Available for viewing at the West Town Chamber of Commerce Pop Up Space on West Chicago Avenue. Work From over 22 artists all about L.O.V.E.

"Our December First Friday event marked the opening of our second annual Small Works Show, featuring an impressive collection of nearly 100 pieces by over 30 diverse artists. With each artwork measuring under 18 inches, the carefully curated selection transformed the gallery space into an intimate showcase of artistic ingenuity.

The evening celebrated creativity, uniting art enthusiasts, patrons, and contributing artists. Thanks to all who attended and contributed to the collective spirit. This event exemplifies our gallery's dynamic essence, and we look forward to bringing more exceptional art experiences to our patrons.

Our Abstraction Opening Reception was so much fun and an overall rousing success. Thank you so much to our 20 presenting artists, all of our guests, customers, supporters, participants and friends for coming out to celebrate the opening of our Group Exhibition of abstract art. Special thanks to represented artist Alex Puryear, who showed two pieces and whose work is on sale now as a part of our Collection.

Featured artist Riley Brady's recent series represents a profound meditation on their year in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic, inspired by the seven terraces of purgatory described in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. Brady employs a dual creative process in each print, incorporating both etching and hand embroidery. The etching captures the essence of reality, evoking the aesthetic of historical biblical intaglios, with a special nod to Gustave Doré's Purgatorio prints. The hand embroidery, in contrast, imbues the work with a 'sacred' dimension, emphasizing the profound elements of the text. In Riley Brady's artistry, embroidery serves as a transformative tool, elevating the commonplace into something uniquely precious.

We celebrated Pride Month in style at the Raygun creative space in Andersonville, where we welcomed queer artists of all identities to participate. Over fifteen exhibiting artists displayed their work. Thank you for joining us in honoring and supporting this diverse showcase of artistic talent.

Explore the human form through the eyes of talented artists in our upcoming gallery collection. Our figure art exhibition delves into the intricate beauty of the human body, capturing its essence, emotions, and stories in a myriad of styles and mediums. A group exhibition held in April of 2023, with over 20 presenting artists.

To wrap up the year, the CFAS exhibited their last group exhibition of 2022, the Small Works Show. The winter exhibition was juried and welcomed over 20 new artists to the space. All of the work in the show was under the 18” rule. Artists were encouraged to submit small work and were challenged to show pieces of just a few inches…

After winning the Curator’s Choice Award at the I’m Not a Robot exhibition opening, Alex Puryear was given a cash prize along with a solo exhibition of his very own.…..

The CFAS opened their first group exhibition in the Fall of 2022. The exhibition, titled I’m Not a Robot, challenged artists to submit work that connected to the new age of technology. Named after the process we are all familiar with when signing up or logging into an account online, I’m Not a Robot was a juried exhibition that brought in over 30 pieces in various mediums, techniques and styles. From sculpture to photography, the CFAS was overjoyed with the amount of artists who submitted and guests who attended the Opening Reception on October 21, 2022. Along with the in-person exhibition, artists also participated in the Online Gallery.

CFAS opened their first exhibition in the Summer of 2022 featuring local Chicago painter and salon owner, Joe Sikora. Sikora’s work is a study of the clothed human figure in interior environments. Painting from life, the artist poses his subjects standing, sitting, and laying to express the individual personality and emotion of the subject…..

Featured artist Riley Brady's recent series represents a profound meditation on their year in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic, inspired by the seven terraces of purgatory described in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. Brady employs a dual creative process in each print, incorporating both etching and hand embroidery. The etching captures the essence of reality, evoking the aesthetic of historical biblical intaglios, with a special nod to Gustave Doré's Purgatorio prints. The hand embroidery, in contrast, imbues the work with a 'sacred' dimension, emphasizing the profound elements of the text. In Riley Brady's artistry, embroidery serves as a transformative tool, elevating the commonplace into something uniquely precious.