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Drink & Draw October 2018: Halloween Misadventures in Ink with Colleen Hardison

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

Afraid of ugly lines? Frightened you’ll make bad art? Guest artist Colleen Hardison has tricks and treats to help you dust of your drawing skills and discover the perfectly imperfect! Painting with ink is a great way to make haunting Halloween drawings that embrace unpolished or crude marks. Through experimentation with varying line making techniques... Read more »

10 Suggested donation

SPC Annual Benefit: Bad Wedding

Low Res 1821 W Hubbard, Chicago, IL, United States

Pre-Sales have Ended. Please grab your tickets at the door! See you tonight! Honoring Miller & Shellabarger Spudnik Press is ecstatic to honor Miller & Shellabarger at our Annual Benefit: Bad Wedding. Dutes Miller & Stan Shellabarger were our very first artists in residence and have been influential contributors to Spudnik Press over the past decade. From building studio equipment... Read more »

Now More Than Ever | Opening Reception & Artist Talk

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

Please join us for the opening reception of Now More Than Ever, a solo exhibition featuring work by Emmy Lingscheit. In Now More Than Ever, artist Emmy Lingscheit invites us to think about the idea and aesthetics of salvaging hope, shelter, and community out of repression, division, and catastrophe caused by rapid environmental change. Her prints offer a critique... Read more »

FREE

From Concept to Exhibition Panel Discussion

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

Spudnik Press Cooperative is pleased to present “From concept to exhibition: How to get your prints out into the world,” a panel discussion that explores the strategies employed by artists and print publishers to produce and share their work with others. Learn of different approaches and techniques to distribute your work from experienced printmakers, and... Read more »

FREE

Drink & Draw December 2018: Hand-Lettered New Year’s Resolutions with Jenna Blazevich

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

It’s hard to believe, but the holiday season is upon us! What better way to wrap up the year than surrounded by friends in the comfort of Spudnik’s studio, with a drink or hot cocoa in hand, while crafting your new year’s resolutions for 2019?! Join guest artist Jenna Blazevich as she helps you transform... Read more »

Suggested donation10

Non-Constants: Ashley Freeby & Jesse Meredith | Opening Reception & Artist Talk

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

Emerging from recurring conversations about access, authenticity and authorship, artists Ashley Freeby and Jesse Meredith make artwork around and through one another’s experiences, from outside of their own cultural backgrounds. Over the course of a year, they have worked in one another’s studios, traded primary research sources and conducted a series of structured conversations about their own personal experiences. Non-Constants presents recent work that has stemmed from this exchange.

Free

Drink & Draw February: Magazine Mash Up

Sponsored by Virtue Cider Up your cut & paste game with simple but elegant techniques to incorporate found images into drawings. Channeling surrealist artists like Magritte, Dali, and De Chirico, you'll be invited to build magical environments from the pages of National Geographic and other glossy periodicals. Guest Artist, Michelle Richardella, will share a few unique... Read more »

Suggested $15

Heavy Metal County Fair: 9th Annual Hashbrown Chili Cook-Off

Rock out with your crock out All-You-Can-Eat Chili | Open Bar | Printmaking Midway Games | Cotton Candy | Face Painting | Heavy Metal Country DJ | & More Spudnik Press is pleased to announce its 9th Annual Hashbrown Chili Cook Off—Heavy Metal County Fair! Join us as 18 chefs from local organizations, businesses, and Spudnik’s own members... Read more »

$8 – $35

Drink & Draw April 2019: Portraits That Pop!

Flex your illustrative portraiture skills by focusing not on photorealism, but a more approachable process of using your natural style to create interesting stylistic portraits.  Guests are encouraged to bring photos of people to illustrate, be it family, friends, or famous folks. Or maybe you want to bring a selfie for an alternative headshot! Plus,... Read more »

15 suggested donation

Eternal Recurrence: New Editions from Spudnik Press Cooperative | Opening Reception & Talk

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

Featured Artists: Carris Adams, Claire Ashley, Judith Brotman, Elijah Burgher, Holly Cahill, Lilli Carre, Dana Carter, Tom Christison, kg, Jonathan Herrera, Richard Hull, Anita Jung, Raeleen Kao, Chad Kouri, Benjamin Larose, Judy Ledgerwood, Faheem Majeed, David Leggett, Caroline Liu, Jereon Nelemans, Paul Nudd, William J. O’Brien, Roni Packer, Steve Reinke, Kay Rosen. Alice Tippit, Orkideh Torabi, Amanda Williams, Brittney Leeanne Williams Eternal Recurrence: New Editions from Spudnik Press Cooperative features prints by 28 artists who recently developed new print-based projects through... Read more »

2019 Chicago Print Crawl

An annual, self-guided tour of printmaking production, publishing, exhibition and sales venues throughout the City of Chicago Organized by Spudnik Press Cooperative The Chicago Print Crawl offers a behind-the-scenes peek into Chicago's vibrant printmaking industry. 36 eclectic printmaking venues throughout the city are inviting the public to stop by for a day of free activities... Read more »

Free

Paper Trail: A Printmaking Journey In Time

Come explore alternate futures and pasts at our drop-in artmaking event, Paper Trail! Each guest will construct their own personalized zine that investigates the future, the past, and storytelling. One copy of the zine will be ceremonially contributed to a community time capsule; a second copy can be taken home at the end of the... Read more »

Free