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Modified In-Person Summer Camp will begin on Monday, July 6 and run through August 21.

·      We pledge to follow the State of Illinois Phase 3 guidelines for day camps. We are adapting our safety protocols, which we will share on our website shortly.

·      All camp capacities will be reduced to 8 campers per camp.

·      In-Person Camps scheduled from June 8-July 5 are cancelled. 

Art Parties at the Evanston Art Center

Make your next special event an art-filled party! EAC offers unique, art-themed parties and events for children and adults.

For Children

Plan your child's next birthday party or special event party at EAC!

NOW THROUGH AUGUST 9

Our New Location: 1717 Central Street, Evanston

Curated by Sergio Gomez, Curator | Gallery Director, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Zhou B Art Center

Hybrid’s Paradise is comprised primarily of works by Chicago based artists and explores dualities, sequences, pairings, and other hybrid structures of organic, mechanical, social, political, spiritual and psychological natures.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO TIME AND TIFFANY

WHEN
THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 2017
6:30PM-8:30PM
COCKTAILS AND HORS D’OEUVRES
TOUR THE MUSEUM FOR A SPECIAL FIRST VIEW

WHERE
HALIM TIME & GLASS MUSEUM
1560 OAK AVENUE
EVANSTON, IL 60201

RSVP BY
TUESDAY, AUGUST 29
SPACE IS LIMITED, PLEASE CALL 847-475-5300 TO PURCHASE TICKETS

TICKETS
$125

Annette Turow and Linda Robinson Gordon have known each other for years and are even in the same Torah study group. But they are now connecting in a new way: through their art.

The exhibition “New Work,” featuring pieces by both Turow and Robinson Gordon, opens Sunday at the Evanston Art Center. It is the first ever joint exhibition between the two Chicago-area artists, whose collaboration, Turow said, was partly inspired by the fact that their recent works express similar attitudes toward the world.

The Evanston Art Center is celebrating 90 years of bringing the arts to our community. From championing our local creative talents to inspiring with world famous artists, we have made it our mission to inspire, provoke, and support. And we’re just getting started! Join us in this quintessential year in our history as we celebrate the past and envision the future.

EAC 90th Anniversary Celebration Brunch
October 27, 2019, 11:00 am
1717 Central Street, Evanston

January 8 - 29, 2017

Opening Reception: January 8, 1-4pm

Evanston Art Center students are invited to participate in an exhibition to showcase their artwork. Students from all departments are encouraged to apply and present work in the wide ranges of media and processes created at the Evanston Art Center. 

More Info

The EAC is pleased to present works from Yoonshin Park and Chunbo Zhang for our Fall 2016 exhibition season.

Read on for more info about each of these unqiue artists.

YOONSHIN PARK

CHUNBO ZHANG

Evanston Art Center "Museum Perspectives": Peek at Peggy Macnamara Exhibition

On view: September 11 – October 9, 2016

Opening Reception: Sunday September 11, 1-4pm

Stunning. Startling. Thought-provoking. Evanston Art Center's 23rd Evanston + Vicinity Biennial exhibit is all that and more.

More than 400 entries were judged by Lela Hersh, president of Museum and Fine Arts Consulting; Monique Meloche, owner of Monique Meloche Gallery; and Lorelei Stewart, director of Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

"There was no particular criteria," Hersh said. "Certainly, innovation is always important. Is it something we've seen a lot? Does it seem like they're taking chances?"

Sixty-four pieces were selected.

Evanston Made is a month-long celebration of the arts in Evanston designed to create opportunities for artists to engage with the community. (and vice versa) CLICK HERE for more details and the latest event calendar for Evanston Made.

JUNE 6 - AUGUST 19, 2016

HELP SUPPORT THE EVANSTON ART CENTER AT PANERA

Thursday April 14, 2016, 4-8 pm

Panera Bread
1700 Sherman Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201

CLICK HERE to print out a flyer. Bring the flyer in when you dine at Panera and they'll donate a portion of the proceeds from your purchase to the Evanston Art Center. It's a handcrafted delicious meal, all for a great cause!

CLICK HERE to Learn more about Fundraising Nights at Panera Bread.

JUNE 6 - AUGUST 19, 2016

CAMPS FOR AGES 4-14

The Evanston Art Center is very excited to offer another great line-up of summer youth art camps. Registration is now open.

