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ROMAN SUSAN
ART FOUNDATION NFP
4750 N Sheridan Road #534, Chicago 60640
(773) 270-1224 | romansusan.org
Open Hours
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL
September 18, 2025 - September 30, 2025
We’re open! Join us for the last thirteen days of our thirteenth and final year at 1224 W Loyola Ave. Let’s celebrate what you bring to the space. Show up, sign up, and share. Days will have broad themes, and responsive updates – recurring elements will include drawing the walls, making columns, and holding forth.
We will be open daily at 5 PM (starting a little earlier, or staying a little later, depending on the day). Check our calendar for daily iterations, and visit while we’re here. We’re excited to share open participatory events with Marc Fischer, Siobhan Leonard, AJ McClenon, Carole McCurdy, dj peripheral, Gwyneth Zeleny Anderson, and others – and to be a platform for people to show up and express themselves. This space is an artwork we’ve made together. Come help add the final touches!
1224 W Loyola Ave has been the site of 185 projects with the contributions of 913 artists from November 2012 through September 2025. Help us carry this spirit forward by supporting our future(s) beyond Loyola Ave.
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We are incredibly humbled and grateful to have shared this space together in Rogers Park since November 2012.
In particular, we’re taking this time to thank all of the artists who have gifted us their curiosity and their work:
Kristin Abhalter Smith, Nathan Abhalter Smith, Jeremy Ackman, Alejandro T. Acierto, Stephanie Acosta, Justine Adeboyejo, Madeleine Aguilar, ebere agwuncha, Elena Ailes, AJ (Quing of Arts Photography), Anyah Akanni, Wiley Aker, Bimbola Akinbola, Muhammad Habib Akram, Adriana Kuri Alamillo, Mark Alcazar Diaz, Darko Aleksovski, Daniel Alfredo Suarez, Hiba Ali, Christopher Corey Allen, Leana E Allen, Kristin Allmer, Pepe Álvarez, Dylan Alverson, Andre Alves, Kayla Anderson, Joni Anderson, Elinor Anderson-Genné, Yana Andriesh, Kanyinsola Anifowoshe, Haylee Anne, Alexandra Antoine, Kioto Aoki, Inés Arango-Guingue, Kate Arford, Carla Argueta, James Arhelger, Jill Armstrong, Lisa Armstrong, Caitlin Arnold, Oscar Arriola, Ashina, Alice Kiwako Ashiwa, Aram Atamian, Erin Austin, Ceyda Aykan, Soheila Azadi, Dennis Baburov, Linden Baierl, Mara Baker, Jess Baldissero, Melis Baloglu, Katarina Balunova, Whitney Bandel, Yaro Banduro, Audrey Barcio, Lorena Barrera Enciso, Lindsey Barlag Thornton, Nina Barnett, Jess Bass, Sarah Bastress, Joann Bates, Jonathan Baude, Michael Bauer, Rebecca Beachy, Laurel Beckman, Meghan Moe Beitiks, Annita Benjamin, Nancy Benjamin, Eli Bensusan, Daryl Lynn Bergman, Sarah Berkeley, Amy Beste, Ruth Biene, Lauren Bina, Jessica Bingham, Sandra Binion, Lauren Bishop, Zaelia Bishop, Dan Bitney, Katina Bitsicas, Taykhoom Saifuddin Biviji, Araidia Blackburn, Thomas Georg Blank, Jerry Bleem, Matt Bodett, Zak Boerger, Sonya Bogdanova, Mark Boldizsar, Michelle Bolinger, Joanna Booth, Gabriella Boros, Cidgy Bossuet, Dan Boyd, Rine Boyer, Beth Bradfish, Patrick Brady, Alexis Brocchi, Kara