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• Mañanas en el museo

  Sat, Nov 7 · 9:00 AM · National Museum of Mexican Art · Chicago

  Freeworkshop

• Curator Talk & Tour | Ink Shower

  Sat, Nov 7 · 10:30 AM · Krannert Art Museum · Champaign

  Freelecture

• Family Day: Picture This

  Sat, Nov 7 · 11:00 AM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  FreeworkshopRegistration required

• The Artist's Studio: Care and Share

  Sat, Nov 7 · 11:00 AM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freeworkshop

• Thinking with Artworks: Nick Cave’s Soundsuit

  Sat, Nov 7 · 12:00 PM · Smart Museum of Art · Chicago

  FreelectureRegistration required

• Clay Sculpting with Fab R

  Sat, Nov 7 · 1:00 PM · National Museum of Mexican Art · Chicago

  workshopRegistration required

• Thinking with Artworks: Nick Cave’s Soundsuit

  Sat, Nov 7 · 1:00 PM · Smart Museum of Art · Chicago

  FreelectureRegistration required

• Thinking with Artworks: Nick Cave’s Soundsuit

  Sat, Nov 7 · 1:30 PM · Smart Museum of Art · Chicago

  Freelecture

• Artist Conversation: Jordan Ann Craig

  Sat, Nov 7 · 2:00 PM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  FreelectureRegistration required

• Talk | Rashid Johnson and Jack Schneider

  Sat, Nov 7 · 2:00 PM · Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago · Chicago

  lectureRegistration required

• Día de Muertos: Love Never Dies Ball

  Sat, Nov 7 · 6:00 PM · National Museum of Mexican Art · Chicago

  workshopRegistration required

• The Artist's Studio: Care and Share

  Sun, Nov 8 · 11:00 AM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freeworkshop

• The Artist's Studio: Care and Share

  Mon, Nov 9 · 11:00 AM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freeworkshop

• The Artist's Studio: Care and Share

  Wed, Nov 11 · 11:00 AM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freeworkshop

• Vacant Stares: Adrienne Brown on Rethinking Urban Emptiness

  Wed, Nov 11 · 6:00 PM · Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art · Evanston

  Freelecture

• The Artist's Studio: Care and Share

  Thu, Nov 12 · 11:00 AM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freeworkshop

• Artist Talk: Hyejeong Kim—The Journeying Potter

  Thu, Nov 12 · 6:00 PM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  FreelectureRegistration required

• LECTURE - Abbott Pattison: The Figure Forward

  Thu, Nov 12 · 6:30 PM · Elmhurst Art Museum · Elmhurst

  lecture

• The Artist's Studio: Care and Share

  Fri, Nov 13 · 11:00 AM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freeworkshop

• Noontime Gallery Talk & Tour

  Fri, Nov 13 · 12:00 PM · Krannert Art Museum · Champaign

  Freelecture

• Gallery Conversation: Storytelling in Body and Being in African Art

  Fri, Nov 13 · 2:00 PM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freelecture

• Lapidary Activity Day

  Sat, Nov 14 · 10:00 AM · Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art · Oak Brook

  Freeworkshop

• Family Day: Seeing the Invisible World to Build a New One

  Sat, Nov 14 · 10:00 AM · Smart Museum of Art · Chicago

  FreeworkshopRegistration required

• Studio Saturday: Skull Plushies

  Sat, Nov 14 · 10:00 AM · National Museum of Mexican Art · Chicago

  workshopRegistration requiredAges 7–12

• The Artist's Studio: Care and Share

  Sat, Nov 14 · 11:00 AM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freeworkshop

• Family Day | Knock on Wood

  Sat, Nov 14 · 11:00 AM · Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago · Chicago

  FreeworkshopRegistration requiredAges 0–12

• Create With Us: Eric Perez

  Sat, Nov 14 · 12:00 PM · Elmhurst Art Museum · Elmhurst

  workshopDrop-in

• Saturday Studio: The Painterly Print (Nov 14)

  Sat, Nov 14 · 12:00 PM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  workshopRegistration requiredAges 13+

• Listos para el museo: Candle Decorating

  Sat, Nov 14 · 12:30 PM · National Museum of Mexican Art · Chicago

  FreeworkshopRegistration required

• Lecture: Wafa Ghnaim on the Art of Syrian Dress

  Sat, Nov 14 · 2:00 PM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  FreelectureRegistration required

• The Artist's Studio: Care and Share

  Sun, Nov 15 · 11:00 AM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freeworkshop

