Join Spudnik Press as a weekly Studio Monitor!
Our Studio Monitor Open Call provides interested volunteers who have printmaking experience with 6 months of 24/7 access to our professional facilities, a flat file, and opportunities to expand their printmaking and studio tech skills. Through a weekly 4-hour commitment, Volunteer Studio Monitors support our Open Studio Hours while becoming more familiar with the Spudnik Press community.
Open Studio at Spudnik Press provides studio access at a reduced price and is available to all who can print independently. You can learn more about the Open Studio sessions that we offer here. Each Volunteer Studio Monitor leads an Open Studio session each week. Their responsibilities include:
- Welcoming and supporting all guests
- Providing basic troubleshooting and printing assistance
- Collecting payments
- Restocking supplies, cleaning, and organizing the studio
- Seeking opportunities to improve the facilities at Spudnik Press
To fulfill these duties, all Volunteer Studio Monitors receive:
- 24/7 Keyholder access for the duration of their monitoring
- Authorization on all Spudnik Press facilities
- A flat file drawer to store work
- General orientation about the organization and their role
- Technical training on the various printmaking equipment at Spudnik Press
Important Dates:
- Deadline to sign-up: February 23, 2025
- Zoom interviews starting: February 24, 2025
- Zoom Orientation: March 5, 2024
- In-Person Orientation: March 9, 2025
- Monitoring schedule: starts March 10, 2025
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Programs at Spudnik Press are partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.