“Ask Me Anything” with Margo McFarland, Art Conservator

Free for Spudnik Press members (Member Online RSVP) $10 for the General Public (General Online Registration) Students & artists with financial need can enter our lottery for a free ticket Unlike the typical lecture, this event is inspired by the “Ask Me Anything” threads popularized through Reddit and offers a chance for our members to guide... Read more »

$10

Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL] Architecture: Abstract Schematics

This May, we’re dedicating our Drink & Draw series to architectural space! Join us for one or both sessions to explore perspective, geometry, scale, maps, schematics, and try out unconventional ways of rendering spaces, both real and imagined. Guest Artist: Kelly Kaczynski Join guest artist Kelly Kaczynski for a reverse journey of mapping space. Rather... Read more »

Suggested Donation $15

The Hunger Will Wake Us: Virtual Reception & Artist Talk

The Hunger Will Wake Us is the newest show by Hope Wang and Farnaz Khosh-Sirat. Join them for a virtual tour of the exhibition followed by an artist talk in conversation with Anders Zanichkowsky. This exhibition brings together new print work from Wang and Khosh-Sirat, who each explore the translational process of materializing digital animations... Read more »

Free

The Hunger Will Wake Us | Artist Led Gallery Hours

Please join us for artist-led gallery hours for The Hunger Will Wake Us: Hope Wang & Farnaz Khosh-Sirat. This exhibition brings together new print work from Hope Wang and Farnaz Khosh-Sirat, who each explore the translational process of materializing digital animations and poetry text into print. Together they reflect on events of displacement through the... Read more »

Free

Virtual Workshop: Painting with Pulp

Pulp Painting is an emerging specialty that attracts visual artists' attention. Artists, printmakers, painters, book artists, installation artists, and people who love to make creative work will enjoy this one-day workshop. In this workshop, students will learn how to freely made paintings with dyed pulp. Yasaman Moussavi will demonstrate making pulp out of scrap paper,... Read more »

Free

Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL]: Salvaging Scraps

This July, our Drink & Draw projects dedicated to all the leftover fragments, or “chads”. First, we’ll put to use all the excess bits and pieces from other projects. Then, we’ll replenish our paper remnants by trying out the art of papercutting. Guest Artist: Mara Baker Save your scraps for a night of collage with... Read more »

Suggested Donation: $15

WaterBodies | Virtual Reception & Artist Talk

WaterBodies features immersive relief prints by Amanda Lilleston and Lisa Matthias.  WaterBodies invites viewers to consider the relationships within and between humans and the natural world. With a focus on biological forms, these larger-than-life prints embrace a sense of wonder and appreciation for anatomy and ecology. They urge us to seek out unity and harmony with the biological... Read more »

Free

Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL]: Paper Cut Arts

This July, our Drink & Draw projects dedicated to all the leftover fragments, or “chads”. First, we’ll put to use all the excess bits and pieces from other projects. Then, we’ll replenish our paper remnants by trying out the art of papercutting. Guest Artist: Yang Pulongbarit-Cuevo The art of paper cutting has been practiced around... Read more »

Suggested Donation $15

Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL]: Character Creation

This August,  Drink & Draw explores puppets! First we’ll develop characters for our puppets through a rapid fire doodle event. Then, we’ll bring these character designs to life as paper puppets. Guest Artist: Logan Kruidenier Logan Kruidenier has led various “Doodle Jams” throughout the city inspired by his daily practice of making quick drawings on post-it... Read more »

Suggested Donation $15

Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL]: Paper Puppets

This August,  Drink & Draw explores puppets! First we’ll develop characters for our puppets through a rapid fire doodle event. Then, we’ll bring these character designs to life as paper puppets. Guest Artist: Myra Su As one of the oldest forms of puppetry, paper and shadow puppets have delighted and entertained for hundreds of years.... Read more »

Suggested Donation $15

2021 Annual Member Meeting

Our Annual Member Meeting brings together our community of members to provide feedback and guidance for our organization while being able to meet and learn from each other. This is also when our members meet the nominations for our Board of Directors, both new nominees and those up for re-election. Our board is a committee of generous supporters who... Read more »

Member Mixer: Meet the Staff & Board

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

Join our staff and board for a casual low-key gathering to allow our staff, board of directors, and our wonderful community of members to reconnect or meet for the first time. Spudnik Press Cooperative will provide beverages, tacos, and tunes! The mixer will be hosted outdoors in our parking lot (with a rain plan of... Read more »

Free