OPEN Center for the Arts

10/10/2026

🍂 Celebrate Fall With OPEN🍂

We're back again for the at the Second Annual Farm on Ogden Fall Fest!

📅 Saturday, Oct 24 | 10 AM – 2 PM
📍 3555 W Ogden Ave, Chicago, IL 60623

Bring your friends and family for a day packed with autumn fun:
🎃 Pumpkin painting with
🥣 Farmers Market
🌿 Music
🍁 Tons of Fall Fun!

✨ Admission is free! Bring your family and friends and get in to your fall feels!

10/06/2026

09/18/2026

OPEN Center for the Arts is excited to announce a Bi-National Call for Artists in collaboration with Centro Cultural in San Luis Potosí for the 2026 Exhibition: MORFOSIS

Open to all visual, literary, and video art disciplines to share their interpretation of intimate and/or collective experiences from these moments of “Change”.

Art has long been a powerful tool for expressing our experiences, documenting moments, and giving voice to what words sometimes cannot convey. Over the last 12 to 18 months, many of us have experienced uncertainty, transitions, and losses that have served as a catalyst for personal transformation by forcing us to develop resilience.

Morfosis is intended to promote dialogue and reflection on change through art. We invite artists to explore personal stories, community experiences, cultural memory, social and environmental changes, as well as visions of the future.


Find the full call for artists and the Artist Registration form here: https://www.opencenterforthearts.org/morfosisexhibtion/

08/12/2026

It's a wrap! 🎥 Our OPEN Film Crew Program came to an end last week, what an experience it was! From learning the film making process, creating stories, working together and making unforgettable memories. The youth brought creativity to our screen with their short films showing. You can watch them soon in our OPEN Center for the Arts youtube channel!

08/05/2026

¡Gracias por su maravillosa hospitalidad!
Queremos expresar nuestro agradecimiento al maravilloso y espectacular Teatro de La Paz en San Luis Potosí, México por recibirnos con tanta calidez, especialmente a la Subdirectora del Teatro de La Paz, Lic. Victoria de la Luz Ramírez Ruíz por compartir su tiempo y espacio.
Estamos emocionados de entrelazar NODOS!

07/27/2026

Join us at this years Arts Festival to celebrate creativity. A day filled with color, artwork, music, workshops, performances and more! Come create unforgettable memories with your family and friends

📅 Saturday, August 1st
⏰ 11AM
📍 Douglass Park Cultural & Community Center - 1401 S. Sacramento Dr, Chicago

Únete a nosotros en el Festival de las Artes de este año para celebrar la creatividad. ¡Un día lleno de color, obras de arte, música, talleres, presentaciones y mucho más! Ven a crear recuerdos inolvidables con tu familia y amigos.

📅 Sabado, Agosto 1
⏰ 11AM
📍 Douglass Park Cultural & Community Center - 1401 S. Sacramento Dr, Chicago

07/01/2026

Gracias a las familias que nos acompañaron a Artecito sobre ajolotes. Combinando ciencia, conservación y arte cinético, las familias tuvieron la oportunidad de explorar de forma creativa la fascinante anatomía, los poderes de regeneración y la importancia cultural de los ajolotes. Fue muy divertido convivir y hacer arte con ustedes!

05/29/2026

Shine bright like a 💎 Firefly! 💎

Chicago is warming up, and Firefly season is right around the corner. The Artecito crew welcomed the impending visitors with a Saturday exploring the world of fireflies and other bioluminescent creatures. Borrowing from their brilliant characteristics, participants used glow art techniques to make their own critters to take home with them.

Thanks to everyone who came for another awesome Saturday Artecito at OPEN!