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 »
In lieu of a traditional Opening Reception for Shelter In The Speculative: New Works by Spudnik Press Members, we invite visitors to view and interact with the artwork during our ongoing gallery hours throughout the duration of the exhibition: Staff-Led Gallery Hours: Most Mondays 2:00 - 6:00 p.m. Most Thursdays 2:00 - 7:00 p.m. Most... 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 »
Guest Artist: Emma Sielaff Bring a blast of light and color to the longest night of the year by creating your own handmade altar piece in preparation for the winter solstice! Collage your favorite colorful materials into the form of a brilliant flame, blazing bonfire, or meditative candle. Then, weave in writings, quotes, or intentions... Read more »
Guest Artist: Blake Nemec This workshop will use somatic (body-based) prompts as a portal into new ways of drawing. Somatics focuses on what lies beneath thoughts or emotions in our physical bodies and can be a powerful method for self-exploration and abstraction. Using words from some preliminary somatic exercises, this session will help you translate... Read more »
Guest Artist: Hannah Hirsekorn If you were a mushroom would you be… poisonous? delicious? cunning? parasitic? Would you have frilly gills underneath you? wear a classic cap? grow tubers for your hands and feet? What animals and plants would be your best friends? Hannah Hirsekorn, an interspecies social practice artist, will take us on a... Read more »
Guest Artist: Emma Punch If there’s one thing we are all learning right now, it’s how to show our love from a distance. This workshop is for showering affection on all of our loved ones—friends, children, family, lovers, secret crushes—through the delightful tradition of sending Valentines. Artist Emma Punch will inspire guests with her own collaged... Read more »
Guest Artist: Dutes Miller What kind of multiples can you make from the stuff in your kitchen? Come find out with artist and baker Dutes Miller! He will show you how to transform a humble potato into beautifully carved relief stamps, designed around a culinary or springtime theme. Don’t have printing inks lying around at... Read more »
