Past Events and Programs

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

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

In-person and Virtual 

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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.

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 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.

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

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

Watch the recording here

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