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No need to dress up, just show up… from 2 to 4PM to celebrate Ross and Elizabeth Fierstein’s opening of “Waypoint” at Facility! See you soon. @manifoldchicago @faust_____specialprojects 📸 @nickcaveart

It’s time for the annual changing of the ART for the Niche Project, located on the Addison Street facade of FACILITY. Next UP: @biancapastel . *This is only an install sneak peek. Stop by on Sunday (4/12) from 2-4 PM to see the entire diptych and celebrate with us for a double feature Opening Reception. @faust_____specialprojects x @nickcaveart

This weekend’s forecast looks like…ART! Not only is it @expochicago weekend; we are hosting an OPENING RECEPTION on Sunday, April 12th from 2-4 PM (rain or shine). We hope you’ll join us at 3616 N. MILWAUKEE as we celebrate the opening of “WAYPOINT” by Ross and Elizabeth Fiersten (@manifoldchicago ). *here’s a sneak peek from a recent studio visit with a scale mock-up to boot Sidewalk viewing continuing through June 26. @faust_____specialprojects x @nickcaveart

See you on 4/12 from 2-4PM to celebrate the next iteration of the Niche Project on the Addison Street facade of Facility. “I Know That’s Right” by Bianca Pastel * edit: THROUGH MARCH 12, 2027* @biancapastel x @faust_____specialprojects x @nickcaveart

You’re invited! Mark your calendars and plan to JOIN US on SUNDAY, APRIL 12th from 2-4 PM for the opening reception of “WAYPOINT” by Ross and Elizabeth Fiersten of @manifoldchicago . Hope to see you there! @nickcaveart @faust_____specialprojects

Mosey on by FACILITY before March 27th for a sidewalk viewing of ZJ Pan’s “Jeez, I Can’t Find My Knees.” @willpan_ | @faust_____specialprojects | @nickcaveart 📸 Don Yoshida _____________________________________________________ Pan works with sculptures, installations, performances, and electronics to curate playgrounds. Like a child’s half-finished thoughts, impulsive yet stirring, his work are vessels that deflate trauma, shocks, and simulations. Pan investigates the mediated uncanniness propagated through social media, news, and everyday experience under the looming ghosts. Pan animates objects’ forms and functions in a DIY approach, where familiar objects are digitally engineered and childishly treated. These objects induce shocks in his life, such as missiles, his middle school, Apple’s AirPods, sad looking stuffed animal, and frogs singing in hell, eliciting a reaction that starts with laughter and then evolves from unease to disturbance

Spending the last day of 2025 reminiscing on our past year at Facility. Thank you to everyone who has contributed in any way towards our mission of fostering an arts-driven community in Old Irving Park, Chicago and beyond. We hope you have a happy and safe New Years and hope to see you in 2026! 🎉🎊🍾🥂 Love, Nick, Bob and the rest of the Facility family (1,2,3) Nick and Bob curated an exhibition “What They Said.” at @circlecontemporary with @the_arts_of_life March 28 - May 9 (4,5,6,7,8) @lucysliv in Facility Storefront Gallery Bonne Journée! In the Land of Love April 19 - June 28 (*7) a visit with friends of @fryeartmuseum (9 & 10)The third installment of the year-long Nitch project by Marcus Kennedy (@mkennedy_aol ) of @the_arts_of_life . (11,12,13,14) @tanyaquick in Facility Storefront Gallery SALT | An installation with video portraits by @olivkh July 12 - October 25 (15) A window activation and proclamation by @faust_____specialprojects of Facility as an “ICE FREE ZONE” in response to politically-motivated ICE raids in Chicago, directly affecting our immediate community. (16,17,18,19)@willpan_ in Facility Storefront Gallery “Jeez, I Can’t Find My Knees” November 9, 2025 - March 27, 2026 (20)A visit and tour with a stellar group of teachers and students from our neighbor, Carl Schurz HS (@amybizzarri & @carlschurzhighschool )

I’M THEM 4.20.19—1.1.20 A Facility art/work by Bob Faust @faust_____specialprojects 📸 @james.prinz Continuing our participation in #FallOfFreedom, a nationwide cultural movement uniting artists, institutions, and communities in celebration of creative expression and solidarity. Join us as we take part this November 21-22, using our voices, art, and energy to stand against censorship and celebrate freedom. Follow @FallOfFreedom to learn more. ***”I’m Them” is the inaugural installation of the Tarp Project, hanging on the southernmost facade of Facility. It is a typographic response to an Us vs. Them problem. By embedding the word ‘I’M’ into the word ‘THEM, Faust asks the viewer to see themselves outside of their own tribe in an attempt to dismantle the separation and subsequent judgment brought on by ignorance.

“Later, in a more perfect society, someone else made just like me is certain to appear and act freely.” - Cavafy Re-visiting LIT, a Facility Artwork by @nickcaveart and @faust_____specialprojects , commissioned by the Onassis Foundation in ‘23, as part of the Archive of Desire festival. We feel it aligns perfectly with Fall of Freedom and wanted to join in! At Facility, We are proud to participate in #FallOfFreedom, a nationwide cultural movement uniting artists, institutions, and communities in celebration of creative expression and solidarity. Take part this November 21-22 as we use our voices, art, and energy to stand against censorship and celebrate freedom. Follow@FallOfFreedom to learn more.

REMINDER to drop by 3616 N Milwaukee Ave. tomorrow (11/9) from 2-4 PM for the OPENING RECEPTION for ZJ Pan’s “Jeez, I Can’t Find My Knees.” Brave whatever weather is expected to experience the works up close and personal, with Easter eggs aplenty. It’s a great opportunity to see art, meet the artist, socialize and get involved in Facility’s growing community gallery scene. If for some reason you can’t be there, don’t fret, the show is up for sidewalk viewing through March 27, 2026. @willpan_ @faust_____specialprojects @nickcaveart

Install is in full effect! JOIN US on Sunday, November 9th from 2 - 4 PM for the opening reception for “JEEZ, I CAN’T FIND MY KNEES” by ZJ PAN (@willpan_ ). You won’t want to miss it! 3616 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL Sidewalk viewing continuing through March 27, 2026 @faust_____specialprojects @nickcaveart

🧂melts 🧊 @tanyaquick ’s installation at @facility_chicago layers video, silk, and literal piles of salt to ask what it means to be “worth our salt.” It’s soft, haunting, and, as ICE shows up in Chicago and protests flood the streets, suddenly not so quiet. Open now, free for all, ending Saturday. 👉 Plus, check out the link in bio for our resource to community safety amid current raids.