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We are thrilled to be showing 36 textile artists from around Chicago presenting work on the theme of Sustainable Communities, curated by @chicagotextilecenter Please join us for the opening reception on Friday, October 9th, with an artist talk from t
Still have seats open for Sept mending club this upcoming Sunday, roll into the slower season of fall with us and break out your mending! 🍂🧵🪡 BYO project or grab something from the pile to fix for @theparlorchicago , it’s a great way to lear
A new GW newsletter went out today, here’s some of what we had to say 📝🧡 around here we feel strongly about the power and importance of practicing creativity. It’s not just a privilege some of us should get to do if we happen to have th
🧶CALLING U 4 a CRAFT NIGHT✂️Join us for some guided creativity as we create *reusable decorations from reclaimed materials and LOVE* for holiday parties at South Loop Community Table, a weekly dinner party with people experiencing housing and food i
August mending club sign ups have lots of room still, sign up in @gallerywrightwood b!o! Also, our flier is very ✨girlie pop🎀 but please know men and mascs of all kinds are very welcome and valued at mending club!!! ❤️‍🔥 PLUS- directly before
Tix are up for our next workshop at the gallery! Learn how to customize your clothing in a way that will give a whole new life to your pieces and make durable, wearable art! In this workshop class with artist and maker Lauren B @made.by.lauren.b , yo
Spots open for July’s mending club!! 🪡 beginners, experts, and everyone in between welcome! Join us in hand mending items from @theparlorchicago to keep them out of the landfill and prolong their life cycle, while you practice a tangible skill
Queer Your Closet was such a delight, thank you to all who joined us!!! We should have done a better job getting photos of the finished projects, but some true masterpieces were created!!! 🌈💫🏳️‍⚧️🪲 It was so good to have a space for gender c

Gallery Wrightwood is:

Gallery Wrightwood is: an anti-capitalist, artist-led gallery project inside a 100-year-old church building in the heart of Logan Square that hosts art shows, workshops, and social gatherings. We're focused on making approachable creative spaces and showing human-made artwork that speaks to urgent social issues.

Though the gallery program is hosted through and in a progressive Christian church, Gallery Wrightwood hosts non-faith based events and does not explicitly center the Christian faith. We work to welcome all diverse voices and perspectives that amplify values honesty, care, and community.

We started from a series of questions: what does it tangibly mean to be an artist, in a world that pit artists against each other and gives less and less resources to support us? What does it means to be an artist, when most of us need to have a day job to financially support ourselves? What does it mean to be an artist, when our work is only fleetingly shared to the galleries of Instagram?AND WHAT IF IT COULD BE DIFFERENT?

What if we gave ourselves permission to make work that was not just appealing to the internet algorithms, but was really saying something?

What if art could build community and power for social change?

What if we could connect artists across disciplines and educational experiences?

What if creativity has the power to heal and unlock potential in all of us, and we all deserve spaces to access it in community?

We are working on answering these questions and asking many new ones, together. Join us! Sign up below to get on our email list, follow our IG for updated event info, or fill out the volunteer interest form here to get involved!