Community Carving Kick-Off Workshop

The Annex @ Spudnik 1821 West Hubbard, Chicago, IL, United States

Push & Pull: A Streamroller Spectacular is a community based printmaking project that will culminate at Printers Ball 2015: Push & Pull on Saturday, June 27, 2015. Spudnik Press Cooperative, in collaboration with William Estrada, invites artists, community organizations, and art teachers to contribute over 300 hand-carved woodblocks. These contributed blocks will be printed onsite using a steamroller to create oversized... Read more »

Free

Member Volunteer Day: Spring Cleaning

Spudnik Press Cooperative 1821 West Hubbard, Chicago, IL, United States

It’s that time of year! Please mark your calendars! As is the great tradition in community printshops the world over, once a year, Spudnik Press will host an annual Spring Cleaning. This is a great time for us to gather as a group, roll up our sleeves and all pitch in to give our shop the love it deserves*!... Read more »

Free Comic Book Day Extravaganza

Spudnik Press Cooperative 1821 West Hubbard, Chicago, IL, United States

Celebrate Free Comic Book Day with CAKE and Spudnik Press Cooperative. Join our drop-in workshop, open to all people of all ages and identities, and all experience levels. Want to make your own comics? Not sure where to start? Start off the workshop by making your own "Comics Handbook". We'll provide templates and drawing prompts,... Read more »

Spring Member Meeting

Spudnik Press Cooperative 1821 West Hubbard, Chicago, IL, United States

Meet and mingle with fellow Spudnik members at our quarterly Member Meeting! Hear all the details about what to expect at the upcoming Printers Ball on Saturday June 27 and unique ways that members can contribute to our largest event of the year. Plus, a Member Portfolio Exchange is long overdue. Bring ideas and enthusiasm,... Read more »

Drink & Draw: June 2015–Surrealist Games

Spudnik Press Cooperative 1821 West Hubbard, Chicago, IL, United States

Surrealist games are a great way to break habits, generate ideas, and make new friends while drawing. We’ll lead exquisite corpse, automatic drawing, decalomania, frottage, and more. Drink and Draw is a low-key event devoted to drawing practices. There is no teacher and no pretensions. Spudnik provides a theme for the evening, props, and beer and... Read more »

$5

Printers Ball 2015: Push & Pull

Hubbard Street Lofts 1821 W Hubbard, Chicago, IL, United States

Featuring Festival Guest Bryce McCloud, the Steamroller Spectacular, a large-scale public printmaking project, round table conversations, the Printers Ball Marketplace, and more. $25 VIP Tickets / $5 General Admission / Basic Admission is Free Printers Ball is an annual festival celebrating print and highlighting presses, publications, projects, designers and artists that utilize printing in unique ways. Featuring the best... Read more »

$25

Push & Pull: Steamroller Spectacular–Opening Reception

The Annex @ Spudnik 1821 West Hubbard, Chicago, IL, United States

At times, we pull in our community. At times we push out our ideas, our visions, and our inclinations. This summer, Spudnik Press, and artist William Estrada, has brought together 200+ artists, students, and creative thinkers through various Chicago communities to reflect on how they and their communities “push and pull” physically, metaphorically, and politically.... Read more »

Free

Drink & Draw: August 2015–Design & Draw

The Annex @ Spudnik 1821 West Hubbard, Chicago, IL, United States

Explore a few design projects over a cold one. With support from graphic designer Craig Hansen of Artonomous Design Studio, guests will use the tool of their choice (pencils, pens, ink or even ipads) to utilize creative problem solving to design Spudnik ephemera. Drink and Draw is a low-key event devoted to drawing practices. There... Read more »

$10

Annual Member Meeting

The Annex @ Spudnik 1821 West Hubbard, Chicago, IL, United States

Meet and mingle with fellow Spudnik members at Annual Member Meeting! What makes the “Annual” meeting so special? This is your chance to cast your ballot for our Board of Directors. That’s right, we need YOU to help drive the direction of YOUR printshop... Plus, we will review what has been happening over the past... Read more »

Fall Residency Kick-Off and Open House

Spudnik Press Cooperative 1821 West Hubbard, Chicago, IL, United States

This fall, Spudnik Press Cooperative is proud to introduce our Fall Resident Artists: Julia Arredondo Devin Owsley-Aquilia Lisa Vinebaum Each of these three local artists will be able to create new bodies of print-based work through the Spudnik Press Residency Program. In addition to the access to our professional studio, Residents will have the opportunity to meet with... Read more »

Free

Ten x Ten 2015 Release Concert & Exhibition

Elastic Arts 3429 W Diversey Ave #208, Chicago, United States

On Saturday, September 12, 2015, the Ten x Ten 2015 Collection will be released with a concert and exhibition at Elastic Arts. The Ten x Ten 2015 Collection is the manifestation of a year-long collaboration involving ten unique partnerships between musicians and visual artists. Producing organizations Homeroom and Spudnik Press along with Guest Curator Elastic... Read more »

$15

Spudnik Press Cooperative 2015 Annual Benefit

Spudnik Press Cooperative 1821 West Hubbard, Chicago, IL, United States

Sip an expertly crafted elixir from Artisanal Imports. Nosh a delicious morsel. Explore the fine art, live printing, and rare printing presses at Spudnik Press. Marvel at an exclusive collection of original monoprints available in the silent auction…. Get lost in the entertainment and the company of friends. Support Spudnik Press Cooperative. Feel amazing. Repeat.... Read more »

$15 – $250