Brody, Judith Brotman, Georgia Brown, Jared Brown, Jason Brown, Stella Brown, Maddie Brucker, Jan Brugger, Paulina Budzioch, Gabriel Bump, Michael Burmeister, Robert Burnier, Eileen Burns, Nicholas Burrage, April Butcher, Beatriz Caballero, Elise Cabral, Josephina Cabrera, Holly Cahill, Ava Calabrese Grob, Liz Cambron, Mia Capodilupo, Jacobus Capone, Jessica Caponigro, Eric Capper, Vanessa Capshaw, Nick Carbuto, Jay Carlon, Stephanie Del Carpio, Tallulah Cartalucca, Kate Casanova, castroduperly, CEW Design Studio, Stephanie Chamber, Michael Chambers, Isabella Chamberland, Karen Y. Chan, Vienne Chan, Methas Chantawongs, Li Chao-Ping, Vivian Charlesworth, Salome Chasnoff, Jiayi Chen, Tate Won Chen, Ashwaty Chennat, Julietta Cheung, Inah Choe, Chanhee Choi, Judith Holo Lue Choy, James Chrzan, Courtney Cintrón, Hugues Clément, Alexis Clodfelter, Ashley Clodfelter, Jessica Cochran, Joe Cochran, Alex Bradley Cohen, Barrie Cole, Lauren Coleman, Collective Cleaners, Paté Conaway, Katie Condon, Alex J. Cope, Coppice, Sofía Córdova, Elisa Corena, Molly Costello, Derek Coté, Elise Cowin, Max Cozzi, Molly Crabapple, Ben Creech, April Crescia, Anton Crescia, Soledad Crescia, Emilie Crewe, Sarah Crow, Andres Cuartas, Jernej Čuček Gerbec, Sarah Curl-Larson, Jennifer Curth, Furen Dai, Sara Dambrowski, Rachel Damon, Erin Kyle Danna, Sage Dawson, Melanie Deal, Leigh Anthony Dehaney, Santiago Delgado Escribano, Daniel DeLuna, Lindsey Dezman, Alessandro Diaz, Erika Diaz, Natacha Diels, Micah Dillman, Caitlin Dippo, Daz Disley, Predrag Djordjevic, Yewen Dong, Christa Donner, Stella Donner-Yang, Lindsey Dorr-Niro, Germel Dossie, Carrie Drapac, Jory Drew, Benjamin Duax, Meg Duguid, Jim Duignan, Elena Duque, Nir Dvorai, Nadine Dyskant-Miller, Heidi Eckwall, Rebecca Edmonson, Mohamed Ibrahim Elmasry, Shir Ende, Sophia English, Taylor Ervin, Chad Eschman, Paul Escriva, Iván-Daniel Espinosa, Veronica Espinosa, Elena Esquibel, McLean Fahnestock, Adam Farcus, Gabriela Farías, Jessica Fenlon, Carlos Ferguson, Eliza Fernand, Carolina Fernandez Del Dago, Omari Ferrell, Sara Ferro, Peter Ferry, Lydia Feuerhelm, Dasha Filippova, Taylor Finke, Marc Fischer, Lauren Flaaen, Mary Flack, Dustin Flemming, Elizabeth Flood, Flor, Laurel Foglia, Corbett Fogue, Ryan Fontaine, Paige Fors, Jenn Freeman, Tyran Freeman, Lindsey French, Sarah Friedland, Yoav Friedländer, Kandis Friesen, Joanna Furnans, Wanbli Gamache, Eddie Gamboa, Ricardo Gamboa, Chris Gans, Gabriel Garcia, Noelle Garcia, Julia Garfield, Alex Garza, Cy Gavin, Julia Gavin Bither, Ben Lamar Gay, Rami George, Daniel Giles, Didi S. Gilson, Amber Ginsberg, Anna Goetz, laaura goldstein, Ronen Goldstein, Carley Gomez, Carlos Gonzalez, Clay Gonzalez, Graciela Gonzalez, Javier González Pesce, Anna Goraczko, Justyna Górowska, Becky Grajeda, Will Greene, Tia Greer, Alyssa Gregory, Malakai Greiner, Mat Greiner, Spencer Grogan, Maëlle Gross, Ben Grosser, Kim Guare, Michael La Guerra, Sare Güneş, Max Guy, Tom Hack, Maria Hadden, Pamela Hadley, Chad Hagedorn, Tao Haiyue, Michael Hall, Rosemary Hall, Yhelena Hall, Max Halperin, Raja Halwani, Anthony Hamilton, Rory Hamovit, Sanglim Han, Aram Han Sifuentes, Shir