A WALK THROUGH LOGAN SQUARE GREETINGS FROM CHICAGO MURAL - LOGAN SQUARE, CHICAGO
By JACQUELINE LEWIS As the gallery landscape continually changes and expands its traditional borders Logan Square has become its own bustling art hub. The neighborhood’s thriving art scene is young and fresh, with galleries devoted to living artists and maintaining active art spaces. Logan Square is easily accessible from the Blue Line. For those who prefer driving, street parking is usually available as well. Once you are in Logan Square, it’s easy and fun to peruse the entire neighborhood to experience all that it has to offer. Let’s start with a quick tour of a few noteworthy galleries: COMFORT STATION Comfort Station is just south of the Logan Square Blue Line station on Milwaukee Avenue. In 2010, Comfort Station set up shop inside of a historic building. The gallery operates in conjunction with the Logan Square Preservation nonprofit. Since then, Comfort Station has been entirely volunteer run and received its own nonprofit status in 2016, continuing its mission to host public, community driven programs.
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A vibrant, multidisciplinary art space that exists to help local artists and the Logan Square community, Comfort Station, throughout the past decade, has consistently demonstrated the connections that occur at the intersection of art and everyday life. GALERIE F You’ll find Galerie F a bit further south on Milwaukee Avenue. A platform for local and national emerging artists, Galerie F puts on monthly exhibitions and also hosts community drawing events. In addition to their in studio projects, Galerie F runs mural projects that are visible throughout Logan Square and the Greater Chicago Area. With art available for purchase both in person and online, the gallery is a useful resource for those interested in street art, gig posters, and art prints, along with other miscellaneous collectibles. Their style is hip and new, spotlighting street art styles. POSITIVE SPACE STUDIOS Heading west on Fullerton you will reach Positive Space Studios, founded to build and foster a diverse community of artists from all levels. It is a multimedia space for those who are inspired to create and publicly share their work. Anyone with passion and energy for art can rent event or
