Kristen Campos

Kristen is Vice President, Corporate Affairs for Mars Food North America, one of the largest U.S. manufacturers of rice products, and serves as a member of the business’s management team. Kristen is responsible for public relations, public affairs, strategic business communications, consumer care and crisis management to drive the company’s reputation by delivering on its purpose— Better Food Today. A Better World Tomorrow. through a portfolio of iconic brands, like Ben’s Original and Seeds of Change. In her free time, Kristen enjoys practicing Pilates and making meals – often experimenting with new recipes when entertaining friends and family!

Email: boardofdirectors@spudnikpress.org

Riesling Dong

Riesling Dong is a Chicago based book artist and graphic designer. Her bold experimental approach to her book publishing projects often challenges the convention of traditional books in both physical design and printed content. Riesling’s books take on sculptural form and she views them as a unique medium for delivery of information, storytelling and embodied experience. Her aim is to enhance the viewer’s experience and understanding, meanwhile creating an object that holds meaning from typography to material.

Website:

rieslingd.com

Classes by this Artist:

February 1 | Risography Explorations (4 Weeks)
January 21 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
January 27 | Letterpress Authorization (1 Day)
February 3 | Letterpress Immersive: Broadside on Vandercook (8 Weeks)
March 6 | Bookbinding 101: Simple Self-Publishing (1-Day)
February 25 | 6-Week Printmaking Bootcamp (Sundays and Fridays)
March 9 | Letterpress Immersive: Broadside on Vandercook (8 Weeks)
April 16 | Letterpress Authorization: Vandercook (1 Day)
April 3 | Bookbinding 101: Simple Self-Publishing (1-Day)
April 27 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
September 17 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
September 29 | Letterpress Refresher (Vandercook)
October 8 | Risography Explorations (4 Weeks)
October 11 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
October 25 | Bookbinding 101: Simple Self-Publishing (1-Day)
November 5 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
November 12 | Bookbinding 101: Simple Self-Publishing (1-Day)
November 19 | Risography Explorations (4 Weeks)
November 29 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
November 26 | Risography Explorations (4 Weeks)
November 29 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
December 6 | Risography 101 (4 Hours)
December 13 | Risography 101 (4 Hours)

Amira Hegazy

Amira is a multi-disciplinary artist working within artistic, publishing and scholarly practices: her artwork addresses the fragility of memory, and the inevitability of loss; while her research includes investigation of letterforms and how the way we write is related to the politics and ethics of love.  She is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia College and at the  University of Illinois Chicago, as well as a TERRA Foundation Research Fellow at the Design Museum of Chicago.  In her free time Amira enjoys live music and good food around the city.

Email: boardofdirectors@spudnikpress.org

Services Offered:

  • Exhibition Opportunities
  • Printmaking Commissions

Website:

www.amirahegazy.com/

Classes by this Artist:

Bookbinding Workshop: Simple Self-Publishing (June)
Bookbinding Workshop: Secret Belgian Binding (July)
Bookbinding Explorations
Bookbinding: No-Sew Books
Bookbinding: Hardcover Case Binding
Bookbinding Workshop: Simple Self-Publishing (08/18/2021)
Bookbinding Workshop: No-Sew Books (8/22/21)
DIY Cards: Letterpress
Bookbinding Workshop: Simple Self-Publishing
From Pen to Paper: Putting Your Writing Into the World
Letterpress: Wood & Metal Type
Bookbinding Foundations

Rob Kelsey

Rob Kelsey first experienced printmaking at DePaul University, where he studied animation and developed a distaste for digital art processes. Printmaking was his first window into the joys of older artistic forms that simply cannot be replicated digitally. Intaglio led to screenprinting led to bookbinding led to a desire to dabble in as many media as possible, combining and crossing them where appropriate, and exploring themes and imagery from folklore and superstition.

Follow him on Instagram at: @truly.ghouly

Website:

www.trulyghoulyworkshop.com/

Classes by this Artist:

