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SUMMARY:Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL]: Drawing Our Alternatives for Chicago's $1.7 Billion Police Budget
DESCRIPTION:Guest Artists: Ruby Figueroa & Anders Zanichkowsky\nThe Chicago Police Department receives $1.7 Billion every year\, which Black Lives Matter Chicago has pointed out is 40% of the entire city budget\, and hugely disproportionate to services that keep people healthy and safe. At this Drink & Draw\, we will use art and poetry to envision what our city would look like if we spent that money on things like housing\, health care\, and education. What inventive community resources would you like to see our city invest in? This kind of collective imagining is a powerful and necessary tool for conjuring a new reality that could make policing obsolete. Not from Chicago? Please join us to work on a new vision for your own community that answers the call from the Movement for Black Lives to defund police\, and invest in the people.\nAnders Zanichkowsky will lead us in some drawing prompts and Ruby Figueroa will take us through word-mapping exercises to write our way to a different future. Using any drawing\, painting\, or writing materials that you have on hand\, you could make postcards to send to Mayor Lightfoot or your Alderperson\, start drafting a larger artwork or poem\, or simply use this process to clarify your own thoughts on this issue and have better conversations with friends and family. \nTo R.S.V.P. e-mail anders@spudnikpress.org.\nZoom Meeting info will be shared prior to the event.\n\nSuggested Materials:\n\nDrawing or painting materials (pencils\, pens\, crayons\, paints\, paper\, sketchbooks\, fabric\, etc.)\nThicker paper or cardboard for postcards\n\n\n\nDrink & Draw [Virtual] is a low-key drop-in social workshop devoted to staying creative from home. There are no pretensions and newcomers are always welcome\, so invite your friends to join! Each Drink & Draw [Virtual] features a new guest artist and a new theme or project that uses pencil\, paper\, and everyday household supplies. Don’t have a sketchbook? Hosts will help you improvise. Events are currently scheduled each Wednesday through May 6. Find us on Zoom\, a free app for your phone or computer. And of course: BYOB!  \nLove the experience? Pitch in to our Venmo Tip Jar(@spudnikpress). This week’s donations will directly support Spudnik Press Cooperative and Black Trans Femme Collective.
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/drink-draw-virtual-drawing-our-alternatives-for-chicagos-1-7-billion-police-budget/
CATEGORIES:Drink and Draw
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200715T210000
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SUMMARY:Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL]: Paper Potluck
DESCRIPTION:Guest Artist: Mary Clare Butler\nIt’s physical\, sensual\, emotional — even spiritual. Everybody does it and everybody needs it. That’s right\, we’re talking about FOOD! This Drink & Draw we will turn our favorite quarantine foods into beautifully illustrated recipe cards to send to friends and family (or to just decorate our kitchens). Mary Clare Butler will show us how to incorporate food-themed typefaces and paper cutouts for extra punch. There’s really nothing quite like a handmade recipe card (making it or receiving it!) to bring a precious moment of pleasure and certainty to the day. We’ll also do a recipe swap so you can get some fresh ideas! Come join us for a lovely evening of fun\, food\, and art. \nSuggested Materials: \n\nA recipe or two (anything from cereal to soufflé)\nindex cards or paper (the thicker and more colorful the better)\npens\, pencils\, markers\, crayons\, paints\nscissors\, cutting tool\, cutting mat\, glue/stick (optional)\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 974 1800 3836\n\nDrink & Draw [VIRTUAL] is a low-key drop-in social workshop devoted to staying creative from home. There are no pretensions and newcomers are always welcome\, so invite your friends to join! Each Drink & Draw [Virtual] features a new guest artist and a new theme or project that uses pencil\, paper\, and everyday household supplies. Don’t have a sketchbook? Hosts will help you improvise. Find us on Zoom\, a free app for your phone or computer. And of course: BYOB!  \nLove the experience? Pitch in to our Venmo Tip Jar (@spudnikpress) to directly support the featured artist and Spudnik Press Cooperative.
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/drink-draw-virtual-paper-potluck/
CATEGORIES:Drink and Draw
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200722T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200722T210000
DTSTAMP:20260824T185427
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SUMMARY:Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL]: Visual Resistance: The People's Graphic Workshop & Revolutionary Printmaking
DESCRIPTION:Guest Artist: Atlan Arceo-Witzl\nAtlan Arceo-Witzl welcomes you to a night of political print history and new political art making! Beginning with an exciting introduction to the famous Mexican workshop and artist collective Taller Gráfico Popular (The People’s Graphic Workshop)\, Atlan will inspire us with the many ways that artists and activists have used print and design for social justice\, building community\, distributing graphics for revolutionary movements. \nNext we will move into our own political art making. Maybe you want to make a collage\, poster\, or slick infographic about racial justice or public health. Or you might get inspired to draw satirical cartoons or make one of their present-day cousins: The Meme! This Drink & Draw will be a chance to give your ideas some direction and bounce them off other creative folks\, whatever stage they’re in. We’ll share what we’re working through right now and leave with clear\, strong imagery to take out into our current moment. \nAtlan Arceo-Witzl is a Mexican-American visual artist and creator whose work is concerned with everyday rituals\, icons\, symbols\, objects\, and language. In his artistic practice\, his current points of focus are the cultural production of print ephemera\, craft of the sign-painting industry\, redefining “American” through a Latinx lens\, and documenting/ recording of events across multiple mediums/ languages. He is a graduate of Skidmore College with a Bachelors of Science in Studio Art with a concentration in relief printmaking and sculpture. He lives in Chicagoland\, IL pursuing a career in the arts and education while enjoying the fascinating human game of communication. \nZoom Meeting ID: 950 5745 0987\nSuggested Projects\n\nInfographics\nPolitical Cartoons\nMemes\nPosters\nBumper Stickers\nInformational Pamphlets\n\nSuggest Materials\n\nPaper of any kind\nDrawing or painting materials\nSmartphone or tablet for digital graphics and memes\nCollage materials for handmade “analogue” memes\n\n\nDrink & Draw [Virtual] is a low-key drop-in social workshop devoted to staying creative from home. There are no pretensions and newcomers are always welcome\, so invite your friends to join! Each Drink & Draw [Virtual] features a new guest artist and a new theme or project that uses pencil\, paper\, and everyday household supplies. Don’t have a sketchbook? Hosts will help you improvise. Find us on Zoom\, a free app for your phone or computer. And of course: BYOB! \nLove the experience? Pitch in to our Venmo Tip Jar (@spudnikpress) to directly support the featured artist and Spudnik Press Cooperative. 
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/drink-draw-virtual-visual-resistance-the-peoples-graphic-workshop-revolutionary-printmaking/
CATEGORIES:Drink and Draw
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200729T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200729T210000
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SUMMARY:Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL]: Conjuring Narrative
DESCRIPTION:Guest Artist: Rob Kelsey\nThis event has been postponed to July 29 from its original date on June 3.\nIn this Drink & Draw\, we will juxtapose our own invented illustrations on top of modern\, found materials to force the unreal into the real\, and weave the extraordinary into the mundane. Join artist Rob Kelsey for a night conjuring up supernatural elements of the mythical past who will haunt\, reclaim\, and repurpose mass produced capitalist goods! The current technological era has filled our lives with “objective” things like photographs\, machines\, and consumer products. How can we manipulate these to revive the disappearing magic of folklore\, mythology\, and fantasy? Rob will show us how this form of art making can be a deep exercise in storytelling. By adding something new and unexpected to our objects\, we change their history and watch new narratives emerge — sometimes in ways we will only discover once we’ve finished.  \nZoom ID: 94214787367\nSuggested Materials:\n\nPrinted materials: photographs\, advertisements\, postcards\, magazines\, junk mail\, cereal boxes\, etc.\nAny painting or drawing tools that will fix to your materials (acrylic paint\, white-out\, markers\, pens or paint pens\, etc.)\n\n\nDrink & Draw [Virtual] is a low-key drop-in social workshop devoted to staying creative from home. There are no pretensions and newcomers are always welcome\, so invite your friends to join! Each Drink & Draw [Virtual] features a new guest artist and a new theme or project that uses pencil\, paper\, and everyday household supplies. Don’t have a sketchbook? Hosts will help you improvise. Find us on Zoom\, a free app for your phone or computer. And of course: BYOB!  \nLove the experience? Pitch in to our Venmo Tip Jar (@spudnikpress) to directly support the featured artist and Spudnik Press Cooperative. 
