You might follow some of the top Chicago art museums on Twitter, like The @artinstitutechi or @mcachicago. But what about the other visual art organizations? I compiled a Twitter list of 49 visual art organizations in Chicago. Please feel free to subscribe to the list. I check it every day to stay on top of what’s happening in Chicago with art.
If there is any organizations missing on this list, please leave a comment below. Thank you.
Statue Stories
@StatueStories
Starting Aug. 6, 2015, come hear statues talk throughout Chicago!
TheBigDrawChicago
@bigdrawchicago
Citywide drawing festival
Elmhurst Art Museum
@ElmhurstArt
EAM is a center for exploring the visual arts and provides a welcoming environment for art to be viewed, studied, created and appreciated.
ArtReach@Lillstreet
@ArtReach
Our mission is to bring the transformative power of art to under-served communities throughout Chicagoland.
DePaul Art Museum
@DePaulArtMuseum
Mon-Tue Closed / Wed-Thu 11-7 / Fri 11-5 / Sat-Sun 12-5. #IdolStructures #AndyArchetype May 14 2015 – August 9, 2015. Free Admission!
SAIC Art and Tech
@saic_artandtech
SAIC’s Art and Technology Studies department provides a fresh and innovative forum for interdisciplinary research in the arts
UIMA
@UIMArt
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art is a non-profit Contemporary Art Gallery in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village.
Sacred Art
@SacredArtChi
Sacred Art is located in Chicago’s Lincoln Square. We sell original artwork created by emerging artists from Chicago and around the US.
CAC
@CACoalition
CAC empowering artists and all creatives. Insta:@cacoalition
Art Burst Chicago
@artburstchicago
Art Burst Chicago is an online blog that promotes awareness, discussion, and engagement with Chicago art and artists.
CAR▹ Chicago Artists
@ChiArtResource
Support CAR: donate today! http://goo.gl/Ecmiq7 Chicago Artists Resource (CAR) is a platform that educates and connects Chicago’s artistic community.
BridgeportArtCenter
@BridgeportArt
Bridgeport Art Center is an inspiring place for artists, fashion designers, & creative professionals to find space to work, create, & share ideas.
Penguin Foot Pottery
@PFPottery
Penguin Foot Pottery is a ceramics studio/gallery in Bucktown/Logan Square. We offer a wide variety of classes and workshops.
Overheard At AIC
@overheardAIC
Bits and bobs overheard from visitors at the Art Institute of Chicago
Smart Museum of Art
@SmartUChicago
The art museum of the University of Chicago. Always free.
CorneliaArtsBuilding
@CorneliaArts
The Cornelia Arts Building: Where Art Works – since 1986. Over 40 artists working under one roof. Open studios events and exhibitions held throughout the year!
Chicago Art Magazine
@ChicagoArtMag
@chiartmachine is the twitter for Chicago Art Magazine. This is the twitter feed for Chicago art news we hear about.
ARC Gallery
@ARCGALLERY
ARC Gallery is an internationally recognized exhibition space that has been an integral part of the Chicago art scene since its inception in 1973.
EBERSMOORE
@ebersmoore
Contemporary Art Gallery 350 N. Ogden Ave
UChicago Arts
@UChicagoArts
The University of Chicago’s robust cultural scene where scholars, students, artists and audiences converge, explore, and create.
IllinoisArtsCouncil
@ILarts
Created as a state agency by the Illinois General Assembly in 1965 through legislation sponsored by Senators Paul Simon, Thomas McGloon, and Alan Dixon.
Pop-Up Art Loop
@popupartloop
Pop-Up Art Loop™ transforms empty storefronts in the Chicago Loop into cultural activations open to the public. An initiative of @ChiLoopAlliance.
LillstreetArtCenter
@Lillstreet
Chicago’s home for ceramics, metalsmithing, painting/drawing, textiles, glass, digital arts, & printmaking classes for adults & kids. Artisan shop & gallery!
Zhou B Art Center
@zhoubartcenter
The Zhou B Art Center is a private, non-government funded art center founded by the Zhou Brothers.
Catherine Edelman
@edelmangallery
Chicago Art Review
@chiartreview
Chicago-based art reviews and hype.
Ravenswood ArtWalk
@RAWchicago
The 2015 Tour of Arts & Industry is on 9/19 & 9/20, on Ravenswood Ave between Lawrence & Grace. Art, music, craft beer, food trucks, and more!
The Post Family
@postfamily
Designers & Lovers.
Columbia College
@artdigcolumbia
Events at Columbia College Chicago
Bucktown Arts Fest
@BtownArtsFest
2015 fest dates: Saturday August 29 & Sunday 30! Chicago’s non-profit, all volunteer-run celebration of the arts. All proceeds go to fund arts education.
Kathryn Born
@ChiArtMachine
Author of The Blue Kind and former editor of Chicago Art Magazine. Currently running http://DIY-film.com and TINC Magazine.
A+D Gallery
@adgallery
We are an art + design gallery at Columbia College Chicago
Chicago Gallery News
@ChiGalleryNews
Chicago Gallery News publisher’s art news, links, + local gallery openings. The area’s most trusted, dynamic guide to art galleries, events, resources.
F Newsmagazine
@fnewsmagazine
F Newsmagazine is a journal of art, culture, and politics produced by students at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Tweets by Sarah @schwheaties
MCA Chicago
@mcachicago
Pop Art comes off the wall and into the home in Pop Art Design, opening Dec 19. Tweets by@AbrahamRitchie
Chicago Art Dept
@chicagoartdept
Founded in 2004 as an Intermedia lab, Chicago Art Department is a 501(c)3 residency program focused on studio, exhibition, and learning.
PechaKucha Chicago
@pechakucha_ORD
#pechakuchachicago
Art Institute
@artinstitutechi
The Art Institute of Chicago is the second largest art museum in the USA housing a world-renowned encyclopedic collection.
SAIC Alumni
@SAICAlumni
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Alumni and friends
SAIC News + Events
@saic_news
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has been a leader in educating artists, designers, and scholars since 1866.
Paul Klein
@artadvocate
I believe in artists. I do what I can to make their careers bigger and bolder, and our lives richer.
Threewalls
@threewalls
A nonprofit organization dedicated to contemporary art practice and discourse.
Gallery 400
@Gallery400
A center for art exhibition and discourse at the University of Illinois at Chicago, founded in 1983.
Lauren Weinberg
@LDWeinberg
Proprietor of @OpenSesameKW and sometime art/design writer/editor. Ex–Time Out Chicago, MCA Chicago. Instagram: LDWeinberg
LUMA
@LUMAChicago
The Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA) is located on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile and has the mission of exploring the spiritual in art.
chicagoart
@chicagoart
Blog covering Chicago artists, gallery openings and events.
Hyde Park Art Center
@Hairy_Who
Hyde Park Art Center has been a leader in advancing contemporary visual art in Chicago since 1939.
Bad at Sports
@badatsports
Bad at Sports is a weekly podcast and blog produced in Chicago that features artists talking about art and the community that makes, reviews and critiques it.
Lumpen
@edmarlumpen
for all the weirdos: #lumpen #lumpenradio#mashtunjournal, #co-prosperity sphere,#versionfest, #maria‘s #marzbrewing #kimski
Again, if you know of any organizations to add to this list, please leave a comment below. I really appreciate it.
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