Evanston has a rich cultural arts community filled with artist studios, galleries, performance, music venues, public art, festivals and events.
Evanston is rich in diversity, culture, and the arts. We have over 75 arts organizations, vendors, galleries and arts groups throughout our city, offering a wide range of art experiences!
arts organizations
A
Actors Gymnasium
Art Encounter
B
Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University
BlackUP
Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
C
Chicago Ballet Arts
Chicago Heal
CNL Projects
D
Dance Center Evanston
E
etc. Music School
Evanston 2nd Act Players
Evanston Art Center
Evanston Arts Council
Evanston ASPA (Asian, South Asian, Pacific Islander American)
Evanston Children's Choir
Evanston Dance Ensemble
Evanston Haitian Community Festival
Evanston In-School Music Association (EISMA)
Evanston Made
Evanston Mural Arts Project
Evanston Present and Future
Evanston Symphony Orchestra
Evanston Young Artists
F
Frances Willard House Museum
Fleetwood Jourdain Theatre
H
Hive Center for the Book Arts
I
Identity Performing Arts
Insight Arts
Insititue for Therapy Through the Arts
K
KIDS Global Network, Inc.
M
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
Mudlark Theater Company
Music Institute of Chicago
The Musical Offering
N
North Shore Choral Society
Northshore Concert Band
Northlight Theatre
Noyes Cultural Arts Center
O
Open Studio Project
P
Piven Theatre
R
Rembrandt Chamber Musicians
RHINO Poetry Forum
Ridgeville Band of Evanston
S
Savoyaires
SideLot Experimental Video
Sinag Art Group
Shorefront Legacy Center
S.O.U.L. Creations
Studio 3
T
Theo
W
Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, Northwestern University
Y
YEA - Young Evanston Artists