Xzavier Weed

Aidan Ciuperca is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus in printmaking and drawing. He is currently working on getting his Bachelor’s Degree of Fine Arts at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Website:

ciupercaart.myportfolio.com

Emma Sielaff

I’m constantly exploring how art can be a medium for capturing and recreating the feeling of a moment. I make work that is vibrant and playful, hoping to leave the viewer with a sense of familiarity, intrigue, and nostalgia. The result is a reflection of my inner self and thoughts. Spanning from papermaking, illustration, zines, and collage—with a heavy influence of the digital—the objects I create are interactive, highly textured, and draw from reused and recycled materials.

The creative process is something everyone should enjoy, with my work, I hope to embody that essence and invite people into my world.

Services Offered:

Graphic Design
Illustration

Website:

emmasielaff.com

Kianni Bey

Studio Fellow 2021

Kianni Bey’s work investigates the construction of identity in a methodological way, through exploration of personal and familial histories, collaborative world building, and emergent methods of survival from Black women and femme-identified people. Her practice aims to uplift, empower, and exist as a safe space for Black and femme bodied people, driven by a desire to expand the narrative surrounding marginalized lives. Kianni’s practice consists of lens based bodies of work that visualize liberated futures and aesthetics by creating thresholds or portals to other realities.

Image: Kianni Pleasant-Bey, Fever Dream, Mixed Media; Variable dimensions, 2019

Services Offered:

Exhibition Opportunities
Printmaking Commissions

Website:

www.instagram.com/zami.mami/

Glenn Doherty

Gadz Corp

Experienced Screen Printer – Textiles, Plastics, Paper and Industrial

Services Offered:

Graphic Design
Printmaking Commissions

Website:

www.deviantart.com/gadzz/gallery/all

Michael Sheets

Six Points Letterpress

Chicago-based. Queer-owned-and-operated. Handcrafted letterpress goods for all of life’s occasions and then some!

Services Offered:

Printmaking Commissions

Website:

www.sixpointsletterpress.com

Anne Kelly

Anne Kelly has studied a wide variety of printmaking and encaustic mixed media techniques with several artists, including Sarah Smelser, Dutes Miller, Donna Brown, Steve Fisher, Jeffrey Hirst, and Sarah Rehmer, in an effort to hone her own personal style and process. Her printmaking often centers on viscosity-inked monoprints that experiment with color and overlapping, repetitive layers. Surrounding landscape features are her primary influence, particularly the Niagara Escarpment connecting her to her daughter Mamie in Stratford, Ontario. Additionally Anne enjoys creating collagraph prints from found objects.