Spudnik Press

Join us at our 2024 Studio Sale!
2024-09-06 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
Gear up for the Spudnik Press Studio Sale, a studio-wide extravaganza featuring a print showcase, screen sale, print sale, merch sale, and a special letterpress sale.
Event Details

Date: Friday, September 6
Time: 5PM-8PM
Location: Spudnik Press at 1821 W Hubbart Street, Suite 302

Studio Activities Include
Print Showcase at the Annex
Enjoy a curated gallery display of fine prints from our collection, made by incredible artists using Spudnik Press facilities.
Screen Sale
Score some affordable screens for your screenprinting projects and support Spudnik Press in the process!
Print Sale
Take home a part of Spudnik’s 17-year history with a print from our collection of posters and publications.
Spud Merch Sale
Our merch sale is not just about shopping, it’s an opportunity for you to support our ongoing efforts to produce new and exciting Spudnik swag, reflecting our fresh branding. Great deals await as prices start at $1!
Letterpress Sale
In a tribute to the esteemed printmaker and Spudnik Press member Patrick Hogan, we will be offering selections from his private letterpress collection.
Letterpress Demo
Led by one of our expert Teaching Artists, experience the charm of letterpress printing as you try your hand at creating a delightful print in this demonstration.
Get ready to explore, shop and support! We can’t wait to see you there!
PS: Want to help us prepare and crush this Studio Sale? Consider signing up as a volunteer! We have 3 dates available to sign up for various volunteer roles!
Sign-up to Volunteer!
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Proceeds from this event will benefit our Press, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

September 14 | Subsidized Workshop with WILD YAMS
2024-09-14 12:00 - 16:00 | Spudnik Press, 1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
Spudnik Press is delighted to host a fun and engaging subsidized workshop for WILD YAMS: Black Mothers Artist Residency! Led by Teaching Artist Anders Zanichkowsky, their community of artists will be learning about screenprinting on paper.
About the Program:
Subsidized Workshops at Spudnik Press aim to provide organizations with the opportunity to explore the art of printmaking in a supportive and creative environment. Each workshop will be taught by a resident Teaching Artist at Spudnik Press and participating organizations may choose from an array of printmaking topics or techniques.
About the Organization:
WILD YAMS: Black Mothers Artist Residency provides Black Mother Artists and Caretakers the opportunity to focus and recenter their artistic practice and grow their creative careers. WILD YAMS is an art residency experience designed to support and uplift artist’s access to creative equity on the South Side of Chicago. At its core, WILD YAMS honors Black Motherhood and the creative labor of Caretakers, a demographic often overlooked and undervalued within the context of traditional artists’ residencies.
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Educational programs at Spudnik Press are partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency and Builder’s Initiative.
This project is partially supported by a Chicago Arts Recovery Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.

Spudnik Press at Pep Book Fair
2024-09-14 12:00 - 2024-09-15 20:00 | Pep Club Vintage, 749 N Ashland Avenue, Chicago, United States
We are thrilled to be part of this year’s Pep Book Fair, happening on the weekend of September 14th and 15th at Pep Club Vintage!
Relive the childhood magic of the Scholastic Book Fair at their 2-day studio event filled with vintage books, records, stationery, and of course — art prints and zines by Spudnik Press!
Stop by the Spudnik Press table for amazing deals on limited edition prints and zines, and to get some freebies when you sign up for our newsletter.
Pep Club Vintage is located at 748 North Ashland Avenue and the Pep Book Fair starts at 12pm on both days.

Annual Member Meeting
2024-09-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Spudnik Press, 1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
Our Annual Member Meeting is taking place on Sunday, September 15! There will be studio updates, Board Member voting, and a community printmaking activity.
As a member-based organization, community participation is essential. Membership meetings are scheduled with agendas ideally determined by member input. This is also a time for studio members to meet the nominees running for Board Membership, both new and those who are up for re-election.
Member Meeting 3-5pm | Agenda:

Welcome | 2:45 – 3:15pm
Business Affairs | 3:15 – 4:00pm

Board of Directors Update: Patti Swanson
ED Hiring Update: Kristen Campos
Staff Update: Yang Pulongbarit-Cuevo

Board Elections
Call for Volunteers
Comments & Questions
In Memoriam: Patrick Hogan | 4:00 – 4:15pm
Studio Fun | 4:15 – 5:00pm

Snacks & beverages provided
Monoprint community activity
Chat with your fellow Spudnik members

