We’re excited to invite you to our Annual Community Meeting on Sunday, September 14, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM. As a member-driven organization, your involvement is vital to the health and direction of Spudnik Press. This gathering is one of the key ways we stay accountable, transparent, and connected with the community we serve. At... Read more »
Come have a drink with us! As part of our fundraising efforts to stay inky, join us for Drink & Draw on October 8. There will be beer, paper, pencils, conversations, and commiseration. In this Drink & Draw, artist and educator Lya Finston will guide attendees through a series of collaborative drawing games. These games... Read more »
Join us for an evening of spooky printmaking and mysterious fortunes. Make a palm print and have your future revealed by our guest palm reader, Mister Vibe, while your fortune is told with the assistance of our Riso machine. Browse a curated selection of spooky prints and snag our brand-new metal T-shirt featuring Titivillus, the... Read more »
Come have a drink with us! Join us for Drink & Draw on November 12. In this session, artist and leather crafter Amir Badri will present his practice of letter writing. Writing letters—whether by hand, on a typewriter, or through the steady clack of a keyboard—is an artistic act disguised as correspondence. It’s both personal... Read more »
MadMade Print Fair November 15, 2025 from 12-4:30PM Access Living, Chicago: 115 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60654 Free to the public Join us for MadMade, a one-day event uplifting the creative work of artists living with psychiatric disabilities and mental health challenges. This community-centered fair brings together artists, organizers, and visitors to celebrate art... Read more »
Note This event has been canceled! Come have a drink with us! Join us for a very special Drink & Draw on January 14. In this session, staff members Meg Duguid and Avery Johnson will lead a session in writing and creating New Year’s resolutions. We may also make you a new year's... Read more »
Come have a drink with us! Join us for Drink & Draw on February 11. In this session, we will make posters for whatever you want to say. Posters are a way to claim space, share a message, and make your voice visible. This Drink & Draw session focuses on drawing posters and saying whatever... Read more »
Come have a drink with us! Join us for a very special Drink & Drawer! Participants are invited to bring a random object or favorite treasure. We'll draw them together, and there will be a little writing workshop too. Eric Bartholomew is an artist and zinester whose project Junk Drawer explores ephemera, things we save,... Read more »
Come have a drink with us! Join us for Drink & Draw! Everyone has their favorite animals, but there are so many that go unloved. Come and share your favorite weird and misunderstood creatures! Come with any animal you find interesting; whether it’s as simple as a pigeon you saw on the street, as silly... Read more »
Lotería takes its name and structure from the iconic Mexican card game, repurposing its symbolic imagery as a framework for deeply personal storytelling. Each piece in the series functions like a card drawn from the deck — a moment, a symbol, a feeling — mapping Santana’s relationship to her own cultural identity across the full arc... Read more »
Join teaching artist Kacie Lees for a lecture on their work and free Professional Practices presentation covering living documents, types of funding opportunities, record keeping and digital organization, resources, and application tips to break into the world of exhibitions, residencies, and grants. Lees is currently an Artist in Residence at Spudnik Press, developing a new... Read more »
Come have a drink with us! Join us for Drink & Draw! Say goodbye to April showers and hello to spring blooms! Join us for a special Drink & Draw featuring a flower monotyping workshop with the help of our neighbors at Flowers for Dreams. Make your own one-of-a-kind floral prints and celebrate the season. Lee... Read more »
