Upcoming Exhibitions
Holding Space: Grounded
September 26 - October 24
Beverly Art Center | Simmerling Gallery
2407 W. 111th Street, Chicago, IL 60655
Holding Space: Grounded is a group exhibition that reflects on the ways we navigate both internal and external pressures. To hold space is a reminder to pause, adjust, and connect with others or return to ourselves.
Through diverse perspectives, the artists in this exhibition translate a moment of stillness into visual form. The idea of being grounded evokes different things for different people; a place of refuge, a fleeting moment, a remembered presence, a repetitive action, an emotional state. Each artwork created becomes an interpretation of what it means to hold space and be grounded; inhaling, exhaling, being present.
2026 Veteran Art Triennial Resisting the Long War: Creative Rebellion
October 2, 2026 - March 7, 2027 Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St., Chicago, IL 60602
The Triennial traces overlapping histories of antiwar organizing and offers urgent visions of peace, repair, justice, and collective liberation generated by communities impacted by war.
The Triennial asks how artists transform proximity to war into practices of refusal, witness, and solidarity. Anchored in the city's histories of antiwar organizing, abolitionist struggle, immigrant justice, and radical public culture.The exhibition positions Chicago not as a backdrop but as an active site in the international struggle for peace and justice