PLEASE RSVP FOR THIS EVENT
The Board Member Ballot:
Amira Hegazy (Returning, Current Secretary)
amiramhegazy@gmail.com
Amira is a multi-disciplinary artist working within artistic, publishing and scholarly practices: her artwork addresses the fragility of memory, and the inevitability of loss; while her research includes investigation of letterforms and how the way we write is related to the politics and ethics of love. She is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia College and at the University of Illinois Chicago, as well as a TERRA Foundation Research Fellow at the Design Museum of Chicago. In her free time Amira enjoys live music and good food around the city.
Kristen Campos (New)
kristencampos2717@gmail.com
Kristen is Vice President, Corporate Affairs for Mars Food North America, one of the largest U.S. manufacturers of rice products, and serves as a member of the business’s management team. Kristen is responsible for public relations, public affairs, strategic business communications, consumer care and crisis management to drive the company’s reputation by delivering on its purpose— Better Food Today. A Better World Tomorrow. through a portfolio of iconic brands, like Ben’s Original and Seeds of Change. In her free time, Kristen enjoys practicing Pilates and making meals – often experimenting with new recipes when entertaining friends and family!
Michelle Savoy (New)
savoyworld@gmail.com
Michelle is a dynamic and results-driven media executive with more than 20 years of experience building high-growth digital business units. Over the years, she has held responsibility for sales, training and talent development, revenue growth and digital strategy, operations infrastructure development, and working with underserved audiences. Giving back to the community and integrating mindfulness with business has always been central to her focus, inspiring past positions as a college professor and in management for an arts nonprofit. She is a wife and mother to four children and one canine child “Nash,” a large, lovable Bernadoodle with whom she regularly meditates.
PLEASE RSVP FOR THIS EVENT

Not a member yet? Sign up for Spudnik’s Studio Membership!

MAKE at Spudnik Workshop Series: Basic Monotype
2024-09-24 14:00 - 18:00 | Spudnik Press, 1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
About the Program:
Part of the MAKE/MADE Program, Make At Spudnik is a series of 1-day workshops that is free and open to the public, as an effort to reach more print-curious audiences and provide an opportunity for interested participants to experience printmaking basics without the financial barrier to learning. This month, we are pioneering the Make At Spudnik Workshop Series with a 1-Day Monotype 101 class led by Teaching Artist Anders Zanichkowsky.
About the Workshop:
Monoprinting is an exciting form of printmaking that favors organic, gestural, textural, and ephemeral marks and imagery. This process is an incredibly immediate, intuitive, and playful way of exploring printmaking. It is well suited to people new to printmaking and artists who typically work with paint, mixed media, or drawing.
This workshop will introduce students to the basics of monotype printing. Throughout the workshop, students will discover ways to create unique prints while learning about the properties of ink, paper, pressure, and how they interact to be able to explore the process of monotype on their own. Printing techniques will include additive and reductive processes, stenciling, and ghost printing. Each student will make three prints to explore these processes.
Registration for this free event is required to manage the number of participants and prepare the materials needed for the workshop. Donations are welcome and absolutely optional, and will help Spudnik Press with its operational expenses.
REGISTER FOR FREE
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Programs at Spudnik Press are partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the Driehaus Foundation, and the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation.
This project is partially supported by a Chicago Arts Recovery Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.

Spudnik Press at the Chicago Artist-Run Spaces Fair
2024-09-25 15:00 - 17:00 | SAIC MacLean Ballroom, 112 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, United States
SITE Galleries is kicking off their 30th Anniversary is the Chicago Artist-Run Spaces Fair in collaboration with Career and Professional Experience (CAPX). Artist-run spaces throughout Chicago (including Spudnik Press!) were invited to join in celebrating their histories, programs, and exhibitions, while exposing their students to the range of opportunities in the Chicago art world. Attendees may register via Handshake.
If you will be there, make sure to stop by the Spudnik Press table to say hi! Or tell your SAIC friends who are attending to visit the Spudnik Press table to know more about our space, services, member community, and other opportunities. We will also have fun freebies to give away!

Member Workshop: Writing the Artist Statement, Bio, and CV (VIRTUAL)
2024-09-26 15:00 - 18:00
Would you like to build more of your livelihood around your art practice, or get your work out into the world more? Catch our virtual workshops on Professional Practices for Artists!
Topic for the September 26 session:
Writing for Yourself, Writing for Your Audience:
The Artist Statement, Bio, and CV
Professional Practices for Artists is a series of online stand-alone workshops will focus on different professional skills and practices that working artists depend on for entrepreneurship in the real world — helping you make a good start on your goals!
MEMBER RSVP
Not a member yet? You can sign up as a Spudnik Member here. You may also register as a non-member here.
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Programs at Spudnik Press are partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the Driehaus Foundation, and the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation.
This project is partially supported by a Chicago Arts Recovery Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.

Member Workshop: Basic Relief Printing
2024-10-02 17:00 - 21:00 | Spudnik Press, 1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
This class is free for members! Not a member yet? You can sign up as a Spudnik Member here. You may also register as a non-member here.
Relief printmaking dates as far back as the 7th century and is considered the oldest form of printmaking. An image is carved into a block of wood or linoleum, which is then inked and pressed to transfer the image. The tools are simple and approachable, but the possibilities are expansive.
In Basic Relief Printing, students will plan, carve, and print a linoleum block. The class guides students through the process of transferring an image onto their block and techniques for creating line, shape, contrast, and texture. By the end of class, students will print their images by hand, taking home a small edition.
MEMBER RSVP
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Programs at Spudnik Press are partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the Driehaus Foundation, and the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation.
This project is partially supported by a Chicago Arts Recovery Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.

