October 14–21, 2026
A personal guide to the openings, exhibitions, spaces and artists in my orbit. Updated every Wednesday.
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This week’s favorite: Jacqueline Overby builds a clay face and body, transforming her persona into an earth-mother figure. A strong next step for the mask and transformation thread. Doors 6:30 pm; performance 7 pm, 30 minutes. RSVP required; adding to calendar does not RSVP.
Free talk on photographic publishing and their collaborative monograph Boom and Dust. End time from the VAC newsletter.
Outlet Within (the DAC ceramic residents), Errant Obsession by Faith Chonko, and Regular & Precious by Bella Cheng. Free and open to the public.
Intel Lastierre and Vy Ngo with Sabrina Mooroogen. Follow the two artists’ independent voices through questions of history, power and identity.
Anya Molyviatis signs her new book. Final day of Regina Durante Jestrow’s Strips, Stripes, Pieces, Parts and Christine Garvey’s Parlour Tricks.
Talk & Tea with Valérie Chaussonnet on Saturday, then two French books that inspired the artist on Sunday: Françoise Sagan’s Dear Sarah Bernhardt and Leonora Carrington’s The Hearing Trumpet. Part of DOZENS. RSVP with the salon; adding to calendar does not RSVP.
Seven contemporary women painters work between the familiar and the uncanny, using dream logic, symbolic narrative and psychological allegory.
Free. Annar Veröld moderates Jasmine Games, Julie Poole and Katy Horan, with readings, community open mic and a BookWoman pop-up.
Open gallery and live music, free and open to all. RSVP offered. Earlier: pumpkin painting 4–7 pm.
Free guided tour of nearby public artworks with Art in Public Places staff. Meet at DAC; registration encouraged, not required.
35x35x35 indoor staff tour at UMLAUF, 11 am, included with admission, no RSVP. Lydia Vinyl & Game Night, 6–10 pm.
Valérie Chaussonnet at Lydia, 2 pm. See listing #6 for the weekend pair and RSVP.
2 pm at Lydia. See listing #6 for both books and RSVP.
Fantastic Faces with Minnie Rogers, 6:30–8:30 pm, Dougherty. Free, registration required, currently sold out. Check ticket status.
Dougherty’s kintsugi-inspired sidewalk repair, 4:30–7:30 pm, free. Jones Center curator tour, 6:30–8 pm, Advocate members and above.
Dougherty programs & registration · Member curator tour · DORF opening · Via Boley talk
Openings and run dates come first. The directory is the standing roster behind your weekly art sweep, so the page can remain your map even as the shows change.