CLICK HERE for a full list of classes and to sign up!

Sat, 05/14/2016 - 6:00pm

Experience…The Lives We Touch and the Art We Create

Join us for a night of silent and live auctions, dinner, dancing, and wine!

Mark your calendar for our upcoming benefit – Saturday night, May 14 at 1717 Central Street! The Spring Benefit Art Party will consist of a live auction showcasing art donated by Chicago-area artists and an Experience Auction featuring special, one-of-a kind experiences. The Silent Auction will offer hotel stays, restaurant certificates, sporting game tickets, and more. Attendees will be able to bid on featured items or services while enjoying a sophisticated sit-down dinner.

Individual Tickets $200

CLICK HERE to purchase individual tickets to the Art Party.

Table Sponsorship available starting at $2500

To purchase Table Sponsorships, please contact the Art Center's Manger of External Affairs, Gabrielle Burrage, at (847) 475-5300 or gburrage@evanstonartcenter.org.

The proceeds from the benefit will help the Evanston Art Center to make arts more accessible to our community by providing scholarships for students in need of financial support, and funding our exhibitions and outreach programs.

The Evanston Art Center is very excited to announce that it will be hosting its summer 2015 classes and Summer Youth Art Camps in its new location at 1717 Central Street. Children will enjoy a tidy new building, art classes in 3 beautifully designed youth studios, a new digital lab, and snack breaks out to nearby McCulloch Park. In addition to the camps seen here please check our website in May for more summer youth offerings that meet one-day a week for 5 and 10 weeks.

Thanks to the generosity of many contributors, including indivdiuals, businesses and foundtions, the Evanston Art Center’s capital campaign, SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE, has received $1,932,826 in campaign pledges and collected $1,664,435 in campaign contributions. We’re confident we will not only reach our campaign fundraising goal of $2,500,000, but will exceed it.

The Evanston Art Center is asking the public to contribute $150,000 to fund the center's move to a new building through an online campaign launched earlier this month.

Back to 'art' school time is right around the corner. If you are a current student of the Evanston Art Center you will be receiving your class catalog in the mail in a week. However, you can look through the PDF of the fall class and workshop offerings by clicking here!

The Art Center offers classes in many different disciplines for all ages and experience levels. Please ask us about financial aid and scholarships.

It's simple, find the class or classes you want and then go to our EDUCATION tab on our web site, find your class, and register through our web site. You can also call us at (847) 475-5300 or stop in and register in person at 2603 Sheridan Road. There will be several copies of the catalog at our front desk.

The Evanston Art Center has identified a new building in Evanston to serve as the center’s next home, its executive director announced Monday night.

Our panel discussion session took place at the Evanston Art Center, and was chaired by the EAC Director of Education W. Keith Brown.

Our Biennial is one of the Midwest’s largest and most prestigious juried exhibitions, offering artists an opportunity to have their work viewed by two talented curators

The Evanston Art Center’s “Permeated Surfaces” exhibition is a highly anticipated event of artistic musicality and fluidity. Alison Svoboda’s raw edges of torn paper, Cydney Lewis’s twisted bits of discarded plastic, and Sandra Perlow’s layering of printed and painted paper, creates movement permeated with notes of dissonance.

The Evanston Community Foundation (ECF) awarded $258,330 tonight, Thursday, May 29, in response to community needs and opportunities at the 2014 Grant Awards Celebration. Including Erika's Lighthouse: A Beacon of Hope For Adolescent Depression--Evanston Art Center.

The Evanston Art Center’s newest Board member, who is an Evanston resident, will bring the Art Center valuable expertise in the architectural realm

“We’re thrilled to have John R. Jacobs as part of our dedicated team of Trustees, staff, donors, faculty, and volunteers as we look forward to identifying a new, state-of-the art facility for the Art Center’s future home.”

The Evanston Art Center is pleased to announce an energetic new program called the Living Studio Residency. The Living Studio Residency is a community-based artist-in-residence program that provides a meaningful platform for local and national artists to transparently make and share work. The residency focuses on artistic visibility and public engagement around contemporary artistic practices and processes. 

The Evanston Art Center is pleased to announce an energetic new program called The Living Studio. The Living Studio is a community-based artist-in-residence program that provides a meaningful platform for local and national artists to transparently make and share work. The residency focuses on artistic visibility and public engagement around contemporary artistic practices and processes. Click here for more information.