Maker’s Market
Maker’s Markets, First Saturdays May-Oct, 12-5p @ Maple Parking Garage Evanston Made and Downtown Evanston present Maker’s Markets 2021, where shoppers buy direct from Chicagoland makers. Click here to preview vendors! Outdoors, in a covered parking garage, this market features hundreds of handmade goods including…
Claire Tarnacki Paintings at Backlot Coffee
See paintings on display by Claire Tarnacki Paintings at Backlot Coffee this July. Claire Tarnacki Bio “I have lived in Evanston for 35 years. For most of that time I hopped on the train to Chicago where I worked as an art/ creative director at…
Evanston Made’s Community-Centric Fundraising Strategy
This is Evanston Made’s first attempt at fundraising, it’s our first year as a nonprofit organization, and we want to invite you into the process with us! It’s a little granular, but we hope you learn something new about our organization. (Full disclosure, our approach…
A Statement of Solidarity Against Racism from Evanston Made
As a young nonprofit, we are still defining how Evanston Made will be a social and racial justice advocate in our community, but we want to make it clear: We stand against racism. We stand with our nonprofit partners and grassroots community activators who work…
On Instagram Live, The Lisa D Show spotlights artists during pandemic
Reprinted from an April 20, 2020 article in The Daily Northwestern Zoe Malin, Reporter April 20, 2020 Lisa Degliantoni wears many hats. She is the founder of Evanston Made, owner of 1100 Florence art gallery and creator of a podcast, The Lisa D Show. Since…
Peter and the Starcatcher
This Tony winning play, based on the best-selling novels upends the century-old story of how an orphan boy becomes the legendary Peter Pan. This grown up tale is an adventure on the high seas and on the faraway Mollusk Island. An orphan boy named Peter and his…
Evanston Made named 2019 “Mayor’s Award for the Arts” Recipient
EVANSTON, IL – Mayor Stephen Hagerty has named Evanston Made and artist Fran Joy as the 2019 recipients of the “Mayor’s Award for the Arts.” Every year, Mayor Hagerty presents this award to both an Evanston arts organization and an individual for their contributions to the…
Boundary Issues Exhibition Recap
Boundary Issues began when David Rubman offered Lisa Degliantoni the use of his empty warehouse space for the month of June. Lisa began to envision a large scale group show of installation artists from Evanston. The only problem? Opening night was a month away. But…
Handcrafted Treasures Overflow at the Evanston Made Pop Up Shop!
On Friday, May 31, the Evanston Art Center will be teeming with local artists and their friends for the Evanston Made Group Show Opening Party & Side/Lot Experimental Film Screening. Not only will attendees be able to see a plethora of visual arts created locally,…
Members Mixer #2 @ Edgewater Candles!
This recap is coming in a little late but Edgewater Candles deserves a huge shout out for hosting our 2nd Members Mixer on April 12! What a beautiful space! As soon as you walk in you’re dazzled by the seductive smells. In fact, I found…