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SUMMARY:Karla Santana: Lotería
DESCRIPTION: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 of her life. That relationship\, as the work makes clear\, is not a simple one. The exhibition holds space for the embarrassment and shame that can accompany cultural identity\, particularly across generations and geographies\, alongside the profound love\, gratitude\, and pride that run just as deep and just as true. \nThrough this series\, Santana revisits pivotal stages of her life\, pairing personal memory with the cultural symbols that have traveled with her family across generations. The result is a body of work that is at once a family portrait\, a self-portrait\, and an act of reclamation — a chance to look back at inherited culture not with the eyes of a child who wanted to fit in\, but with the clarity and appreciation of an adult who understands what she was given. \nKarla Santana is a first generation Mexican-American designer and illustrator from Chicago. As a self-proclaimed “serial-hobbyist\,” she enjoys exploring a variety of mediums from Risograph printing\, screenprinting\, sewing\, and crochet\, and more. She often combines multiple mediums to create whimsical pieces that integrate nostalgic elements of her childhood with playful characters and a vibrant\, character-driven visual language. \nKarla Santana\nLotería\nOpening Reception: May 2\, 6-8pm\nMay 2-30\, 2026 \n  \nLotería is on view at Spudnik Press\, 1821 W. Hubbard St.\, Chicago\, IL 60622. Gallery hours are Monday-Saturday 10am-6pm. \nPrograms at Spudnik Press are partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency\, the Driehaus Foundation\, and the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation.
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SUMMARY:Professional Practices Artist Lecture by Kacie Lees
DESCRIPTION: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. \nLees is currently an Artist in Residence at Spudnik Press\, developing a new body of printwork that brings together thermally responsive inks and high-visibility reflective fabrics. Drawing from the visual language of early 20th-century pseudosciences—such as Rorschach inkblot tests and Thought Forms—the work takes on a nebulous\, expressive quality that reflects early attempts to make the invisible visible. These prints are both intuitive and investigative\, evoking shifting conditions and inviting engagement with ambiguity\, pattern\, and perception. \nKacie Lees is a Chicago-based neon artist\, printmaker\, and metalworker whose interdisciplinary practice explores light as both subject and material. Grounded in craft and informed by research into optics and chaos theory\, the work combines fire and electricity to create luminous forms that exist between natural phenomena and human perception. Lees teaches neon fabrication nationally and is the author of Neon Primer: A Handbook on Light Construction\, a hand-silkscreened technical manual supporting contemporary neon practice. \nPrograms at Spudnik Press are partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council Agency\, the Driehaus Foundation\, and the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation.
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SUMMARY:Drink & Draw with Lee Nah
DESCRIPTION:Come have a drink with us! Join us for Drink & Draw! \nSay 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. \nLee Nah is a community-engaged scholar and printmaker from Chicago. She works as a studio monitor at Spudnik Press and has a special love for monotypes. \nPay what you can — suggested donation: $10–$20\nRSVP encouraged so we can plan accordingly — drop-ins also welcome. \nDrink & Draw is a low-key\, drop-in social workshop devoted to drawing practices. There are no pretensions\, no prerequisites\, and newcomers are always welcome. Drink & Draw occurs on the second Wednesday of every month and features a special theme and a guest artist. Admission is a suggested donation of $10–$20. We provide the drinks — you just bring yourself (and your friends\, and your family; children are always welcome). \nDrink & Draw is generously sponsored by The Long Drink \n 
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