Spudnik Press

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

Drink and Draw

THEME: Drawing Negative & Positive Space (with Mulled Wine)

Wednesday Dec. 1
7:00-9:30pm
Booze provided (or BYOB)
Suggested Donation: $5
@ Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard, Suite 308
Chicago, IL 60622

Wed., Dec.1, 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.

This month we’ll focus on drawing positive & negative space in the architecture & still life! Our theme beverage is some toasty mulled wine, or BYO. $5 suggested donation.

Spudnik Press and House Press present:

Poetry and Prints Reading Series

Saturday, November 6, 2010
8-11 pm

Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 W Hubbard, Suite 308

$5 suggested donation to go poets and musicians.

Our infrequent and sporadic reading-print-music series will be featuring poets and musicians from New York, San Francisco, and Chicago. Featured readers will be:

Eric Gelsinger from New York, co-founder of House Press and editor of the magazine Happy Generations.

Robin Demers from San Francisco, author of Two Red-Fingered Moons and Face of the Sea Lion, and founder of the All Poets Welcome Reading Series.

Luke Daly from Chicago, co-editor of the arrow as aarow chapbook series, and celebrating the release the book AV / AV in collaboration with Eric Unger.

Music by Helen Money (Alison Chesley), a Chicago based cellist, will follow the reading.

Art by Jeremy Lundquist and Eric Unger.

As always, some drinks will be provided but you are encouraged to BYOB.