First Saturday Evanston Art Events • December 6
Evanston Made presents First Saturday Evanston Art Events, a free self-guided tour of Evanston’s Creative Community. See art on display, shop for art and handmade goods, meet small business owners, enjoy a delicious meal, learn to sketch and make ART Friends!
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.
Enjoy TWO hours of FREE Parking! Use code “Holiday2025”
FIRST SATURDAY ART EVENTS LISTINGS BY NEIGHBORHOOD
MAIN DEMPSTER MILE
Holiday Market
Space 900 Gallery: Jewelry and small painting. 816 Dempster St., 11a-5p
Meet the Artist
- The Brothers K Coffeehouse: Coffee with Iliana Cardona. 500 Main St., 9:30-10:30a
- Compass Realty: Melanie Gerules | Paintings and Drawings. 814 Dempster St., 12-4p
Opening Reception
Perspective Gallery: Grand Vistas | Intimate Views. 1310-1/2B Chicago Ave., 5-7p
Make Art!
Sketching at Sketchbook Brewing Company. Sketchbook teams up with Evanston Made to offer sketching tips and free materials. Hosted at Sketchbook Brewing Co. in Evanston, Guest Artists will be on hand with sketching tips and a variety of FREE materials are provided! FREE to attend. RSVP here. Sketchbook Brewery, 821 Chicago Ave., 1-2:30p
Meet the Artist
The Brothers K Coffeehouse: Coffee with Iliana Cardona. 500 Main St., 12-5p
Shop our Partners
Stumble & Relish, 1312 Chicago Ave., 11a-5p
Nice Lena & Friends, 1235 Chicago Ave., 11a-5p
Evanston Pour, Morgan Anderson photography, 528 Dempster St., 8a-9p
Modern Vibe, 611 Dempster St., 11a-4p
Secret Treasures, 605 Dempster St., 11a-3p
Luna Delgado, 800 Dempster St., 11a-5p
Crafted, 822 Dempster St., 10a-5p
Wine Goddess, 702 Main St., 12-9p
Masterpiece Framing + Imaging, 714 Main St., 10a-5p
DOWNTOWN EVANSTON
Holiday Market
Shop original art and handmade goods created by over 100 Evanston Made members. Events and vendor info here. 1710 Maple Ave., 12-8p
Opening Reception
Grove Gallery: Small Works Holiday Exhibition. 619 Grove St., 2-5p
Artist Talks
Creative Coworking: Mike Berns & Robert Shiverts. 922 Davis St., 2-4p
Art Exhibitions
Saw Room Gallery: 1712 Rear 2, Sherman Ave., 10a-5p
Block Museum of Art: Pouring, Spilling, Bleeding: Helen Frankenthaler and Artists’ Experiments on Paper is curated by Stephanie S.E. Lee, 2024–25 Art History Graduate Fellow and Corinne Granof, Academic Curator, at The Block Museum of Art. 40 Arts Cir Dr., 12-5p
Dittmar Gallery: Norris University Center, 1999 Campus Dr., 10a-5p
Shop for Original Art
Artem Pop Up Gallery, 1625-1627 Sherman Avenue, 11a-6p
Alley Gallery, 1712 Rear 2, Sherman Ave., 10a-5p
CENTRAL STREET
Holiday Market
Evanston Art Center: Holiday Expo. 1717 Central St., 9a-5p
Art Exhibit
Evanston Art Center: outta here | Vivian Visser, 1717 Central St., 9a-5p
Evanston Art Center: A Tragedy of Religious Fanaticism | Maryam Safajoo, 1717 Central St., 9a-5p
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 Nevue, Maya Kalabic,. Free Coffee with Great Harvest Bread purchase! 2126 Central St., 6a-5p
Curt’s Cafe: Cie Bond, Fran Joy, Liz O’Connor-Bolich and Ren Picco-Freeman.
WEST VILLAGE
Art Opening
Heartwood Center. Group Exhibition: Color and Kindness and Creativity. This exhibition showcases the diverse creativity of individuals who’ve painted and connected as a community in Janis Post’s Express Yourself Creatively class and also taken our separate painting journeys. Participant artists include: Janis Post, Marsha Smith, Martha Anderson, Bonnie Bailiff, Lukie Marriott, Lauren Marquez-Viso, Nancy Polich, Nikko Viso, Marsha Warren, Ann Winschel. 1818 Dempster St., Opening reception 1-4 p; Painting session offered at 3p
Make Art!
Open Studio: Holly Greenberg | Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene. Stop by and make a bird for our crowdsourced conservation art project. 1522B Greenleaf St., 12-2p