Past Events and Programs

23rd Annual Winter Arts & Craft Expo

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General Shopping: Nov 22- Dec 20

Preview Party: Friday, November 21, 6-9 pm

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.

IN FOCUS LECTURE: “Freedom in Form: Richard Hunt” - Lecture with Ross Stanton Jordan

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DATE: Sunday, October 26, 2025, 3-4:30 pm

In-person and Virtual 

RSVP

Join us for this In Focus Lecture in which Ross Stanton Jordan will explore renowned Chicago artist Richard Hunt’s love of steel and the material’s impact on culture and art history.

Portfolio Day 2025 & Documentation Workshops

Portfolio Day & Documentation Workshops
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Documentation Workshops & Open Studios

Need help photographing your artwork for your portfolio? Take an Art Documentation Workshop to learn how to properly photograph your work. Learn camera basics, lighting, and how to make photo edits to make your artwork look professional for your portfolio, website, or postcards. Spots are limited.

All events are free and open to the public. Registration Required.

 

Winter Arts & Craft Expo Applications

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Winter Expo Applications are Open!

 

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 8TH

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.

2025 Sidewalk Sale

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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:

The Art Party 2025

The Art Party 2025, May 17th, 6pm
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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! 

Oil and Water

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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!

VIRTUAL TALK: Making the Invisible Visual with Annie Grossinger

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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.

InFocus Lecture: Pigment Painting - Introduction to Process, Material, History

Indian artist Gunjan Chawla Kumar headshot
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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.