Say goodbye to April showers and hello to spring blooms! Join us for a special Drink & Draw featuring a flower monotyping workshop with some seasonal new blooms. Make your own one-of-a-kind floral prints and celebrate the season.

Lee Nah is a community-engaged scholar and printmaker from Chicago. She works as a studio monitor at Spudnik Press and has a special love for monotypes.

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. Drink & Draw occurs on the second Wednesday of every month and features a special theme and a guest artist. Admission is a suggested donation of $10–$20. We provide the drinks — you just bring yourself (and your friends, and your family; children are always welcome).

Drink & Draw is generously sponsored by The Long Drink

Centering an evolving oracle and playing card deck built from inherited photo archives and personal histories, West’s practice considers how images can hold reverence, revision, and alternate ways of remembering. The conversation will focus on their process, research, and ongoing experimentation with analog media during their time at Spudnik Press.

Harlem Masimba West is a playground, sonic griot, and archival imagemaker from Out South Chicago. Anchored in analog media, their work centers the crossroads and portals that find Black folks. They’re presently the 2026 Curatorial Resident at Elastic Arts, and artist in residence at Spudnik Press, ILA, and the Kimball Arts Center.

Spudnik Press is turning 19, and we’re throwing a carnival to celebrate! Join us for a special Drink & Draw where we’ll be making decorations for our upcoming fundraiser. Come help us get the big top ready — paint signs, craft garlands, make props, and get into the carnival spirit while you drink and draw.

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. Drink & Draw occurs on the second Wednesday of every month and features a special theme and a guest artist. Admission is a suggested donation of $10–$20 but this time you are helping us, so pick the $0 option at RSVP). We provide the drinks — you just bring yourself (and your friends, and your family; children are always welcome).

Drink & Draw is generously sponsored by The Long Drink.

Nineteen years of ink, community, and creativity — and we’re celebrating under our very inky big top. Join us for a night of carnival fun as we mark another year of making Spudnik Press the creative home it is for so many Chicago artists. We can’t wait to celebrate with you!

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Proceeds from the fundraiser will go to support our operations for the press, including staff, supplies, and rent costs. Your donation is vital to our work and allows us to continue our mission. Each year, we provide more than 3,000 hours of open studio access, dozens of classes, a residency program and free workshops. The studio costs $1,200 a day to run, so every dollar we raise counts.

$10 off with code EARLYBIRD10 through May 17

• Tickets $85(includes 50 game play tokens)
• Artist Tickets $50 (includes 30 game play tokens)
• The economy really hurts right now tickets: $35 (includes 10 game play tokens)
• Can’t make the event, but love us anyway donate here
• Sponsor a carnival booth with your name on it — $250
• Sponsor a pennant with your one-color logo — $25 each
• Join us as a corporate sponsor

Thank you to all who help:

We have profound appreciation for our Host Committee:

Cheryl Bever, Cassidy Kulhanek, Amira Hegazy, Jill Nahrstedt, and Angela Runge

Enormous gratitude to our Sponsors:
Speedball Art, Cream Wine Company, and Revolution Brewing

Loud applause for our Individual Donors and Annual Supporters:
Illinois Arts Council, Driehaus Foundation, Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Vermont Community Foundation, and numerous individual donors

We’re endlessly thankful for the support and passion of our Staff and Board:
Meg Duguid, Avery Johnson, Olivia Childress (Staff),  Kristen Campos,  Amira Hegazy, Angela Runge, and Michelle Savoy (Board of Directors)

Spudnik Press 19th Birthday Party and Carnival
Friday, June 12, 6–10PM
Spudnik Press: 1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 302, Chicago, IL 60622