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 »
Guest Artist: Rogelio Rosiles Artist, printmaker, and muralist Rogelio Rosiles discovered the process for raspados or “scratch drawings” by accident while sanding down layers on his paintings. Now he fills his sketchbook with these colorful, textured drawings whose grainy finish is reminiscent of early, low-res, digital media. This simple process allows you to play and... Read more »
Free for Spudnik Press members (Email anders@spudnikpress.org to RSVP) $10 for the General Public (Register Online) Students & artists with financial need can enter our lottery for a free ticket Unlike the typical artist talk, this event is inspired by the “Ask Me Anything” threads popularized through Reddit and offers a chance for our members... Read more »
Guest Artist: Lindi Shi The “Flag Book” is fascinating, impressive, and easy-to-learn handmade book! It is one of Lindi Shi’s favorite artist book forms because it can be read as a drawing, a sculpture, or an installation. She will teach you how to fold, cut, and assemble your own flag books out of any paper... Read more »
