57th Street Art Fair
th street art fair chicago oldest juried art fair founded held first weekend june annually th street kimbark kenwood avenue chicago neighborhood hyde park directly north university chicago campus large international notforprofit art fair devoted exhibiting original art operated solely benefit artist run small group volunteer without institutional support th street art fair founded mary louise womer proprietor little gallery th street thriving art colony time oddball crazy people later year many famous writer scientist artist extraordinary sometimes nutty local event m womer wished acquaint large number young artist neighborhood decided hold outdoor fair saturday sunday october artist paid cent exhibit sunday end sold worth art fair popular continued next year committee organizer sale early fair juried contained number exceptional artist claes oldenburg earliest recorded sale artwork th street art fair sometime sold item total price fair became juried grown large available space fair suspended one year due covid pandemic resumed th street art fair held first full weekend june visitor see work artist two day continuing spirit first fair artwork real original reproduction fair free open public juried competition official website