Handelsman, Jillian Hansen-Lewis, Mariel Harari, Diamond Hardiman, Judith Harding, Katie Hargrave, Diana Harper, Nichole Harrod, Gretchen Hasse, Ian Hatcher, Sarah Haug, Teri Havens, Erin Hayden, Kelly Hayes, Tracie Hayes, Armin Hayrapetian, hemlock, Nick Hennessey, Jon Henry, Timo Herbst, Traci Hercher, Rosé Hernandez, Heather Higgins, Sara R. Hill, Wendi Hill, Jennifer Hines, Stevie Hnilicka, Ruth Hodgins, Lisa Hoffmann, Elisabeth Hogeman, Sara Holwerda, Brian Holmes, Sam Hoolihan, Iu Chung Hong, Lindsay Hopkins, Maryam Hoseini, Steven Hou, Kasia Houlihan, Elizabeth Housewright, Billie Howard, Brandon Howe, Cynthia Hsieh, Deidre Huckabay, Brandon Jacob Hudson, Jade Huell, Taylor Hughes, Gina Hunt, E.L. Hunter, Lynn Hunter, Sanja Hurem, Steven Husby, Robin Hustle, Regin Igloria, Kate In, Laura Ingram, Josh Ippel, Jessica Jacobs, Maria Jacobson, Michael James, Linda Jankowska, Patrick Jenkins, Salvador Jimenez, Anna Johnson, Jonathan Johnson, Keiko Johnson, Vincent Galen Johnson, Chloe Johnston, Nathanael Jones, Joanne Jongsma, Jasmine Jordan, Ross Jordon, Jacob Juache, Maria Juache, Steve Juras, Mariame Kaba, Kevin Kaempf, Felicia Kaplan, Venkata Sivakumar Kappala, Vasilis Karvounis, Johanna Kasimow, Amay Kataria, Hoda Katebi, Toby Kaufmann-Buhler, Jennifer Keats, Colleen Keihm, Mel Keiser, Lisa Kemp, Millicent Kennedy, James Kenny, J. Kent, Tynan Kerr, Em Kettner, Misha Khokhlov, Juneer Kibria, An Na Kim, Bobae Kim, Danbee Kim, Houneyh Kim, Wednesday Kim, Jeff Kimmel, Rob Kimmel, Jamila Kinney, Kiril Kirchev, Brian Kirkbride, Julia Klein, Katie Klocke, Jordan Knecht, Kelsey Knutson, Haruhi Kobayashi, Marlo Koch, Stephanie Koch, Lia Kohl, Thomas Kong, Karin S. Korth, Fenia Kotsopoulou, Juliane Kowalke, Brandy Kraft, Ginger Krebs, João Krefer, Claire Krueger, Daniel Kukla, Amy Kuttab, Allison Lacher, Tulika Ladsariya, Gigi Lage, Nathan Lamp, Mira Lane, S. Nicole Lane, Gary LaPointe Jr., Amaranta Isyemille Lara, George Larson, Nate Larson, Camille Laut, Aaron Lawson, Anastasia Lebedev, Kasper Lecnim, Charles Lee, Helen Lee, Lindsey Lee, Marissa Lee Benedict, Matt Lee, SJ Lee, Herbert Lee Jones, Caroline Lee Liu, Cristen Leifheit, Dillon Lemon, Matthew Lemus, Siobhan Leonard, Lauren Leving, Li Zeyi, Maria Lichtenegger, Jasmine Lin, Karin Lindholm, Emily Lindskoog, Caldwell Linker, Lion vs. Gorilla, Louise Yingduo Liu, Sarah Anne Lobb, Norman W. Long, Angela Lopez, Brian Lopez, Mauricio López, Zion Lopez, Nazafarin Lotfi, Maddy Low, Dan Lowe, Lienne Loy, Cole Lu, Jessica Lucas, Benjamin Luebkemann, Daniel Luedtke, Ro(b)//ert Lundberg, Lorette Luzajic, Ellie Lynch, David Lytzhøft, kee mabin, Michael Mac, Dan MacDonald, Courtney Mackedanz, Kera MacKenzie, Lauren Macklin, Garrett MacLean, Perry Maddox, Leonardo Magrelli, Jesse Malmed, Tricia Malorey, Eugene Maltez, Deanna Mance, Jorge Mañes Rubio, Amanda Maraist, Ahmed Mohsen Mansour, Liz Mares, John Marks, Chrissy Martin, Matt Martin, Jonatan Martinez, Colin Marx, Henning Marxen, Annalaura Masciave, Katrina Matejcik, Nate Mathews, Nicole Mauser, Andrew Mausert-Mooney, Christopher Maves, Carlye Mayan, Yvette Mayorga, Andrew Mazorol, Marissa McCants, Liz McCarthy, Margaret McCarthy, Frank