Everyone is welcome, regardless of skill level. We encourage casual conversation during our sessions, only requiring that it remains respectful toward everyone, especially our models. For more information, follow us on Facebook or Instagram.

We are excited to announce this one-day workshop by Dana Day, aka @spookysnapsphotography whose fabulously eerie, somewhat distorted, photographic works have been featured at the last few shows here at Wayward Arts.

Learn the art of building a Pinhole camera, capturing an image, and developing the results in the darkroom.
No prior photography or darkroom experience necessary.

Participants are encouraged to bring their own clean container – think oatmeal box, cocoa tin, etc – and a fun prop to photograph. A limited amount of props & containers will also be on hand.

All images created in class will be scanned and uploaded to the Pinhole Day website where you can see the work of other attendees across the globe.

Date: Sunday, April 28, 2024
Time: 1 pm to 5 pm CST
Cost: $40 per person

Workshop is limited to 15 participants and ages 12 and up.

Get tickets to reserve your spot here.

Everyone is welcome, regardless of skill level. We encourage casual conversation during our sessions, only requiring that it remains respectful toward everyone, especially our models. For more information, follow us on Facebook or Instagram.

Everyone is welcome, regardless of skill level. We encourage casual conversation during our sessions, only requiring that it remains respectful toward everyone, especially our models. For more information, follow us on Facebook or Instagram.

Group show featuring sexy, playful erotic art by a host of local Chicago artists.

One-time special event with celebrity model, Tim Cappello, also known as “sexy sax guy from Lost Boys” joins us for figure drawing. Session cost will be $25.

Everyone is welcome, regardless of skill level. We encourage casual conversation during our sessions, only requiring that it remains respectful toward everyone, especially our models. For more information, follow us on Facebook or Instagram.

Everyone is welcome, regardless of skill level. We encourage casual conversation during our sessions, only requiring that it remains respectful toward everyone, especially our models. Cost: $15 at the session. For more information, follow us on Facebook or Instagram.

Everyone is welcome, regardless of skill level. We encourage casual conversation during our sessions, only requiring that it remains respectful toward everyone, especially our models. Cost: $15 at the session. For more information, follow us on Facebook or Instagram.

Please join us at the closing reception for The Art of Divination. Friday, February 23, 6-9pm at Wayward Arts.

Be inspired. Support local artists. Build community. Buy Art!!!

Works by: Alexandra Rumsey, Anita Piotrowski, Archangelo Crelencia, Dana Day, Emily Swanson, Erin Gallagher, Erin Hankins, Jason West, Jordan Pelligrini, K Leo, Kita Atabaki, Lane Huitt, Luna Rail, Lydia Burris, Mekmunch, Paintbristle, Randall Miller, Sara Renae Holloway, Steven Dale, Steven Zapiain, Veronica Jurek, Victoria Park, Yusef Abonamah, and Zach Bartz.

Everyone is welcome, regardless of skill level. We encourage casual conversation during our sessions, only require that it remains respectful toward everyone, especially our models. Cost: $15 at the session. For more information, follow us on Facebook or Instagram.

Everyone is welcome, regardless of skill level. We encourage casual conversation during our sessions, only requiring that it remains respectful toward everyone, especially our models. Cost: $15 at the session. For more information, follow us on Facebook or Instagram.

A one-day popup market on Small Business Saturday featuring works and collections by:

Karen Becker is an artist and lifelong collector of antique & Vintage purses and jewelry - think Great Gatsby meets Downton Abbey meets Jackie Kennedy. She has curated a special collection for the holidays that will be great for gifts and for completing festive outfits.

Erin Rose, with a passion for the interplay of elegance and darkness, creates bespoke pieces of self expression in the form of evocative, wearable artwork. Making use of upcycled and antique textiles, vintage jewelry and other high-quality, unique materials, she creates one-of-a-kind handbags, jewelry and accessories that bring your haute macabre dreams to life.

Fatima Beach, like many mamas, juggles a gazillion different things and makes it seem effortless. She is an HR executive, mother, and wellness advocate. Born from her own battle with chronic pain, she has created an array of organic, anti-inflammatory, pain relieving CBD balms.

Janis Post is the creator of Express Yourself Creatively, a series of classes to encourage folks to tap into their artistic selves. She is a painter, teacher and creative coach. At the market, she brings original paintings that are ready to frame, or smaller ones that can be used as cards. Wayward Arts is pleased to announce that Janis will be bringing her classes to our studio beginning the new year. Keep an eye on our website and socials for more information.

Lydia Burris goes by Mad Artist Lydia on social media, and so she is. She presents a collection of original paintings, prints and altered objects.

Kyle Pappalardo is a ceramic artist blurring the line that separates sculptural and functional forms. She works with cone 6 reduction firings, and have dabbled in cone 10, raku, wood and pit firings.

Jordan Pellegrini is a figurative artist from Chicago. Utilizing a bold graphic & illustrative style, her work focuses on femme figures in strange and often mythical scenarios, experimenting with different concepts of her own identity as a woman as it relates to that, one that is as beautiful as it is bizarre.

Erin Hankins is a painter with a focus on both natural and supernatural subjects, drawing inspiration from museum collections, nature walks, and literary mythology. She brings to market a selection of her small paintings of creatures from the natural world.

The gallery at Wayward Arts will exhibit a curated collection of works from last year’s shows along with some new pieces. View the artwork while enjoying a warm cup of cider, and shop in our low pressure and relaxing loft.

Everyone is welcome, regardless of skill level. We encourage casual conversation during our sessions, only requiring that it remains respectful toward everyone, especially our models. Cost: $15 at the session. For more information, follow us on Facebook or Instagram.

Everyone is welcome, regardless of skill level. We encourage casual conversation during our sessions, only requiring that it remains respectful toward everyone, especially our models. Cost: $15 at the session. For more information, follow us on Facebook or Instagram.

View the current exhibition and/or enjoy open studio hours at Wayward Arts. Bring a project. Share inspiration. Join us as we build a creative community.

For the Halloween Special, the model is YOU! Come in costume and participants will have a chance to model if they so wish. Everyone is welcome, regardless of skill level. We encourage casual conversation during our sessions, only requiring that it remains respectful toward everyone, especially our models. Cost: $15 at the session. For more information, follow us on Facebook or Instagram.

Come one, come all! Join in a night of spookiness. Spooky Show is a group exhibition celebrating the dark arts. Hosted by Brit Fröst and Wayward Arts Gallery.

Featured artists:
Brit Fröst
And others!

Everyone is welcome, regardless of skill level. We encourage casual conversation during our sessions, only requiring that it remains respectful toward everyone, especially our models. Cost: $15 at the session. For more information, follow us on Facebook or Instagram.

Everyone is welcome, regardless of skill level. We encourage casual conversation during our sessions, only requiring that it remains respectful toward everyone, especially our models. Cost: $15 at the session. For more information, follow us on Facebook or Instagram.

Meet artist, Kyle Bice, for an additional viewing of Black Sheep. Show will be up through April 15th.

For inquiries, contact us at gallery@wayward.art.

Wayward Arts presents Black Sheep, a solo show by artist/photographer, Kyle Bice.

You are cordially invited to join the discussion with artist and curator, Keith Mendak, as he surveys selected works and historical aesthetic traditions to provide a theoretical context for the exhibition.

Please join us for the Opening Reception of, ABUNDANCE; a group exhibition of nine contemporary artists, curated by Keith Mendak. The gallery is located in suite #506 of the Deagan Building with public viewing hours to coincide with the 2022 Ravenswood Art Walk.