Spudnik Press

Spudnik Press’ Residency Program provides the resources, equipment, and space for one artist per season to develop a body of print-based work. We hope to encourage and enable the production of high quality prints, and to contribute to the development of an emerging Chicago artist.

Spudnik Press will provide the Residents a $250 allowance for project-specific materials and unlimited general supplies (full list is available on our website) and access to the studio. At the conclusion of the residency, Spudnik Press organizes an exhibition of the work created during the 3 month period. This program is open to all experienced printmakers. Spudnik Press does not have the ability to assist with travel and housing, and encourages only Chicago residents to apply. One Residency position is awarded per season.

We aim to provide a residency that is catered to the individual artist. Proposals may be for a traditional edition of prints, artist books, or projects involving a less conventional use of prints. Artists that wish to work collaboratively may apply together.

For more information and the application, click here.

Wednesday, November 2 from 6:30 – 9:00pm | Price: $10, if able
at Spudnik Press
1821 W. Hubbard, Suite 302

Learn easy and unique ways to transfer your digital images onto various papers, fabrics and create acrylic based pieces. In this workshop we will use a variety of solvents and acrylic mediums to reproduce your images.
Materials: Please bring a variety of images printed from a laser printer or Xerox machine (Ink jet prints do not work for this method). Also, bring a variety of fabrics and papers to transfer onto. Note: print all images as a mirror image of what you’d like to see. Flip horizontally in Photoshop, etc. Solvents and matte medium will be provided.

Email brandy@spudnikpress.com to save a spot!

About the Instructor:
Laura Elayne Miller is an interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker based in Chicago and Paris. Her work has been exhibited in NY, LA, Chicago, and Europe. Most recently, her mixed media installation An Unquiet Mind: The Untold Story of Isabelle Cadiuex was at the Center for Book and Paper Arts in downtown Chicago. Laura has worked as an arts educator at 3rd Ward and the Stephen Gaynor School in NYC, and lectured at Trinity College in Hartford, CT.

Fraser Taylor

Structural Intimacies

Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery
Moraine Valley College
Palos Hills,IL 60465-2478

Oct. 17-Nov. 10
Reception: Thursday, Oct. 20, 2-4 p.m.

This new series of monotypes printed in 2011 at the Spudnik Press in Chicago continues Taylor’s exploration into how the mono-tonalities of black can capture elusive emotions, tensions and shifts in weight, depth and consequence.

The artist’s combination of tonal surfaces with sinuous white line evokes the murky densities and intimacies of the body, the depths of psychic territories, the debris of human endeavor.

Sunday, November 20
11:30am – 6pm
Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard, Suite 302
312-563-0302

This fall, Spudnik Press will be hosting our first Portfolio Day, inviting our members and artists in the community to present their artwork, both to a panel of guest reviewers as well as Portfolio Day visitors. This event is a continuation of our mission to unite new and young artists with established artists and professionals through approachable and inviting formats. Guest reviewers are Mark Pascale, Angela Bryant, and Dawn Hancock. These three invited reviewers all bring a unique expertise that we are very excited about sharing with artists.

Any artists creating print-based artwork and works on paper are encouraged to sign up soon, securing a space to present their portfolio. All artists, instructors, students, and supporters of the arts are invited to attend as well, meet new artists, and see the work they have been crafting. All day, there will be Hors d’oeuvres and beverages, and Spudnik Press members will be eager to share their art.

Sessions begin at 12, 2, and 4pm. Current Spudnik Press members are invited to participate at no charge. Non-members can participate for $25. Artists may bring works on paper and works incorporating fine art prints (avoid giclees and inkjet prints please). Space is limited to the first 30 artists who register, and each artist will have time to meet with all reviewers.

Participation Specifics::
Artists may bring works on paper and works incorporating fine art prints.
Artists may also bring Graphic Design portfolios with a strong emphasis on printed matter.
Each artist will have time to spend 10-15 minutes with each guest reviewer.
Artists will have approximately a 3’x6’ table to display their work.
Artwork may be for sale.

Guest Reviewer Bios:
Mark Pascale is the Curator for the Department of Prints and Drawings, The Art Institute of Chicago. He has organized many well-known exhibitions exonerating the printed image, including Jasper Johns: Gray and the AIC, Second Sight: Printmaking in Chicago 1935-1995 at the Block Museum, and Chicago Stories: Prints and H.C. Westermann’s ‘See America First‘. Mark Pascale is also a well-loved professor at Ox-Bow.

Angela Bryant is director and owner of Abryant Gallery, a rotating contemporary art gallery for new and emerging artists. She has curated over a dozen exhibitions, and has participated as both a juror and a panelist. Angela is also the new director of Dominican University’s O’Connor Art Gallery.
In 2009, she received her MFA in painting and drawing from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is the recipient of several awards and honors including the Presidential Scholarship Award, and the Archibald Motley Award for Ragdale Artist Colony.

Dawn Hancock is the owner and managing director of Firebelly Designs. Firebelly is well-known for their expertise in creating sustainable design. Their capstone programs include a Design & Marketing Grant for non-profits and Camp Firebelly, an intensive program for graphic designers interested in socially-minded design.

To register:
Please call 312-563-0302 or e-mail Brandy Barker at brandy@spudnikpress.com. Entry fee can be paid in person, mailed, or purchased online (below). Payments can be mailed to Spudnik Press, 1821 W. Hubbard, Suite 302, Chicago, Il 60622

Deadline to register and pay applicable entry fee is Friday, November 11, 2011, or when all spaces are full. Table and time assignments will be confirmed November 14. Please include your name, telephone number, mailing address and email address.

This Fall, Spudnik Press is offering our first printmaking class free of charge specifically for youth. Focusing on high school students in our immediate neighborhood, we hope to offer a safe environment in which students can gain faith in their ability to communicate through visual art. Our studio is seeking to connect with young artists who ready for independent projects and will benefit from time working in an intimate setting with a professional artist as their mentor. Our inaugural class will focus on screen printing. We will host an exhibition of student work in early 2012. This program is made possible by support from The Cliff Dwellers.

Please read the program specifics below, and contact Angee Lennard (angee@spudnikpress.com) with questions regarding the program.

To register, submit the YAP Registration and Permission Form to Spudnik Press. Students also may register by phone (312-563-0302) and bring the registration and permission form with them to the first day of class.

Course Description:
This is a Saturday morning class that explores all aspects of screen printing on paper! On the first day, students will work on original drawings that will be transformed into “cut stencil” screen prints. Students will the learn how the printed image can best work as a vehicle for their creative ideas by studying graphic design. The class will cover how to use hand-drawn imagery as well as using a computer to create photographic prints.
Assignments will be self-guided by the students, with everyone incorporating color printing and the practice of editioning into their projects.

Student goals and desired outcomes:
Students will be able to apply what they have learned in their art classes within their schools to technically ambitious projects beyond the scope of a typical classroom.
Students will be able to self-discipline and persevere, enabling them to create sophisticated works of art.
Students will gain confidence in their art-making abilities.
Students will create works of art appropriate for portfolios for college applications.

Requirements:
Students are in their Junior or Senior year of high school.
Students have means to get to and from Spudnik Press each week.
Students are able to commit to attending all 10 sessions.
Students need no printing experience, but should be comfortable drawing and interested in illustration and design.

Class will meet for 10 weeks beginning on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 10:30am – 12:30pm Spaces available: 8 of 10.