Events and Programs

In addition to our ongoing exhibitions and art classes, we offer special fund-raising events, public programs and an artist-in-residence program designed to engage audiences and offer new insights into contemporary art and practice. You will find a listing of these happenings on the agenda below, or you can link to our calendar. For information on other issues and developments regarding the Evanston Art Center, please read our news articles.

WasteShed Creative Reuse Workshops at the EAC

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WasteShed Workshops at the EAC

February 20th - Upcycled Bookmaking with Cardboard and Scraps
February 27th - The Art of Visible Mending
March 6th - Fine Art Weaving on Picture Frame Looms

Each workshop offered will be from 12 - 3 pm on the respective date, instructed by Vahnaree Weiss. 

Workshops are $45 per class

Register Below! 

 

Meet the Curator: Indira Freitas Johnson

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Saturday, March 8, 2026, 1:30-4 pm RSVP

Join us for an exciting and thought-provoking afternoon of poetry, conversation, and creative exploration inspired by Presence and Absence: The Space Between. Indira Freitas Johnson will explain the premise of the exhibition. Acclaimed poet Cin Salach will share selections from her work and guide us in reflecting on a tender and universal question: how are the absent people in our lives still profoundly present?

InFocus Lecture Long Looking in Aquí en Chicago with Elena Gonzales

Photo by Ben Gonzales
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Sunday, March 15th, 3-4:30 pm RSVP

Elena Gonzales, PhD, is Curator of Civic Engagement & Social Justice at the Chicago History Museum and the lead curator of Aquí en Chicago (2025-2026). She co-edited the related exhibition book and co-created the podcast “The Missing Exhibition: Building Aquí.” Elena’s book, Exhibitions for Social Justice, debuted in Routledge’s Museum Meanings Series (2019).