9/1/24_______UPDATE_________

Our street-facing installation will be traveling and be part of a Harris/Walz campaign event “Kayaks for Kamala” on Sept 22 in downtown Chicago!

We are the Groundwater Collective: Galen Garapolo, Jacqueline Rueckert Lakely, Kelly Donahugh, and Mary Jo Parker O’Hearn. We are four artists who have met together as a group to share and critique for over twenty years.

October 12 from noon to 9 pm, and Sunday, October 13 from noon to 6 pm, the Groundwater Collective will be sharing an eclectic bouquet of their recent and collected works at the Carriage House Gallery of the Oak Park Art League.

Join us for the artist reception, held Friday, August 16th, 2024, 7-9pm

Join OPALGA+ and Gerber/Hart Library at OPAL on Wednesday August 28, 7-9pm for a special storytelling event

We are always open to enhancing our garden courtyard, especially with works of art!

With the holidays coming and yard decor soon on display from October through December, we are putting out a call for outdoor sculpture with a spooky vibe.

Join us for the artist reception, held Friday, July 12th, 2024, 7-9pm

Beginning July 5, the gallery will change its hours to the following:
Thursdays & Fridays 1-5pm
Saturdays 10am - 4 pm
Sundays 1-4pm
CLOSED Monday - Wednesday

Now through August 2024, experience the sound installation MY WORDS ARE HARD TO HEAR by Mami Takahashi in the new OPAL residency space upstairs. Visit our new page with more details and a portal for future residency submissions.

We’re thrilled to announce that OPAL received a relief grant from the @CookCountyArts Nonprofit Relief Grant program! Public funding for the arts is critical to our community well-being, and this funding will help our organization continue and expand our mission to provide engaging art exhibitions, educational opportunities and programming to promote artistic inquiry for all. 

With generous grant funding from the Mammel Family Foundation, the Oak Park Art League has partnered with St. Angela School in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago to facilitate a visiting art instructor to provide art classes and activities to underserved elementary and high school youth.

Thank you OPAL supporters!

Thanks for making art with us at the 50th Day in our Village!

Happy Independence Day! This is how we parade!

100 day challenge complete! Take a look!

OPAL offers multiple opportunities for artists to get friendly feedback from fellow artists.

Exhibitor’s Critique, 11am - 1pm the Saturday following the exhibit Reception

Open Critique, last Thursday of the month

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

Check out this clip from: Beanie the Spider meets a REAL Art Gallery Director, Bryan Northup of the Oak Park Art League. Part of the Beanie the Spider & Friends Talk Time interview series. See the whole video and more on YouTube.

Sunday May 5th, 10am - noon
OPAL is partnering with The Registry Of Figure Models And Artists to host a Paired Figure Model Workshop. Spaces will be limited for artists, so register ASAP. This is going to be fun!  Don’t miss it!

WE SEE YOU: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in 2024

SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 4

Jurors: Pia Cruzalegui & Mia Garcia Hills

During this election year, the Oak Park Art League will host a national juried exhibition that aims to spotlight the values of the broader Oak Park community that celebrates inclusion, diversity and equity, during this time in our nation’s history when these very ideals are blatantly under attack.

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