erotic art. 2608 Prairie Ave., 12-4p

Art in Venues

• The Famous Taco Burger: Robert Potter Journey to Guanajuato, Mexico. 2901 Central St., 11a-7:30p

• Backlot: Lily Homer studies in embroidery. 2006 Central St. 7a-5p

• Gracie’s: John Liberty paintings, 1939 Central St., 11a-5:30p  

• Great Harvest: Angela Williams, Kristen Neveu, Maya Kalabic. Free Coffee with Great Harvest Bread purchase! 2126 Central St., 8a-2p

WEST VILLAGE

Make Art

• Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene: Make a bird for this crowdsourced environmental art project. Free and open to all ages! 1522 Greenleaf St., 12-2p

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FIRST SATURDAYS in 2026

January 3, February 7, March 7, April 4, May 2, June 6, July 4, August 1, September 5, October 3, November 7, December 5

About Evanston Made

Started as an Artist Studio Tour in June 2014, by a group of volunteer art advocates, Evanston Made has grown into a 400+ member organization with year round events and hyper local online shopping portal – shopevanstonmade.org

Evanston Made is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit arts organization with the mission to connect Evanston creatives to the public through programming and events. Learn more at evanstonmade.org and consider making a donation of any amount to support programs that drive our mission.