Come shop in person in a new gift shop tucked in the corner of the Carriage House Gallery and filled with original handmade art and objects created locally. Discover new OPAL designs on swag you can wear and use to spread the word about the Oak Park Art League and help raise funds for our beloved organization.

Join us for an afternoon filled with powerful words and emotional expressions through poetry in response to escalating authoritarian threats and censorship in our nation. Free and open to the public.

Artist Reception & Talk - Sunday November 2, 2-4pm

Terrain Biennial is here and OPAL is hosting two artists, Bethany Cordero and Pia Cruzalegui, with works in our courtyard exhibition space - October 1 - November 15, 2025

Juror: Sheri Rush
Oct 10 - Nov 2nd
ONLINE EXHIBIT CATALOG

Thank you for joining us to celebrate HOUSE of OPAL! We had a great time and met our fundraising goal with help from attendees and sponsors and donations from the community.
Take a look at some of the moments from the runway and beyond.

During OPAL’s Fall Fundraiser HOUSE of OPAL, the work by Oak Park Art League members on the gallery walls will create a rich backdrop of creative expression, epitomizing OPAL’s mission and reflecting our unique artistic community.

Stop by to see Distorted Lens, Betty Kim’s camera obscura installation in our residency space, now through Sept 28.
You also have the chance to take a digital photography class with Betty in our upcoming class session!

OPAL is honored to host Shanelle Harrison as our artist-in-residence April through June 2025, and back as the curator for OPAl’s August exhibition, Stories from the Soul.

JOIN US!
OPAL invites anyone interested in creating coral-shaped forms out of crocheted plastic to our monthly ‘make something’ meet-ups. Our final maker’s meet-up is June 15!

Thank you!

The Oak Park Art League at Oak Park Farmer’s Market, held a Bake Sale fundraiser on JULY 19, 2025. We are grateful for the help from our membership to both bake items to sell and help organize and work at our tent the day of.

Catalina Gongora is an artist and educator from Colombia, South America. Catalina loves teaching and interacting with the community, she is passionate about helping others express their feelings through art.

OPAL is publishing its first ARTISTS of OPAL Cookbook, planned to be released in November 2025, just in time for the holidays and aligned with our Food for Thought exhibition. We’re launching this call for recipes now and the deadline to submit will be in late summer 2025.

Happy Independence Day! This is how we parade!

Join us walking !

How small can you work and still maintain your style?  Find out!

We look forward to meeting many Oak Parkers at our booth at this year’s Day in Our Village, Sunday June 1!

Help us represent OPAL. Sign up for a slot here

Tony Armendariz is our Watercolor instructor at OPAL! Read more about his practice and his class in this months Instructor Spotlight.

Our next Open Critique is May, 29, 6-8pm

Anyone can bring in a single piece of their own artwork and get feedback from fellow artists.
Artists participating in this critique are expected to bring a piece of artwork to discuss.

OPAL has hosted many artist talks over the decades, both by artists and by individuals in related fields of interest to the visual art community. Talks are a great way to share information with our interested member body with the goal of improving our individual art practices. Talks offer another learning opportunity and a chance to connect at OPAL.

What if you were invited to exhibit at EXPO Chicago? What one work would you want to show?

For our 104th Anniversary Spring Member’s Exhibition, this is what we invite all active Artist Members to bring. The hanging fee is reduced to $15. for one work.

Mike Barett Kolasinski is our ever popular Pastel Painting instructor at OPAL! Read more about his practice and his class in this months Instructor Spotlight.