Guest Artist: Lya Finston Watch your pictures jump off the page and onto the screen in this fun, entry-level animation workshop! During this session, we'll take inspiration from our domestic surroundings, breathing life into the inanimate and the mundane in order to realize fantastical scenes taking place in the home under quarantine. Love drawing? Sketch... Read more »
Join us for this virtual event with artists Celeste De Luna (2019 Resident Artist) and Alexandra Antoine (2020 Ten x Ten), whose prints are up now in our current exhibition With Renewed Urgency. Celeste and Alexandra will each give a short talk about their practice, followed by a conversation with each other, the audience, and... Read more »
Guest Artist: Lucia Calderon Arrieta What does it mean to draw into the page? If you could turn a picture plane filled with holes and circles into a world of portals, where might they lead you? Lucia Calderon Arrieta will show us how to use line, shape, and value to create interconnected forms that are... Read more »
Guest Artist: Ashley Houghton Artist, printmaker, and athlete Ashley Houghton uses collage throughout her own practice, altering the “official” records she finds in mass media and popular photography to change the narrative about culture and values, particularly about women in sports. We will use found materials and new drawings to change the context and content... Read more »
Head over to the auction, and place your bids today! Auction closes October 18th, 8:30 p.m. CST Online Benefit Auction Launches: Saturday, October 3, 2020, 8:30 p.m. CST Closes: Sunday, October 18, 8:30 p.m. CST Virtual Variety Show: Saturday, October 3, 2020 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. CST Online Live Stream for ticket holders As much... Read more »
Spudnik Press Cooperative we will be exhibiting at the 2020 E/AB Fair Online from October 14 - 28, 2020. Spudnik Press Cooperative is among 64 distinguished shops and publishers gathering together virtually to present our latest creations by emerging and mid-career contemporary artists in a safe online environment. The Spudnik Press booth will exhibit recent print... Read more »
Guest Artist: Erin Hayden Artist and poet Erin Hayden will help us tap into our unconscious by exploiting the randomness of technology to create unplanned—and unplannable—works of art. We’ll start with collaborative and often hilarious writing exercises, as well as automatic writing and the auto-fill feature, to inspire, generating content, and guide our digital collage... Read more »
Guest Artists: Lucia Calderon-Arrieta and Anders Zanichkowsky Tips to be split with The Love Fridge The Chicago City budget is under scrutiny for the disproportionate level of funds invested in the police department ($1.7 Billion per year; 40% of the entire budget*). How might art, writing, and poetry help us envision other ways to invest... Read more »
Guest Artist: Anders Zanichkowsky Join us for a relaxing night of drawing your favorite objects at home. Spudnik’s own Anders Zanichkowsky will lead a series of creative still life exercises that are perfect for any experience level and are designed to bring mindfulness, catharsis, and discovery to anyone’s drawing practice. He thinks of still lifes... Read more »
Guest Artist: Robert Stokowy How can a drawing convey a sound? How might a drawing double as a score for music? How can the act of listening open up new creativity in your art practice? Robert Stokowy invites you to slow down and tune in to your auditory imagination, to inspire unexpected drawings based on... Read more »
Brief Artists Talks by: Sam Hensley, Dutes Miller (Miller & Shellabarger), Kianni Pleasant-Bey, Joshi Radin, Don Widmer, and Teresita Carson Valdez Additional Artist featured in the Exhibition: Yasaman Moussavi For the 2020 Member Exhibition, Juror Ruby T has selected artworks that have a powerful physical presence: works that feel like a form of shelter, or are an extension... Read more »
Guest Artist: Shari Carillo Remember summer? Plants and flowers growing in the sun; wild lilies in the allies; vines climbing up buildings and spilling over with blossoms; all the sounds and smells and colors of the warmer months... Join us for a cozy night of “Summer Dreaming” recalling the sunlight and heat waves that will... Read more »