Member Event: Bookbinding Social
2024-10-18 15:00 - 17:00 | Spudnik Press, 1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
We are delighted to offer Creative Volunteer Sessions for current Spudnik Members! These sessions are centered around printmaking, creative collaboration, and just having a great time in a social setting!
To start, we are looking for members to volunteer for our upcoming Bookbinding Social on October 18th at 3pm. Members will be learning and helping staff create small handmade notebooks and/or notepads that Spudnik Press will occasionally distribute during offsite events.
SIGN-UP HERE
Aside from verifying your membership, signing up is required to manage headcount and help us prepare materials for the session. Thank you!

MAKE at Spudnik Workshop Series: Drypoint Printing
2024-10-20 13:00 - 17:00
About the Program:
Part of the MAKE/MADE Program, Make At Spudnik is a series of 1-day workshops that is free and open to the public, as an effort to reach more print-curious audiences and provide an opportunity for interested participants to experience printmaking basics without the financial barrier to learning. This month, we are inviting you to join us for a 1-Day Drypoint Printing class led by Teaching Artist Anna Wagner.
About the Workshop:
This workshop is great for ambitious beginners curious about intaglio techniques. The drypoint process covers the basic skills needed to become familiar with etching and other intaglio processes, and therefore would set students up for further success with intaglio in the future.
Students will learn drypoint techniques, plate wiping techniques, and gain familiarity with intaglio printing. Students will leave with a finished drypoint plate and print, as the class hours will be devoted to learning technique versus creating a perfected artwork.
Registration for this free event is required to manage the number of participants and prepare the materials needed for the workshop. Donations are welcome and absolutely optional, and will help Spudnik Press with its operational expenses.
REGISTER FOR FREE
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Programs at Spudnik Press are partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the Driehaus Foundation, and the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation.
This project is partially supported by a Chicago Arts Recovery Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.

Member Workshop: Administrative Essentials for Artists (VIRTUAL)
2024-10-23 17:30 - 20:30
Would you like to build more of your livelihood around your art practice, or get your work out into the world more? Catch our virtual workshops on Professional Practices for Artists!
Topic for the October 23 session:
Administrative Essentials:
Be Your Own Secretary AKA How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love a Spreadsheet
Professional Practices for Artists is a series of online stand-alone workshops will focus on different professional skills and practices that working artists depend on for entrepreneurship in the real world — helping you make a good start on your goals!
MEMBER RSVP
REGISTER AS A NON-MEMBER
Not a member yet? You can sign up as a Spudnik Member here. You may also register as a non-member here.
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Programs at Spudnik Press are partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the Driehaus Foundation, and the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation.
This project is partially supported by a Chicago Arts Recovery Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.

Member Workshop: De-Mystifying Grants, Residencies, and Calls for Exhibitions (VIRTUAL)
2024-11-07 17:30 - 20:30
Would you like to build more of your livelihood around your art practice, or get your work out into the world more? Catch our virtual workshops on Professional Practices for Artists!
Topic for the November 7 session:
De-Mystifying Grants, Residencies, and Calls for Exhibitions
Professional Practices for Artists is a series of online stand-alone workshops will focus on different professional skills and practices that working artists depend on for entrepreneurship in the real world — helping you make a good start on your goals!
MEMBER RSVP
REGISTER AS A NON-MEMBER
Not a member yet? You can sign up as a Spudnik Member here. You may also register as a non-member here.
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Programs at Spudnik Press are partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the Driehaus Foundation, and the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation.
This project is partially supported by a Chicago Arts Recovery Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.

Member Event: Bookbinding Social (Session 2)
2024-11-07 17:30 - 20:30 | Spudnik Press, 1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
We are excited to continue hosting Creative Volunteer Sessions for current Spudnik Members! These sessions are centered around printmaking, creative collaboration, and just having a great time in a social setting.
We are once again looking for members to volunteer for our upcoming Bookbinding Social on November 7, at 5:30pm until 8:30pm. Members will be learning and helping staff create small handmade notebooks and/or notepads that Spudnik Press will occasionally distribute during offsite events. More specifically, we will be creating handmade goodies for the upcoming Staple + Stitch Art Book and Print Fair!
SIGN-UP HERE
Aside from verifying your membership, signing up is required to manage headcount and help us prepare materials for the session. Thank you!