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/drink-draw-virtual-conjuring-narrative/
CATEGORIES:Drink and Draw
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200805T210000
DTSTAMP:20260824T185427
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SUMMARY:Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL]: Laying A Scene
DESCRIPTION:Guest Artist: Ethan Brown\nNo matter what kind of art you make\, drawing is an important skill worthy of study\, and rewarding in its own right. Ethan Brown will take us back to the basics for a night of casual observational drawing that will help you deepen your engagement with your familiar environment by intentionally slowing down your focus. Remember line\, form\, value…? Gesture drawings and continuous contours? These old chestnuts are still among your most trustworthy companions and they’d love to see you again\, no matter how long it’s been; even if you’ve never formally met! \nWe’ll use homemade viewfinders and value scales as simple tools for planning our compositions. We’ll also talk about how formal elements affect the mood of a drawing\, and how an implied or lost edge or even a single line can give information to your viewer\, or inspire their imagination. Come rediscover your surroundings with us! \nSuggested Materials \n\nPlain drawing paper\nPencils\, pens\, charcoal\, ink\, markers\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 991 2763 7103\n\nDrink & Draw [Virtual] is a low-key drop-in social workshop devoted to staying creative from home. There are no pretensions and newcomers are always welcome\, so invite your friends to join! Each Drink & Draw [Virtual] features a new guest artist and a new theme or project that uses pencil\, paper\, and everyday household supplies. Don’t have a sketchbook? Hosts will help you improvise. Find us on Zoom\, a free app for your phone or computer. And of course: BYOB!  \nLove the experience? Pitch in to our Venmo Tip Jar (@spudnikpress) to directly support the featured artist and Spudnik Press Cooperative.
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/drink-draw-virtual-laying-a-scene/
CATEGORIES:Drink and Draw
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200812T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200812T210000
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SUMMARY:Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL]: Abstract Alternative Portraiture with Margot Harrington
DESCRIPTION:Guest Artist: Margot Harrington\nWhat do our emotions look like\, as they live inside our bodies?\nHow can the techniques of abstract art help us express and explore our internal world?\nWhat would a portrait of ourselves\, our city\, or our community look like if we rendered it entirely in shapes\, colors\, and gestural mark making? \nTo guide us in these questions\, artist and designer Margot Harrington will lead us in an evening of alternative portraiture. No experience is necessary for this loose and improvisational approach to drawing that is not meant to be hyper-realistic. We will use fully sensorial prompts (including Margot’s very own Studio Arts ASMR soundtrack!) to explore how drawing creates a tactile\, vibrational experience in the moment\, and learn to inhabit our bodies and drawings in a more connected way. Working from the psychology of somatics\, we will use drawing as an introspective tool for self-expression and build an abstract visual vocabulary for describing personal experiences\, values\, and desires. \nZoom Meeting ID: 924 7103 8045\nSuggested Materials:\n \n\nColorful drawing materials that make a wide range of different marks (pencils\, charcoal\, chalk\, pastels\, markers\, pens\, watercolors\, etc.) and any kind of paper\n\nOptional Materials: \n\nCollage materials\, cutting tools and glue\nA tablet for digital drawings\n\n\nDrink & Draw [Virtual] is a low-key drop-in social workshop devoted to staying creative from home. There are no pretensions and newcomers are always welcome\, so invite your friends to join! Each Drink & Draw [Virtual] features a new guest artist and a new theme or project that uses pencil\, paper\, and everyday household supplies. Don’t have a sketchbook? Hosts will help you improvise. Find us on Zoom\, a free app for your phone or computer. And of course: BYOB!  \nLove the experience? Pitch in to our Venmo Tip Jar (@spudnikpress) to directly support the featured artist and Spudnik Press Cooperative. 
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/drink-draw-virtual-abstract-alternative-portraiture-with-margot-harrington/
CATEGORIES:Drink and Draw
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200819T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200819T203000
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CREATED:20200803T171405Z
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SUMMARY:2020 Annual Member Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our Annual Member Meeting brings together our community of members to provide feedback and guidance for our organization while being able to meet and learn from each other. \nThis is also when our members meet the nominations for our Board of Directors\, both new nominees and those up for re-election. Our board is a committee of generous supporters who work hard to ensure our long-term health and that we remain vigilantly work towards our mission. (Due to the need to have this event be virtual\, a secret ballot by way of an anonymous survey will be sent to attendees shortly following the meeting.)  \nPlease RSVP to info@spudnikpress.org to receive the Zoom meeting link.  \nThe Agenda: \n\nPresentation of our 2020-2022 “Facilities & Equipment” plan; Q&A + feedback\nMeet our prospective new Board Members (with anonymous online ballots to be distributed following the meeting)\nOverview of plan for fall 2020 and 2021 member programs; Q&A + feedback\nMember Announcements\n\nAre you intrigued but not a member? Become a Spudnik Press member!\n \nThe Board of Directors Ballot\nEryan Cobham (New Director)\nDirector of Engineering\, thinkCERCA\n \nVida Sačić (New Director)\nAssociate Professor of Art at Northeastern Illinois University\nCo-founded ofLEAD: Letterpress Educators of Art & Design \nSteve Jablonoski (Renewing Director\, Current Vice President)\nQC Manager at FCB Chicago\nCreative Lead at Fresh Coast Industries
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/2020-annual-member-meeting/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Member Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200826T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200826T210000
DTSTAMP:20260824T185427
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SUMMARY:Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL]: Finding the Garden - A Comics Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Guest Artist: Brad Rohloff\n\nSeeds\, Blooming\, Renewal\nGrowth and Overgrowth\, Wilderness and Compost\nCycles of life\, Cycles of care taking\n\nThese are some of the themes we’ll explore with artist\, illustrator\, and publisher Brad Rohloff in this collaborative comics workshop. We’ll do freehanded drawing challenges based on natural flora\, and use mad libs and Exquisite Corpse poetry to create shared prompts for our illustrations. The final result will be a truly wild array of words and images that grows from our collective wanderings! \nSuggested Materials \n\nPaper\nPens of any or all colors\nAnything you like to draw with!\n\nZoom Meeting: 980 1090 3060\n\nDrink & Draw [Virtual] is a low-key drop-in social workshop devoted to staying creative from home. There are no pretensions and newcomers are always welcome\, so invite your friends to join! Each Drink & Draw [Virtual] features a new guest artist and a new theme or project that uses pencil\, paper\, and everyday household supplies. Don’t have a sketchbook? Hosts will help you improvise. Find us on Zoom\, a free app for your phone or computer. And of course: BYOB!  \nLove the experience? Pitch in to our Venmo Tip Jar (@spudnikpress) to directly support the featured artist and Spudnik Press Cooperative. 
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/drink-draw-virtual-finding-the-garden-a-comics-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Drink and Draw
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200902T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200902T210000
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SUMMARY:Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL]: A Shiny Gold Star: Comics Celebrating Teachers
DESCRIPTION:Guest Artist: Alex Nall\n“Kids don’t remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.” – Jim Henson \nSummer is almost over and that means school will soon be back in session\, albeit in a very different and much more challenging way than usual. Whether students are in the classroom or learning from home\, using a tablet or a pencil and paper\, one thing is certain: their teachers will have a lasting impact on them\, as our teachers had on us. \nSo please join cartoonist and teaching artist Alex Nall for a comics workshop celebrating our favorite teachers\, and how they shaped us into who we are today. Alex will lead us in writing\, drawing and designing our own page of comic book art using memories from elementary\, high school\, or beyond. Simple set-up and endless storytelling possibilities await! No drawing experience required. Only honesty\, openness\, and creativity are required to craft your story. Afterwards\, you can send a copy of your mini-comic to Alex\, to be included in a zine that will be shared in print and online. \nSuggested Materials: \n\nAny kind of paper\nPencil\, eraser\, and black pen or marker\nColored pencils\, pens\, markers\, crayons\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 934 0360 1138\nAlex Nall is a cartoonist and teaching artist living in Chicago. He is the author of Teaching Comics\, Let Some Word That Is Heard Be Yours\, Lawns\, and Are Comic Books Real? He has led workshops at Chicago Publishers Resource Center\, Independent Resource Center in Portland\, Oregon\, Columbia College Chicago\, Cartoons Crossroads Columbus\, Chicago Alternative Comics Expo\, among many other libraries\, galleries\, and non-profit art spaces. His work has been featured in Newcity\, Chicago Reader\, and Best American Comics (Notable Section). He has worked as an arts educator for over seven years\, serving youths in Chicago Public Schools and after-school programs throughout the city. \n\nDrink & Draw [Virtual] is a low-key drop-in social workshop devoted to staying creative from home. There are no pretensions and newcomers are always welcome\, so invite your friends to join! Each Drink & Draw [Virtual] features a new guest artist and a new theme or project that uses pencil\, paper\, and everyday household supplies. Don’t have a sketchbook? Hosts will help you improvise. Find us on Zoom\, a free app for your phone or computer. And of course: BYOB!  \nLove the experience? Pitch in to our Venmo Tip Jar (@spudnikpress) to directly support the featured artist and Spudnik Press Cooperative. 
