First Saturday Art Events Evanston

Evanston Made presents First Saturday Evanston Art Events. See art on display, shop for art and handmade goods, learn to sketch and make ART Friends!

FIRST SATURDAY ART EVENTS LISTINGS BY NEIGHBORHOOD

SOUTH EVANSTON

• ArtMakers Outpost: Spring Fling Arts & Crafts Fair. Shop one of a kind gifts and wares! 609 South Blvd., 11a-4p

WEST VILLAGE

Open Studio

• Adler Studio: Open studio. 1125 Florence Ave., 12-4p

Make Art

• ​​Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene: Open Studio Birdcrafting. Help us make 10,836 bird replicas for this crowdsourced environmental art project! Free and open to all ages! 1522B Greenleaf St., 12-2p

MAIN DEMPSTER MILE

NEW SHOP!

• Shop Evanston Made: Browse original art and handmade goods created by Evanston Made members. 822 Dempster St., 12-5p

Ceramics Sale and Exhibit

• Alley Cat Studios: MAYDAY Ceramics Exhibition. Juried exhibition with the theme of MAYDAY, images may reflect ideas of protest, labor, springtime renewal, change or visions of color. 821 Main St., 4-8p

Art Openings

• Perspective Gallery: TEACHING | Nelson Armour. 1310 1/2B Chicago Ave., 5-7p
• Artruckish: Exhibited in the windows of Union Pizzeria. 65 artists. Seven weeks. Each artist received the identical 8.5 x 11 paper and made a work of art based on a prompt. The prompt was a poem by Derek Mahon, titled, “Everything is Going to be Alright“. We really want to believe that.Union Pizzeria. 1245 Chicago Ave.

Art Exhibits

• SPACE900: Todd Anderson photos. Hill Blocks View, Imagining the obscured. 816 Dempster St., 12-6p
• Hive Center for the Book Arts: Poetry broadsides by Onieros Press (Shawn Sheehy) on our Walls gallery; work by Leah Mayers in our Windows gallery. 840 Custer Ave., 10a-6p

Make Art!

• Sketching at Sketchbook Brewing Company. Sketchbook teams up with Evanston Made to offer sketching tips and free materials. Guest Artist David Roberts will be on hand with sketching tips and a variety of FREE materials are provided! FREE to attend. Sketchbook Brewery, 821 Chicago Ave., 1-2:30p

Art in Business

• The Brothers K Coffeehouse: Art by Molly Mae Knake, 500 Main St., 7a-5p
• Evanston Pour, Victoria Loeb paintings, 528 Dempster St., 8a-9p
• Windfree Solar Cafe, Ted Glasoe photography, 517 Dempster St., 8a-6p

DOWNTOWN EVANSTON

Art Opening

• Saw Room Gallery: The Writing on the Wall: Works by Damien James. 1712 Sherman Ave., 5-8p
• Grove Gallery: Horizons | the Waterscapes. Peaceful exhibition of waterscapes to benefit the Alliance for the Great Lakes. 619 Grove St., 2-5 p

CENTRAL STREET

Art Exhibits

• Blue Dot Art Gallery: Aydin Dincer. 2608 Prairie Ave., 12-4p
• Evanston Art Center: Walldrawings | Friedhard Kiekeben and Maria Burundarena. 1717 Central St., 9a-5p

Art in Business

• The Famous Taco Burger: Robert Potter Journey to Guanajuato, Mexico. 2901 Central St., 11a-7:30p
• Great Harvest: Heather Eidson photography. Free Coffee with Great Harvest Bread purchase! 2126 Central St., 8a-2p
• Curt’s Cafe: Printed Art Exhibit and Group Show featuring Evanston Made Members. 2922 Central St. 8a-3p
• Backlot: Rae Cramer. 2006 Central St., 7a-5p

NOYES STREET

Open Studio

• AMS Ceramics/ Tracy Burns Pottery: 927 Noyes St., Studio B10B. 12-5p

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FIRST SATURDAYS in 2026

January 3, February 7, March 7, April 4, May 2, June 6, July 4, August 1, September 5, October 3, November 7, December 5

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822 Dempster St, 822 Dempster Street, Evanston, United States

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