MAKE at Spudnik Workshop Series: Lino Block Printing
2024-11-10 10:00 - 14:00 | Spudnik Press, 1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
About the Program:
Part of the MAKE/MADE Program, Make At Spudnik is a series of 1-day workshops that is free and open to the public, as an effort to reach more print-curious audiences and provide an opportunity for interested participants to experience printmaking basics without the financial barrier to learning. This month, we are inviting you to join us for a 1-Day Lino Block Printing class led by Teaching Artist Alex Kostiw.
About the Workshop:
Relief printmaking dates as far back as the 7th century and is considered the oldest form of printmaking. An image is carved into a block of wood or linoleum, which is then inked and pressed to transfer the image. The tools are simple and approachable, but the possibilities are expansive.
In Basic Relief Printing, students will plan, carve, and print a linoleum block. The class guides students through the process of transferring an image onto their block and techniques for creating line, shape, contrast, and texture. By the end of class, students will print their images by hand, taking home a small edition.
Registration for this free event is required to manage the number of participants and prepare the materials needed for the workshop. Donations are welcome and absolutely optional, and will help Spudnik Press with its operational expenses.
REGISTER FOR FREE
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Programs at Spudnik Press are partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the Driehaus Foundation, and the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation.
This project is partially supported by a Chicago Arts Recovery Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.

Member Workshop: Simple Self-Publishing
2024-11-12 10:00 - 14:00 | Spudnik Press, 1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
This class is free for members! Not a member yet? You can sign up as a Spudnik Member here. You may also register as a non-member here.

This workshop focuses on styles of bookbinding that are low-cost yet dynamic, and well suited for poetry chapbooks and portfolio books. Students will learn how to choose materials and create simple book structures that best highlight the content within their book.

The lessons will address the logistics of organizing poetry or artwork into a book form, explore the book as a vessel for information, and how material choices can inform how the book is read.

MEMBER RSVP
REGISTER AS A NON-MEMBER
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Programs at Spudnik Press are partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the Driehaus Foundation, and the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation.
This project is partially supported by a Chicago Arts Recovery Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.

Spudnik Press at Staple + Stitch Art Book and Print Fair
2024-11-15 11:00 - 2024-11-17 18:00 | 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 East Ontario Street, Chicago, 60611, United States
Visit Spudnik Press at the Staple + Stitch Art Book and Print Fair! This event is a celebration and engagement with art, text, print, and paper hosted at 21c Museum Hotel Chicago on November 15-17, 2024.
Exhibitors include arts publishers, small and independent presses, book artists, zine makers, and printmakers across the 2nd-floor spaces of the 21c Chicago. Tandem programming includes book signings, workshops, and demonstrations open to all ages.
The three-day fair is free and open to the public with an emphasis on publications, artist books, zines, and other print-related materials.

MAKE at Spudnik Workshop Series: Basic Monotype
2024-11-21 14:00 - 18:00 | Spudnik Press, 1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
About the Program:
Part of the MAKE/MADE Program, Make At Spudnik is a series of 1-day workshops that is free and open to the public, as an effort to reach more print-curious audiences and provide an opportunity for interested participants to experience printmaking basics without the financial barrier to learning.
About the Workshop:
Monoprinting is an exciting form of printmaking that favors organic, gestural, textural, and ephemeral marks and imagery. This process is an incredibly immediate, intuitive, and playful way of exploring printmaking. It is well suited to people new to printmaking and artists who typically work with paint, mixed media, or drawing.
This workshop will introduce students to the basics of monotype printing. Throughout the workshop, students will discover ways to create unique prints while learning about the properties of ink, paper, pressure, and how they interact to be able to explore the process of monotype on their own. Printing techniques will include additive and reductive processes, stenciling, and ghost printing. Each student will make three prints to explore these processes.
Registration for this free event is required to manage the number of participants and prepare the materials needed for the workshop. Donations are welcome and absolutely optional, and will help Spudnik Press with its operational expenses.
REGISTER FOR FREE
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Programs at Spudnik Press are partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the Driehaus Foundation, and the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation.
This project is partially supported by a Chicago Arts Recovery Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.

MAKE at Spudnik Workshop Series: Drypoint Printing
2024-12-01 13:00 - 17:00 | Spudnik Press, 1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States

Printmaking History Lecture + Letterpress Printing Demo
2024-12-03 18:30 - 20:00 | Spudnik Press, 1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
This event is free for members! Not a member yet? You can sign up as a Spudnik Member here. You may also register as a non-member for a suggested donation $5 through this link.
Discover the history of printing and printmaking in Chicago at Spudnik Press! Patti Swanson, a letterpress printer, Spudnik board member, and founder of Chicago for Chicagoans joins us to present a laid-back lecture on printing history. You’ll learn about printmaking’s earliest origins, the role of printmaking in Chicago history, and how the discipline inspired unique forms of architecture Chicago is known for around the world.
After the presentation, in-person attendees can watch and participate in a letterpress printing demonstration to create a one-of-a-kind take-home print made with Spudnik’s historic type collection!
MEMBER RSVP
REGISTER AS A NON-MEMBER
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Programs at Spudnik Press are partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the Driehaus Foundation, and the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation.
This project is partially supported by a Chicago Arts Recovery Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.