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/drink-draw-virtual-a-shiny-gold-star-comics-celebrating-teachers/
CATEGORIES:Drink and Draw
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200909T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200909T210000
DTSTAMP:20260824T185427
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SUMMARY:Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL]: Comics = Poetry + Design
DESCRIPTION:Guest Artist: Alex Kostiw\n\nHave you always wanted to try your hand at comics?\nAre you an experienced comic artist\, looking to geek out with a group of fellow enthusiasts?\nMaybe you are a visual artist looking for a break from your other practice\, or a writer who wants to see what pictures can bring to your work?\n\nAll are welcome at this Drink & Draw where Alex Kostiw will teach us how comics work—and why! We will then put those theories into practice together. Starting with pure structure\, we’ll look at how panels express hierarchy\, rhythm\, and emotion through shape and arrangement. Then we’ll generate a variety of images from abstract to still-life\, from drawings based on reference images to a collection of collage materials\, which we will cut up into panels or turn into “viewfinder” style overlays for a finished page. As we go\, we’ll discuss the different relationships between text and picture in comics: how text can complement\, expand on\, or emphasize picture\, and vice versa. Finally\, we’ll write short poems for our pages\, whether completely original or with found text. \nSuggested Materials\n\nPlenty of paper (any and all colors)\nScissors and glue/tape\nCollage materials (magazines\, junk mail\, etc.)\nPens\, pencils\, or whatever you like to draw with \n\nOptional Materials\n\nA tablet for creating digital images\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 939 3121 8101\n\nDrink & Draw [Virtual] is a low-key drop-in social workshop devoted to staying creative from home. There are no pretensions and newcomers are always welcome\, so invite your friends to join! Each Drink & Draw [Virtual] features a new guest artist and a new theme or project that uses pencil\, paper\, and everyday household supplies. Don’t have a sketchbook? Hosts will help you improvise. Find us on Zoom\, a free app for your phone or computer. And of course: BYOB!  \nLove the experience? Pitch in to our Venmo Tip Jar (@spudnikpress) to directly support the featured artist and Spudnik Press Cooperative. 
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/drink-draw-virtual-comics-poetry-design/
CATEGORIES:Drink and Draw
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200913T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200913T170000
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SUMMARY:With Renewed Urgency: New Editions from Spudnik Press | Open House
DESCRIPTION:Open House Covid-19 Safety Protocol\nVisitors do not need to make an appointment. However\, to allow social distancing\, exhibition viewing will begin in the Annex and continue clockwise through the Printshop. Staff will greet visitors and help ensure everyone can enjoy the artwork while remaining 6’+ from other guests. Please arrive in groups of 3 or less. Masks are required to enter the building. Please contact angee@spudnikpress.org with questions regarding safety protocols or to schedule a private viewing. \n\nFeatured Artists: Candida Alvarez\, Alexandra Antoine\, Judith Brotman\, Andrea Carlson\, Celeste DeLuna\, Brendan Fernandes\, Azadeh Gholizadeh\, Erin Hayden\, Benjamin Merritt\, Jessie Mott\, Paul Nudd\, João Oliveria\, Steve Reinke\, Joe Tallarico\, Selina Trepp\nWith Renewed Urgency is our annual exhibition featuring new prints by 16 artists\, created through our Residency and Invitational Publishing Programs. This exhibition reflects on the unique power of a printmaking studio to breathe new life into the art making process\, and how we depend on art during times of crisis for solace and meaning. Our title and theme With Renewed Urgency is also a chance to reflect on how the current pandemic has escalated already existing social emergencies that many of our featured artists have long been making work about. The call of Andrea Carlson and Celeste De Luna’s Indigenous Futurism rings even louder\, as capitalism and colonization turn COVID-19 into an economic disaster. Others like Selina Trepp and Benjamin Merritt give us critical and pleasurable ways to reconsider what it means for an artist to remain homebound\, reduce their material consumption\, or need to rest because of an illness. \nOther show highlights include a collagraph impression of the pelt of a plastic animal by our first international Resident Artist\, João Oliveira\, organized in collaboration with Comfort Station and funded by the MacArthur Foundation’s International Connections Fund. The prints from Ten x Ten show a collaboration between visual artists and musicians exploring the translation of artistic gestures across media. \nThe Spudnik Press Cooperative Residency Program provides professional printmakers unfettered studio access for new projects. The Publishing Program welcomes artists from a variety of contemporary disciplines\, ranging from painting and drawing to performance and experiential art making\, to enter a centuries-old tradition of developing a fine art print in collaboration with professional printers. Through these programs\, Spudnik Press invites a diverse range of artists to continue printmaking’s unique history as a fine art\, a master craft\, and a social practice. With Renewed Urgency showcases traditional process and new experiments in screenprint\, intaglio\, relief\, collagraph\, and digital printing\, as well as an impressive range of monotype techniques and prints that used the plate-making process as a form of sculpture. By installing the exhibition throughout the printshop in which the artwork was produced\, we embrace our goal of encouraging artists and audiences to move through a variety of creative roles: making\, experiencing\, learning\, and teaching. Placing the artwork into an active print studio highlights connection among the creative\, the analytical and the technical processes of art making. \nWith Renewed Urgency: New Editions from Spudnik Press Cooperative will be on view through October 31\, 2020 at Spudnik Press\, 1821 W. Hubbard Street\, Suite 302\, Chicago\, IL 60622. \nGallery Hours\nBy appointment. Email angee@spudnikpress.org to schedule a visit. \nImage:\nLeft: Benjamin Merrit\, Nap Suite\nRight\, clockwise from top left: Alexandra Antoine\, Nkrabea: A coming together; Jessie Mott\, OF SOUND AND LINE; Selina Trepp\, 7 beats\, don’t want to do 8\, it’s too square; Azadeh Gholizadeh\, Memory Bubbles
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/with-renewed-urgency-new-editions-from-spudnik-press-open-house/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200916T210000
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SUMMARY:Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL]: Quarantine's Best Home Videos
DESCRIPTION:Guest Artist: Lya Finston\nWatch your pictures jump off the page and onto the screen in this fun\, entry-level animation workshop! During this session\, we’ll take inspiration from our domestic surroundings\, breathing life into the inanimate and the mundane in order to realize fantastical scenes taking place in the home under quarantine. Love drawing? Sketch out a cartoon! Prefer taking pictures? Bring some objects together in a setting for a stop motion video!\n\nAlong with examples of her own work\, Lya will also showcase a few of the animators she turns to for inspiration\, including Suzan Pitt\, Ray Harryhausen\, Bill Plympton\, Cristóbal León\, and Joanquin Cociña. She will then demystify how to quickly and easily create the content necessary for your very own animated GIFs\, embracing the wonderfully clunky and homemade aesthetics of this extremely accessible medium. By the end of the night you’ll be able to bring your audience into the life of your work like never before! No fancy software is needed\, just a smartphone and some free apps (but Lya will also give a tutorial on doing this in Photoshop for anyone who wants it).\nSuggested Materials \n\nSmartphone\nPaper and whatever you love to draw with\nRuler\nObjects to photograph for stop motion videos\nPhone tripod or makeshift phone holder\, or a homemade viewfinder\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 927 0596 5534\n\nDrink & Draw [Virtual] is a low-key drop-in social workshop devoted to staying creative from home. There are no pretensions and newcomers are always welcome\, so invite your friends to join! Each Drink & Draw [Virtual] features a new guest artist and a new theme or project that uses pencil\, paper\, and everyday household supplies. Don’t have a sketchbook? Hosts will help you improvise. Find us on Zoom\, a free app for your phone or computer. And of course: BYOB!  \nLove the experience? Pitch in to our Venmo Tip Jar (@spudnikpress) to directly support the featured artist and Spudnik Press Cooperative. 