• Jade: From Ancient Reverence to Modern Resurgence

  Sun, Nov 15 · 2:00 PM · Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art · Oak Brook

  FreelectureRegistration required

• The Artist's Studio: Care and Share

  Mon, Nov 16 · 11:00 AM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freeworkshop

• Gallery Conversation: Beatriz González—In Series and Full Color

  Mon, Nov 16 · 2:00 PM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freelecture

• The Artist's Studio: Care and Share

  Wed, Nov 18 · 11:00 AM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freeworkshop

• Block Student Alumni on the Making of Perennial Blossom (2022)

  Wed, Nov 18 · 3:30 PM · Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art · Evanston

  FreelectureDrop-in

• Viva la Vida: Sand Painting

  Thu, Nov 19 · 10:00 AM · National Museum of Mexican Art · Chicago

  FreeworkshopRegistration required

• The Artist's Studio: Care and Share

  Thu, Nov 19 · 11:00 AM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freeworkshop

• Mindful Looking

  Thu, Nov 19 · 12:00 PM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freelecture

• Anjan Chatterjee & Judith Schaechter on Neuroaesthetics

  Thu, Nov 19 · 5:30 PM · Smart Museum of Art · Chicago

  FreelectureRegistration required

• Lecture: A Material Exploration of Mary Cassatt’s Printmaking Process

  Thu, Nov 19 · 6:00 PM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  FreelectureRegistration required

• Mindful Looking (FY27 6:00)

  Thu, Nov 19 · 6:00 PM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freelecture

• The Artist's Studio: Care and Share

  Fri, Nov 20 · 11:00 AM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freeworkshop

• In the Studio: Zine Workshop with Megan Lotts

  Fri, Nov 20 · 12:00 PM · Krannert Art Museum · Champaign

  FreeworkshopRegistration required

• Gallery Conversation: Art and Law

  Fri, Nov 20 · 2:00 PM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freelecture

• Bedtime Stories with Chicago Public Library

  Fri, Nov 20 · 4:30 PM · Smart Museum of Art · Chicago

  FreeworkshopRegistration required

• The Artist's Studio: Care and Share

  Sat, Nov 21 · 11:00 AM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freeworkshop

• Learning Series | Artistic Modes

  Sat, Nov 21 · 11:00 AM · Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago · Chicago

  workshopRegistration required

• Learning Series | Artistic Modes

  Sat, Nov 21 · 12:00 PM · Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago · Chicago

  workshop

• West Suburban Lapidary Club Meeting

  Sat, Nov 21 · 1:00 PM · Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art · Oak Brook

  FreeworkshopRegistration required

• Conversation: Beatriz González—In Series and Full Color

  Sat, Nov 21 · 2:00 PM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  FreelectureRegistration required

• The Artist's Studio: Care and Share

  Sun, Nov 22 · 11:00 AM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freeworkshop

• Gallery Activation: Embodying Freedom

  Sun, Nov 22 · 2:00 PM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freeworkshop

• The Artist's Studio: Care and Share

  Mon, Nov 23 · 11:00 AM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freeworkshop

• The Artist's Studio: Care and Share

  Wed, Nov 25 · 11:00 AM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freeworkshop

• The Artist's Studio: Care and Share

  Fri, Nov 27 · 11:00 AM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freeworkshop

• Spotlight Talk: Jasper Johns's Near the Lagoon

  Fri, Nov 27 · 12:00 PM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freelecture

• The Artist's Studio: Care and Share

  Sat, Nov 28 · 11:00 AM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freeworkshop

• Spotlight Talk: Ming Dynasty Ceramics

  Sat, Nov 28 · 12:00 PM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freelecture

• Teen Studio Workshop: Metallic Transformation

  Sat, Nov 28 · 1:00 PM · Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago

  Freeworkshop

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Art museums in Illinois

• Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, IL82 upcoming · 78 freeOfficial site
• Museum of Contemporary Art ChicagoChicago, IL8 upcoming · 3 freeOfficial site
• Smart Museum of ArtChicago, IL12 upcoming · 12 freeOfficial site
• Krannert Art MuseumChampaign, IL7 upcoming · 7 freeOfficial site
• Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary ArtOak Brook, IL7 upcoming · 4 freeOfficial site
• National Museum of Mexican ArtChicago, IL6 upcoming · 3 freeOfficial site
• Mary and Leigh Block Museum of ArtEvanston, IL2 upcoming · 2 freeOfficial site
• Elmhurst Art MuseumElmhurst, IL2 upcomingOfficial site