1 Chicago Architecture Biennial: The Available City North America’s largest international survey of contemporary architecture takes over the Chicago Cultural Center as well as the city. Through January 2022
2 All Together Now: Sound x Design (Design Museum of Chicago) An exhibition exploring the parallels between design and music in Chicago’s creative culture. Through April 2022
3 Renegade Craft Fair (Revel Fulton Market) The biggest craft fair showcase in the world returns home for the holidays and provides an opportunity to shop small. December 18-19, 11am-5pm
4 Sung Jang: Given (Volume Gallery) Found stones and lattice-form sculptures blur the lines between humanity and nature as well as between art and design. Through December 18
5 Par Excellence Redux: The Back 9 (Elmhurst Art Museum) Your last chance to visit a miniature golf course featuring playable works of art by local creatives. Through January 2022
Greek-born Vasia Rigou is a journalist, editor and multimedia content producer largely on the subjects of visual art, culture, architecture and design. She currently serves as an Editor at Newcity, Chicago’s leading culture publication, as Writer and Copy Editor at the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) HQ, and regularly contributes to international architecture and design magazines OnOffice and ICON. She has experience creating content for brands and building conference speeches and influential TEDx talks. Simply put: she’s fascinated by finding out the great stories behind the people, places and objects that surround us, and by sharing those stories with the world. When she’s not writing about art or looking at art—wine in hand—she makes lists for pretty much everything, drinks immense amounts of coffee and takes cross-country road trips every chance she gets.
