Our Spring 1 Adult Class Session
March 15th - April 18
is open for registration!

The West Cook YMCA has invited the Oak Park Art League to collaborate on an exciting mural project in their community gathering space that will be the focal point of their remodeled first floor.
This partnership showcases OPAL's artistic voices while strengthening our community connections and helping us refocus on art as self-care, expressive empowerment and healing.

In 2026 we are creating a new series where our creative community can meet, make, connect and share with fellow artists, in the gallery after dark, Thursday evenings, 6-8pm. Check out what’s coming up!

April 22-24, online sale
April 25th, 9-11 am in-person shop
Donate your items for the online sale which will be hosted at www.estatesales.net. The Spring Studio Sale will include gently used art-making supplies and materials, artwork, and odds and ends, estate sale style.
Come to the in-person sale at OPAL to shop what’s left.

Show runs Feb 13 - Mar 8, 2026

In an age of digital connection and physical distance, how do we capture and portray what makes us most human? What does it mean to be human in this moment and how can art portray this?Through figure and portrait, artists have long explored the complexity of human experience. Our vulnerabilities, connections, contradictions, and resilience all captured in a gesture, in a face.

The Oak Park Art League is once again offering artists a chance to display their work outside our main gallery, in local businesses we have partnered with to provide more exposure for artists. There are a few options now and you can sign up to exhibit at

• West Cook YMCA

• Prairie Title

Please complete the submission form

This is where you will find all the opportunities we come across or that come in especially to be shared with the OPAL artist community.

Check here for OPAL Member related exhibition announcements and other news. Current OPAL members, submit your art related news to share.
This feature is a benefit of OPAL membership.

Please take a moment to give feedback about their experience at the Oak Park Art League. The information you provide will help OPAL strategize for the future, secure more funding for programming and guide the board and staff in the best way to serve our community and help shape our vision for the future of this organization.
Take our OPAL community survey

OPAL’s artist residency program began in May 2024 and we are pleased to announce our next resident artist.
Visit Artist Residency page for more details, past resident projects and a portal for residency submissions.

A Year of Poetry Commemorating 105 Years of Oak Park Art League

In honor of Oak Park Art League's 105th anniversary, we're dedicating 2026 to the art of poetry. Join us for a year-long celebration that bridges visual and literary arts through readings, workshops, and creative collaboration.

We invite contemporary artists to explore the timeless yet ever-evolving relationship between humanity and the botanical world in BLOOM: Art of Flowers, Foliage & Fruit. This juried exhibition celebrates the diverse ways artists interpret, reimagine, and respond to floral and botanical subjects through contemporary perspectives.

OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS

Show runs Jan 9, 2026 – Feb 8, 2026

Art has always been a compass for navigating uncertainty. Help us map the territory between renewal and resolution. As we complete another revolution around the sun, we find ourselves at the threshold of new beginnings while carrying the weight of unfinished business.

Current Micro Show

AERIAL
Jacqueline Rueckert Lakely

A weekend-long holiday market Pop-up at the Oak Park Art League and will feature local makers selling their creations in our gallery on
Saturday Dec 13 from 10am - 4pm and Sunday Dec 14 from 1-4pm.

Our next talk about an OPAL retreat to Italy and LaRomita is scheduled! Mark your calendars for December 11, 6-8pm for a talk and wine tasting! RSVP

The Oak Park Art League has partnered with La Romita School of Art in Umbria Italy to form a group artist retreat in summer 2027. Currently we are sharing this opportunity and gathering interested artists who would like to learn more join in this exciting art adventure!

The Jury selected finalists for the “Of the Moment” Photo contest, hosted by the Oak Park Area Arts Council and the Oak Park Art League, will be on display for two weeks at the main branch of the Oak Park Public Library. Visit the library between January 15th and January 29th and VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITES. With three different categories to vote for, your vote will determine who walks away with the cash prizes. Voting is free and open to the public!!

Community Fridge Project & Oak Park Art League unite art and action this holiday season
This Nov-Dec, join us in tackling food insecurity through creativity and community. Our partnership unites artists, neighbors, and changemakers to make a real impact during the holiday season.

OPAL’s Last exhibition of 2025 is an OPEN CALL for food themed artworks in all media!
From the still lives of the Renaissance and Dutch Golden age to the soft sculptures of Claus Oldenburg, or the lush impasto of Wayne Theibaud, food is everywhere in art!  Food is sustenance, it brings us together around a table, it can bring joy or anxiety, it can be factory-farmed or farm-to-table.

The themed exhibition calls for art have been announced! Check out what will be coming to the Carriage House Gallery in 2026.