Throughout Chicago’s history, printmakers played an active role in the community as publishers and distributors. Local papers were printed and distributed as early as 1833. With easy access to freight lines, numerous plants, and a growing workforce, Chicago rose to become a printing giant during the late 19th Century. At a time ruled by commercial... Read more »
Private Event for members of our Giving Circle Open Bar | Appetizers | Meet our Artists | Make a Print! As a celebration of our supportive community and a thank you to our generous donors who joined our Giving Circle by contributing $250+ throughout 2017, we are throwing an art party! Come by the studio for... Read more »
Are you tired of the way Valentine’s Day sugarcoats our relationships? Sometimes our relationships (and life in general) can be a bit barbaric, awkward, unassuming, or crude. Our portrait-themed Drink & Draw embraces drawing as a way to capture a simple, honest, authentic, whimsical, and unfiltered impression of those we love. Grab a photo of... Read more »
Join us for our first Member Meeting of the year and we'll give you $500*! *Well, sort of... The members who attend our inaugural 2018 meeting will have the privilege of choosing how we should invest this money in studio improvements and what our Equipment Fund Committee should help our members fundraise for. Last year our... Read more »
All-You-Can-Eat Chili & Tamales | Guest Juror Won Kim | Audience Choice Awards | Wild West Printmaking Games | Honky Tonk & Bluegrass by DJ Lawrence Peters Spudnik Press is pleased to announce its eighth annual Hashbrown Chili Cook Off — The Hashbrown Showdown: Spudnik’s Rootin’ Tootin’ Fair and Chili Cook Off! This year, we’re (fund)raisin’... Read more »
Please join us for the opening reception of Roots, a solo exhibition featuring new work by artist Yasaman Moussavi. The visual content of the Moussavi’s work for this exhibition is personal and intimate, consisting of etchings that depict creatures entangled in a natural space. As she explores the ties between individual and environment, she begins... Read more »
We invite you to join us for this very special event, as Artist and Booklyn Curator Marshall Weber ignites a hands-on exploration of a diverse international selection of recent artists' books, print portfolios and zines. Including: B&D Press, Fly, God Bless Grafitti Coalition, Justseeds, Keg de Souza, LMNOPI, Re:Surgo!, Streetopia and more! About Booklyn: Booklyn... Read more »
Join us for our April Drink & Draw as we take some of the stress out of observational drawing by using taxidermy animals as a point of departure. Our guest artist is Lauren Levato Coyne, known for her fairytale-like drawings that combine simple figurative line renderings with lush illustrations of creatures. She will lead light-hearted drawing activities inspired... Read more »
Performances by Allen Moore & Sadie Woods and Melina Ausikaitis & Ambrosia Bartosekulva. Plus DJ Set by BIGGIDZ. 7PM | Music at 8PM Stop by Star Lounge on Friday, April 13 to hear and see new collaborations from Chicago artists Melina Ausikaitis, Ambrosia Bartosekulva, Allen Moore, and Sadie Woods. Known for their robust practices in... Read more »
Please join artist Yasaman Moussavi during the final gallery hours of her solo exhibition Roots at Spudnik Press Cooperative and her culminating public program as our 2017 Resident Artist. Moussavi's personal and intimate artwork consists of etchings and handmade paper. Through the process of layering and reconstructing handmade papers, she fuses the intricate and arresting forms found... Read more »
Please join us for the opening reception of Entre Rios y Montañas (Between Rivers and Mountains), a solo exhibition featuring new work by Chicago-based artist Jonathan Herrera. The work featured in Entre Rios y Montañas stems from Herrera’s deep interest and continued investigation of the relationships between collective memory and historical instances of state-sponsored violence and trauma inflicted on... Read more »
2:00 Pop-Up Exhibition 2:00 Layers & Shapes: Communal Pattern Making Workshop 2:00 Assembled Parts: Collaborative Relief Printmaking 5:00 1/1: Print Politics and the Monoprint Panel Discussion Come take part in a day of communal printmaking presented by our 2017/2018 Studio Fellows, Molly Berkson, Ben Garbus, Brendan Robson, and Cristina Umaña. As a... Read more »
