{"id":20,"date":"2013-08-08T18:49:49","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T18:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spudnik.local\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2024-03-12T19:57:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T00:57:03","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spudnikpress.org\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spudnik Press Cooperative is a community-based art center located in a warehouse-turned-arts hub in West Town, Chicago. Unique in our dedication to printmaking and the cultural traditions surrounding print, our studio houses professional facilities and rare equipment for a wide variety of traditional print processes and fine art publishing. Our 4800 sq.ft. studio includes shared work space, private studios and mixed-use spaces for exhibitions, classes and community events.<\/p>\n<p>The organization began in 2007 as a live\/work studio. Angee Lennard, Founder and Director from 2007 to 2022, created the community-integrated print shop to respond to the needs of printmakers and Chicagoans interested in the arts. Programming began with a simple weekly drop-in Open Studio session and now includes a rich network of opportunities for anyone who wishes to be creative through printmaking.<\/p>\n<p>Between 2008 and 2011, the organization incorporated, received 501(c)3 status, moved to a dedicated studio space, and continuously added new offerings such as access to professional letterpress, relief, intaglio, bookbinding, screen printing, risography, and offset printing facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Spudnik Press continues to provide minimal barriers to well-maintained, robust printmaking facilities and a gallery while establishing a rich community of artists and art-consumers engaged in the vibrant landscape of fine art printmaking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spudnik Press Cooperative is a community-based art center located in a warehouse-turned-arts hub in West Town, Chicago. Unique in our dedication to printmaking and the cultural traditions surrounding print, our… <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spudnikpress.org\/about\/\" title=\"ReadAbout\">Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20481,"parent":0,"menu_order":111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"about.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spudnikpress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spudnikpress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spudnikpress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spudnikpress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spudnikpress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.spudnikpress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37654,"href":"https:\/\/www.spudnikpress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/37654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spudnikpress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spudnikpress.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}