Member Workshop: Self-Promotion and Communications for Artists (VIRTUAL)
2024-12-05 17:30 - 20:30
Would you like to build more of your livelihood around your art practice, or get your work out into the world more? Catch our virtual workshops on Professional Practices for Artists!
Topic for the December 5 session:
Self-Promotion and Communications for Artists
Professional Practices for Artists is a series of online stand-alone workshops will focus on different professional skills and practices that working artists depend on for entrepreneurship in the real world — helping you make a good start on your goals!
MEMBER RSVP
REGISTER AS A NON-MEMBER
Not a member yet? You can sign up as a Spudnik Member here. You may also register as a non-member here.
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Programs at Spudnik Press are partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the Driehaus Foundation, and the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation.
This project is partially supported by a Chicago Arts Recovery Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.

Volunteer Monitor Showcase
2024-12-06 17:00 - 20:00 | Spudnik Press, 1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
Spudnik Press invites you to our Studio Monitor Showcase happening on December 6 (Friday, 5-8pm)!
The event will feature works made by our Volunteer Monitors during their time at Spudnik Press. See prints created by Atalaya Leon Murphy, Sara Dennis, Kamilah Davila, Musa Ghaznavi, Angela Runge, Andriana Levytsky, Kianijee, Nick D’Allesandro, Eleanor Wardlaw, Alex Schonauer, Libby Donelly, Emma Chalut, Solene Roullier, and Julien Riendau!
Libations generously provided by our donor Marz Community Brewing Co.

Member Workshop: Linocut Printing
2024-12-11 17:00 - 21:00 | Spudnik Press, 1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States

Spudnik Member Meeting
2025-01-08 17:30 - 19:30 | Spudnik Press, 1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
Our first Member Meeting for 2025 is taking place on Wednesday, January 8th! Save the date for important Staff and Board updates as we give a warm community welcome to our Interim Executive Director, Meg Duguid!
As a member-based organization, community participation is essential. Membership meetings are scheduled with agendas ideally determined by member input. This is also a time for studio members to meet the nominees running for Board Membership, both new and those who are up for re-election.
RSVP FOR THE MEMBER MEETING
Member Meeting Agenda:

Welcome | 5:30-6pm
Business Affairs | 6-7pm

What’s new in the studio
Upcoming changes
Studio events

Call for Volunteers
Comments & Questions
Studio Fun | 7-7:30pm

Snacks & beverages provided
Monoprint community activity
Chat with your fellow Spudnik members