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/drink-draw-virtual-quarantines-best-home-videos/
CATEGORIES:Drink and Draw
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200922T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200923T130000
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SUMMARY:A Lunchtime Conversation: Alexandra Antoine & Celeste De Luna
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this virtual event with artists Celeste De Luna (2019 Resident Artist) and Alexandra Antoine (2020 Ten x Ten)\, whose prints are up now in our current exhibition With Renewed Urgency. Celeste and Alexandra will each give a short talk about their practice\, followed by a conversation with each other\, the audience\, and the printmakers they worked with at Spudnik Press. \nTuesday\, September 22\n12pm – 1pm (CST)\nZoom Meeting ID: 956 0089 4990 \nAlexandra Antoine is a Chicago-based artist who also works with Free Write Arts & Literacy as a teaching artist throughout the city. Her work is multidisciplinary in nature but connected through the themes of language\, line\, color and portraiture. She references her Haitian-American cultural upbringing and memories of travel\, community\, and storytelling. Woven throughout her work are the underlying influences of non-verbal languages such as symbols on cloth\, scarification on bodies\, and colors with significant spiritual and cultural meanings. These elements play a role in the translation of her experiences of visual and methodical research of place\, people and culture. Alexandra came to Spudnik Press as part of the Ten x Ten project which pairs visual artists with composers to create original\, collaborative works. \nCeleste De Luna is a printmaker from the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. She is “a true daughter of the border lands” according to Inez Hernandes-Avila and a self-described Nepantlera\, from the Nahuatl word meaning in-between space. De Luna has been a front-row witness to the militarization of the U.S. Mexico border\, and has an intimate connection to the issues of immigration and decolonization she engages with as an artist and activist. For De Luna\, printmaking is a tool for desconstructing oppressive paradigms in her physical\, spiritual\, and psychic environment; through this medium she creates new landscapes and iconographies about women\, children\, and families at the border\, and the spiritual struggle of conflicting identities and “survivor’s guilt” they experience during migration. Celeste was a 2019 Resident Artist at Spudnik Press. \nImage:\nLeft: Celeste De Luna\, Out of Flight\, Fight\, screenprint on fabric\, 2019 (detail)\nRight: Alexandra Antoine\, Nkrabea: A Coming Together\, screenprint\, 2019 (detail)
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/a-lunchtime-conversation-alexandra-antoine-celeste-de-luna/
CATEGORIES:Artist Resident Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200923T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200923T210000
DTSTAMP:20260824T185427
CREATED:20200901T000044Z
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SUMMARY:Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL]: Lines & Circles\, Holes & Portals
DESCRIPTION:Guest Artist: Lucia Calderon Arrieta\n\nWhat does it mean to draw into the page?\nIf you could turn a picture plane filled with holes and circles into a world of portals\, where might they lead you?\n\nLucia Calderon Arrieta will show us how to use line\, shape\, and value to create interconnected forms that are mysterious and mesmerizing\, casting an illusion of depth and inviting us into many different layers of space. During quarantine\, many of us have experienced moments of retreat\, or turning inwards. Lucia will show us how she uses this drawing practice to embrace those feelings\, and dig into the picture plane rather than trying to expand off of it. \nNo drawing experience is needed for this meditative and abstracted project. We will use very easy drawing techniques to create our own complex and individual worlds of holes and portals within the seemingly flat surface of our paper\, with an option to write short creative responses about where these lead\, what creatures might occupy them\, and what powers they might possess. \nZoom Meeting ID: 955 6811 8789\nSuggested Materials\n\nAny kind of paper\nDrawing tools with a very sharp point (fine pens\, pencils)\n\nOptional Materials:\n\nCutting tools for your paper\nMylar and paint pens for a multi-layered drawing\nTablet for digital drawings\n\n\nDrink & Draw [Virtual] is a low-key drop-in social workshop devoted to staying creative from home. There are no pretensions and newcomers are always welcome\, so invite your friends to join! Each Drink & Draw [Virtual] features a new guest artist and a new theme or project that uses pencil\, paper\, and everyday household supplies. Don’t have a sketchbook? Hosts will help you improvise. Find us on Zoom\, a free app for your phone or computer. And of course: BYOB!  \nLove the experience? Pitch in to our Venmo Tip Jar (@spudnikpress) to directly support the featured artist and Spudnik Press Cooperative. 
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/drink-draw-virtual-lines-circles-holes-portals/
CATEGORIES:Drink and Draw
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200930T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200930T210000
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SUMMARY:Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL]: Altered Records
DESCRIPTION:Guest Artist: Ashley Houghton\nArtist\, printmaker\, and athlete Ashley Houghton uses collage throughout her own practice\, altering the “official” records she finds in mass media and popular photography to change the narrative about culture and values\, particularly about women in sports. We will use found materials and new drawings to change the context and content of existing stories\, including political and social issues we want to reframe from their typical depictions. We’ll use the power of erasures as much as additions\, and consider collage as an act of “writing” with visual media. This way of engaging with materials is both fun and therapeutic\, helping clarify our opinions and articulate important ideas: from current events in the news\, to drawings in our old sketchbooks. \nZoom Meeting ID: 958 7393 1114\nSuggested Materials\n\nOld drawings\, sketches\, sketchbooks\, desk calendar\, letters\, etc.\nMagazines\, newspapers\, photographs\, boxes from consumer goods\, bills and junk mail\, stamps\, etc.\nCutting tools (scissors\, Xacto blades)\nTape\, glue\, or sewing thread\nPens\, pencils\, crayons\, markers\, oil pastels\, watercolor or acrylic paint and brushes\n\nOptional Materials\n\nPhotos from the internet\, memes\, screenshots from apps\, etc. (for digital collages)\nA tablet for drawing and/or Photoshop (for digital collages)\n\n\nDrink & Draw [Virtual] is a low-key drop-in social workshop devoted to staying creative from home. There are no pretensions and newcomers are always welcome\, so invite your friends to join! Each Drink & Draw [Virtual] features a new guest artist and a new theme or project that uses pencil\, paper\, and everyday household supplies. Don’t have a sketchbook? Hosts will help you improvise. Find us on Zoom\, a free app for your phone or computer. And of course: BYOB!  \nLove the experience? Pitch in to our Venmo Tip Jar (@spudnikpress) to directly support the featured artist and Spudnik Press Cooperative.
