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.

PANEL DISCUSSION: AZADEH HUSSAINI, ArchiWalls

Date:

Sunday, January 26, 2020 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm

Join us for a panel discussion with Azadeh Hussaini and Leili Adibfar.

Azadeh Hussaini is a Chicago-based Iranian-American visual artist and art educator. She holds an MFA in Non-ﬁgurative Painting from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and a BFA in Painting from Azad Art University in Tehran. She is also co-founder of Didaar Art Collective, a Chicago based Iranian Artists community, and curator and board member at Theatre- Y, a Chicago based theater company.

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MELODIES ON CANVAS II

Date:

Sunday, February 2, 2020 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm

The Evanston Art Center (EAC) is excited to collaborate with students from the Academy of the Music Institute of Chicago (MIC) to create a series of four musical performances inspired by four pieces of artwork on display in the 2020 EAC Faculty Exhibition. Each string quartet will perform in the EAC First Floor Gallery in front of the artwork that inspired the piece.

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OPENING RECEPTION: dis-PLACED: GENTLE DISQUIET

Date:

Sunday, February 23, 2020 - 1:00pm to 4:00pm

Join us at the Evanston Art Center for a reception to celebrate the opening of dis-PLACED: Gentle Disquiet featuring artist Tracy Templeton.

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OPENING RECEPTION: EXTRA : : ORDINARY

Date:

Sunday, February 23, 2020 - 1:00pm to 4:00pm

Join us at the Evanston Art Center for a reception to celebrate the opening of EXTRA : : ORDINARY featuring artists Noelle Garcia and José Santiago Pérez.

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OPENING RECEPTION: ELEANOR SPIESS-FERRIS: DAPHNE'S SISTER

Date:

Sunday, March 1, 2020 - 1:00pm to 4:00pm

Join us at the Evanston Art Center for a reception to celebrate the opening of Eleanor Spiess-Ferris: Daphne's Sister.

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