What if you were invited to exhibit at EXPO Chicago? What one work would you want to show?

For our 104th Anniversary Spring Member’s Exhibition, this is what we invite all active Artist Members to bring. The hanging fee is reduced to $15. for one work.

OPAL has hosted many artist talks over the decades, both by artists and by individuals in related fields of interest to the visual art community. Talks are a great way to share information with our interested member body with the goal of improving our individual art practices. Talks offer another learning opportunity and a chance to connect at OPAL.

April 2-4, online sale
April 5th, 9-11 am in-person shop
Donate your items for the online sale which will be hosted at www.estatesales.net. The Spring Studio Sale will include gently used art-making supplies and materials, artwork, and odds and ends, estate sale style.
Come to the in-person sale at OPAL to shop what’s left.

OPAL’s Annual Figure and Portrait exhibition, POSE! showcases a diverse spectrum of work based on the human form yet pushing the boundaries of how we depict ourselves and the bodies we inhabit.

There is a special figure drawing opportunity coming up! Register for your spot!

Quarterly meet-up for art enthusiasts, “art curious” and new collectors, and artists too.

JOIN US!
OPAL invites anyone interested in creating coral-shaped forms out of crocheted plastic to our monthly ‘make something’ meet-ups.

Our next Open Critique is March 27, 6-8pm

Anyone can bring in a single piece of their own artwork and get feedback from fellow artists.
Artists participating in this critique are expected to bring a piece of artwork to discuss.

Join OPALGA+ on Wednesday April 23, 7-9pm for a special storytelling event

The next round of #The100DayProject starts February 23, 2025.
OPAL will support those participating with our #100dayprojectOPAL on social media and a meet up midway through and wrap up and review meeting. Check out what we did last year and join in!

Next meeting July 21, workshop with Hila Ratzabi, pre-registration required

Sunday March 10, 2-4pm

This event will include an After Hours Contributors Open Mic,
Featuring After Hours #47 Featured Writer Yolanda Nieves,
Followed by Albert DeGenova reading from his new book Human Nature, poems of witness. Book cover art by Jonathan Franklin

Saturday March 2nd at 2pm

The group of artists presenting Essence of Mark-Making will host a talk in the gallery and share their process and what is behind the drawings they are creating. This event is free and open to the public.