Hyde Park Art Center is a hub for contemporary arts in Chicago, serving as a gathering and production space for artists and the broader community to cultivate ideas, impact social change, and connect with new networks. The Art Center functions as an amplifier for today and tomorrow’s creative voices, providing the space to cultivate and create new work and connections.&nbsp;We offer a comprehensive set of programs that serve the creative and resource needs of artists and our communities. Through our exhibitions, artist talks, studio art classes, international and local residency program, free public events, satellite class sites, and professional development opportunities we work to provide the space for artists at every age and stage to cultivate their practice, build connections, and impact our world.Our mission is to stimulate and sustain the visual arts in Chicago.All exhibitions and events are free and open to the public. Visit our <a href="http://www.hydeparkart.org">website</a> for updated hours and info.Image: Installation view of the exhibition Artists Run Chicago 2.0, held at the Hyde Park Art Center. Photography by Marc Monaghan

Saturday, April 22, 1–4 p.m., freeCenter Day is a family-friendly day of intergenerational art making, artist workshops and talks, open studios, exhibition celebrations, and community collaborations. Celebrate the openings of Edra Soto: Destination/El Destino: a decade of GRAFT and the 2023 Veteran’s Triennial, SURVIVING THE LONG WARS: Unlikely Entanglements. Art-making activities and community collaborations will be inspired by the exhibitions on view. The Creative Wing studios are open for viewing with work by Eric Perez, Sofía Fernández Díaz, Kushala Vora, and Rhonda Wheatley, Candace Hunter, zakkiyyah najeebah dumas o’neal, Juarez Hawkins, and Malika Jackson.

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