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/drink-draw-virtual-altered-records/
CATEGORIES:Drink and Draw
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201003T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201018T203000
DTSTAMP:20260824T185427
CREATED:20200730T133751Z
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SUMMARY:Blue Print: Annual Benefit and Auction for Spudnik Press Cooperative
DESCRIPTION:Head over to the auction\, and place your bids today! Auction closes October 18th\, 8:30 p.m. CST\nOnline Benefit Auction\nLaunches: Saturday\, October 3\, 2020\, 8:30 p.m. CST\nCloses: Sunday\, October 18\, 8:30 p.m. CST\nVirtual Variety Show: \nSaturday\, October 3\, 2020\n7:00 – 8:30 p.m. CST \nOnline Live Stream for ticket holders\nAs much as we yearn to throw our cherished annual art party in person\, our 2020 celebration will not be contained by the walls of our venue. \nBut we all know Spudnik is not just a building. We are the place where artists build from. We are a community. To continue this work\, we need your help to strengthen our plans for the future!  \nWe are inviting you to Blue Print: where your support will be turned into new designs\, fortifications\, and visions–not just for the future of Spudnik\, but for the futures of the artists that rely on our studio. \nOur Virtual Variety Show will bring world-class entertainment to your home with spectacular acts\, unveiled secret talents\, and live printmaking from the studio. Featured artists include: Maddison Wise & Kevin Michael Wesson\, Kelly Boner\, Fred Sasaki & Family\, Estephany Guzman\, Selina Trepp\, Sam Hensley\, Chad Kouri & Andy Hall\, Nadine Nakanishi & Nick Butcher\, and Erin Hayden. At the end of the evening\, we will draw the winning raffle ticket for a one-of-a-kind Michelle Grabner cyanotype! \nIf that’s not enough\, our Variety Show will play host to a live auction including artwork made night-of\, a unique Spudnik-themed equipment opportunity\, and an Amanda Williams print. You do not want to miss it! \nThis one-of-a-kind online fête will double as a launch party for our longstanding Annual Auction! Collectors can bid on artwork across many mediums including prints published by Spudnik Press and a selection of Blue Print exclusive cyanotypes\, as well as handmade goods\, homewares\, and experiences. For artist-donated items\, up to 25% of each final bid will directly support the artist. \nAs a vital support structure for printmakers\, Spudnik has always been one of the most flexible and accessible in the country\, with many doorways into our studios and many new projects using us as their foundation.  \nBlue Print is just the beginning of how we will thrive in this new era through providing space for the visions of our community to thrive. \nNew Editions By: Antonia Contro\, Erin Hayden\, Steve Reinke\, and Selina Trepp \nPlus Artwork By: Julia Arredondo\, Leslie Baum\, Théo Bignon\, Ben Blount\, Liz Born\, Elizabeth Burke-Dain\, Holly Cahill\, Zachary Cahill\, Zoë Charlton\, C.C. Ann Chen\, Hyegyeong Choi\, Ryan Travis Christian\, Stevie Cisneros Hanley\, Sue Coe\, Claire Dain\, Celeste DeLuna\, Matt Demers\, Edie Fake\, Bill Fick\, Marc Benja\, Tony Fitzpatrick\, Sanya Glisic\, Adriane Herman\, Cody Hudson\, Carol Jackson\, Jaclyn Jackunski\, Vesna Jovanovic\, kg\, Won Kim\, Jaime Knight\, Chad Kouri\, Dave Krzeminski\, Abe Lampert\, Bobbi Meier\, Benjamin Merritt\, Dutes Miller\, Jessie Mott\, John Neff\, Erin Jane Nelson\, Betsy Odom\, Jason Pickleman\, B. Quinn\, Brad Rholoff\, Temporary Services\, Miller & Shellabarger\, Stan Shellabarger\, Veronica Siehl\, Hugh Spector\, Orkideh Torabi\, Lisa Vinebaun\, and Toshi Yoshida \nHost Committee: Myron Beasley\, Barry Blinderman\, Holly Cahill\, Jessica Cochran\, Chris & Carrie Flynn\, Aron Gent & Betsy O’Brien\, KG\, Adriane Herman\, Scott Hunter\, Jaclyn Jacunski\, Anita Jung\, Kristin Korolowicz\, Steve Reinke & Brian Jones\, and Edra Soto. \nTicket Details:\nBaby Blue Builder: $50 per household \n\nAdmission to Blue Print: The 2020 Spudnik Press Annual Benefit Virtual Variety Show\n2 commemorative coasters\n\nCyan Contractor: $150 per household \n\nAdmission to Blue Print: The 2020 Spudnik Press Annual Benefit Virtual Variety Show\n2 commemorative coasters\nSpudnik-exclusive DIY cyanotype kit \nRaffle ticket for the Michelle Grabner cyanotype\n\nMidnight Architect: $500 per household (Only 10 available) \n\nAdmission to Blue Print: The 2020 Spudnik Press Annual Benefit Virtual Variety Show\n2 commemorative coasters\nSpudnik-exclusive DIY cyanotype kit \nRaffle ticket for the Michelle Grabner cyanotype\nGift package with handmade items from Spudnik members and a home beverage kit delivered to your doorstep in time for the Virtual Variety Show. Details forthcoming.\n\nRaffle Tickets: $10 each \n\nOne of a kind cyanotype created by Michelle Grabner. Each ticket earns you an opportunity to win the one and only cyanotype\, created at Spudnik Press. Buy extra tickets to boost your chances! Tickets will be drawn during the Virtual Variety Show. You need not be “present” to win. \n\nPsychic Readings from an Interdimensional Being: $20 eachFill out my LGL Form!\n \nGraphic Design by Zakia Rowlett
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/blue-print-annual-benefit-for-spudnik-press-cooperative/
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201029
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SUMMARY:E/AB Fair Online |October 14 - 28
DESCRIPTION:Spudnik Press Cooperative we will be exhibiting at the 2020 E/AB Fair Online from October 14 – 28\, 2020. Spudnik Press Cooperative is among 64 distinguished shops and publishers gathering together virtually to present our latest creations by emerging and mid-career contemporary artists in a safe online environment. \nThe Spudnik Press booth will exhibit recent print from our Publishing Program\, including Candida Alvarez\, William J O’Brien\, Elijah Burgher\, Ryan Travis Christian\, Brendan Fernandes\, Arnold Kemp\, Alice Tippit\, and Amanda Williams. \nEditions/Artists’ Books Fair has been New York’s premier showcase for the discovery of new and contemporary prints\, multiples\, and artists’ books for over 20 years now. \n\nThe fair will launch on October 14 with brand new viewing pages for each exhibitor on eabfair.org. Links to each exhibitor will give you personal access for additional insights and purchases.\n\nVisit the Spudnik Press Viewing Room\nFor updates and more information about\, please visit  eabfair.org.
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/e-ab-fair-online-october-14-28/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201014T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201014T210000
DTSTAMP:20260824T185427
CREATED:20200928T170956Z
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SUMMARY:Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL]: Fhdydyejdvubsjwv Enchanted: Idea Generating & Digital Collage
DESCRIPTION:Guest Artist: Erin Hayden\nArtist and poet Erin Hayden will help us tap into our unconscious by exploiting the randomness of technology to create unplanned—and unplannable—works of art. We’ll start with collaborative and often hilarious writing exercises\, as well as automatic writing and the auto-fill feature\, to inspire\, generating content\, and guide our digital collage making. Looking together at found images\, we’ll use drawing as a way of “note-taking” for new marks and visual ideas that we can add to our  compositions. You can create your collage using free software (as well as “analog” materials) or watch along as Erin shares her own process and methods in Photoshop to create an original artwork with us. \nErin Hayden is an interdisciplinary artist predominantly working in painting\, performance\, poetry\, video\, and installation. Her work has been exhibited in various cities across the US and abroad including at Stony Island Arts Bank\, and Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino. Solo exhibitions of her paintings and video work has been shown at Mana Contemporary Chicago\, and Randy Alexander Gallery. She has been an artist resident at the Ragdale Foundation\, the Banff Center for Arts and Creativity\, Chicago Artists Coalition\, and is a Luminarts Fellow. She has been featured in reviews and publications such as\, Frieze\, Chicago Tribune\, Lori Waxman’s 60wrd/min art critic\, and NewCity Art as a 2018 Breakout Artist. She received her MFA in Art Theory and Practice at Northwestern University and is currently living and working in Chicago. \nZoom Meeting ID: 938 7251 5453\nSuggested Materials\n\nSmartphone\nComputer or tablet\n\nOptional Materials\n\n“Analog” collage materials (magazines\, photographs\, old journals\, junk mail\, scissors\, glue\, tape\, etc.)\n\n\nDrink & Draw [Virtual] is a low-key drop-in social workshop devoted to staying creative from home. There are no pretensions and newcomers are always welcome\, so invite your friends to join! Each Drink & Draw [Virtual] features a new guest artist and a new theme or project that uses pencil\, paper\, and everyday household supplies. Don’t have a sketchbook? Hosts will help you improvise. Find us on Zoom\, a free app for your phone or computer. And of course: BYOB!  \nLove the experience? Pitch in to our Venmo Tip Jar (@spudnikpress) to directly support the featured artist and Spudnik Press Cooperative. 
