Bring your imagination and get ready to transform an ordinary pumpkin into a spooktacular masterpiece! Join us for a fun-filled afternoon of creativity, where you can paint, decorate, and bring your pumpkin to life. Costumes are encouraged, so come dressed in your Halloween best!
$10 per pumpkin
Join Fashion Film Festival Chicago and the Evanston Art Center for an afternoon exploring fashion as a powerful language of visual storytelling.
Dorian Sylvain has proven to be an artist of exceptional inventiveness and creative range, fueled by her commitment to collaboration and
community empowerment. Her extensive background in scenic design, public mural painting, curation, education, and community
The Evanston Art Center's Winter Arts & Crafts Expo is one of the largest and most celebrated shows in the Chicago area. The Annual Expo showcases arts and crafts by over 150 selected artisans, featuring original, handmade works of jewelry, ceramics, fiber, metal, glass, painting, photography, mixed-media, and more.
Perspectives from a former Art and Design Admissions Officer: Ask Me Anything. A conversation plus Q and A for students considering creative colleges and careers.
Discussion will include questions like:
Sunday, September 20, 2026, come to the Evanston Art Center to meet with art college admissions teams, get information, and/or have your art portfolio reviewed before applying to colleges and universities.
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Sunday, August 2, 1:00–3:00 PM
Join us for a special Artist Talk at the closing celebration of Presence and Absence: The Space Between.
Throughout the exhibition, visitors have engaged in thoughtful conversations about memory, loss, resilience, impermanence, and the traces we leave behind. This Artist Talk offers an opportunity to continue that dialogue by hearing directly from the artists whose work has shaped the exhibition.
The Narrative Structure “Flash-Workshop” Series are free, one-day lessons on common narrative structures. They will be led by author, screenwriter, and narrative coordination UNC Chapel Hill Senior, Ian Jones.
This year, the EAC is hosting an artist sale in collaboration with the Central Street Sidewalk Sale.
Join us Saturday and Sunday, July 25th and 26th, from 10 am to 3 pm to shop local artists.
Join us for our parking lot mural painting! Sunday, June 14th, 10-2 pm, as a part of our Presence, Absence, and the Space Between at the EAC, you're invited to participate in Remember Me, a collaborative community mural project led by Curatorial Fellow Indira Freitas Johnson.
People will be encouraged to participate by adding to the mural. All ages are welcome! This is free and open to the public.
Saturday, May 16, 2026
Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street
6:00 p.m.
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Join the EAC's Teen Board for a day of decorating seed packets and pots! All ages are welcome. This is a FREE event!
Join us April 13 - 17 for the Eco Art Sale! Shop gently used art supplies for a discounted price!
DROP OFF BY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1
We accept new or used:
The contemporary curator is known as the selector and interpreter of works of art for an exhibition. As the curatorial profession evolves, a myriad of roles have emerged, offering a bridge forward to the audience, the artist, and the gallery and museum.
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). Elena is a lifelong resident of Cook County and grew up in a bi-cultural Mexican and Polish-American home.
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? Through poetry and dialogue, we’ll begin to uncover the invisible threads that continue to bind us.
Each workshop offered will be from 12 - 3 pm on the respective date, instructed by Vahnaree Weiss.
Workshops are $45 per class
Register Below!
Whitney B. You, MD, MPH, MFA
$85 per couple