Hope to see you there!
MEMBER RSVP
PLEASE RSVP FOR THIS EVENT

PRESSed together: Opening Reception
2025-03-14 17:00 - 20:00 | Spudnik Press, 1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
PRESSed together features monotype prints by the inaugural cohort of the Spudnik Press Community Mentorship Program. The group show features work by Joshi Radin Flores, Steve Harhaj, Kelly Kristin Jones, Colleen Keihm, Alysha Kostelny, Nyeema Morgan, Siena Peterson, Alex Scott, and Candace Turner.
Please join us for an opening reception on Friday, March 14 at 5pm. The curated prints from the program duration are available for purchase, benefiting participating artists, Arts of Life, Latitude Chicago, and Spudnik Press.
Visit the Exhibition:
PRESSed together will be on view from March 14, 2025 through April 12, 2025 at Spudnik Press, 1821 W. Hubbard Street, Suite 302, Chicago, IL 60622.
Visitors 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. We are typically able to accommodate visits between 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Monday – Saturday and occasional weeknights.
Shop the Exhibition Here
Featured Artists:
Joshi Radin Flores
Joshi Radin Flores is an artist and writer living in Chicago. Working independently and collaboratively, she generates and examines practices of valuation and questions investigating nature, cosmology and expanded landscape. She completed MFA (2016) and MA (2018) degrees in Photography and Visual and Critical Studies as a New Artist Society merit scholar at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her collaborative artist research group with Linda Tegg and Brian M. John, A Program for Plants, received a Shapiro Center EAGER grant for their investigations with plants and empathy. She has performed at Queens Museum, exhibited in the US and abroad, presented at conferences on art and ecology and published essays on art and nature. She had her first solo show of photographic works in the fall of 2017 and held the 2017 Dangler Curatorial Fellowship at The Art Institute of Chicago. She currently lectures in the photography department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Steve Harhaj
Born in Chicago in 1949, Steve Harhaj joined the Chicago Studio in 2007. As an artist driven by process, repetition, and an interest in the natural world, Harhaj layers color and form to create idyllic landscapes populated by decoratively stylized imagery – chirping birds, perky tulips and daisies, ruffly clouds within clouds, and singular almond-shaped leaves that appear to float mid-air. Working across painting, drawing, and collage, his compositions are usually anchored by arches, multicolored grids, or radiating square patterns he describes as boxes, and given charmingly descriptive titles like Trees + Flowers + Leaves + Birds or Box Box Box Box Box Box Fence. He also often incorporates elements typical of classic Americana such as stars, American flags, county fairs, and picket fences. Using these recurring motifs, archetypal symbols, and patterns, he has devised an easily recognizable aesthetic reminiscent of folk art, and artists like William L. Hawkins and Morris Hirschfield.
Kelly Kristin Jones
Kelly Kristin Jones was raised on the West Side of Chicago and received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is the recipient of a number of awards and fellowships including a 2024 Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship Award and an Individual Artists Program Grant from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. She was a featured artist in the 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial and the 2023 Chicago Humanities Festival.
Colleen Keihm
Colleen Keihm (born in Levittown, NY and currently residing in Chicago, IL) received her BS from Drexel University and her MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is currently the Executive Director of Latitude which maintains a communitydigital lab and artist residency. Her work has been exhibited in Chicago at Flatland, Roman Susan, Filter Photo, and Tiger Strikes Asteroid. She has been an artist in residence at Hatch Projects at the Chicago Artist Coalition, Institut fur alles Mogliche in Berlin, Germany, and Writing Space in Chicago. Her work is a part of the photography collection at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, and she is a proud member of the Midwest Photographers Project.
Alysha Kostelny
Born and raised in Chicago, Alysha Kostelny currently lives on the Northwest Side. Kostelny’s approach to art-making is driven by experimentation, curiosity, and an exploration of various surfaces, textures, and applications of paint. She enjoys researching modern and contemporary artists, gleaning inspiration from myriad concepts and processes. Kostelny has a natural inclination toward hard-edge abstraction, though her work often straddles both abstraction and representation. Drawn to simplified organic forms and geometric shapes, she translates source imagery (often referencing art history, architecture, or the natural world) through reductive, bold color fields.
Nyeema Morgan
Nyeema Morgan’s work references familiar cultural material such as recipes, fables, canonical artworks and jokes to prompt reflection on the soft aesthetic power of systems of knowledge, information production and the mechanics of representation. Her conceptually layered works, ranging from large-scale drawings to sculptural installation and print based media, raise questions about how we articulate and construct meaning within a complex system of socio-political relations.
Siena Peterson
Siena Peterson is an interdisciplinary artist based in Chicago, IL. Her art practice is made up of various media including oil paint, charcoal, and performance work. Her work is an ongoing study of the personal battle of one’s internal and external self and is a way for her to document the bodily space that we inhibit and emotional depth hidden within. She received her BFA from The University of Illinois at Chicago in Interdisciplinary Education within the Arts and a minor in Fine Arts. Her work has been featured at The Hyde Park Art Center, Martin Gallery, Fulton Street Art Collective, and Figure One Gallery, among others. She was a selected resident of the LAUNCH Invitational Residency at the Chicago Artists Coalition in 2019, as well as the DAWA Artist Residency and Bridge Residency Cohort in 2022.
Alex Scott
Alex Scott was born in 1987 and is a Chicago native. Known for his use of simplified forms and flat, bright colors, Scott’s fresh, direct approach to drawing and painting embodies a sense of nostalgia. His preferred materials are ballpoint pen, colored pencils, and acrylic. Scott’s influences range from cartoons and comics to classic mystery-comedy movies to children’s books, gaining continued inspiration from favorite books once read – The Phantom Tollbooth, Sam and the Firefly, In a People House by Dr. Suess, as well as books found in the studio. Neat arrangements of recurring characters, household objects, numbers, text, and symbols are frequently organized by letters of the alphabet and at times appear reminiscent of hieroglyphics. He often repetitively recreates past drawings or characters from memory with ease and accuracy, which results in slightly shifting iterations over years. This ongoing body of work exists across both individual works on paper and series of drawings in distinct sketchbooks. Recent exhibitions include EXPO Chicago, the Outsider Art Fair in NYC, Hand Drawn Circle at Intuit, and Dog Show curated by KG, among others. His work is part of the ArtBank permanent collection in McCook, Nebraska.
Candace Turner
Born in 1990, Candace spent most of her 20s living at the notorious Shapiro Developmental Center, Illinois’s largest state institution. In 2019 she transitioned into a community setting, something she describes as having “saved” her. Candaces work embodies the sense of freedom she feels having been able to leave the institution. Groups of tattooed, scantily clad women imbue confidence as they lounge at the beach, dance together in their home, or pose nude in compositions that allude to historical masterpieces. Simple line work and flat fields of color create a consistent, distinct style that reflects Candace’s years of commitment to her practice. Candace’s brilliance is still blossoming as she embraces her freedom and develops a sense of self as a professional artist and a self actualized individual.
Program Mentor:
Anders Zanichkowsky came to Chicago in 2019 after getting their MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where they concentrated in printmaking and religious art & studies. They are an interdisciplinary artist who also works in papermaking, textiles, neon, video, poetry, and performance, and they are the owner of Burial Blankets, weaving custom shrouds for green burial that are meant for enjoyment and reflection during life.
In 2016 Anders was an artist in residence with The Arctic Circle sailing expedition in Svalbard, and their work has been shown across the U.S. and abroad including The Wisconsin Film Festival and the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art. Anders has taught all ages and backgrounds with a focus on printmaking, drawing, and DIY-style professional development for working artists, including while on staff at Spudnik from 2019 – 2021.
Program Curators:
Jill Nahrstedt is an artist, mother, surfer, and traveler exploring relationships between the self and place. She accomplishes this through the use of color and images in her paintings, pivoting between realism and abstraction, combining them both in some pieces. Jill is seeking the layers that make a life.
She is the founder and curator of Far North Side Gallery, a micro gallery in Chicago. Her work has been shown throughout the United States and can be found on several walls as Murals in Chicago where she lives with her husband and two children. Nahrstedt also prints serigraphs of local architectural groupings, dabbles in surf art, and paints portraits of stranger-neighbors she sources from social media.
Yang Pulongbarit-Cuevo is a papercut artist based in Chicago who began as a political cartoonist in the Philippines. Her work often draws inspiration from nature, anatomy, music, and folklore.
As an immigrant born and raised in an archipelago with rich cultural heritage contrasted by a history of political unrest, Pulongbarit-Cuevo also creates pieces informed by societal observations and emotional abstraction. Her work has been shown in exhibitions in California, New York, Illinois, and the Philippines, as well as publications including The Chicago Reader. She is currently serving as a board member for the Guild of American Papercutters and is working as managing director for Spudnik Press. On weekends, she hosts a weekly show for 107.1FM, an independent radio station in North Center Chicago.
Participating Organizations:
Arts of Life is a Chicago organization that advances the creative arts community by providing artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities a collective space to expand their practice and strengthen their leadership skills.
Latitude Chicago is a nonprofit community digital lab in Chicago that maintains high-end printing and scanning equipment, processes 35mm and 120 color negative film, operates an artist in residence program, and organizes ongoing arts programming.
Drinks generously provided by our sponsor: Bottles & Cans Chicago
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Programs at Spudnik Press are partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the Driehaus Foundation, and the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation.
This project is partially supported by a Chicago Arts Recovery Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.
Logo designed by Riesling Dong

