Spudnik Press will be closed for the holidays during the following times:
Thanksgiving Week: November 24–30, 2025
Winter Break: December 20, 2025 – January 4, 2026
Keyholders will continue to have access to the studio during these weeks. However, staff will be unavailable, and we will not be responding to emails or inquiries until we return.
Hello,
Today, we at Spudnik Press want to make clear what our priorities are.
Spudnik Press is an ICE‑Free Zone and does not cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, in alignment with the City of Chicago’s ICE‑Free policies.
We are making Know Your Rights flyers, a selection of protest signs, ICE‑Free signs, and other printed organizing materials available to anyone who wants them. We are also happy to distribute information you provide. These items will be available for pick-up at Spudnik Press starting the morning of 10/9 during our open studio hours: Monday–Thursday, 10 am–10 pm, and Friday–Sunday, 10 am–6 pm.
Additionally, we are opening our studio once a week for printers who want to create movement posters, pamphlets, and other materials for community sharing. We will provide one screen printing station and one Vandercook press free of charge for this purpose. You can use this time to make posters and pamphlets for free distribution in the Chicagoland area. Mondays from 10 am–2 pm will be available for booking by emailing director@spudnikpress.org.
This is just the beginning. Over the coming weeks, we hope to build more connections, find new ways to help people express their ideas, and provide a space to pick up and drop off information. Please share your thoughts and suggestions—we will do our best to make them happen.
In solidarity,
Meg Duguid
Meg Duguid, Executive Director
With Avery Johnson, Studio Manager
And Amira Hegazy, Michelle Savoy, Kristen Campos, & Angela Runge (Board of Directors)
Event Date: November 15, 2025 from 12-4:30PM
Location: Access Living, Chicago: 115 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60654
Deadline to Apply: October 10, 2025
FREE: No Application Fee, No Tabling Fee
You are invited to apply to Mad Made
MadMade is a one-day, community-centered event designed to celebrate, support, and showcase the creative work of artists living with psychiatric disabilities and mental health challenges. This is not just another craft fair—it’s a space built on inclusion, care, and cultural empowerment.
MadMade is open to printmakers, Illustrators, artists, designers, and zine makers working across a wide variety of print including prints, screenprinting, lino cut, risograph, etching, digital print processes, or other print techniques. MadMade is open to individuals and collectives with a focus on first person experience.
This fair is a mad-positive, disability-affirming event focusing on individuals themselves, rather than their involvement in diagnosis or treatment, highlighting first-person experience regardless of formal diagnosis. It offers a counter-narrative to both the clinical and romanticized depictions of mental illness. Instead, it centers real people making real work that is beautiful, messy, joyful, angry, thoughtful work that opens conversation and creates community experience.
MadMade is organized by Dylan Sturdy in conjunction with Spudnik Press, The Center for Mad Culture, and Access Living
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at madmade@spudnikpress.org
Important Dates
Fair Date: Saturday, November 15, 2025
Location: Access Living: 115 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60654
Public Hours: Saturday, November 15, 12 PM – 4:30PM
Vendor Hours / Load-In / Load-Out
Load-in & Check-in: Saturday, November 15, 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM
Load-out: Saturday, November 15, 4:30 – 6 PM