Spudnik Cooperative Fellowship Program expands the pathways available for young and emerging artists to become involved with Spudnik Press Cooperative by providing community, support, and guidance, along with access to our facilities for a six month period. Each fellow monitors one Open Studio session per week throughout their fellowship.

Spudnik Press proudly announces our next cohort of fellows, Heather Anderson, Ashley Shaul, and Caroline Walp.

Heather Anderson Heather produces design work and imagery for campaigns and brands. She has worked extensively within the theatre industry the past four years. Her printmaking interests include lithography, screens, and monotype. She is a multi-disciplinary artist, organizer, and designer, who believes in the power of a good story. Collaborations: summershortschicago.tumblr.com; Client/design work: hkanders.com; blog: alldrama.tumblr.com

Ashley Shaul is a Chicago artist, printmaker, and taxidermy hobbyist hailing from Detroit.  She received her BA in 2012 focused on traditional illustration and art history at Columbia College Chicago and her MFA in Print Media from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2014. Her work revolves around figures that depict objectification and zoomorphism. Pieces can be found in the permanent collection of The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, and various private collections throughout the US.

Caroline Walp is a printmaker who works primarily in silkscreen and letterpress. Her work focuses on embellishing and exaggerating every day, mundane occurrences while attempting to make you laugh. After receiving her BFA in Printmaking from Ohio University, Caroline worked as a studio intern at the Women’s Studio Workshop in Rosendale, New York where she learned how to screen print and assisted in the creation of several artists books.