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  • The Garfield Park Artist Collective is a community of independent working artists, designers, and makers based in three buildings in Chicago's East Garfield Park neighborhood. Members work across photography, woodworking, metalworking, screen printing, illustration, painting, fiber, ceramics, product design, and more. The Collective hosts ongoing peer-to-peer studio visits, gallery programming at Area 1N1, and an annual public Open Studio that invites the surrounding neighborhood and broader Chicago arts community into the buildings where the work is made.

  • the Garfield Park Artist Collective will open the doors of three working-artist buildings on Chicago's West Side for a free, one-day public Open Studio. Visitors are invited to step inside the studios of over 40 artists - meet the makers, see work in progress, watch live demonstrations, and shop directly from the people creating the city's next wave of independent art.

    Spanning four buildings within walking distance of one another in East Garfield Park, the Open Studio offers a rare, behind-the-scenes look at one of Chicago's most active working-artist communities. Mediums on view will include photography, woodworking, screen printing, illustration, painting, ceramics, fiber and textile work, and original product design.

  • Four buildings in East Garfield Park

    • 319 N. Albany Ave

    • 3039 W. Carroll Ave

    • 3200 W. Carroll Ave

    • 3134 W. Chicago Ave

  • Chicago's West Side has long been home to a thriving community of working artists. The May 30 Open Studio is the Collective's most ambitious public-facing event of the year - opening four full buildings simultaneously, free of charge, with no ticket or RSVP required. The event is designed to be approachable for first-time studio visitors, families with kids, collectors, and press alike.

  • Saturday, May 30, 2026 · 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

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  • “Open studios are how a working-artist community stays connected to the neighborhood that surrounds it. We make our work here every day. On May 30, we want our neighbors to come in, see how it happens, and meet the people behind it.”

    Clarissa Bonet, Chair, Garfield Park Artist Collective Open Studio Committee

  • “I moved to Chicago last summer from the west coast and am so thankful to have ended up in this studio building. The community at GPAC is filled with serious artists who are also generous and passionate. My connection to the other artists in this building has made me feel welcome and integrated as a new Chicago artist almost immediately.”

    Ilana Zweschi - Painter, MFA


  • “Often us artists can get too comfortable in a reclusive state. Growing in the support of the artist community is a benefit I'm grateful for and the May 30th Open Studio event is a fantastic way to share that with others."

    Catherine Adam, stained glass artist

  • “I greatly appreciate having a space to myself where I can focus on my conceptual work, and it's important to me that it's part of a community of artists, so when I moved to Chicago in 2024, and found The Garfield Park Artist Collective, it was a perfect place to set up my studio. It's truly a special place.”

    Elise Coleman - E. Coleman Muehlhausen Art + Design