Music & arts lessons
Explore electronic music and visual arts through approachable learning experiences and shared practice.
Chicago · Music · Art · Community
Make room
for your sound.
A creative home for people who want to explore electronic music and visual arts, learn together, and make something new.
Learn by doing ✳Share what you know ✳Make space for every voice ✳Build the scene together ✳
A frequency for everyone
Access · Exchange · Create
Who we are
Art grows when
knowledge moves.
Electronic Art Exchange is a Chicago nonprofit and membership community centered on creative learning.
We bring people together to explore music and visual arts through free lessons, mentorship, hands-on workshops, and shared experiences. Our aim is simple: make creative tools, knowledge, and community easier to reach.
Curiosity firstLearn togetherNo one turned away for cost
Ways to explore
Learn it. Try it.
Pass it on.
Our programs are built around sharing skills and making things side by side. There’s room to begin, experiment, and grow at your own pace.
Mentorship
Connect with others, share what you know, and find encouragement as you develop your creative voice.
Hands-on workshops
Get curious, work with creative tools, and turn ideas into sounds, images, and new skills.
Community experiences
Meetups, showcases, and arts events create space to listen, connect, and celebrate creative work.
Program formats and availability may vary. Reach out to learn about current opportunities.
Inside the Exchange
Make sound.
Make color.
Music, visuals, and mentorship meet in the same creative community. Come curious and leave with something new to explore.
Music together
Find a sound as a team
Visual experiments
Bring images to life
Art meets sound
Make a studio your canvas
Learn together
Pass the knowledge on
Our promise
Creative opportunity should never depend on what you can pay.
We work to keep learning welcoming and accessible. No one is turned away from our educational programs for financial reasons.
Help open the door ↗Find your place here
There’s more than
one way to belong.
Whether you’re new to making art or ready to share what you know, the Exchange is a place to connect through creativity.
For learners
Start with curiosity.
Try a lesson, join a workshop, or meet other people exploring electronic music and visual arts.
Explore ways to participate ↗For artists & mentors
Bring your perspective.
Share your experience, help someone find their footing, or add your voice to a creative gathering.
Share your skills ↗For neighbors & partners
Make good things possible.
Community groups and local partners can help widen access to tools, teaching, and creative space.
Explore a partnership ↗For supporters
Back a bigger creative community.
Help sustain accessible learning and the people, materials, and moments that make it happen.
Support the mission ↗Gather with us
Good ideas sound better together.
From member meetups and artist gatherings to charity events, auctions, and ticketed experiences, our events bring creative people into the same room. Some evening events are 18+.
Make it possible
Help creativity
find its people.
Electronic Art Exchange grows through people who believe in accessible arts education. Share your time, knowledge, equipment, or support to help more people take part.
Find your way in ↘Ways to take part
- 01 Join a learning experience
- 02 Volunteer or mentor
- 03 Share or donate creative equipment
- 04 Partner on a community program
- 05 Support accessible arts education