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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Resident Artist Alexandra Antoine will present the research and inspiration behind her practice that has led her down the path of culinary anthropology. In her artist talk, she will discuss her new set of collages screenprinted during her residency entitled “i followed the drinking gourd and it led me to myself/love/healing/community." Part artist talk and... Read more »
This September, Drink & Draw explores Rococo! We will be working through modern renditions of this artistic style featuring the classic elements of nature and floral patterns depicted through soft colors and curvy, botanical shapes. Guest Artist: Grace Makuch Originating in France during the 1730s, Rococo was an artistic style that sought to push the... Read more »
Friday, September 24 5:00 -8:00 p.m. Saturday, September 25 12:00 -8:00 p.m. Established in 2011, the West Town Art Walk is organized by the West Town Chamber of Commerce to celebrate the diverse artistic community in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago. The mission is to showcase West Town as a rich cultural hub that has... Read more »
