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First Saturday Evanston Art Events • Sept. 2

  • 1100 Florence Ave. Evanston, IL 60202 United States (map)

Evanston Made hosts First Saturday Evanston Art Events, a self-guided exploration of Evanston’s Creative Community, featuring art on display at venues across Evanston.  Shop for handmade goods, meet small business owners, enjoy a delicious meal, learn to sketch and make ART Friends!

Join us Saturday, September 2, check for times per location in Evanston. Google Map at evanstonmade.org.

LISTINGS BY NEIGHBORHOOD

DOWNTOWN EVANSTON

Art Openings

  • Elisa Ann Lindstrom & Kathryn Gauthier, Creative Coworking, 922 Davis St., 4-6p

Shop for Original Art

  • Alley Gallery, 1712 Rear 2, Sherman Ave, 10a-4p

  • Celebrate Artem Artists! Shop for original art by more than 20 artists! Artem Pop Up Gallery, 1627 Sherman Ave., 11a-6p 

Food & Drink 

  • Table23 Fundraiser at Koi! Koi Evanston’s “Table23” donates 23% of the total check to a local non-profit. Dine iStren: reserve table23, call (847)866-6969 or Resy.com, a percentage of the bill will go to Evanston Made! Be sure to say “table23” and “evanston made”!

 

MAIN DEMPSTER MILE

Art Openings

  • “Kissed by City Light” and “Room 426” by Iris Lutz & Tobin Fraley. Perspective Photo Gallery, 1310 Chicago Ave. Hour 12-5p. Opening reception 5-7p

  • Studio 215 Group Show. Space 900, 816 Dempster, 1-4p

Food & Drink

  • Visit Evanston Pour and enjoy delicious small plates, coffee drinks and cocktails, mention “First Saturday”! 10% of sales will go to Evanston Made! 528 Dempster St., 8a-9p. 

Make Art, Learn Sketching! 

  • Guest Artists will be on hand with sketching tips. FREE. Materials provided! Sketchbook Brewery, 821 Chicago Ave., 1-2:30p

See and shop for Art in Venues

  • Ben Blount, Wine Goddess, 702 Main St., 12-9p   

  • Village Farmstand, 810 Dempster, 10a-5p 

  • Sarah Kaiser-Amaral, Evanston Pour, 528 Dempster St., 8a-9p

  • Scott Greenberg, Ten Thousand Villages, 915 Chicago Ave., 10a-6p

  • TremainART, 838 Custer Ave., 8a-3p

  • Stumble & Relish, 1312 Chicago Ave., 11a-5p

Shop at our partners! 

  • Celebrate 5 Years! Giveaways and great company! Nice Lena & Friends, 1235 Chicago Ave., 11a-5p

  • Secret Treasures, 605 Dempster St., 11a-3p

  • Luna Delgado Botanicals, 800 Dempster St., 9a-3p 

 

CENTRAL STREET

Front Yard Art Sale

  • AMY O. WOODBURY'S 23RD ANNUAL FRONT YARD ART SALE. 1931 Colfax St., 9/2 9am-5pm (rain date 9/3 9am-5pm)

Art on Exhibit

  • Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Jacqueline Moses, Veronica Clements. Evanston Art Center, 1717 Central St., 9a-4p

  • StormPrintCity, 2601 Prairie Ave., 12-6p 

  • Aydin Dincer, Prairie Joe’s WEST, 2608 Prairie Ave., 12-5p  

Art in Venues

  • Fine Art of Jenn, Backlot Coffee, 2006 Central St., 7a-5p  

  • John Liberty paintings, Gracie’s 1939 Central St., 11a - 5:30p  

  • Gallery 1925, 1925 Central St., 12-5p

  • Jay Ryan, Beer on Central, 1930 Central St., 12 - 10p 

  • Frolic & Detour, 1909 Central St., 11a-5p 


WEST VILLAGE

Art Openings

  • Paul Wear paintings. 1100 Florence Gallery. 1100 Florence Ave., Gallery hours 12-5p, Opening reception 5-8p

Shop for Art

  • Ella Kovacs - Lifestyle & Travel Photography - pop-up inside Retrofit Boutique with Maya Kalabic Art, 1620 Greenleaf St. Boutique Opening Hours 12p - 7p. Art Soirée 5-7p

  • Smitty Town Market. Temperance Beer Co., 2000 Dempster St., 2-7p 

Make Art

  • Join Evanston artist, Janis Post, on her porch for an afternoon of collaborative painting and original art for sale. Unleash your creativity and become part of a collective masterpiece! 1730 Washington St., 1-4p

  • Honoring Our Past also Make your Pet Memorial Event with collage materials. Janice Fleckman Art, 1129 Florence Ave., 12-5p

Art in Front Yards

  • Licky Lab & Alpaca Free Little Art Gallery, 1227 Dewey Ave.

  • Terri Michaels, Little Art Gallery, 1512 Crain St.


Open Studios

  • Jamie J. Brunet, Strange Studios, 1711 Darrow Ave., Unit 2, 12-3p


NOYES ST.

Art Opening

  • We Remember Them. Art by Susan Cua and the late Gary Rubow on peaceful scenes of New York and other places. Coffee Lab, 910 Noyes St., 6-8p