McCauley, AJ McClenon, Erick McCree, Angus McCullough, Carole McCurdy, Ben McElroy Fuqua, John McLaughlin, Derrick Meads, Richard Medina, Jaclyn Mednicov, Luis Medrano, Charlie Megna, Emanuela Meloni, Jeff Mendenhall, Aruna Mendon, Tejaswini Mendon, Jasmine Mendoza, Joelle Mercedes, Patrick Merrill, Stephanie Merrill, Nick Meryhew, Emily Michaels King, Sea Michell, Miller & Shellabarger, Dan Miller, Mari Miller, Sarah Ellen Miller, Tracy Miller-Robbins, Marina Miliou-Theocharaki, Yunhee Min, Ruxandra Mitache, Carisa Mitchell, Shanae Mitchell, Juan Molina Hernández, Julie Molter, Ricardo Mondragon, Mitch Monroy, Kyle Montemurro, Emily Moorhead, Ignacio Morales, Allen Morris, Tannaz Motevalli, Alyssa Moxley, Erick Msumanje, Eileen Mueller, Milda Muktupāvela, Alvin Muniz, Anna Munzesheimer, Gülşah Mursaloğlu, Jillian Musielak, Crystal Myslajek, Magritte Emanuel Nankin, Sebastian Napoli, Emanuele Napolitano, Paige Naylor, blake nemec, Marina Nemtseva, Moira Ness, Leah Netsky, Marissa Neuman, Dao Nguyen, Natalia Nicholson, Zachary Nicol, Rick Niebe, Clara Nizard, April Noga, Kevin Norris, Jon Notwick, Connie Noyes, Ej Nussbaum, Kathleen O'Connor, Liam O'Connor, Joseph O'Neill, Tamara Ober, Abigail Ockenfels, Betsy Odom, Aimee Marie Odum, Alys Ayumi Ogura, Duncan Oja, Labkhand Olfatmanesh, Dan Olvera, Sabeen Omar, Lara Oppenheimer, Marco Ordonez, Melissa Oresky, Monica Ortega, Christian Ortiz, Ladan Osman, Brandon Oswalt, Julian Otis, Peixuan Ouyang, Hanna M. Owens, Kasia Ozga, Seda Öznal, Jared Packard, Cheryl Pagurek, Yu-Tzu Pai, Ethan T. Parcell, Israel Pate, Steph Patsula, Sally Paul, Coya Paz, Lauren Paz, Lindsey Pearson, PEEJAYEL, Matthew Pell, Josué Pellot, Greg Penrice, Jeannette Perkal, Katherine Perryman, Miloš Peškir, Judy Petacque, Susanne Layla Petersen, Marina Pfenning, Heather Phillips, Sasha Phyars-Burgess, Raffaele Piano, Cole Pierce, Jessica Pierotti, Wannapa Pimtong-Eubanks, Klaus Pinter, Jacob Platt, Colleen Plumb, Rhett Gérard Poché, Michael Robert Pollard, Diane Ponder, Alison Postma, John Preus, Caroline Preziosi, Jill Pridemore Matthews, Zhao Qian, Will Quam, Ruby Que, Cathy Quintero, Paul Rabe, Erika Råberg, Peyton Rack, Eshan Rafi, Ron Ragin, Shelby Ragsdale, Amanda Ramirez, Chris Ramsey, Izah Ransohoff, Mike Rea, Mark Reamy, Risa Recio, Ellen Redshaw, Chris Reeves, Craig Reger, Mark Regester, Johanna Reich, Clemens Reinecke, Einxel Reyes, Patrick Reynolds, Charles Rice, Pat Rice, Nicholas Ridder, Michael Ridge, Haynes Riley, Kayla Risko, Earl Ritchie, Shoniqua Roach, Cole Robertson, Amber Robinson, Jeff Robinson, Louie Robinson, Lauren Roche, Maggie Roche, Liz Rodda, Charlie Roderick, Diego Rodriguez, Leyla Rodriguez, Tony Rodriguez, Amal Rogers, Emilio Rojas, Peter Ronan, Travis Roozée, Clare Rosean, Douglas Rosenberg, Kit Rosenberg, Nancy Lu Rosenheim, Jordan Rosenow, Andrew Rosinski, Amina Ross, Danielle Ross, Marina Ross, Molly Roth Scranton, Maggie Rothberg, Ramona Rouse, Kate Rowekamp, Emma Rozanski, Miles Rufelds, Greg Ruffing, Breanna Ruiz, Jennifer Rumberger, Mo Bella Russo, Vida Sačić, Cristal Sabbagh, Olim Saeki, Cecilia Salinas, Mark Salvati, Dalila Sanabria, Bryan Saner, José Santiago