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An initiative of the Terra Foundation for American Art in partnership with artists and organizations across the city, Art Design Chicago is a series of events and exhibitions that highlight the city’s artistic heritage and creative communities.

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Designing for Change: Chicago Protest Art of the 1960s–70s

May 18, 2024-November 2, 2025

Designing for Change: Chicago Protest Art of the 1960s–70s

Chicago History Museum

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Radical Craft: Arts Education at Hull-House, 1889-1935

September 8, 2024-December 19, 2025

Radical Craft: Arts Education at Hull-House, 1889-1935

Jane Addams Hull-House Museum

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Myth of the Organic City

September 22, 2024-June 1, 2025

Myth of the Organic City

6018North

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Robert Earl Paige: Give the Drummer Some!

September 24, 2024-July 31, 2025

Robert Earl Paige: Give the Drummer Some!

Smart Museum of Art

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beLONGING: Lithuanian Artists in Chicago 1900 to Now

September 28, 2024-September 2, 2025

beLONGING: Lithuanian Artists in Chicago 1900 to Now

Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture

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Sunday Sustainable Soup

December 8, 2024-June 1, 2025

Sunday Sustainable Soup

6018North

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Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland

January 26, 2025-July 13, 2025

Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland

Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University

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Living Stories: Contemporary Woodland Native American Art

January 27, 2025-January 5, 2026

Living Stories: Contemporary Woodland Native American Art

Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum

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Still Here: Linking Histories of Displacement

April 4, 2025-June 30, 2025

Still Here: Linking Histories of Displacement

National Public Housing Museum

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Catalyst: Im/migration and Self-taught Art in Chicago

May 23, 2025-January 11, 2026

Catalyst: Im/migration and Self-taught Art in Chicago

Intuit Art Museum

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Weaving Stories 4: Handmade Cords with Pooja Pittie

June 21, 2025

Weaving Stories 4: Handmade Cords with Pooja Pittie

Intuit Art Museum

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Jazz on da Block at The Green Space

June 29, 2025

Jazz on da Block at The Green Space

327 Green Space

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Floating Monuments: Mecca Flats

August 2, 2025-August 3, 2025

Floating Monuments: Mecca Flats

Floating Museum

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Still Here: Exploring Past Histories and Present Realities of Displacement in Chicago

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Art for Zhegagoynak and the Politics of Space: Lessons from “Woven Being”

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View of an art gallery with sculptures on pedestals.

Grounding, Advocating, and Experimenting with Craft: What I Learned From “Agency: Craft in Chicago from the 1970s–80s and Beyond”

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The United Colors of Robert Earl Paige: A Reflection on Community, Glamour, and Style

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A set of three images depicting typography on signs that say "All Rise Lounge," "Kajiken," and "Tacos, That Way."

Typographical Scavenger Hunt: Using “Letters Beyond Form: Chicago Types” as a Framework

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Welcome to Zhegagoynak

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A dense collage of brightly colored floral images on a black background.

Myth of the Organic City: Exploring the Naturalization of Technology as a Site for Environmental Critique

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Gallery installation view of a colorful mural depicting a Black man holding a child, a car, two busses, and a variety of other objects.

Learning Together: Documenting Chicago’s History of Art Education

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Rewilding History: A Review of “Myth of the Organic City”

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Radical Craft: Firebird Community Arts and Red Line Service pick up the threads of Hull-House

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Art Design Chicago amplifies Black and Indigenous histories with 2025 exhibitions

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Visitors standing and interacting in front of stacks of full bookshelves.

When Clouds Roll Away: A Community Reflection on the Johnson Publishing Company Archives

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A vintage photo of a group of coworkers sitting in front of a blackboard with a picture of a ship on it.

Toy Stories: The Amazing Journey of Dalia Verbickas Ancevicius

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Adversarial Joy: Art, History, and Storytelling in “Paper Cuts”

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Creative Conversations with Dawit L. Petros

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Questions with a Curator featuring Lois Taylor Biggs

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A gallery installation including large skeleton puppets and a wall-mounted video monitor.

Chicago’s History of Radical Art Pedagogy

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Curator Amira Hegazy, wearing a long black dress and hair pulled back, stands in front of the opening exhibition text panel for "Letters Beyond Form."

WDCB Radio Tours “Letters Beyond Form” at the Design Museum of Chicago

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A photograph of Mary Lawson interviewing Akito Tsuda. They sit at a big red table with photographs hung on a wall in the background.

Thank You for This Question

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Four artists and two curators pose together in front of an gallery wall.

Stories found within art and spoken by Native artists in six contemporary exhibitions in Chicago

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