Past Events and Programs

EAC Sidewalk Sale

July 26th and 27th, 10 - 3 pm

This year, the EAC is hosting an artist sale in collaboration with the Central Street Sidewalk Sale. Join us Saturday and Sunday, July 26th and 27th, from 10 am-3 pm. There will be 25 artists on the first-floor gallery selling their work. 

Featured artists include:

Join artist and Evanston Art Center Curatorial Fellow Sholo Beverly to participate in creating a one-of-a-kind community mural for all to enjoy!  This event will be accompanied by a live performance from Drumming Diva's at 11AM and ice cream. 

SOLD OUT! 

The Art Party Committee and the Board of Trustees are pleased to invite you to the Art Party, A Benefit for the Evanston Art Center.

Saturday, May 17, 2025

Evanston Art Center

1717 Central Street

6:00 p.m.

Join us for a night of Art, Dinner, Drinks, and Music in support of the Evanston Art Center!

You do not have to attend to bid on the Silent Auction.

BID NOW! 

Join Us for a Live Painting Showdown!

Experience a one-of-a-kind artistic battle on May 4th as oil and acrylic mediums go head-to-head in a fast-paced, lively showdown filled with humor, storytelling, and playful creative rivalry. Watch as Joe Bednarski and Phil Gayter bring their unique styles to life in an unforgettable event!

Join us for a fun night of pottery making with your date and a special offer from Ten Mile House for dinner!

$85 per couple

Click here to register

Sold Out

Join us for a fun night of pottery making with your date and a special offer from Ten Mile House for dinner!

$85 per couple

Click here to register

Zoom Link to Watch Lecture

In this virtual lecture offered through Zoom, Grossinger will discuss photographing the invisible, using documents and ephemera in long-form visual projects, and mixing family lore with historical memory. Grossinger explores Guatemalan history through the lenses of power, identity and memory in her new book, Serpent Tongue, which weaves together personal memoirs, archival imagery, and portraits. Lecture will be followed by a Q&A.

This VIRTUAL lecture will introduce students to the process, material, and history of painting with organic and inorganic pigments, shedding light on important sites of prehistoric cave painting from around the world and derivative schools of art such as Nihonga, Japanese Traditional paintings, Thangka, Tibetan Buddhist painting and Indian miniature paintings. Lecture will be followed by a Q & A.

February 7, 2025, 6-9 pm RSVP

Please join us for an evening of music, dance, and an artist talk with the talented Chicago muralist Dorian Sylvain, and a dance performance by Chicago perfo

Sunday, January 12, 2025, 3-4:30 pm RSVP

Join us for another Winter Arts and Craft Expo

The Evanston Art Center’s Annual Winter Arts + Crafts Expo features original, handmade arts and crafts by over 140 selected artisans. We feature original, handmade works of jewelry, ceramics, fiber, metal, glass, painting, photography, mixed media, and more. This month-long event attracts visitors all over the Midwest region.

Important Dates

Making a Movie that was seen in outer space with Filmmaker and Evanston native Sarah Moshman

Sunday, November 10, 3 - 4:30 pm Watch Lecture

The Evanston Art Center is turning 95!

Founders' Day Raffle - Sales close Sunday, October 27th

The Evanston Art Center is celebrating 95 years of inspiring art education, exhibitions, and expression for all. Join us in celebration with our Founders' Day Raffle for a chance to win a FREE class at the EAC! 

Click the link below with the amount of tickets you would like to purchase.

1 for $50

2 for $90

Duality Is Inherent within a Unified Whole with Julie Rotblatt Amrany

Sunday, October 20, 3 - 4:30 pm RSVP

For the ongoing EAC series, "In Focus," Rotblatt Amrany will present her talk, "Duality Is Inherent within a Unified Whole," discussing the scope of both her commercial and fine art practices.

Saturday, October 19, 10 am- 1 pm

Voices Dance Performance | Identity Performing Arts

October 6, 3 pm

Join us Sunday, October 6th at 3 pm for the Voices dance performance from Identity Performing Arts.

This dance performance is 45 minutes long and includes a post performance Q&A. 50 seats first come first serve and unlimited standing capacity. This program is supported by the Evanston Arts Council Cultural Fund Grant.

Photography by Peter Hinsdale

For more information visit Voices

The Blurry Line Between Fact and Fiction with Deb Sokolow

Sunday, September 22, 3 - 4:30 pm RSVP

For the ongoing EAC series, "In Focus," Sokolow will give a lecture that recounts her experiences, including freedoms and problems, in making art that blurs the line between fact and fiction. Topics to be discussed, among others, include McDonald’s, Frank Lloyd Wright, Jim Jones, master illusionist David Copperfield, a former mayor of Chicago, the Chicago Tribune, and an unnamed starchitect.

Saturday, August 3, 2024

Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene is a large-scale civic engagement art project comprised of over 10,000 bird replicas made by the citizens of Chicago and beyond. Through free public workshops, participants are given a blank bird body, assigned a specific bird that died in 2023 from window collisions along Chicago’s lakefront, and are led through the crafting process to create a replica.

Visual Literacy | EAC Workshops for Educators

Wednesday, July 31, 6:30- 8pm RSVP

This workshop, facilitated by artist/author and educator Marilyn Price, is to help teachers, homeschool providers, and educational administrators reach as many different learners as possible by utilizing visuals, books, and imagination to add your individual teaching style.