Spudnik Press

Four Years & Still Growing
Spudnik Press Fundraiser & Celebration
Saturday, July 30, 2011

at Spudnik Press Cooperative
Silent Auction 6-10 pm
Live Auction at 9:30 pm

Ice cream tasting with Nice Cream
Corn dogs from Corn Dog Guy
Block Printed T-shirts made on site
Giveaways for first 50 guests

After a record-breaking year of growth, Spudnik Press is fired up for their annual auction. Just concluding their fourth year, the community print shop has reached many milestones. This spring, the studio expanded their facilities and received 501(c)3 status, sprouting additional presses for letterpress and offset printing and private studios. The additional space has cultivated more classes, larger exhibitions, publishing projects, and donation-based workshops. Increased staff and volunteers are allowing the studio to tend to these programs while planting seeds for next season.

The four-year anniversary will capture the celebratory spirit with free prints to the first 50 guests. Corn Dog Guy will be frying up traditional and vegan corn dogs on site. Nice Cream is sponsoring dessert with a tasting of their summer flavors full of organic ingredients from local farms. A small donation to the press ($15) allows visitors to choose a customized T-shirt printed on demand from a selection of hand-carved woodblocks.

The main event is the auction, bringing 25+ of Chicago’s best printmakers under one roof. The silent auction, including the majority of the artwork, will continue through 10pm. The highlight of the night will be the live auction, featuring Struwwelpeter, a new artist book by Sanya Glisic and a collection of posters by the celebrated Delicious Design League.

Contributions will support upgrading our etching press, expanding our hours, and increasing the quantity and quality of programs we are able to offer our community.

Artists Include:
Paul Nudd and Onsmith, Jeremy Tinder, Sonnenzimmer, Jeremy Lundquist, Wrik Repasky, Dutes Miller, Minna Sora, Angee Lennard, Liz Born, Stano Grezdo, Starshaped Press, Pablo Philipps, Erick Jurado, Mischa Kegan, Justin Santora, Lilli Carré, Ryan Kapp, Will Sturgis, Jay Zehngebot, Jeanine Coupe-Ryding, Dawn Gettler, Nate Hinshaw, Fraser Taylor, and Matt Messmer.

Contact:
Angee Lennard, Director
angee@ spudnikpress.com
312-563-0302

Poster Design by Matthew Harlan

Wednesday, December 14
6:30pm – 11:00pm
FREE

We will begin at 6:30pm with a member meeting to work out the nuts and bolts of a new program with a working title of “Member Only Open Studio”.

At 7:30, we will open it up as a print exchange, holiday party and work night for anyone who needs to squeeze in more studio time before the holidays.

Bring your favorite holiday dish or snack, along with your beverage of choice and a few fun prints you’d like to share.

We will officially kick off the “Member’s Only Open Studio” program in 2012.

Email brandy@spudnikpress.com with any questions!

Wednesday, December 7, 2011
7:00 – 9:30pm
$5 suggested donation
Some drinks provided or BYOB

@ Spudnik Press
1821 W. Hubbard, Suite 302
Chicago, IL 60622
312-563-0302

What’s Your Art? from Andrew Roddewig on Vimeo.

What’s Your Art

Celebrating the Art Centers of Chicago

Hosted by WBEZ as part of their Off Air Event Series

Chicago Cultural Center
Saturday December 3, 2011
12:00-5:00pm
FREE

From Hyde Park to Pilsen to Ravenswood, there are amazing places of art exhibition, classes and public events fostering the development of art and culture located throughout Chicago. Each unique location has its own style, feel, and expertise. These places champion the city’s commitment for local residents to learn and create original art, and are as Chicago as the World’s Fair and Vienna Beef Hot Dogs.

Alongside these neighborhood spaces, Chicago hosts the nation’s first free municipal cultural center, which first opened its doors in 1893. The Chicago Cultural Center is one of the city’s most popular attractions, featuring more than 1,000 programs and exhibitions covering a wide range of the performing, visual and literary arts.

In celebration of Chicago’s rich landscape devoted to emerging artists, art education, and the opportunity to inspire and become inspired, WBEZ invites you to the Chicago Cultural Center to join us in exploring these spaces and the role they play in shaping the artist in each of us. Each Center will demonstrate the creative activities that enrich their community. “What’s Your Art” is free to the public and is an opportunity for Chicago residents to experience art as a part of daily life. Visit each Center’s page to find out more about classes and events that will be held in the months before the “What’s Your Art” event.

MDW Fall Showcase

B. Ingrid Olson and Jessica Taylor Caponigro
Representing the Spudnik Press Residency Program

October 21st- 23rd

at The Geolofts 3636 S Iron St.

Vernissage: Friday October 21, 8-11pm
Saturday Noon to 6pm
Sunday Noon to 6pm
$5 admission
mdwfair.org/

The MDW Fair presents a Fall Showcase of solo and duo exhibitions curated by small not-for-profits, artist-run spaces, independent galleries, collectives and curators from around the country.

Jessica Taylor Caponigro and B. Ingrid Olson are both past Artists in Residence at Spudnik Press Cooperative. They have been creating print-based artworks that eschew traditional multiples in favor of unique pieces that examine the very notion of reproductions. Although they have not yet had the opportunity to exhibit in tandem, their work has many parallel qualities. By pairing these artists together, we will establish a dialog about the act of recreating and the inescapable beauty and failure of doing so.

Please Join Us!