Weekend of Art in Chicago

Don't miss these three stellar events this weekend in Chicago: Thu, Fri and Sat.

Thursday, May 18, 7 - 8pm
Artist talk: Emily Rapport /
Subject to Change
Subject to Change: Urban Landscape and the Architecture of Place
Bill Savage and Emily Rapport talk art, Chicago's urban landscape, and her current solo exhibit at Firecat Projects. Refreshments. Exhibit open through May 20.
Firecat Projects
2124 North Damen Ave, Chicago
Hours Mon-Sat, 10 - 4
"Emily’s paintings offer a reflective view of the city. The external structures of houses are weatherworn and imbued with the character of their current/former owners. Reflections in water or windows are evocative of internal, possibly transformative, processes. Deconstructed and wrapped in Tyvek sheeting, the surrounding earth imprinted with tracks of heavy machinery, dirt and debris, we see an elemental struggle as the former structure is broken apart and built up again in paint. Seen together these ordinary neighborhood scenes coalesce to create an expressive vision of a distinctly American landscape."

Friday, May 19, 6 - 10 pm
Cornelia Arts Building  
May Open House 
1800 West Cornelia, Chicago 
Celebrate spring's change into summer with Cornelia Arts Building's last open house event until the fall. With two full floors, see many of the over 50 resident artists' working studios, and special guest artists. Enjoy complimentary beverages and fare in the studios, with food truck Jack's Fork in the Road in the parking lot. 
Friday May 19, 6-10 pm
The Cornelia Arts Building 
1800 West Cornelia, Chicago 
Entrance on NW corner of Ravenswood and Cornelia. Two blocks south of Addison Brown Line CTA Station.  Free parking available in lot and in neighborhood.

Saturday May 20, Noon – Midnight
1972 + Above: Group Art Show 
Second Story Galleries / Carey's Bar
2251 West Devon, Chicago
Cary’s Bar is having their 45th Anniversary Party on May 20. This all-day event will be a music and food extravaganza with 45’s spinning to the 70’s theme. Second Story Galleries Show will coincide with Cary’s Bar Blow Out (They will grill a whole goat for the occasion!) Second Story Galleries is located above the Bar.