Pérez, Hannah Santistevan, Emma Saperstein, Hiroya Sakurai, Jake Saunders, Craig Sayduh, Matt Schaefer, Kathryn Schaffer, Elyse Schauer, Maya Schenwar, Roberta Schmatz, Daniel Schmid, Kadie Schmidt-Hackenberg, Maxine Schoefer-Wulf, Emily Schulert, Derek Schulze, Kathleen Scott, Rory Scott, Sam Scranton, Danielle Scruggs, Casey Searles, Leonardo Selvaggio, Olga Selvashchuk, Rui Sha, Mazdak Shadkam, Christine Shallenberg, Leviticus Shand, William Shanley Aron Sharp, Luke Shemroske, Karen Sherman, Levi Sherman, Marni Shindelman, Anna Marie Shogren, Ashley Allen Short, Madhuri Shukla, Olga Sidilkovskaya, Hannah Siegfried, Emerson Sigman, Johannah Silva, Anthony Sims, Tyrone Simon, Federico Simone, Paulius Sliaupa, Charles Joseph Smith, Christopher Smith, Corey Smith, Enid Smith, Greg Smith, Jessy Lauren Smith, Sarah Phyllis Smith, Janna Sobel, Sanaz Sohrabi, Deb Sokolow, Melissa Christine Sommer, Stu Sontier, Eric Souther, Kevin Sparrow, Melon Sprout, Paweł Stasiewicz, John Steck Jr., Olive Stefanski, Raychel Steinbach, Laura Stempel, Joe Steppan, Dana Stirling, Nick Stolle, Nicko Straniero, Kevin Stuart, Marc Sullivan, Leonard Suryajaya, Adia Sykes, SYZY GAL O00O, Aurora Tabar, Emily Taft, Maryam Taghavi, TAITAI xTina, Richard Talaber, Savneet Talwar, Allison Tanenhaus, Paige Taul, Tracy Marie Taylor, Dakota Temte, John Tennison, Chiffon Thomas, Erin Thomas, Michael Thomas, Corrie Thompson, Ryan Thompson, Wade Thompson, Will Thompson, Ruby Thorkelson, Sherwin Tibayan, Angie Tillges, Lynn Tomlinson, Fereshteh Toosi, Cassie Tompkins, Rory Tortensson, Breanne Trammell, Selina Trepp, Monica Trinidad, Vincent Troia, Giau Truong, Alan Yu Wah Tse, Hui-min Tsen, Daniel Tseng, Politimi Tsiftilis, Laura Tyler, Maria Tzeka, Sharon Udoh, Udita Upadhyaya, Piotr Urbaniec, Joél Valdez, Nancy Valladares, Nicolas Vamvouklis, Betsy van Die, Tricia Van Eck, Cedric van Eenoo, Jacob van Loon, Kristin Van Loon, Kenny Vang, Betsy Vandercook, A. P. Vague, Vales Madre, VAY sarolta, Rafael Vera, Hannah Verrill, Maceo Vidal-Haymes, Tasha Viets-VanLear, Hildegard von Bingen, Kasey Waas, Aaron Walker, Christine Wallers, Dongmei Wang, Jenyu Wang, Tianjiao Wang, Yuqi Wang, Kelly Wantuch, Marta Wapiennik, Erin Washington, Kelli Washington, Zuri Washington, Sally Waterman, Zach Waters, We Charge Genocide, Julie Weber, Zara Monica Wee, Chris Weil, Mike Weis, Simon Welch, Tony Werner, Dan Wetmore, Keegan White, Anna Martine Whitehead, Kevin Talmer Whiteneir, Loraine Wible, Arwen Wilder, Lauren Rose Wiley, Holly Wilkinson, Tina Willgren, Andy Willis, Tara Aisha Willis, Melinda Wilson, Emily Winter, Amanda Wirig, Adeline Wisernig, Magdalena Wistuba, Writing Group, Clark Woods, Sadie Woods, Yaloo, Makiko Yamauchi, Andrew Yang, Saebom Yang, Polly Yates, James Yearnd, Anne Yoder, bex ya yolk, Nao Yoshigai, Katherine Young, Avery Youngblood, Cherrie Yu, Jungyul Yu, Chien An Yuan, Gwendolyn Zabicki, Jameson Zaerr, Sara Zalek, Anders Zanichkowsky, Christopher Zanoni, Julia Zastava, Latham Zearfoss, Tobias Zehntner, Gwyneth Zeleny Anderson, Mary Zerkel, Tongyu Zhao, Yuge Zhou, Xiaoqing Zhu, Meredith Zielke, Hallie Zimmerman, and lots of other people who make the community.
