Where Art Works

Est. 1986

A brick building with some wearing on its side, with a red steel beam extending out of it is seen on a sunny day with some clouds overhead and trees behind it. The exterior is partially painted in green and the word Cornelia is visible in bold red letters on a portion of the structure

Welcome To the Cornelia Arts Building

Where Art Works

Established in 1986, The Cornelia Arts Building is one of the largest All-Artist studio buildings on Chicago’s north side. Located near the intersection of Cornelia and Lincoln Avenues, the building sits at the meeting point among three Chicago Neighborhoods – Lakeview, Roscoe Village, and Ravenswood/North Center.

Our open studio events are free to enjoy and feature work by local artists including painters, photographers, sculptors, designers, writers and more.

News

Two New Fall Open Studios Events

With fall approaching quickly, we’re pleased to announce two new Open Studios events at the Cornelia Arts Building. Come and enjoy autumn with us on a pair of upcoming weekends this October and December. See what our residents have been up to! Read More →

A graphic with information for building open studios events on Friday, October 16 from 5 to 9pm and Saturday October 17 from noon to 4pm followed by 2 more dates: Friday December 4, 5 to 9pm and Saturday December 5 Noon to 4pm. The exterior of the building is visible in the background along with the building logo and an image of people viewing art at an exhibition.

Cornelia Arts Building Live On CBS Chicago

We’re on TV! Watch Cornelia Arts Building live on CBS 2 Chicago on Thursday morning, May 14th. We’ll be featured throughout the morning newscast. Read More →

A graphic with several tiles of various artists' work on display in their studios, with the title information overlaid on top

Several people seen standing in an art gallery setting viewing a series of paintings with (indiscernible) modernist subject matter on a wall in a clean, white, minimalist space
An overhead aerial photo of an industrial-looking building in the middle of an urban area. Just behind the building, an elevated public train can be seen moving behind it. The roof of the building has steel beams and skylights covering it
A studio space at Cornelia Arts Building. The walls are mostly bare and white. A work desk sits agains the wall to the right, with various colored pencils and drawing implements sitting on its white desktop. An easel is in the foreground turned to the side with some type of drawing of a nature scene. An art storage drawer is placed toward the back of the room next to an open door.
A view of three people from behind as they stand in an art studio looking at a row of colorful oil paintings hung on a wall. A window to the alley outside is behind them and a small, orange couch is visible in the right corner of the photo