Community Workshop: The Exquisite Risographic Flip Book!
T-Shirts & Totebags Screenprinting Workshop
T-shirts and Totebags Screenprint Workshop
T-shirts & Totebags Screenprinting Workshop
T-shirts & Totebags Screenprinting Workshop (July)
T-shirts & Totebags Screenprinting Workshop
T-shirts & Totebags Screenprinting Workshop (September)
T-Shirts & Totebags Screenprinting Workshop (November)
T-Shirts & Totebags Screenprinting Workshop (December)
T-Shirts & Totebags Screenprinting Workshop (January)
T-Shirts & Totebags Screenprinting Workshop (February)
T-shirts & Totebags Screenprinting Workshop (March)
Screenprinting Explorations (March)
T-Shirts & Totebags Screenprinting Workshop (April)
T-shirts & Totebags Screenprinting Workshop (June)
T-shirts & Totebags Screenprinting Workshop (August)
Screenprinting Explorations (Mid-September 2019)
T-Shirts & Totebags Screenprinting Workshop (September 2019)
DIY Greeting Cards: Screenprinting
Screenprinting Explorations
Screenprinting Explorations
T-Shirts & Tote Bags Screenprinting Workshop
Advance Screenprinting: Image and Concept
T-shirts & Totebags Screenprinting Workshop (08/16/2021)
March 28 | Screenprinting Refresher (1 Day)
April 4 | Intro to Screenprinting (4 Weeks)
Screenprinting Refresher (1 Day)
Screenprinting Explorations (8 Weeks)
May 2 | Screenprinting Refresher (1 Day)
June 6 | Intro to Screenprinting (4 Weeks)
May 28 | Screenprinting Refresher (1 Day)
May 10 | Beyond the Folio: Experimental Zinemaking (6 Weeks)
June 29 | Screenprinting Refresher (1 Day)
September 27 | Intro to Screenprinting (4 Weeks)
September 28 | Screenprinting Refresher (1 Day)
October 21 | Silkscreen Monoprinting (4 Weeks)
October 22 | Screenprinting Refresher (1 Day)
October 22 | Screenprinting Explorations (8 Weeks)
November 7 | Experimental Zinemaking (6 Weeks)
November 8 | Intro to Screenprinting (4 Weeks)
November 16 | Screenprinting Authorization
December 9 | Screenprinting Authorization (1 Day)
January 18 | Screenprinting Authorization (1 Day)
January 21 | Intro to Screenprinting (4 Weeks)
February 29 | Experimental Zinemaking (6 Weeks)
February 22 | Screenprinting Authorization (1 Day)
March 3 | Screenprinting Explorations (8 Weeks)
February 25 | 6-Week Printmaking Bootcamp (Sundays and Fridays)
April 11 | Intro to Screenprinting (4 Weeks)
September 27 | Screenprinting Refresher/Authorization (1 Day)
October 3 | Screenprinting Explorations (8 Weeks)
October 14 | Intro to Screenprinting (4 Weeks)
November 9 | Screenprinting Refresher/Authorization (1 Day)
November 5 | Intro to Screenprinting (4 Weeks)
December 10 | Basic Bookbinding (4 Hours)
December 14 | Screenprinting Refresher & Authorization (4 Hours)

Wes Kendall

Wes Kendall is a letterpress printer, textile artist, and poet. Across disciplines, his work is bright, playful, and filled with language. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, Wes earned his BA from the Evergreen State College before relocating to Chicago in 2020. When not making art, Wes cooks for his friends and rides his bike around the city.

Website:

wesleykendall.com

Classes by this Artist:

January 23 | Intro to Letterpress (4 Weeks)
February 14 | DIY Letterpress Valentine’s Day Cards (1-Day)
February 20 | Letterpress Printing 101 (6 Weeks)
February 21 | Letterpress Authorization: Platen Press (1 Day)
March 15 | Letterpress Authorization: Platen Press (1 Day)
February 25 | 6-Week Printmaking Bootcamp (Sundays and Fridays)
March 25 | Intro to Letterpress Printing (6 Weeks)
April 30 | Letterpress Authorization: Platen Press (1 Day)
Studio Access Training: Letterpress (Platen Press)
Studio Access Training: Letterpress (Platen Press)
October 26 | Intro to Letterpress Printing (4 Weeks)
Studio Access Training: Letterpress
December 7 | Letterpress Refresher & Authorization (4 Hours)

Alex Belardo Kostiw

Alex Belardo Kostiw is a graphic designer, artist, and educator whose work is rooted in storytelling. She has an MFA in visual communication design from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a BA in English literature from the University of Chicago. In her own projects, Alex deals in poetic, adapted, and iterative elements, visual structures of comics, and conceptually driven forms. Her work explores primordial and personal forms of knowledge, investigating the complex ways that the self and reality interact.

