About

About

Founded in 1939, the Hyde Park Art Center is at once a contemporary art exhibition space, learning lab, community resource, and social hub for artists and art-curious alike. 

The Art Center presents innovative exhibitions of new work by primarily Chicago-based artists; education programs for children and adults, novice through professional; and, free public programming for a diverse and creative audience. Through these programs, the Art Center actively cultivates a more vibrant, inclusive arts community and aims to foster a collective spirit among artists, teachers, students, children and families, and the general public. It facilitates opportunities for artists to experiment and do things they wouldn’t be able to do elsewhere and encourages its visitors to get involved with the entire process of art and art making.

Click here to download a PDF of the Spring 2013 Newsletter and Course Schedule. Classes begin April 1. Registration is open!

The Hyde Park Art Center is a not-for-profit organization funded in part by the: Alphawood Foundation; a City Arts III grant from the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events;  Field Foundation of Illinois; Harper Court Arts Council; Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; The Irving Harris Foundation; Joyce Foundation; Leo S. Guthman Fund; Lloyd A. Fry Foundation; MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at Prince; National Endowment for the Arts; Polk Bros. Foundation; Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust; and the generosity of its members and people like you.
The Hyde Park Art Center does not discriminate against any person for reason of race, gender, age, place of national origin, handicap, religious conviction, marital status, veteran status or sexual preference.