While this space is closing, Roman Susan will continue to be a part of Rogers Park, Chicagoland, and the Great Lakes. All our hearts to you, friends – again soon!
Roman Susan Art Foundation celebrates and shares the work of artists in the Great Lakes region. We create cultural engagements that provide resources and paid opportunities for artists. We are Chicago-based. We are artist-led. We are experimental and learning. For more info, please visit romansusan.org.
For further info: romansusan.org/open-hours or contact art@romansusan.org
This program is partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency through awards from the National Endowment for the Arts. This project is partially supported by a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.
Roman Susan Art Foundation NFP is supported in part by 175 individual donors, Gen Ops Plus Grants from The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Hyde Park Art Center Artists Run Chicago Fund, The Reva and David Logan Foundation, The MacArthur Funds for Culture, Equity, and the Arts at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, 6018North, AD3 Innovation Bootcamp, An Sylvia Exhibitions, Foundation Source, Lucky Pierre, Story Luck, and in-kind support from Cargo Collective, Lawyers for the Creative Arts, and Sloane Communications. To support this ongoing work, please visit romansusan.org/support
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By CGN STAFF
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center will reopen its Skokie location on November 11, 2026, following a renovation that expands visitor spaces, updates its core Holocaust exhibition and adds a new reflection gallery. The reopening is timed to coincide with Veterans Day. Active military personnel, veterans and their families will receive free admission that day.
The project includes a redesigned Lillian & Larry Goodman Auditorium and Gallery, an enlarged lobby in the Shapiro Family Foundation Welcome Center, and a refreshed Resilience Hall with an expanded stage for presentations and public programs.
Updates to the Zev & Shifra Karkomi Holocaust Exhibition include additional material on the roots of antisemitism, the story of Chicago resident Leo Edelman, and the experiences of other groups targeted by the Nazis. A new reflection gallery, accessible from the exhibition, offers visitors a quiet space during and after their visit.
“Every visitor’s experience now begins differently and runs deeper,” said Kelley Szany, the Museum’s senior vice president of education and exhibitions. “The new welcome center sets the tone from the moment people arrive, the enhanced core Holocaust exhibition brings the history and the voices of survivors into sharper focus, and our new auditorium gives us a place to gather, listen, and talk about what it means for our communities today.”
Existing attractions, including the virtual reality theater, the interactive Survivor Stories Experience holographic theater, the Take A Stand Center and the Voices of Genocide Exhibition, will remain part of the Museum’s offerings.
Following the reopening, Blacklist: The Hollywood Red Scare will open November 15 in the special exhibition gallery. Created by and on loan from Jewish Museum Milwaukee, the exhibition examines the intersections of politics, antisemitism, freedom of speech and national security during the Red Scare of the 1940s and 1950s. It will remain on view through March 2027.
The Museum’s satellite location in Chicago’s River North neighborhood, Experience360, will remain open through December 31, 2026. The downtown space opened during the Skokie renovation to provide continued access to the Museum’s immersive exhibitions.
For information and ticket reservations, visit ilholocaustmuseum.org.
Image: Museum exterior. Photo by David Seide/Definedspace.com
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By GINNY VAN ALYEA
SOFA Chicago, the longtime fair devoted to sculpture, objects, functional art and collectible design, will return to the city October 28–31, 2027, as part of Chicago Art Fair at THE MART, which opened its inaugural edition last night.
Founded in Chicago in 1994, SOFA became a popular fixture on the city’s fall arts calendar. For much of its history, collectors and visitors gathered at Navy Pier to discover works in glass, ceramics, wood, metal and fiber, alongside sculpture and design. Its focus on materials and craftsmanship gave the fair a distinct identity and cultivated a devoted audience.
The announcement comes as the inaugural Chicago Art Fair gets underway at THE MART. The new fair opened with a preview on October 7 and continues through October 10, presenting modern and contemporary art. Tim von Gal, CEO and producer of SOFA Chicago and CEO of Intersect Art and Design, was in Chicago this week for the occasion.
