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.

Drink and Draw

Theme: Imaginary Landscapes
Drink: Spiced Apple Cider

Wednesday Nov 3, 2010
7:00-9:30pm
Limited drinks provided (or BYO)
Suggested Donation: $5

@ Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard, Suite 308
Chicago, IL 60622

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. Bring a sketchbook, materials, and friends.

Our Vanities Differ

Jessica Taylor Caponigro

October 7 – November 14, 2010

DePaul University Museum
2350 N Kenmore Ave.
Chicago, IL 60614

Opening Reception
Thursday, Oct. 7
6-9pm

“Our vanities differ as our noses do: all conceit is not the same conceit, but varies in correspondence with the minutiae of mental make in which one of us differs from another.” – George Eliot, Middlemarch

An exhibition of prints completed during a summer artist residency at Spudnik Press Cooperative.

Please also check out the related events organized in conjunction with Nomadic Studio and Stockyard Institute!

Two Special Events in conjunction with Our Vanities Differ:

All events take place at:

DePaul University Museum, 2350 N Kenmore Ave.

Printmaker as Distributor, Collaborator, and Facilitator
October 7, 6-7:30pm

How does the history of print as a medium for the dissemination of information affect the role of contemporary printmakers? Does this draw more educators to the medium? How does the communal print studio affect the nature of artwork being created? Does the emphasis on technique, craft, and tools create an environment welcoming to new students or restricted?

Printmaker as Distributor, Collaborator, and Facilitator will explore the role of education within contemporary printmaking. Panelists will include Wrik Repasky, Coordinator of Printmaking at Harold Washington, Tom Lucas, Director of the Printmaking Department at Lill Street Art Center, and CJ Mace, MFA student through Columbia College Book and Paper program. The panel will be moderated by Angee Lennard, founder and director of Spudnik Press Cooperative.

Free Workshop: Plexiglass Monoprints
October 9, 10am-12pm

Hosted by Jessica Taylor Caponigro. All ages welcome.

All events organized by Spudnik Press Cooperative in conjunction with Nomadic Studio / Curated by Stockyard Institute. All events take place at DePaul University Museum.

The Challenge Pro-Fold: Your one-stop paper-folding solution. Inquire Within.

Reduction Woodblock Madness

New Work by Stan Shellabarger and Liz Born Thursday, September 16th Artist Discussion 6-7pm

Perhaps you’ve never made a relief print, or maybe you’d like to nerd-out by sharing your own tips on the reduction process, in which one block is carved progressively to reveal layers of color. Either way, please join Stan Shellabarger and Liz Born for beer, hors d’oeuvres, and a discussion about new reduction woodblock prints on display at Spudnik this month! Prints will be on display September 16 – October 29.

Sanya Glisic

September 1 – November 30, 2010

We couldn’t be more excited to welcome our Fall 2010 Artist In Residence, Sanya Glisic. Below, in her own words, is a snippet of what she’s brewing up for us:

“Heinrich Hoffman’s “Der Struwwelpeter,” first published in German in 1844, contains ten cautionary tales for children, each one with a clear moral and overly exaggerated consequences for misbehavior. Since its first publishing, the book has retained a cult following, similar to Grimm’s tales.

For the residency, my project is to create a series of editioned, screen printed books illustrating this story. These old tales embody the whimsical, dark sensibilities that I closely identify with. Their morbid but playful nature lends itself freely to my line-work and interests in folklore and the surreal. This project is not intended to be a book for children; the drawings will emphasize the grotesque aspects of these tales, and will be for an adult reader.”

Drink and Draw

Your Doodles Rock! (and other drawing games)

Wednesday Oct. 6
7:00-9:30pm
Booze provided (or BYOB)
Suggested Donation: $5
@ Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard, Suite 308
Chicago, IL 60622

Our Monthly Drink & Draw! Wed., Oct. 6, 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.
October’s Theme is “Your Doodles Rock & Other Drawing Games” that celebrate that great artform- doodling. Almost every artist has turned in a math test with scribbles of genius in its margins, so now we give them the recognition they deserve! Our theme beverage is champagne punch, or BYO. $5 suggested donation

Temperature Exchange Opening Reception

Connecting the Senses

Friday, August 13, 2010 6-9 pm @ Spudnik Press 1821 W Hubbard, Suite 308 Chicago, IL 60622 At this ‘hot’ event, work ‘hot off the press’ will be displayed and delicious treats will be served. Also come to bid well to this summer’s interns Abby, Nev and HyeYoon! “How does temperature affect your experiences? Emotions, environmental awareness, food, culture, and nostalgic memories are some among many concepts intertwined with the intensity of heat and cold.”

Thank you to everyone that came out to celebrate our growing print community. We enjoyed lovely live music, delicious tamales, the smell of fresh ink, and 50+ pieces of art by Chicago’s best.

I would like to personally thank everyone who volunteered in one capacity or another, as well as the following people for their above and beyond contributions:

New Now Know How Jazz Ensemble
Kim and Lee: Tamale Chefs
Nevena and Abby: Interns Extraordinaire
Cristina, Liz, and Pete: Carved Block Contributors
Colin and Megan: Over-the-top Volunteers and Errand-runners

Cheers!
Angee

Drink and Draw

FINGERPAINTING

Wednesday Aug. 4, 2010
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., Aug. 4, 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. Please come, bring paper and bring your friends while you’re at it.
This time around, we’re gonna be fingerpainting. That’s right, put away your fancy pencils and brushes and hi-tech gear. It’s time to get kindergarten on it….

Yes. FREE. Free as a bird. Free, free, free!! In celebration of Spudnik Press turning 3, we want you to come hang and print with us all day this Saturday! Starting at 11 am, Spudnik members will be offering free screenprinting and monoprinting lessons to all visitors. Materials will be provided by Spudnik but we encourage bringing additional materials of choice.

If you ever wanted to know what printing is all about and what makes it sooo deliciously addictive, then come on by and check us out! Plus you’ll get to walk away with your own hand-printed greeting card or a sweet-lookin’ patch.

And while at Spudnik, you can browse our collection of prints, ask us questions, tell us some jokes, and learn more about the fabulous community of printing. Sounds great right?!

See ya there!!
Team Spuds