Don't miss the 5th Annual
West Town Art Walk
Friday, October 2nd from 5pm-8pm
and Saturday, October 3rd from 11am-8pm.
on Chicago Avenue
between Milwaukee & Western.
+ Art Through Every Door + Beer Tastings
+ Art That Walks Parade + Food Trucks
+ Free Rickshaws + Live Art Makin
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West Town will showcase its thriving art scene at the 5
th annual West Town Art Walk, October 2
nd and 3
rd. Presented by the West Town Chamber of Commerce, Dovetail and Seek Vintage, this unique fest celebrates art in all forms - visual, musical, culinary, fashion - within dozens of shops along Chicago Avenue in the heart of West Town (from Milwaukee Avenue to Western Avenue).
Throughout the free two-day event, attendees stroll
up and
down Chi
cag
o
Avenue, mingling with shop owners
and other art
w
alkers while enjoying an arts bonanza. The West Town Art Walk features everything from a
rtistic spins on classic cocktails to full blown pop-up-galleries. The neighborhood-wide event takes place within West Town storefronts, everything from restaurants to boutiques, wit
h free rickshaws providing aid to tired feet!
Live Art Making: Chicago Truborn and featured artists will be live on site at 1612 W. Chicago where you can watch them transform an old store front into an amazing work of art - live!
Participating Businesses & Artists
- Matthew Rachman Gallery - Luftwerks, New Media / Kate Joyce, Mixed Media & Photography
- Intuit Art Center - Richard Saholt, Large Format Collages
- Awake Cafe - Nire Nah, Paintings
- Urban Source - Muhammad Naqee, Paintings
- Inside Home - Kimberly Creswell, Paintings
- Dynamic Salon - Dean Paul, Photography / Daniel Rangel, Photography / Christopher Andrews, Digital Media
- Dovetail - Maranda Powers, Jewerly / Prillamena, Textile Wall Art, Stationary, Jewerly
- Epic Spices - Sebastian Szyszka, Photography
- Windy City Cafe - Narciso Lobo, Live Performance
- Maxwell Colette Gallery - Angela Fox & Adrian Landon Brooks - Paintings & Re-purposed Artificats
- Unite Urban Grill - Allison Evans, Photography
- Beauty Bar Chicago - Nick Adam, Murals, Vernacular & Modernism
- Green Dog, Inc - Anna Marlatt, Ryan Dennety, Elizabeth Loftus, and Dmitry Samarov - Paintings & Photography
- Ann Everett Design - Designs by Ann Everett, Clothing
- Paperish Mess - Designs by Nathan Vernau, Shawn Stucky, Katie Vota, Amy Rice, Kristi Kohut, Michele Maule
- Sprout Home - Jennifer Page, Neon
- Defibrillator Gallery - Tony Orrico, Live Performance Art
- Team Art (Vincent Vittorinu Painting) - Various Artists, Paintings
- LLL Chicago - House of Pyne, Mixed Media & Collage / Jen Bogardus, Photography
- Le Thrift Consignment - Christine Sanderson, Paintings
- Tarnish - Sarah Vaun, Photography
- Study Hall - Debbie Carlos, New Ceramic Work & Jewerly
- Ad Hoc - Elli Landsmen, Painting - Surrealist
- Chicago Avenue Salon - Megan Kind, Painting & Jenn Whitehead, Modern & Graffiti Styles
- Alcala's Boutique - Designs by Linda Alcala, Hats & Boots
- Seek Vintage - Marisa Klug-Morataya, Photography
- Flo Cafe & Bar - Christina Silvestri, Paintings
- Chicago Truborn - Kashink, Mural work
Weekend Events & Specials
- Windy City Cafe - Live Music on Saturday at 1pm
Friday After Parties & Events
Beer Sampling
Beer Sampling Businesses & Beer Varieties:
Tarnish
- Blue Moon Harvest Pumpkin Ale
Food Trucks
Within the Festival site (no street closure for this festival) on Chicago Ave
nue between Wood and Paulina on the North side of street, a number of Food
Trucks will pull up and park along the curb on the street next to the sidewalk. The hours for the food trucks to operate are Friday, October 2nd from 5pm-8pm, and Saturday, October 3rd from 12pm-8pm.
Participating Food Trucks Include:
Caponies @caponiesexp
Da Lobsta @DaLobstaChicago
Pierogi Wagon
@pierogiwagon
Chicago Cupcake
@Chicago_Cupcake
and more...
On Saturday, October 3
rd from 10 am to 1 pm, the West Town Art Walk and
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art will present the brand new "Art That
Walks" parade. Art walkers of all ages are invited to gather at Eckhart Park 1330 W. Chicago Avenue, where they can test their own artistic creativity by making colorful masks, costumes and accessories from 10 am to noon.
Thereafter from noon to 1 pm they will participate in a parade down Chicago Avenue sidewalks, transforming the neighborhood into a
living, walking work of art by touting their own unique flair.
"Given the art supplies and inspiration, every person is capable of creating works of beauty and enchantment,"said artist Hugh Musick, who conceived the Art That Walks parade.
The Fine Print
Location
: On Chicago Ave from Milwaukee to Western
Headquarters
: Dovetail (1452 W Chicago)
Hours
: Friday, 5 pm to 8 pm; Saturday, 12 pm to 8 pm
Cost
: Free (no donation request)
Phone
: 312-850-9390
Sponsors
: Tenth and Blake Beer Company, Forbidden Root, Dovetail, Seek Vintage, Windy City Café, Chicago Truborn, Maxwell Colette Gallery, Urban Source, Yelp, City of Chicago Chicago Artists Month, West Town Chamber of Commerce, West Town SSA.
Click here for the West Town Art Walk MAP and list of all participating businesses, sponsors, events, and featured artists.
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