Drink and Draw

Drawing the Figure with PBR

Wednesday, Jan. 5
7:00-9:30pm
PBR provided (or BYOB)
Suggested Donation: $5
@ Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard, Suite 308
Chicago, IL 60622

Our Monthly Drink & Draw! Wed., Jan. 5, 7:00 at Spudnik Press… Drink and Draw is our monthly night devoted to drawing practices. There’s no teacher and no pretensions. We provide a theme for the evening and some booze. Attendees provide a sketchbook and drawing utensils. Please come, and bring your friends while you’re at it.
January we’ll have a live model (clothed) & props to get back to drawing the figure for our first D&D of 2011. There’ll be some PBR to go around, but feel free to BYO & pls. count on bringing a $ donation to help out!

Ten x Ten

A collaboration between Chicago artists and musicians

Ten x Ten develops the creative relationship between bands & printmakers beyond show posters. Visual artists invited a musician or band to join the project by recording an original song. Artists then created a 10″ x 10″ print inspired by the song they commissioned.

Prints by Dee Clements, Sanya Glisic, Kathleen Judge, Angee Lennard, Onsmith, Colin Palombi, Joey Potts, Grant Reynolds, Tom Smith, and Sonnenzimmer. Songs by Locks, Max Alexander, The Late Model Races, Strictly Jug Nuts, Sky Event, Netherfriends, Nones, Christine Kick, Blasted Diplomats, and Jason Adasiewicz.

Ten x Ten Residency at The Whistler

Performances every Tuesday in January at 9pm
2421 N. Milwaukee Ave.

January 4th: Netherfriends, Locks
January 11th: Jason Adasiewicz
January 18th: Blasted Diplomats, Nones
January 25th: The Late Model Races, Christine Kick

Ten x Ten Exhibition at LivingRoom Gallery

Featuring prints & additional artwork by each artist.
1530 West Superior Street

Opening Reception
January 14, 6-9pm
7:30 performance by Strictly Jug Nuts.
Exhibition continues January 14 – February 19, 2011
contact@livingroomgallery.org for appointment

Brought to you by Homeroom Chicago and Spudnik Press Cooperative
Ten x Ten is available online at spudnikpress.com/10×10

Printpalooza

Block Museum

Saturday January 29, 2011
12:00-4:00pm
Free

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Drive
Evanston, IL 60208-2410

Prints aren’t reproductions of someone else’s work. They are original works of art created by artists. See how they are made and find contemporary and affordable ones to take and wear home by cutting edge printmakers and graphic artists from the Chicago area and around the country.

Printpalooza will feature Drive By Press, Cannonball Press, Spudnik’s own print vending machine, and live music.

The deadline to apply for the position of Spudnik Press’ Spring 2011 Resident Artist is quickly approaching. So we encourage you to grab a mug of hot cocoa and flush out exactly how you would spend 3 months in a print shop. The residency comes with a stipend for materials, 24-hour access to the shop, light support from all of us who use the studio, and assistance coordinating an exhibition of your work when it’s all over. Applicants are expected to have printmaking experience and feel comfortable in the medium they applying to work in.

This residency is supported by previous Resident Artists through the sale of their artwork. To this end, at the conclusion of the residency, artwork is divided approximately 50/50 between the artist and Spudnik Press. The artist retains all proofs and unfinished prints.

The application is not too long, a good exercise to help with planning a larger project, and can be downloaded by clicking right here! If you have specific questions, don’t hesitate to write at angee@spudnikpress.com.

Residency Periods 2011
Spring March 1- May 31
Summer June 1- August 31
Fall September 1- November 30

Deadlines (Postmarked by)
Spring January 5
Summer April 4
Fall July 1