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/drink-draw-virtual-fhdydyejdvubsjwv-enchanted-idea-generating-digital-collage/
CATEGORIES:Drink and Draw
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201028T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201028T210000
DTSTAMP:20260824T185427
CREATED:20201009T221950Z
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SUMMARY:Re-Envisioning Chicago's Budget
DESCRIPTION:Guest Artists: Lucia Calderon-Arrieta and Anders Zanichkowsky\nTips to be split with The Love Fridge\nThe Chicago City budget is under scrutiny for the disproportionate level of funds invested in the police department ($1.7 Billion per year; 40% of the entire budget*). How might art\, writing\, and poetry help us envision other ways to invest in our city and the citizens of Chicago? What would the city look like if you were in charge of where to invest resources? \nMaybe you want to explore a future with funds reallocated to things like housing\, health care\, and education. Maybe you want to explore more fantastical or playful futures; or your own unique take on urban planning. What inventive community resources would you like to see our city invest in?  \nThis kind of collective imagining is a powerful and necessary tool for conjuring a new reality that could make policing obsolete. Not from Chicago? Please join us to work on a new vision for your own community that centers the margins and allows everyone to thrive! \nAnders Zanichkowsky will lead us in some word-mapping exercises to write our way to a different future\, and Lucia Calderon-Arrieta will guide drawing activities that illustrate our new visions. Using any drawing\, painting\, or writing materials that you have on hand\, you could make postcards to send to your Alderperson\, start drafting a larger artwork or poem\, or simply use this process to clarify your own thoughts on this issue and have better conversations with friends and family. \n*Here is a comparison between the police budget and other health and human services budgets (Credit: Black Lives Matter Chicago and @Olivialovelier.) \nTo R.S.V.P. e-mail anders@spudnikpress.org.\nZoom Meeting info will be shared prior to the event.\nSuggested Materials:\n\nDrawing or painting materials (pencils\, pens\, crayons\, paints\, paper\, sketchbooks\, fabric\, etc.)\nThicker paper or cardboard for postcards\n\n\nDrink & Draw [Virtual] is a low-key drop-in social workshop devoted to staying creative from home. There are no pretensions and newcomers are always welcome\, so invite your friends to join! Each Drink & Draw [Virtual] features a new guest artist and a new theme or project that uses pencil\, paper\, and everyday household supplies. Don’t have a sketchbook? Hosts will help you improvise. Find us on Zoom\, a free app for your phone or computer. And of course: BYOB!  \nLove the experience? Pitch in to our Venmo Tip Jar (@spudnikpress). \n 
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/re-envisioning-chicagos-budget/
CATEGORIES:Drink and Draw
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201104T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201104T210000
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SUMMARY:Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL]: Still Life with Anders Zanichkowsky
DESCRIPTION:Guest Artist: Anders Zanichkowsky\nJoin us for a relaxing night of drawing your favorite objects at home.  Spudnik’s own Anders Zanichkowsky will lead a series of creative still life exercises that are perfect for any experience level and are designed to bring mindfulness\, catharsis\, and discovery to anyone’s drawing practice. He thinks of still lifes as portraiture\, of the objects and the artist alike. For inspiration as we work\, Anders and will share some of his favorite poetic readings about this universal form of observational drawing. \nThe activities will range from minimalist line drawings to before-and-after diptychs of altered and transformed objects. You might use this event to make postcards for loved ones\, fill a bunch of pages in your sketchbook\, or work on a single finished drawing or sketch for a longer project. \nSuggested Materials \n\nPencils\, pens\, markers\, charcoal\, etc.\nPaper\, blank postcards\, sketchbook\, etc.\nOptional: tTablet for digital drawing\nFavoriteAny objects from your home\, big or small\nOptional: Tablet for digital drawing\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 971 5832 6881\n\nDrink & Draw [Virtual] is a low-key drop-in social workshop devoted to staying creative from home. There are no pretensions and newcomers are always welcome\, so invite your friends to join! Each Drink & Draw [Virtual] features a new guest artist and a new theme or project that uses pencil\, paper\, and everyday household supplies. Don’t have a sketchbook? Hosts will help you improvise. Find us on Zoom\, a free app for your phone or computer. And of course: BYOB!  \nLove the experience? Pitch in to our Venmo Tip Jar (@spudnikpress) to support Spudnik Press Cooperative. 
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/drink-draw-virtual-still-life-with-anders-zanichkowsky/
CATEGORIES:Drink and Draw
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210110
DTSTAMP:20260824T185427
CREATED:20201107T164302Z
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SUMMARY:Shelter In The Speculative | Gallery Hours
DESCRIPTION:In lieu of a traditional Opening Reception for Shelter In The Speculative: New Works by Spudnik Press Members\, we invite visitors to view and interact with the artwork during our ongoing gallery hours throughout the duration of the exhibition: \nStaff-Led Gallery Hours:\nMost Mondays 2:00 – 6:00 p.m.\nMost Thursdays 2:00 – 7:00 p.m.\nMost Fridays 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. \nSpecial Artist-Led Gallery Hours:\nSunday\, December 12\, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. with Don Widmer\nMost Saturdays\, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. with Sam Hensley\nAdditional times TBA. \nVisitors can make an appointment by emailing info@spudnikpress.org. Please include the date and time you would like to visit\, and number of people in your party. Please review all Covid-19 Policies & Procedures before you visit. All guests must agree to all our protocols by signing a Covid-19 waiver. \n\nExhibition Details:\nFeatured Artists:\nTeresita Carson Valdez\, Sam Hensley\, Miller & Shellabarger\, Yasaman Moussavi\, Kianni Pleasant-Bey\, Joshi Radin\, Don Widmer \nExcerpt from the press release:\nFor the 2020 Member Exhibition\, Juror Ruby T has selected artworks that have a powerful physical presence: works that feel like a form of shelter\, or are an extension or impression of the artist’s own body. During the pandemic\, and mass movements for revolution\, this exhibition asks: What kinds of physical and relational structures will we need\, or need to build\, in order to survive? How will the warmth and softness of our bodies guide us? \nIn Audre Lorde’s 1978 essay “Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic As Power\,” she defines the erotic as “…a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings. It is an internal sense of satisfaction to which\, once we have experienced it\, we know we can aspire.” She goes on to write: “In touch with the erotic\, I become less willing to accept powerlessness\, or those other supplied states of being which are not native to me\, such as resignation\, despair\, self-effacement\, depression\, self-denial.” \nView Full Press Release\n\nShelter In The Speculative will be on view through January 6\, 2020 at Spudnik Press\, 1821 W. Hubbard Street\, Suite 302\, Chicago\, IL 60622.\nImage Credit\, clockwise from top left:\n\nYasaman Moussavi\, Revelation 2\, 2019\, handmade paper and screenprint (detail)\nKianni Pleasant-Bey\, Fever Dream\, 2019\, mixed media (detail)\nJoshi Radin\, Cardboard Record 006\, 2020\, monotype (detail)\nTeresita Carson Valdez\, A Novena for the Plague\, 2019\, screenprint\, silk\, dye discharge (detail)\nSam Hensley\, Little Like Yourself\, 2019\, animatronic sculpture and zine (detail)\nMiller & Shellebarger\, Untitled 2\, 2019\, pressure print\nDon Widmer\, Darkness and Light: Words of Etty Hillesum\, 2020\, artist book (detail)
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/shelter-in-the-speculative-gallery-hours/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL]: Hearing Hands with Robert Stokowy
DESCRIPTION:Guest Artist: Robert Stokowy\nHow can a drawing convey a sound?\nHow might a drawing double as a score for music?\nHow can the act of listening open up new creativity in your art practice? \nRobert Stokowy invites you to slow down and tune in to your auditory imagination\, to inspire unexpected drawings based on sound art he will share with us. We will also look at contemporary artists who create visual art based on sound\, and vice versa. Starting with recordings from the medieval city of Malta\, Robert will inspire us with a rich collection of abstract and ambient sounds\, tones\, and textures from his own field recordings. Analog sound effects will include a live composition he will mix live for us during the event. \nRobert believes that deep listening can be a clarifying and generative part of the artistic practice\, and that we all have an intuitive ability to make creative associations between sounds and images. By breaking a soundscape down into simple shapes\, lines\, textures\, and relationships\, we can open up a new visual vocabulary. Your drawings might range from minimalist abstract doodling\, to complex pattern making\, to a setting or landscape to match the soundtrack.  \nZoom Meeting ID: 94184301278\nSuggested Materials\n\nyour favorite things to draw with\nheadphones (for hearing binaural sounds in the recordings)\n\n\nDrink & Draw [Virtual] is a low-key drop-in social workshop devoted to staying creative from home. There are no pretensions and newcomers are always welcome\, so invite your friends to join! Each Drink & Draw [Virtual] features a new guest artist and a new theme or project that uses pencil\, paper\, and everyday household supplies. Don’t have a sketchbook? Hosts will help you improvise. Find us on Zoom\, a free app for your phone or computer. And of course: BYOB!  \nLove the experience? Pitch in to our Venmo Tip Jar (@spudnikpress) to directly support the featured artist and Spudnik Press Cooperative. 