Chicago Graphic Designers Club Meetup
2025-03-20 18:00 - 21:00 | Spudnik Press, 1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
Join the Chicago Graphic Design Club for a social hour and studio tour at Spudnik Press on Thursday, March 20th from 6pm until close.

Hubbard Street Lofts Open House
2025-05-02 18:30 - 21:30 | Spudnik Press, 1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
Join us on Friday, May 2nd for the Hubbard Street Lofts Open House!
Spudnik Press will be open from 6:30pm to 9:30pm for a:

Screenprinting demo by Teaching Artist Rob Kelsey
Letterpress printing demo by Teaching Artist Riesling Dong
Merch and print sale

Come hang out with us and get your hands inky. Oh, and don’t be a stranger – say hi to our awesome neighbors in the building too! 👋 Make sure to visit:

Fulton Street Collective
It’s Oksana
Platform Studios
Salon Hex
Studio 306
Filter Photo, and more!

Get a behind-the-scenes look at a collection of some of Chicago’s most talented artists, designers, organizations and galleries — all under the 1821 roof.
Each tenant will be opening their doors for the annual night of community delight. “Huge Art Show and Open Studios” event presents our established art collectives as we foster, develop and promote the growth of over 300 artists through our shared and community studio spaces. See you there!
Want to help us make this Open House a success, sign up as a volunteer!
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Graphic design courtesy of Fulton Street Collective

Member Event: DIY Paper Flowers
2025-05-16 12:00 - 14:00 | Spudnik Press, 1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
We are delighted to offer Creative Volunteer Sessions for current Spudnik Members! These sessions are centered around creative collaboration and just having a great time in a social setting!
For this month, we are looking for members to volunteer for our upcoming Paper Flower-Making Session on May 16th at 12pm. Members will be learning and helping staff create small handmade paper flowers to build our RISO photo booth backdrop for our upcoming Birthday Fundraiser and Print Battle.
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Aside from verifying your membership, signing up is required to manage headcount and help us prepare materials for the session. Thank you!

