Carriage House Gallery
Each month's 1st Sunday figure session is our designated Clothed model session, allowing younger artists access to live models to gain more skill. Open to teens 12+ as well as adults.
OPAL’s artist residency program began in May 2024 and is once again open for proposals through November 1, 2025.
Visit Artist Residency page for more details, past resident projects and a portal for residency submissions.
Our Fall I Adult Class Session is open for registration!
The Oak Park Art League is offering 12 classes this session, including exciting new classes and some favorite instructors and courses that have been on break over the summer (or longer) return.
During OPAL’s Fall Fundraiser HOUSE of OPAL, the work by Oak Park Art League members on the gallery walls will create a rich backdrop of creative expression, epitomizing OPAL’s mission and reflecting our unique artistic community.
Oak Park Illinois Film Festival & the Oak Park Art League
September 11-14, 2025
Experience Three Days of Art, Fashion & Film in the Heart of Oak Park
Join us for an unforgettable cultural celebration featuring the best of visual arts, fashion, and cinema right in Oak Park, Illinois. This vibrant weekend showcases the creative spirit that makes our community truly special.
This is where you will find all the opportunities we come across or that come in especially to be shared with the OPAL artist community.
OPAL is honored to host Shanelle Harrison as our artist-in-residence April through June 2025, and back as the curator for OPAl’s August exhibition, Stories from the Soul.
JOIN US!
OPAL invites anyone interested in creating coral-shaped forms out of crocheted plastic to our monthly ‘make something’ meet-ups. Our final maker’s meet-up is June 15!
The Oak Park Art League is once again offering members a chance to display their work outside our main gallery, in local businesses we have partnered with to provide more exposure for artists. There are a few options now and you can sign up to exhibit at
West Cook YMCA
Prairie Title
Print Innovation Lab Pop-Up
