River East Art Center
The Venue
Location: 435 East Illinois St., Chicago, IL 60611
River East Art Center is in the heart of the exclusive River East district, and located steps from The Magnificent Mile and Navy Pier. River East is more than 10,000 square feet of event space surrounded by an exciting collection of Modern and Fine Art Galleries
Designed in the loft style, River East features natural rustic wood, exposed brick, floor to ceiling glass walls and pristine terrazzo floors. The centerpiece is a magnificent cascading Venetian water wall with up-lighting that provides a beautiful backdrop for your event. It also boasts a vast outdoor space overlooking the Chicago River and affording spectacular views of our city’s skyline.
Guests enter on the balcony level, through the Art galleries, and down a glass walled stairway. The balcony offers wonderful views of the event space, and adds to the nicely to the overall capacity of the room.
Balcony Capacity: standing cocktails-280
River East Art Center speaks to the contemporary side of Chicago, an elegant powerhouse with the flexibility to create a unique and dynamic event every time. It has become Chicago’s premier high-end private event space
| Capacity | River Balcony (outside) seated-180, standing reception-230 |
| Atrium Only seated-390, standing reception-975 | |
| Entire Space seated-500, standing reception-1,260 |
Kenmare Catering and Events can bring your event dreams to reality. Our culinary designs will overwhelm your senses, and our event staff will exceed all of your expectations. Creativity, enthusiasm, passion and enjoyment define our vision of how to plan the perfect event.
For more information call Kenmare Catering at 312-287-5900 or www.kenmarecatering.com
Event Pricing
| Sun-Wed | Thu-Fri | Sat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan-Feb | $4,000 | $5,000 | $6,500 |
| March | 4,500 | $6,000 | $8,500 |
| Apr-Dec | $5,500 | $7,500 | $10,000 |