Art as Activisim: Speaker Event and Linocut Printing with Advancing Justice Chicago
2025-05-21 18:00 - 20:30 | Spudnik Press, 1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
In line with Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Spudnik Press invites our community and warmly welcomes Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago into the studio for “Art as Activism,” a speaker event and linocut printing activity on May 21, 2025 (Wednesday) at 6pm.
The event features Gregory Jue, a participant of the 1969 Berkeley Third World Liberation Front and a member of the Asian American Political Alliance. Jue will share about the role of campuses in community organizing, the anti-war movement on campuses in 1971, and the role of art in movement work. A linocut printing and collage making activity will also take place led by Midwest Organizing Director and artist Andrea “Chuey” Chu.
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Event Schedule:
6:00pm to 3:30pm | Arrival and check-in
6:30pm to 7:30pm | Gregory Jue interview (role of art in resistance movements)
7:30pm to 8:30pm | Linocut printing and collage making led by AAAJ Chicago’s Andrea “Chuey” Chu

About the Organization:
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago builds power through collective advocacy and organizing to achieve racial equity.
For over 25 years, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago has worked to bring together the Asian American community, and empower them to create change in their communities. In 2017 they adopted a new racial equity mission that allows them to extend beyond their community, forge new relationships, and win on issues that affect all marginalized communities.
Advancing Justice | Chicago is an affiliate of Asian Americans Advancing Justice. Their national affiliation allows them to raise a more powerful voice to better serve our communities and become more effective in addressing the civil rights issues faced by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other vulnerable and underserved communities. Other Advancing Justice affiliates are located in Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C
For ways to support their mission or to get involved, please visit this link.
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Dine at Barcocina in Support of Spudnik Press!
2025-05-26 17:00 - 23:30 | Barcocina West Town, 1814 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, 60622, United States
On Monday, May 26th, your dining experience at Barcocina in West Town directly supports Spudnik Press!
A percentage of their sales that day will benefit Spudnik Press to help us keep our doors open and our programming ongoing. Please mention Spudnik Press to your server! Their West Town location is at 1814 West Chicago Avenue and is open from 5pm until 12am during this “Dine to Donate” Day on May 26th.
Thank you for your support and generosity!
About our Partner:

Barcocina fuses traditional Mexican cuisine and various multicultural cooking techniques into modern Mexican fare. Our fresh ingredients and three distinct beverage categories will let out your sweet, smoky, and spicy side while you drink to the joys of life.
Come gather with friends in walls lined with open-air garage doors among rustic reclaimed wood and sensual fireplaces. You will feel the warmth of relaxing on a sunny beach and the coziness of a mountain cabin in the comfort of Chicago.

18th Birthday Party and Print Battle
2025-06-06 18:00 - 22:00 | Spudnik Press, 1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
Spudnik Press is celebrating our 18th birthday with a fundraiser to support our mission of providing an affordable and approachable community print studio in Chicago. The evening will include cake, drinks, a Risograph photo booth, dancing, and our main event—a Print Battle!
Guests are encouraged to break out their best coveralls and sunglasses and revel in our Print Battle!
DJ catieo!
This fundraiser is a love letter to our community of printmakers. We’re constantly blown away by the work you do, and we can’t wait to celebrate many more years of supporting your creative process.
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What is a Print Battle?
Using the process of trace monotype, the team at Spudnik Press invented an exciting game where players use Hot Wheels cars to attack their opponent’s goal. The game is not only thrilling and laughter-inducing but also results in a unique print that records the event.
Advertise in the Arena
Each battle will take place in a handmade arena over a 30-second period. The arena isn’t complete without your advertising. You can promote your project, organization, or the name of your favorite cat in a one-color printed ad that we will design and lovingly attach to our arena.
Ads come in three sizes:

Race Flag – Triangular, no less than 4 square inches, $20
Arena Sign – Rectangular, no less than 8 square inches, $30
Arena Banner – Rectangular, no less than 12 square inches, $40

For your ad, we’ll need a 1-color logo and minimal text (no more than 80 characters).

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, and free workshops. We plan to bring our residency program back at the end of 2025. The studio costs $1,100 a day to run, so every dollar we raise counts.
Buy Tickets

Full speed supporter tickets $50 (includes 1 print battle)
The economy really hurts right now tickets: $35 (each Print Battle is $10)
Can’t make the event, but love us anyway donate here
Buy Print Battle Arena Advertising
Join us as a corporate sponsor

Thank you to all who help:

We have profound appreciation for our Host Committee:
Holly Cahill, Nicholas D’Alessandro, Sara Dennis, Adele Henning, Jaclyn Jacunski, Julia Klein, Quincey Kras, Sarah Lentz, Duncan MacKenzie, and Dutes Miller
A huge thanks to our Print Battle Test Committee:
Percy, Ezra, Frida, Thomas, Francisco, and Micah
Enormous gratitude to our Sponsors:
Hallagan’s, Speedball Art, Marz Brewing, Revolution Brewing, and Will’s Place
Loud applause for our Individual Donors and Annual Supporters:
Illinois Arts Council, Driehaus Foundation, Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, 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, Yang Pulongbarit-Cuevo (Staff), Kristen Campos, Amira Hegazy, Patti Swanson, and Michelle Savoy (Board of Directors)
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Badass car graphic design by Adele Henning!