Image Credit: Collectivo Multipola

Website:

www.alexkostiw.com/

Residency Period:

Sep 2016–Dec 2016

Classes by this Artist:

Relief Printmaking: Book Projects
Risography Foundations (April 2022)
April 2 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
Risography Explorations (4 Weeks)
May 21 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
May 10 | Beyond the Folio: Experimental Zinemaking (6 Weeks)
June 28 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
June 17 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
June 24 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
October 24 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
November 7 | Experimental Zinemaking (6 Weeks)
November 9 | Intro to Relief Printing (4 Weeks)
November 18 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
December 17 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
January 14 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
January 24 | Intro to Relief Printing (4 Weeks)
February 29 | Experimental Zinemaking (6 Weeks)
February 28 | Risography: Analog Experiments (1-Day)
February 18 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
February 25 | 6-Week Printmaking Bootcamp (Sundays and Fridays)
March 11 | Intro to Relief Printing (4 Weeks)
April 7 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
September 25 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
November 10 | Relief Printing (1-Day)
October 2 | Basic Relief Printing (1-Day)
October 23 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
November 2-3 | WEEKEND INTENSIVE: Block Printing (2 Days)
November 10 | Lino Block Printing (1-Day)
November 23-24 | WEEKEND INTENSIVE: Block Printing (2 Days)
December 11 | Lino Block Printing (4 Hours)

Chris Perzan

Chris Perzan is currently Vice President, Environment and Sustainability at a Chicago manufacturer and has also worked at the city, state and national level as Environmental Counsel.  He has a wealth of experience working with Chicago arts based, non-profit organizations and became familiar with Spudnik helping with their strategic plan and, as a result, in  2022 he joined the Spudnik Board of Directors.  In his spare time, he is an amateur visual artist in painting and sculpture.

Email: boardofdirectors@spudnikpress.org

Patti Swanson

Patti Swanson is an educator, historian and artist whose work focuses on community activism, memory, place, and the accessibility of the arts. After many years printing letterpress and volunteering at Spudnik Press, she joined the board of directors in 2022. Outside of her art practice, she can be found working in the construction industry and running Chicago for Chicagoans, a non-profit that offers neighborhood history tours and lectures within the city.

Email: boardofdirectors@spudnikpress.org

Services Offered:

  • Graphic Design
  • Illustration
  • Printmaking Commissions

Website:

www.pattijeanswanson.com/

Anna Wagner

Anna Wagner is an American/Brazilian artist and educator based in Chicago, IL.  A dedicated craftsperson, Anna is invested in working with antiquated techniques to explore how marginalized histories resurface throughout time, ever-present and existing in the contemporary world as informed by the past.

Website:

annawagner.com/

Classes by this Artist:

January 25 | Drypoint Printing (1 Day)
March 13 | Intaglio Explorations (8 Weeks)
February 18 | Collagraph Printing 101 (1 Day)
March 8 | Drypoint Printing (1 Day)
February 25 | 6-Week Printmaking Bootcamp (Sundays and Fridays)
April 2 | Intro to Intaglio (4 Weeks)
April 13 | Collagraph Printing 101 (1 Day)
April 5 | Intaglio Explorations (8 Weeks)
October 20 | Drypoint Printing (1 Day)
December 1 | Drypoint Printing (1 Day)

Anders Zanichkowsky

Anders Zanichkowsky came to Chicago in 2019 after getting their MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where they concentrated in printmaking and religious art & studies. They are an interdisciplinary artist who also works in papermaking, textiles, neon, video, poetry, and performance, and they are the owner of Burial Blankets, weaving custom shrouds for green burial that are meant for enjoyment and reflection during life. In 2016 Anders was an artist in residence with The Arctic Circle sailing expedition in Svalbard, and their work has been shown across the U.S. and abroad including The Wisconsin Film Festival and the Ukranian Institute of Modern Art. Anders has taught all ages and backgrounds with a focus on printmaking, drawing, and DIY-style professional development for working artists, including while on staff at Spudnik from 2019 – 2021.

Website:

www.anderszanichkowsky.com

Classes by this Artist:

January 26 | Screenprinting on Fabric and Paper (1 Day)
February 2 | Intro to Monotype Printing (4 Weeks)
February 17 | Monotype Printing 101 (1 Day)
March 1 | Professional Practices for Artists (4 Weeks, Online)
March 30 | Screenprinting on Fabric and Paper (1 Day)
February 25 | 6-Week Printmaking Bootcamp (Sundays and Fridays)
March 19 | Monotype Printing 101 (1 Day)
September 26 | Professional Practices for Artists (VIRTUAL)
September 24 | Monotype Printing 101 (1 Day)
October 23 | Administrative Essentials for Artists (VIRTUAL)
October 22 | Intro to Monotype Printing (4 Weeks)
November 7 | De-Mystifying Grants, Residencies, Exhibitions (VIRTUAL)
December 5 | Artist Self-Promotion & Communications (VIRTUAL)
October 27 | Screenprinting on Paper (1 Day)
December 7-8 | WEEKEND INTENSIVE: Monotype Printing (2 Days)
November 14 | Monotype Printing 101 (1 Day)
November 24 | Screenprinting on Paper (1 Day)
November 21 | Monotype Printing 101 (1 Day)