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/drink-draw-virtual-hearing-hands-with-robert-stokowy/
CATEGORIES:Drink and Draw
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SUMMARY:Shelter In The Speculative | Virtual Reception & Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:Brief Artists Talks by:\nSam Hensley\, Dutes Miller (Miller & Shellabarger)\, Kianni Pleasant-Bey\, Joshi Radin\, Don Widmer\, and Teresita Carson Valdez\nAdditional Artist featured in the Exhibition:\nYasaman Moussavi\nFor the 2020 Member Exhibition\, Juror Ruby T has selected artworks that have a powerful physical presence: works that feel like a form of shelter\, or are an extension or impression of the artist’s own body. During the pandemic\, and mass movements for revolution\, this exhibition asks: What kinds of physical and relational structures will we need\, or need to build\, in order to survive? How will the warmth and softness of our bodies guide us? \nJoin a selection of the artists whose artwork is featured in Shelter In The Speculative: New Works by Spudnik Press Members for a virtual tour of the exhibition\, brief artist talks and a conversation with guest juror\, Ruby T.  \nZoom Meeting ID: 966 4803 1564 \n\nShelter In The Speculative will be on view through January 6\, 2020 at Spudnik Press\, 1821 W. Hubbard Street\, Suite 302\, Chicago\, IL 60622.\nImage Credit\, clockwise from top left:\n\nYasaman Moussavi\, Revelation 2\, 2019\, handmade paper and screenprint (detail)\nKianni Pleasant-Bey\, Fever Dream\, 2019\, mixed media (detail)\nJoshi Radin\, Cardboard Record 006\, 2020\, monotype (detail)\nTeresita Carson Valdez\, A Novena for the Plague\, 2019\, screenprint\, silk\, dye discharge (detail)\nSam Hensley\, Little Like Yourself\, 2019\, animatronic sculpture and zine (detail)\nMiller & Shellebarger\, Untitled 2\, 2019\, pressure print\nDon Widmer\, Darkness and Light: Words of Etty Hillesum\, 2020\, artist book (detail)
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/shelter-in-the-speculative-virtual-reception-artist-talk/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL]: Summer Dreaming
DESCRIPTION:Guest Artist: Shari Carillo\nRemember summer? Plants and flowers growing in the sun; wild lilies in the allies; vines climbing up buildings and spilling over with blossoms; all the sounds and smells and colors of the warmer months… \nJoin us for a cozy night of “Summer Dreaming” recalling the sunlight and heat waves that will return! Flora and fauna will be our inspiration for a one-page comic strip featuring our own personal narratives and our fantasy avatars in Artist Shari Carillo will start the session with group drawing activities looking at the natural world\, and then lead us through exercises in character development\, layouts\, lettering and inking\, and adding color. This fast and fun way of producing short and sweet narratives can be a great compliment to your sketchbook or journaling practice as you face the rest of the winter. \nZoom Meeting ID: 917 6303 6361\nSuggested Materials \n\nPaper and pencils\nBlack pens or markers\nColorful markers\, crayons\, pens\, etc.\n\n\nDrink & Draw [Virtual] is a low-key drop-in social workshop devoted to staying creative from home. There are no pretensions and newcomers are always welcome\, so invite your friends to join! Each Drink & Draw [Virtual] features a new guest artist and a new theme or project that uses pencil\, paper\, and everyday household supplies. Don’t have a sketchbook? Hosts will help you improvise. Find us on Zoom\, a free app for your phone or computer. And of course: BYOB!  \nLove the experience? Pitch in to our Venmo Tip Jar (@spudnikpress) to directly support the featured artist and Spudnik Press Cooperative.
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/drink-draw-virtual-summer-dreaming/
CATEGORIES:Drink and Draw
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SUMMARY:Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL] Solstice Intentions: Altar Pieces & Collages
DESCRIPTION:Guest Artist: Emma Sielaff\nBring a blast of light and color to the longest night of the year by creating your own handmade altar piece in preparation for the winter solstice! Collage your favorite colorful materials into the form of a brilliant flame\, blazing bonfire\, or meditative candle. Then\, weave in writings\, quotes\, or intentions you want to set for the coming year. Both the finished piece and the process of making it can bring clarity and inspiration to your hopes and goals for the new year. Later\, you might do a ceremonial burn of your creation on the night of the solstice\, or keep it up as a centering reminder in your daily life. \nArtist Emma Sielaff is a printmaker and papermaker who makes collages of dreamscapes and wonderlands\, and loves to play with textures and layers in her abstract pieces. We will use the most vibrant colors possible\, from magazine scraps to our own doodles and drawings\, and see how rich colors can bring out the full dimensionality of our collaged pieces.. \nZoom Meeting ID: 926 2206 1279\nSuggested Materials \n\nColorful collage materials: magazines\, catalogues\, junk mail\, art scraps\, tissue and wrapping paper\, candy wrappers\, glitter\, washi tape\, ribbon or yarn\, scraps of fabric\nScissors and glue or tape\nMarkers\, crayons\, pastels\, watercolors\, etc.\n\n\nDrink & Draw [VIRTUAL] is a low-key drop-in social workshop devoted to staying creative from home. There are no pretensions and newcomers are always welcome\, so invite your friends to join! Each Drink & Draw [Virtual] features a new guest artist and a new theme or project that uses pencil\, paper\, and everyday household supplies. Don’t have a sketchbook? Hosts will help you improvise. Find us on Zoom\, a free app for your phone or computer. And of course: BYOB!  \nLove the experience? Pitch in to our Venmo Tip Jar (@spudnikpress) to directly support the featured artist and Spudnik Press Cooperative.
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/drink-draw-virtual-solstice-intentions-altar-pieces-collages/
CATEGORIES:Drink and Draw
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SUMMARY:Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL]: Somatics for Drawing
DESCRIPTION:Guest Artist: Blake Nemec\nThis workshop will use somatic (body-based) prompts as a portal into new ways of drawing. Somatics focuses on what lies beneath thoughts or emotions in our physical bodies and can be a powerful method for self-exploration and abstraction. Using words from some preliminary somatic exercises\, this session will help you translate sensory experiences into narrative imagery. Please come with items that you already use for making art\, some kind of raw food\, and an item from your bedroom. We will use abstraction as a visual prism that lets us translate and transform sensory observations into maps\, images\, storyboards\, and more. Whether you enjoy drawing\, writing\, or comics\, this workshop will playfully guide you from your present physical realities into new imaginings. \nBlake Nemec is a writer\, teacher\, sound recordist\, and community health care worker. He is the author of Sharing Plastic and ongoing articles supporting abolition and the decriminalization of unprotected bodies. \nSuggested Materials:\n\nAn item from your bedroom\nSome kind of raw food (i.e. fruit\, vegetable\, dried nuts)\nAny kind of writing and drawing materials\nA familiar creative tool\n\nOptional Materials:\n\nBig paper\nColorful drawing materials\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 932 6168 3227\n\nDrink & Draw [VIRTUAL] is a low-key drop-in social workshop devoted to staying creative from home. There are no pretensions and newcomers are always welcome\, so invite your friends to join! Each Drink & Draw [Virtual] features a new guest artist and a new theme or project that uses pencil\, paper\, and everyday household supplies. Don’t have a sketchbook? Hosts will help you improvise. Find us on Zoom\, a free app for your phone or computer. And of course: BYOB!  \nLove the experience? Pitch in to our Venmo Tip Jar (@spudnikpress) to directly support the featured artist and Spudnik Press Cooperative.
