For 104 years, the Oak Park Art League has been a refuge and respite from daily stresses,
a place to learn, exchange, create and connect in our community.
We are deeply grateful for your continued support, which enables us to:
🎨 Lower barriers through scholarships and free art programs
🎨 Reach underserved schools with vital art instruction
🎨 Offer engaging, art-focused programming
🎨 Keep this historic “third space” open to everyone as a place to connect and create.
After more than a century, you might think we’re indestructible—but like any artist’s tools and supplies, we need renewal to thrive. In a time when arts funding is increasingly scarce,
community-supported places like OPAL are more important than ever.
Thank you for helping us continue this legacy of creativity and connection.
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OPAL NEWS
For 2026 we are creating a new series where our creative community can meet, make, connect and share with fellow artists, in the gallery after dark, Thursday evenings, 6-8pm.
Join us for an afternoon filled with powerful words and emotional expressions through poetry in response to escalating authoritarian threats and censorship in our nation. Free and open to the public.
Giving Tuesday will be here soon! Look for our special letter and social media coming later in November. If you'd like to give early, click here to donate your end-of-the-year gift now.
Thank you for supporting OPAL!
Come shop in person in a new gift shop tucked in the corner of the Carriage House Gallery and filled with original handmade art and objects created locally. Discover new OPAL designs on swag you can wear and use to spread the word about the Oak Park Art League and help raise funds for our beloved organization.
A weekend-long holiday market Pop-up at the Oak Park Art League and will feature local makers selling their creations in our gallery on
Saturday Dec 13 from 10am - 4pm and Sunday Dec 14 from 1-4pm.
The themed exhibition calls for art have been announced! Check out what will be coming to the Carriage House Gallery in 2026.
Community Fridge Project & Oak Park Art League unite art and action this holiday season
This Nov-Dec, join us in tackling food insecurity through creativity and community. Our partnership unites artists, neighbors, and changemakers to make a real impact during the holiday season.
Holiday Crafting Fundraiser
Saturday Dec. 6, 10:30 - noon
$35. per person - Limited seats, ALL AGES WELCOME!
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
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.
Carriage House Gallery