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Welcome to Fine Arts Building Studios

The Fine Arts Building (FAB) Studios organization was established in 2007. Our Members include: visual artists, musicians, jewelers, vocalists, and theater groups. Join us on the second Friday of every month for Second Fridays Open Studios. Come browse ten floors of art, theater, dance, music, and galleries in the historic Fine Arts Building located at 410 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605 
SECOND FRIDAYS OPEN STUDIOS:  

THIS Friday June 14th  5:00 - 9:00 PM 

The following studios will be open from 5 PM - 9 PM unless otherwise stated:

Second Floor Gallery
Third Coast Diaspora
Opening Reception 6-8pm

210  Selected Works Used Books & Sheet Music
Good used books, music scores, and Hodge the famous cat

300   American Rhythm Center 
6pm with dance demo classes starting every 30 minutes 
ending with an hour long Tap Jam at 8pm. 

420 Rainer Gittel
Oil paintings

512  Kathleen Newman
Oil and pastel paintings
Special showing of pastel students "Daily Paintings" competition

516   Finestra Art Space
Pärla Arte, the unique, hand-crafted jewelry of Glenn Doering

525  Nathan's Piano Lab 
Drop by between 6 & 8PM and learn to play a song in about 10 minutes using the Simply Music piano method!

534  Lou Ann Burkhardt
Paintings & Drawings
5-8

541 ARTexhibitionLink Gallery Uno Chicago 
Oil paintings of Chicago skyline by German artist Claus Haensel; photographs from the “Norway and Wittgenstein” series by German artist Doris Frohnapfel; calligraphy inspired drawings by Korean artist Oan Kyu; oil paintings by German artist Marina Haas and British artist Franki Austin.

624 Claris Cahan
Textiles:  working studio

630 - Carrie Eizik, ATR-BC, LCPC
Art and Art Therapy
6:00 - 8:00

632F Tiffany Gholar
paintings and digital photography
6 - 9 p.m.
 
701 Debra LePage
Watercolor on paper and yupo

701  Karen Tichy
mixed media encaustic paintings

922   Richard Laurent
Oil Paintings
6–9pm

927 Ossia Musical Forum

6pm--8pm Open Rehearsal Brahms Sextett 

4pm--6pm Open Music Session and Meet and Greet



 

 

PAST EVENTS:
 
FAB Studios is now a member of the Chicago Loop Alliance (CLA) and took part in CLA's first Open Streets on State Street. It was a huge success. Over 10,000 visitors joined FAB Studio members to fill State Street with art and music. 

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SECOND FLOOR GALLERY: June Exhibition opens June 14th
 

Third Coast Diaspora
Chicago as a point of arrival and departure. 

Artworks by Samuel Gillis, Terry Dixon, Kevin Swallow and Chris Davis! 
Presented by Chicago Art Leasing and curated by Joshua Ginsberg 
 
 
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Second Floor Gallery space open during regular FAB business hours 
7AM to 10PM  Monday thru Friday
7:30 AM to 9:30PM Saturday
10AM to 4PM Sunday
 
 
 
 
 
PAST EXHIBITIONS:
 
May 2013 Second Floor Gallery 
A MEDLEY OF DRAWINGS by Jim Tansley
An eclectic exhibition of drawings exploring a wide range of interests and enthusiasms. 

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April 2013 Second Floor Gallery
ETERNAL: A solo exhibition of original oils on canvas by Jill McLean 
www.jillmclean.com

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February - March 2013 Second Floor Gallery and Studio 701: 
FUSEDChicago encaustic artists --works in wax of 16 FUSEDChicago members 

 

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December 2012/January 2013 Second Floor Gallery:
Annual FAB Studios Member Show 
 
 
 
November 2012 Second Floor Gallery:

"One Day in Amauta"
Daily life in a Lima shantytown 
 
Photographs by Patrice Olsen

 
 
October 2012 Second Floor Gallery:  
Earth, Fire & Water 
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September Second Floor Gallery: 
Paintings by J. M. Jung
Photography by J. A. Jung  

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May Second Floor Gallery Exhibition:  
Selected Works by Jill McLean
Exhibition open till June 7th
For more information: 312.718.7707 | www.jillmclean.com
 
 
April Second Floor Gallery:
Paradigm Shift: The Art of the Chicago Spring 
Group show 
 
Second Floor Gallery February 2011 
Hello and Goodbye: A year at FAB 
Featuring eclectic mixed media and collage
created by artist Alenna Marie Sandy
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Second Floor Gallery Dec  2011 - Jan 2012
Annual FAB Studios Member Show 
 
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Fine Arts Building Studios  •   410 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL  60605

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