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, February 3rd, check for times per location in Evanston. Google Map at evanstonmade.org. RSVP here to receive event updates!
WEST VILLAGE
Open Studios
Beth Adler Open Studio, 1125 Florence Ave., 12-4p
Art Making
Card making & Art supply swap. Make a card for your favorite valentine and grab a bag of FREE art supplies. 1100 Florence Ave., 12-4p
Art in Front Yards
Photography Exhibit by Delia Seeberg. Licky Lab & Alpaca Free Little Art Gallery, 1227 Dewey Ave.
CENTRAL STREET
Art on Exhibit
JOMO: Joy of Missing Out new paintings by Kathy Halper. 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
Maria Delton Art Exhibit, Backlot Coffee, 2006 Central St., 7a-5p, INFO
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
NOYES ST.
Art Mixer
Meet emerging artists and make Art Friends. Free to attend, this event helps artists practice artist talks and includes a “Show and Tell” plus booze. Coffee Lab, 910 Noyes St., 6-8p, RSVP for free
Art Exhibit
Black in Color - Solo Art Show by Sam Onche. 2nd Floor Gallery, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes St., 10a-6p
Color and Line, paintings by Virginia Roeder, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes St., 1st Floor Gallery. Meet the Artist, 2-4p
Open Studio
I take (and make) pictures. Socorro Mucino hosts open studio; Printmaking and Alternative Processes, 927 Noyes St., Studio 221, 12-5p
Adriana Poterash, 927 Noyes St., Studio 214, 12-4p
DOWNTOWN EVANSTON
Art on Exhibit
Opening: Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology. Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, 40 Arts Circle Drive, 2p
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 in: 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
Small Works Show First Saturday Reception. Featuring work by Space 900 core members: Todd Anderson, Colleen Conley, Clark Ellithorpe, Judith Roston Freilich, Bob Magrisso, Joanna Pinsky, Beth Shadur, Judy Solomon, and Annie Trincot. SPACE 900 Gallery, 816 Dempster St., 1-6p
36 Acres-Tobin Fraley + Fragmented-Jane Feely Perspective Photo Gallery, 1310 Chicago Ave., 5-7p
Make Art, Learn Sketching!
Guest Artists will be on hand with sketching tips. FREE. Materials provided! Sketchbook Brewery, 821 Chicago Ave., 1-2:30p, RSVP here
Art Exhibit plus 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. See and collect paintings by artist Paul Wear, INFO.
Galleries
TremainART, 838 Custer Ave., 8a-3p
Shop our Partners
Fran Joy paintings, Ten Thousand Villages, 915 Chicago Ave., 10a-6p
Stumble & Relish, 1312 Chicago Ave., 11a-5p
Luna Delgado, 800 Dempster St., 11a-5p
Village Farmstand, 810 Dempster, 10a-5p
Paul Wear paintings, Evanston Pour, 528 Dempster St., 8a-9p
Ben Blount prints, Wine Goddess, 702 Main St., 12-9p
Masterpiece Framing + Imaging, 714 Main St., 10a-5p
Nice Lena & Friends, 1235 Chicago Ave., 11a-5p
Secret Treasures, 605 Dempster St., 11a-3p
SOUTH EVANSTON
Open Studio
Madeline Usher & Jamie Adams Open Studio, Come visit our studio! Madeline makes artifacts mostly out of wood, but not exclusively; and Jamie uses reclaimed materials for fabric arts and mixed media. 537 Custer Ave., Suite 6. 12-5p
Fundraiser
Fundraiser: EvanstonAide2024. All proceeds from this event will go toward helping the owners of Fireheads Clay Studio, Ware Ceramic Studio, Shaina Young Wellness & Stuart Rogers Photography rebuild and cope with this devastating loss. Suggested door donation is $10-$100 per person and there will be many ways to donate and contribute inside including direct donation to those affected, raffle, auction, donation jars, and more. Artmakers Outpost, 609 South Blvd., 6-11p, RSVP val@artmakersoutpost.com
