Purple Window Gallery

03/26/2025

EVEN $5 WOULD HELP!

Purple Window Gallery is excited to share that we have a curatorial residency with STNDRD Exhibitions this spring through fall. Please consider donating to our GoFundMe page to help support Midwest artists and artist-run project spaces. Thank you! 💜💜💜
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-midwest-artists-purple-window-gallery-fundraiser?attribution_id=sl%3A0cad9271-9976-41c6-9e24-432588a79a10&lang=en_US&utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_dash&utm_content=amp13_t1-amp14_t1&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&fbclid=IwY2xjawJRPBxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHV7wedoEDPV2ao6wItvh8RXVyhIZu_Xlo58DIeaCZAkr9JBQxnyLI3_ukQ_aem_NBcplRvSiSoEyykS96FZvg

About The Project: Purple Window Gallery x STNDRD Exhibitions… Lauren Iacoponi needs your support for Support Midwest Artists: Purple Window Gallery Fundraiser

10/17/2024

Join Purple Window Gallery for Open House Chicago at Mana Contemporary

This Saturday, October 19, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Join us in celebrating our landmark building as part of Open House Chicago, explore Mana Contemporary artist studios, Monira Foundation artist-in-residence, and visit our exhibitions and artists’ talks in relation to architecture.

10/11/2024

"With Tact" opens tonight at Purple Window Gallery
Opening Reception 6 - 9 p.m.

Works by Chicago artists Jules Koreman, Jaclyn Mednicov, Juan Molina Hernández, Amanda Mulcahy, José Santiago Pérez, and Veronica Storc. Curated by Rebecca Griffith and Madison Manning.

Gallery Hours: During Open House Chicago, October 19, 2024, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and October 27, 12 - 3 p.m. with an Artist Talk beginning at 2 p.m.

Join us in celebrating our landmark building as part of Open House Chicago, explore Mana Contemporary artist studios, Monira Foundation artist-in-residence, and visit our exhibitions and artists’ talks in relation to architecture.

09/27/2024

Readings at the Stochastic Book Fair tomorrow at Purple Window Gallery, 11 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Stochastic Book Fair Exhibitors: Aimée Beaubien, Gray Beyer, Ryan Burns, Trevor Davies, Sage Dawson, Meg Duguid, Ty English, General Things Press, Hink, Regin Igloria, Hillary Irene Johnson, Millicent Kennedy,  Katie Kiesewetter, Young Kim, Late Night Copies Press, Long Day Press, Alex Lukas, Gra...

09/24/2024

Purple Window Gallery is thrilled to be included in School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Chicago Artist-Run Spaces Fair.

Join us for a fair showcasing the arts landscape in Chicago with more than 30 artist-run spaces and organizations from across the city. Engage directly with the people who have a hand in making the arts flourish—learn about their missions, projects, contributions, and how you can get involved. Discover a wide range of artistic practices and disciplines while connecting with fellow students, artists, and creative professionals to exchange ideas and find inspiration for your own creative endeavors.

This event is in collaboration with the SITE Galleries to celebrate its 30th anniversary. Additional support provided by BLICK Art Materials.

Career and Professional Experience (CAPX) events are open to SAIC students, alums, faculty, and staff.

09/23/2024

Purple Window Gallery will be hosting a reading session this Saturday, September 28, 11 am - 2:30 pm. Join us to read, listen, and experience the Stochastic Book Fair.

The Stochastic Book Fair is on exhibit at Purple Window Gallery from September 13 - 28, 2024.

The reading session is open mic-style and will feature exhibitors and visitors interested in sharing poetry, short stories, and excerpts (on exhibit or otherwise).

Purple Window Gallery is located inside Mana Contemporary at 2233 S Throop St. #845, Chicago, IL 60608

09/22/2024

✨CALL FOR ART!✨

Purple Window Gallery invites you to enter Juicy, an international juried painting exhibition that seeks to celebrate the formal qualities of the painted medium. Subject matter may be figurative, non-objective, and everything in between. Work may not exceed 72 inches (183 cm) in any direction. Works may be listed as not for sale. If listed for sale, artist receives 60%.

Apply at this link: https://forms.gle/iurHWbrpo1s87Lg58

Juror: David Linnewah of Studio Break Gallery and Podcast

Deadline to submit: January 19th, midnight CST
Artists notified: Feb 10th, 2025
Exhibition runs: March 8-28, 2025

For questions, email Natalie Pivoney at [email protected].

09/20/2024

This Friday Stochastic Book Fair at Purple Window Gallery 💜

Exhibitors: Aimée Beaubien, Gray Beyer, Ryan Burns, Trevor Davies, Sage Dawson, Meg Duguid, Ty English, General Things Press, Hink, Regin Igloria, Hillary Irene Johnson, Millicent Kennedy,  Katie Kiesewetter, Young Kim, Late Night Copies Press, Long Day Press, Alex Lukas, Graham McDougal, Meeklin...

03/23/2024

Final Gallery Hours for Q***r Joy at Purple Window Gallery
Sunday, March 24, 1 - 4 p.m. with Readings from 1 - 3 p.m.

Readings by Rainn Thomas, Mondeaux LaVante, and Lemmy Ya'akova, Organized by Nick Rossi

Q***r Joy is a group show of varying mediums that serves to elevate artists of the LGBTQIA+ community. Lately, it’s been easy to feel weighed down by the inhumane treatment of the q***r community. The weight of this is often so heavy that the simple act of expressing joy as a q***r person can be ...

02/19/2024

Join us for a Free Workshop with Rhonda Wheatley at Purple Window Gallery this Saturday:

Shifting from Self-Doubt to Self-Acceptance
& Thriving in your Potential

A Healing & Growth Journey Using the Tarot,
Manifesting, Journaling, & Positive Affirmations

Saturday, February 24, 2 - 3:30 p.m.

A Healing & Growth Journey Using the Tarot, Manifesting, Journaling, & Positive Affirmations