Art Encounter is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating, empowering, and connecting people of diverse ages and backgrounds through interactive encounters with visual art. Our broad range of programs foster community, creativity, and a greater understanding of ourselves and the world around us. We take the public and our members into artists’ studios and private collections, leading conversations that connect them with the art and with one another. Our outreach programs bring enriching art experiences to ten times as many, in the public schools and in senior residences. And our murals transform the walls and the lives of the whole community.

Arts & Culture , Arts Education , Arts Services , Cultural & Ethnic Awareness

Community Outreach Programs for youth, seniors, and more; Pubic and Member Programs including local art tours and international art travel ; and our Evanston Mural Arts Program, bringing art to all.

public school students, seniors in graduated care residences, adults with disabilities, and the general public

Chicago, Evanston, and the surrounding suburbs