Evanston Made presents First Saturday Evanston Art Events. A self-guided tour of Evanston's Creative Community, inviting you to see art on display, shop for art and handmade goods, learn to sketch and make ART Friends! All events are FREE to attend and open to all!

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 Opening

• Perspective Gallery: “Hold” photography exhibit curated by Aimée Beaubien, Professor and Chair, Department of Photography SAIC, the exhibition, jointly titled “Hold”, is a meditation on loss, distance, identity and memory. Across the images runs a shared desire to sit with what is uncertain: the fear of losing what we love, the ache of what we recall imperfectly and the strange comfort of being changed by time. Together these works ask us to consider what we keep, what we return to and what holds us. Featured artists are: Abigail Brooke Ackles, Ethan Kunoff, Isabel Lim, Collin Lust, Sarah Price and Dev Kili Stolkiner. 1310 1/2B Chicago Ave., opening reception 5-7p

Art Exhibit

• SPACE900: Featuring work by Space 900 members: Todd Anderson, Colleen Conley, Clark Ellithorpe, Bob Magrisso, Joanna Pinsky, Beth Shadur, Judy Solomon, and Annie Trincot. 816 Dempster St., 1-5p 

Make Art! 

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

Art in Venues

• The Brothers K Coffeehouse: Art by Jolee Klugherz, 500 Main St., 7a-5p
• Evanston Pour, Mark Child paintings, 528 Dempster St., 8a-9p

DOWNTOWN EVANSTON

Art Opening

• Grove Gallery: Resilience in Color Exhibition, curated by Fran Joy. 619 Grove St. 2-5p

Art on Exhibit

• Saw Room Gallery: We honor the legacy of Christopher Molloy, the founder of Alley Gallery with a staff exhibition that showcases the diverse talent and creativity of the personalities that inhabit this special space. Since 1985, our shop has been an incubator and lifeline for working artists – Avram Eisen, Ross Martens, Darren Oberto and Alicja Pulit. 1712 Rear 2, Sherman Ave., 10a-5p

CENTRAL STREET 

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: Elaine Sage. Free Coffee with Great Harvest Bread purchase! 2126 Central St., 8a-2p
• Curt’s Cafe: Art on Exhibit by Robyn McMurray Hurtig, Sholo Beverly and Richard Mack. 2922 Central St. 8a-3p

NOYES STREET

Open Studio

• Anne Sills AMS ceramics/ Tracy Burns Pottery. 927 Noyes Street- Studio B10B, 12-5p

ASHLAND ARTS DISTRICT

Art Opening

• Gallery OTR: Opening Reception: Janet Trierweiler Student Show featuring paintings of the students of Janet Trierweiler. 2040 Brown Ave., 5-7p

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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.