Beverly Area Arts Alliance

Beverly Area Arts Alliance The Alliance cultivates collaboration between artists and community members to foster Beverly as a hu

The Beverly Area Arts Alliance (“The Alliance”) coordinates art focused events and projects fostering collaboration between artists and the Beverly community. The Alliance seeks to identify opportunities and incubate ideas to advance Beverly as a hub of culture and creativity on Chicago’s Far South Side, and it does so by working with like-minded community leaders, organizations and artists that c

ome together to create a vibrant environment in which to live and do business. The Alliance’s annual cornerstone event is the Beverly Art Walk (the “Art Walk”, or “BAW”), held in September, features work by area artists displayed in local businesses and organizations throughout the neighborhood. It also includes live music, artist demonstrations, home studio tours and the creation of permanent public art. In addition to coordinating and executing the Art Walk, the Alliance works throughout the year to organize pop-up exhibitions in local businesses and vacant storefronts, facilitate educational opportunities for area artists, students, and community members, as well as, present a quarterly reading series called “The Frunchroom”. The Alliance was formed in 2014 by local artists and community activists, and has gained tremendous growth in a short time. We believe this is due in part to The Alliance events and outreach fulfilling the deep need of a community with a serious appreciation and esteem for the arts.

We're gearing for the 13th Annual Beverly Art Walk (Call for Art coming soon)! In the meantime, we are making plans for ...
06/01/2026

We're gearing for the 13th Annual Beverly Art Walk (Call for Art coming soon)! In the meantime, we are making plans for a fun new kind of venue to be added - mini galleries! Our goal is to introduce a wave of new mini galleries in all the different areas of Art Walk. Some of these will be small versions of high-end gallery spaces (like the beautiful one shown, built by ) while others may be more like little free libraries, where handmade art, 'zines, stickers and crafts can be swapped. What do you think? Would you like to see mini galleries around Beverly/Morgan Park? As an artist or artisan, would you like to exhibit your work in one? Would you like to volunteer to help build one? Or maybe you would like to sponsor one in front of your business? Let us know! Drop a message or send us an email at [email protected]

Join us for the Closing Reception of Still A Constant Struggle, Part I - this Thursday, June 4th, 6-8pm - at The Studio ...
06/01/2026

Join us for the Closing Reception of Still A Constant Struggle, Part I - this Thursday, June 4th, 6-8pm - at The Studio Space, 1903 W. 103rd St. in Beverly, Chicago. At the closing, you'll have the opportunity to respond to the works in your own way and have that response incorporated into a community quilt by In the two-part exhibition Still a Constant Struggle, six Chicago artists working in a variety of mediums, bravely explore and interrogate the brutal history and violent legacy of slavery in America with resilience and humanity. Through painting, collage, quilting, ceramics, assemblage, and poetry, the artists featured here seek to challenge viewers to look critically at our histories, society, communities and ourselves to determine how we can create a more just and peaceful nation and world. Many thanks to for sharing your gallery space with us, and to the amazing artists in this show: and

Thanks everyone who came out last night to the Art Walk Planning Meeting and Social Hour! We talked about a lot of excit...
05/27/2026

Thanks everyone who came out last night to the Art Walk Planning Meeting and Social Hour! We talked about a lot of exciting plans. ICYMI, we’ll be posting info soon! Thank you for opening your space for us. BeverlyArtWalk

John Colson’s “Victory Bird” basking in the sun at “Sanctuary” near the 91st St Metra, Cosme Park, Major Taylor Trail an...
05/24/2026

John Colson’s “Victory Bird” basking in the sun at “Sanctuary” near the 91st St Metra, Cosme Park, Major Taylor Trail and Dan Ryan Woods.

The 13th Beverly Art Walk is a neighborhood celebration of art and music happening September 26th! Every year, it takes ...
05/21/2026

The 13th Beverly Art Walk is a neighborhood celebration of art and music happening September 26th! Every year, it takes a massive amount of planning, coordination and creativity, and it's always a blast! Join us for our big kick-off planning meeting and social hour this Tuesday, 5/26 and help us make this the best one yet! Meeting: 7-8pm, Social Hour 8-9pm.

Thank you to everyone who came out on Saturday for the opening of Still A Constant Struggle, Part I on Saturday at The S...
05/19/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out on Saturday for the opening of Still A Constant Struggle, Part I on Saturday at The Studio Space at 1903 W 103rd St. Thank you to the incredible artists doing this work- and thank you to writer, playwright and activist for her powerful, epic poems about the works in the show. Many thanks also to for sharing her beautiful space with us! ICYMI, we will have a closing event on Saturday, June 6th, 2-4pm. Racism is a heavy and emotional subject but investigating it together through art and poetry is ultimately uplifting.

Happening now! Still A Constant Struggle today until 4pm at The Studio Space, 1903 W 103rd St. in Beverly.
05/16/2026

Happening now! Still A Constant Struggle today until 4pm at The Studio Space, 1903 W 103rd St. in Beverly.

Sneak Peek- Still A Constant Struggle: Part 1, opening this Saturday, 2-4pm at The Studio Space, a community art hub at ...
05/15/2026

Sneak Peek- Still A Constant Struggle: Part 1, opening this Saturday, 2-4pm at The Studio Space, a community art hub at 1903 W. 103rd St. In it, six artists explore the ways racist ideologies and attitudes embedded in our culture lead to violence and dehumanization, and give voice to victims who never received justice. Featuring work by

Coming Soon: Still A Constant Struggle, an Exhibition in Two Parts In Still a Constant Struggle, six Chicago artists wor...
05/07/2026

Coming Soon: Still A Constant Struggle, an Exhibition in Two Parts In Still a Constant Struggle, six Chicago artists work in a variety of mediums, including painting, collage, quilting, ceramics, assemblage, and poetry—to explore the legacy of slavery in America and what it means to confront these realities with resilience, bravery and humanity. The artists of Still A Constant Struggle seek to inspire people to look critically at our history, our society, our communities and ourselves to determine how we can create a more just and peaceful world. They ask us to consider how the systemic dehumanization of black and brown people leads to the dehumanization of all. Featuring works by Tina Jenkins Bell, Jomo Cheatham, Malika Jackson, Dawn Liddicoatt, Dorothy Straughter, and Takako. Part One Opening Reception: Saturday May 16th, 2-4pm @ The Studio Space, a gallery and community art hub at 1903 W. 103rd St. in the neighborhood of Beverly, Chicago. (Work shown: "BMATMT- Because My Aunt Told Me To" by

The past two Sundays, we had a ton of fun playing and experimenting in collage workshops with the amazing we did pareid...
04/29/2026

The past two Sundays, we had a ton of fun playing and experimenting in collage workshops with the amazing we did pareidolia (finding/creating faces in random, vague, ambiguous objects), ransom note poetry, exquisite co**se collages (each artist contributes a body part without seeing what the other artists added), and more. Thank you, Paloma and thank you for sharing your beautiful space with us, and thank you to all who came to learn and have fun with us. Our next workshops will be encaustic sculpture with ! Details coming soon.

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Beverly/Morgan Park
Chicago, IL
60643

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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