Hyde Park Art Center

Hyde Park Art Center Free to the public 7 days a week, Hyde Park Art Center offers contemporary art exhibitions, studio classes, and free arts events.
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Hyde Park Art Center is a hub for contemporary arts in Chicago, serving as a gathering and production space for artists and the broader community to cultivate ideas, impact social change, and connect with each other. The Art Center is funded in part by local and national foundations and corporations, local and state government grants, and the generosity of its members and people like you.

06/04/2026

Alison Ruttan’s The Paradox of Inaction is on view through July 12—come experience the massive ceramic installation for yourself.

🎥: Steven Rosofsky

You have a little less than two weeks left to experience Hyde Park through ’s eyes. Cooler by the Lake closes June 14 🎨F...
06/02/2026

You have a little less than two weeks left to experience Hyde Park through ’s eyes. Cooler by the Lake closes June 14 🎨

For nearly two decades, Toebbe has lived in this Southside Chicago neighborhood with her husband, working and raising her two daughters and stepson. Toebbe’s domestic paintings explore the people, places, culture, and climate that are woven into her daily routine as a working artist and mother—home, garden, studio, grocery store, bakery, park, and local school.

Her densely composed multi-point-of-view vignettes capture the sensory impressions and memory layers accumulated in hours and days spent in Hyde Park, meditating on the realization that this is the neighborhood her children know as home and where Toebbe and her husband will grow old. Stop by the Art Center to see the show before it closes!

We’re excited to see you around the Art Center this summer, Chicago 🌞 Check out the link in our bio for upcoming (free) ...
05/28/2026

We’re excited to see you around the Art Center this summer, Chicago 🌞 Check out the link in our bio for upcoming (free) events!

And special shoutout to ’s excellence and eye for beauty 💕

The Art Center will be closed on May 25 in observance of Memorial Day.Starting on Tuesday, May 26, the Art Center will b...
05/24/2026

The Art Center will be closed on May 25 in observance of Memorial Day.

Starting on Tuesday, May 26, the Art Center will be open during regular hours.

Tuesday – Thursday, 10am – 7pm
Friday, 10am – 4:30pm
Saturday, 10am – 4pm
Sunday, 11am – 4pm

We hope to see you soon!

Did you catch us on CBS Chicago this morning? 🎥 Thanks to for chatting with , , , and about their current and upcoming...
05/21/2026

Did you catch us on CBS Chicago this morning? 🎥 Thanks to for chatting with , , , and about their current and upcoming shows at the Art Center!

If you missed out, catch the full segment on the CBS YouTube channel, link in our bio 🔗

🎨☀️ Summer plans still coming together? We’ve got you covered! ☀️🎨There’s still time to register for Creativity Camp 202...
05/21/2026

🎨☀️ Summer plans still coming together? We’ve got you covered! ☀️🎨

There’s still time to register for Creativity Camp 2026 at Hyde Park Art Center, running June 8–August 21 for kids ages 4–13 (Rising Pre-K–Rising 8th Grade). Our visual and performing arts camps invite young artists to explore, experiment, and create alongside professional teaching artists in our multi-media studios. With hands-on projects, inspiration from our exhibitions, and a welcoming, creative environment, Creativity Camp is a fun and meaningful way to spend the summer.

🔗 Register now and learn more: https://www.hydeparkart.org/education/youth/creativity-camp/

The Hyde Park Art Center is thrilled to announce a new program within the umbrella of its Jackman Goldwasser Residency. ...
05/19/2026

The Hyde Park Art Center is thrilled to announce a new program within the umbrella of its Jackman Goldwasser Residency. Built on our desire to support creative exchange between Chicago and other Midwest Artist Hubs, The Midwest Curatorial Residency supports the hosting of local curators from across the Midwestern United States for a durational or series of short visits to Chicago. The Art Center seeks to connect Chicago to the rest of the Midwest through conversation, studio visits and gathering.

We are excited to introduce Chava Maeve Krivchenia as the inaugural Midwest Curatorial Resident at Hyde Park Art Center from June 1-7 and June 15 -21, 2026.

“I have been struck by Chava’s unique ability to make artist practices come alive through her curatorial work, with impact and care. She is committed to understanding and uplifting the practices of artists through research, experimentation and I look forward to seeing how her time in Chicago will allow her current and future projects to develop.” - Gabriel Chalfin-Piney-González, Exhibitions and Residency Manager

Chava Maeve Krivchenia is a curator and writer and serves as the Assistant Curator at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan, WI). With a professional and academic background in ecology and art history, her research and curatorial practices center on the intersection of contemporary art and ecology, discard studies, and natural histories.

🗓️ OPENING 6/6: The Singer Pavilion Project⁠⁠Since 2020, artist Jeff Carter has explored the history and significance of...
05/07/2026

🗓️ OPENING 6/6: The Singer Pavilion Project⁠
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Since 2020, artist Jeff Carter has explored the history and significance of the Singer Pavilion—the last remaining building of the former Michael Reese Hospital complex in Bronzeville and a design collaboration by architect Walter Gropius, the founder of the Bauhaus School.⁠
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This exhibition debuts 11 artworks, including sculptures, digital images, sound works and installations. Many pieces feature materials salvaged directly from the site: a waiting room chair, vinyl records, and native plants. A series of ‘zines developed in collaboration with artists with connections to the hospital and the surrounding Bronzeville community will also be included.
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Together, the works in the exhibition prompt critical reflection on the Modernist promise of social progress, and considers how architectural ideals are compromised by histories of institutional failure, abandonment, and inequality.

🔗 Learn more at the link in our bio

The Art Center presents free public programming to kick off the Pride month!Now in its fifth year, Art of Pride returns ...
05/07/2026

The Art Center presents free public programming to kick off the Pride month!

Now in its fifth year, Art of Pride returns June 7 at the Hyde Park Art Center with an afternoon of q***r joy, radical imagination, and collective celebration. This free, intergenerational event brings together LGBTQ+ artists, performers, makers, and community organizations from across Chicago to honor the transformative power of art and the brilliance of our q***r and trans communities.

This year’s celebration features Live Performances & DJ Sets, Workshops & Art Activities, a Q***r & Trans Artist Vendor Market, and so much more.

Whether you're a longtime neighbor, a young artist just finding your voice, or an ally looking to show up and celebrate—Art of Pride 2026 is a call to gather, create, dance, and honor the legacy and future of q***r artists in Chicago 💖

RSVP for free: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-of-pride-2026-tickets-1986229246143?aff=oddtdtcreator

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