Teaching Artist
Jamie Weaver is a writer and book artist based in Chicago. She received her MA in English Composition and Rhetoric from Marshall University and her MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Columbia College Chicago. In 2014, she was awarded a Fulbright grant to teach academic and creative writing at the University of Bucharest in Romania, where she also taught community bookbinding workshops for both children and adults. Her writing has appeared in The Found Poetry Review and JAB (The Journal of Artists’ Books) and her artist books are part of several library permanent collections in the US and abroad. Weaver currently teaches writing and arts courses at SAE Institute of Chicago.
Website:
jamiebweaver.wordpress.com/
Classes by this Artist:
Spiral Tunnel Bookbinding Workshop
I am an artist, self-publisher, and organizer whose projects often germinate from an active interest in localized, independent artist-run communities and the systems of support formed within.
I co-author projects that involve and highlight individuals whose work is often taken for granted, done behind the scenes, or in support of others. This has included collaborations with social service providers, session musicians, street paper vendors and line cooks.
Website:
www.smallcraftadvisories.org/
Twinpop Press
Letterpress prints & cards. I focus on designing & illustrating cute and positive pieces that meant to be shared with those you love.
Website:
etsy.me/2sDXd61
Sometimes starkly real, and other times other-worldly, Jennifer Cronin’s style of captivating realism pulls the viewer into the world of her artwork. From exploring inner psychology to highlighting income inequality, Cronin is constantly working to explore what it means to be human. This past summer, Cronin embarked on a trip the remote Native Alaskan village of Newtok, where she documented the effects of climate change. She is currently in the process of developing a new series of work about this trip and our changing planet.
Website:
www.jennifercronin.com
Krysta Ann Books
I’m a bookbinder and fine art photographer interested in the way that images work together to create narratives and explore ideas.
Website:
www.krystaannwilliams.com
Culdesac Press
Culdesac Press is a small studio based in Chicago, IL started by Bobby Sims to produce silk screen and risograph comics, posters and prints for friends, family and the masses of the midwest.
Services Offered:
- Graphic Design
- Printmaking Commissions
- Illustration
Website:
culdesac-press.com
Lea Basile Lazarus received her BA in Art Education from The College of New Jersey and her MFA, with a concentration in Printmaking, from the School if the Art Institute of Chicago. She has been teaching art for 20 year, currently at Beacon Academy, a Montessori High School in Evanston. Lea is a working artist making contemporary prints, paper pulp collages, and sculptures. She exhibits her work in the Chicagoland Area. Over the past couple of years, Lea has had one person shows at the Center of Halsted, Chicago, Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, and Curt’s Café in Evanston. Lea happily owns and operates a Conrad Printing Press.
Services Offered:
- Exhibition Opportunities
- Printmaking Commissions
Website:
www.leablazarus.com/
Aaron Maurer specializes in brand identity, illustration and layout and has worked across several areas of the design field including marketing, events, packaging, retail, publishing and the non-profit sector. A passion for using his skills to serve others informs his life and work, and he enjoys projects that give back to society. He is always interested in meeting and working with new people and would be happy to hear from you if you have any graphic design or illustration needs.
Services Offered:
- Graphic Design
- Illustration
Website:
www.aaronmaurer.com
I paint, draw and print, mostly relief. Most of my work is narrative and symbolic. I have studied and taken classes at the Drawing Workshop, The School of the Art Institute, Lill Street Arts, Evil Prints bootcamp.
Services Offered:
Website:
andreakaspryk.com/home.html
Brian Eaton is an Art Director, Designer and Illustrator striving to blend traditional techniques with the communication power of the Internet. Full time he works with global brands developing mass-market communications, but in his free time he dives deep in his own curiosities leading him down a rabbit hole of forgotten crafts and seldom seen aesthetics.
Services Offered:
- Graphic Design
- Illustration
- Printmaking Commissions
Website:
btecreative.com/
Ashley is a freelance illustrator and screenprinter living in the nice and quiet neighborhood of Old Irving Park. She specializes in custom paper goods for people getting married and is currently printing out of The Bird Machine with Jay Ryan. When not drawing or printing, Ashley is probably walking her corgi with her super rad fiancé Evan.
Services Offered:
- Graphic Design
- Exhibition Opportunities
- Illustration
Website:
www.drawashleydraw.com/
Radiator Comics
Neil has been making all-ages minicomics since 2007! Radiator Comics is Neil’s distro, with which he represents and promotes over 50 self-publishing comics artists from across the country (Radiator’s office is at Spudnik)! Neil co-founded the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE), which he still helps run. He worked at Quimby’s Bookstore for six years, and was an organizer for the Chicago Zine Fest for its first three years.
Website:
radiatorcomics.com