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/drink-draw-virtual-somatics-for-drawing/
CATEGORIES:Drink and Draw
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210127T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210127T210000
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SUMMARY:Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL]: Mushroom Self-Portraits
DESCRIPTION:Guest Artist: Hannah Hirsekorn\nIf you were a mushroom would you be… poisonous? delicious? cunning? parasitic?\nWould you have frilly gills underneath you? wear a classic cap? grow tubers for your hands and feet?\nWhat animals and plants would be your best friends?  \nHannah Hirsekorn\, an interspecies social practice artist\, will take us on a journey of self-portraiture inspired by the weird and wonderful world of mushrooms. She will dazzle us with the many different shapes\, patterns\, functions\, and symbiotic relationships that mushrooms have developed in the seedy underbelly of nature\, in order to turn the world’s waste into amazing new life. We will embody the fungal qualities we most identify with through movement and visualizations that guide our drawings\, sculptures\, or collages of ourselves as mushrooms. \nMaybe you grow slowly and quietly on a living tree\, or shoot up flamboyantly from a rotting log. Maybe you are the class clown “puffball” mushroom\, releasing your spores in a little fart cloud! Or do you see yourself being lovingly tended by a colony of ant farmers? (Fun Fact: Hannah draws herself as a Dolly Parton “honey” mushroom decorated with rhinestones.) In addition to creating a most unexpected self-portrait\, you will also develop a new appreciation for these strange and inspiring creatures\, who resemble animals and people as much as plants. \nSuggested Materials:\n\nyour favorite drawing or painting supplies\nSculpee or other modeling clay\ncollage materials (pictures of mushrooms are a plus!)\na real mushroom to dress up or decorate\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 974 8784 8818\n\nDrink & Draw [VIRTUAL] is a low-key drop-in social workshop devoted to staying creative from home. There are no pretensions and newcomers are always welcome\, so invite your friends to join! Each Drink & Draw [Virtual] features a new guest artist and a new theme or project that uses pencil\, paper\, and everyday household supplies. Don’t have a sketchbook? Hosts will help you improvise. Find us on Zoom\, a free app for your phone or computer. And of course: BYOB!  \nLove the experience? Pitch in to our Venmo Tip Jar (@spudnikpress) to directly support the featured artist and Spudnik Press Cooperative.
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/drink-draw-virtual-mushroom-self-portraits/
CATEGORIES:Drink and Draw
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SUMMARY:Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL]: Draw Your Heart Out! Valentines with Emma Punch
DESCRIPTION:Guest Artist: Emma Punch\nIf there’s one thing we are all learning right now\, it’s how to show our love from a distance. This workshop is for showering affection on all of our loved ones—friends\, children\, family\, lovers\, secret crushes—through the delightful tradition of sending Valentines. \nArtist Emma Punch will inspire guests with  her own collaged Post-It valentines and examples from different eras and styles. From nostalgic and silly to edgy and political\, a handmade\, personalized Valentine is a wonderful way to celebrate the people in your life. Maybe you’ll make traditional\, papercut doilies that open onto a heart with a cursive message. Or maybe you will get inspired by vintage Valentines\, clever puns\, cute cartoons\, or edgier phrases and risqué illustrations.  You’ll also learn to make personalized envelopes that fit custom sized cards. Don’t have that classic red and pink construction paper? Collage old magazines\, wrapping paper\, or junk mail! Even if all you have are paper scraps and a marker\, Emma will make sure you leave with a set of handmade cards sure to be cherished by the recipient. \nSuggested Materials \n\nAll kinds of paper (plain\, construction\, wrapping & tissue paper\, etc.)\nScissors and glue\nMarkers or colored pencils\nRubber stamps and ink\nBlank cards and envelopes\nCollage materials (magazines\, candy wrappers\, junk mail\, etc.) \nSticky notes\nFabric scraps\nGlitter\, string\, or other decorations\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 977 9419 8502\n\nDrink & Draw [VIRTUAL] is a low-key drop-in social workshop devoted to staying creative from home. There are no pretensions and newcomers are always welcome\, so invite your friends to join! Each Drink & Draw [Virtual] features a new guest artist and a new theme or project that uses pencil\, paper\, and everyday household supplies. Don’t have a sketchbook? Hosts will help you improvise. Find us on Zoom\, a free app for your phone or computer. And of course: BYOB!  \nLove the experience? Pitch in to our Venmo Tip Jar (@spudnikpress) to directly support the featured artist and Spudnik Press Cooperative.
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/drink-draw-virtual-draw-your-heart-out/
CATEGORIES:Drink and Draw
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SUMMARY:Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL]: Spuds at Spudnik - Potato Prints with Dutes Miller
DESCRIPTION:Guest Artist: Dutes Miller\nWhat kind of multiples can you make from the stuff in your kitchen? Come find out with artist and baker Dutes Miller! He will show you how to transform a humble potato into beautifully carved relief stamps\, designed around a culinary or springtime theme. Don’t have printing inks lying around at home? No problem. Dutes will share how to make use of natural pigments found on your spice rack. These small-scale prints are ideal for repeat patterning on cards\, journal covers\, wrapping paper\, napkins\, or even for printing edible decorations on your plates and saucers for a fancy meal. \nAbout the Artist\nDutes Miller’s collages\, artists books and phallic sculptures examine the spaces where the artist’s inner life\, queer subcultures and mass media intersect. Michelle Grabner wrote in ArtForum\, “Miller’s mixed-media collages on paper incorporating penis figures striking silly states of repose and activity are enjoyable vignettes\, demonstrating nimble material interplay.” \nSuggested Materials \n\nPotato (Russet or baking potatoes are ideal)\nSmall paring knife\, utility knife\, Xacto blade\, chisels or carving tools\nTurmeric\, beet powder\, paprika\, saffron\, activated charcoal\, and fine instant coffee powder\nFood coloring\, red wine or tea\nPaint brush or sponges\nInk pads for rubber stamps\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 977 9419 8502\n\nDrink & Draw [VIRTUAL] is a low-key drop-in social workshop devoted to staying creative from home. There are no pretensions and newcomers are always welcome\, so invite your friends to join! Each Drink & Draw [Virtual] features a new guest artist and a new theme or project that uses pencil\, paper\, and everyday household supplies. Don’t have a sketchbook? Hosts will help you improvise. Find us on Zoom\, a free app for your phone or computer. And of course: BYOB!  \nLove the experience? Pitch in to our Venmo Tip Jar (@spudnikpress) to directly support the featured artist and Spudnik Press Cooperative.
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/drink-draw-virtual-spuds-at-spudnik-potato-prints-with-dutes-miller/
CATEGORIES:Drink and Draw
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SUMMARY:Drink & Draw [VIRTUAL]: Raspado Scratch Drawings
DESCRIPTION:Guest Artist: Rogelio Rosiles\nArtist\, printmaker\, and muralist Rogelio Rosiles discovered the process for raspados or “scratch drawings” by accident while sanding down layers on his paintings. Now he fills his sketchbook with these colorful\, textured drawings whose grainy finish is reminiscent of early\, low-res\, digital media. This simple process allows you to play and create on many levels by covering crayon wax with an acrylic coating and then scratching through the surface to reveal what’s hidden below. Scratch drawings feel a lot like printmaking because they work both forwards and backwards\, by adding and subtracting\, and you’re rewarded with a dramatic final reveal. It’s a wonderful way to play with simple\, nostalgic materials and create happy accidents and surprises for yourself along the way. \nSuggested Materials: \n\nPaper of any kind/color (the thicker the better)\nCrayons\nSharpie markers\, acrylic paints\, dry erase markers\, shoe polish\, or White Out\nKnife\, Xacto blade\, box cutter\, needle tool or etching needle\, or other sharp scraping tool\n\nZoom Meeting ID: 9472 1822 373\n\nDrink & Draw [VIRTUAL] is a low-key drop-in social workshop devoted to staying creative from home. There are no pretensions and newcomers are always welcome\, so invite your friends to join! Each Drink & Draw [Virtual] features a new guest artist and a new theme or project that uses pencil\, paper\, and everyday household supplies. Don’t have a sketchbook? Hosts will help you improvise. Find us on Zoom\, a free app for your phone or computer. And of course: BYOB!  \nLove the experience? Pitch in to our Venmo Tip Jar (@spudnikpress) to directly support the featured artist and Spudnik Press Cooperative.
URL:https://www.spudnikpress.org/event/drink-draw-virtual-raspado-scratch-drawings/
CATEGORIES:Drink and Draw
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