Organizers describe the 2027 collaboration as two distinct but complementary presentations under one roof, with SOFA’s focus on three-dimensional art and design alongside Chicago Art Fair’s broader offerings.
“Chicago has always been an extraordinary home for SOFA and a city with a deep appreciation for art, craft, architecture and design,” said von Gal in the announcement. “Joining the Chicago Art Fair at THE MART gives us the opportunity to build upon that legacy while creating an exciting new experience for collectors and exhibitors alike.”
Eric Smith, owner of Chicago Art Fair and CEO of Redwood Art Group, said the addition would broaden the fair’s scope while preserving SOFA’s identity.
“SOFA has a remarkable legacy and a distinct identity, and its return adds an important new dimension to the fair while reinforcing Chicago’s position as a destination for collectors, galleries and art lovers from around the world,” Smith said.
For those who remember SOFA as an annual opportunity to encounter ambitious work in craft and design, the return will be welcome news. The participating galleries and programming, still to be announced, will provide a fuller picture of how that legacy will take shape in its new setting.
SOFA Chicago is produced by Intersect Art and Design, which also organizes annual art and design fairs in Aspen and Palm Springs.
Additional details about exhibitors, partnerships and tickets are expected in the coming months.
Visit chicagoartfair.com for updates.
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The artist Richard Hunt
By CGN Staff
Pigment International has dedicated Black Fine Art Month 2026 to Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt (1935–2023), recognizing his contributions to American art and his lifelong connection to the city.
As part of the month’s programming, the organization will host Pigmented: Chicago to the World — A Black Fine Art Convening on October 23 at the University of Chicago’s Logan Center for the Arts. Partners include the Richard Hunt Legacy Foundation, Adler University, CAI Designs, Chicago Public Art Group, Chicago Sculpture Exhibit and Diasporal Rhythms.
Born and raised on Chicago’s South Side, Hunt developed an internationally recognized practice while continuing to live and work in his hometown. His welded metal sculptures brought together abstract forms, references to the natural world and an enduring interest in freedom and social justice.
Hunt identified attending Emmett Till’s funeral in 1955 as a turning point in his artistic life. Till had lived just two blocks from Hunt’s home. Decades later, Hunt’s public commissions would honor figures including Martin Luther King Jr., Mary McLeod Bethune, Jesse Owens and Ida B. Wells, while also addressing the Middle Passage and the Great Migration.
In 1968, President Lyndon Johnson appointed Hunt to the National Council on the Arts, where he became its first African American member. In 1971, at age 35, he became the first African American sculptor to receive a retrospective at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. His career encompassed more than 150 solo exhibitions and more than 160 public art installations.
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Richard Hunt with artist Chris Devins, who recently completed a mural honoring the sculptor in Hyde Park. Photo courtesy of Chris Devins.
Recent projects in Chicago offer new ways to encounter Hunt’s work and history. This fall, the Logan Center opened the Hunt, a café honoring the artist. Created and designed by Little Black Pearl founder and executive director Monica Haslip, the space incorporates two Hunt sculptures, African art, archival materials and photographs by Sandro Miller.
In Hyde Park, artist Chris Devins and historian Michelle Duster have brought a mural of Hunt to 1515–19 E. 54th Street. The portrait is based on photographs Devins took in Hunt’s studio before the sculptor’s death.
“Richard Hunt was a giant in the arts world and people need to see what he looked like and be inspired by his legacy,” Devins said.
Pigment International’s dedication also reflects its own relationship with Hunt. The organization featured him in its magazine in 2020, and he welcomed its Black Fine Art Month programming into his studio in October 2021.
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Two events take place this month:
Pigment International at SPECTRUM Chicago Art Fair
October 7–10, 2026.
Chicago Merchandise Mart, seventh floor, booth #3091.
Wednesday, October 7, 5–8 pm, with a champagne toast in the booth and an artist meet-and-greet.
Thursday, October 8, 6-8pm with Diasporal Rhythms
Featured artists: Jesse Howard, Howard Simmons, Edo, Candace Hunter, Sura DuPart and Max Sansing.
Additional events are taking place during the fair
Chicago to the World: A Black Fine Art Month Convening
Presented by Pigment International as part of Black Fine Art Month, which the organization has dedicated this year to Richard Hunt.
Friday, October 23, 2026, 11:30 am–5 pm.
Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E. 60th Street, Chicago.
Details at pigmentintl.com