Spudnik Press Cooperative offers many volunteer opportunities that directly contribute to the success of our mission, as we aim to provide affordable and approachable printmaking facilities and services to a diverse community of emerging artists, established artists, youth, and adults.
We also hold ongoing volunteer sessions for members (or anyone who wants to join) to help keep our studio clean and organized, to contribute to special projects, and to meet other members. These shifts are social and a fun ways to support your local printshop. Volunteer sessions are scheduled at various times and rotate to include daytime, evening, and weekend opportunities.
2024 Volunteer Needs
Join Spudnik Press as a weekly Studio Monitor!
Our Studio Monitor Open Call provides interested volunteers with 6 months of 24/7 access to our professional facilities, a flat file, and opportunities to expand their printmaking and studio tech skills. Through a weekly 4-hour commitment, Volunteer Studio Monitors support our Open Studio Hours while becoming more familiar with the Spudnik Press community. Currently, we are looking for 3-4 new Volunteer Studio Monitors to join us.
Open Studio at Spudnik Press provides studio access at a reduced price and is available to all who can print independently. You can learn more about the Open Studio sessions that we offer here. Each Volunteer Studio Monitor leads an Open Studio session each week. Their responsibilities include:
- Welcoming and supporting all guests
- Providing basic troubleshooting and printing assistance
- Using a database to record visits
- Collecting and recording payments
- Restocking supplies, cleaning, and organizing the studio
- Seeking opportunities to improve the facilities at Spudnik Press
To fulfill these duties, all Volunteer Studio Monitors receive:
- 24/7 Keyholder access for the duration of their monitoring
- Provision of a flat file to store their work when using the printmaking facilities
- General orientation about the organization and their role
- Technical training on the various printmaking equipment at Spudnik Press
- Opportunities to expand their printmaking and studio skills such as workshops and events
Important Dates:
- Deadline to sign-up: March 4, 2024
- Invitational 1:1 sessions: March 6-13
- Onboarding: starts March 18, 2024
- Monitoring schedule: starts April 1, 2024
Sign Up as a Volunteer Monitor
Our Supporters
The work we do at Spudnik is made possible through generous support from our grantors, sponsors, non-profit partners and many individual donors. If you are interested in supporting our mission, please make an online donation or contact staff to discuss additional opportunities.
Funders
The National Endowment for the Arts
The MacArthur Funds for Culture, Equity, and the Arts & Culture at The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
Illinois Arts Council Agency
Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
DCASE
