Drink & Draw: Flotsam and Jetsam Collagraphy with Dasha Klein

Come have a drink with us! Join us for an exciting, hands-on skill share led by resident artist Dasha Klein.

Dasha’s practice is deeply attuned to the geological history of Lake Michigan and the traces embedded within its shoreline. For Dasha, collecting organic forms and debris is a meditative practice used to study patterns of erosion, transformation, and sedimentation. His work traces his movement from Michigan to Chicago, utilizing found materials to explore grief, transition, and the emotional residue carried through place.

By combining experimental printmaking processes with textures derived from his beach finds, Dasha explores the tension between slow material processes and rapid image reproduction. Working across lithography, Risograph, cyanotype, and relief, he enlarges and abstracts details from fossils and debris—shifting between microscopic and landscape perspectives to study accumulation, decay, and imprint.

To celebrate the end of his residency, Dasha is opening up his process to the studio for a special two-hour session. He will guide you in viewing everyday detritus as a physical archive, teaching you how to transform found objects into rich, deeply textured prints.

Basic materials will be provided, but we highly encourage you to bring your own clean trash, beach finds, or small textured fragments to experiment with.

Dasha Klein (he/they) is a Chicago-based printmaker and art educator originally from Connecticut. Growing up in coastal New England, he developed an obsession with beachcombing and exploring old graveyards. His practice uses discarded materials and experimental printmaking to investigate burial, mourning, and transformation, often approaching fossils and tombs as physical records of past lives. Klein works across lithography, screenprinting, intaglio, Risograph, relief, and cyanotype. He received a B.A. in Studio Art from Oberlin College in 2023 and formerly served as Print and New Media Studio Manager at Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency. He currently volunteers at the Chicago Maritime Museum.

Pay what you can — suggested donation: $10–$20
RSVP encouraged so we can plan accordingly — drop-ins also welcome.

Drink & Draw is a low-key, drop-in social workshop devoted to drawing practices. There are no pretensions, no prerequisites, and newcomers are always welcome. Bring a sketchbook and basic drawing materials—and invite your friends!

Drink & Draw is generously sponsored by The Long Drink