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Greetings!
The Chicago Printmakers Collaborative is excited to present a show which highlights the unique interests and passions of our staff members! Inspired by "staff picks" shelves in bookstores, this is an exhibition of prints and printmakers that our teachers and staff think are worthy of special recommendation for your viewing pleasure. Combining the distinct curatorial visions of six different printmakers resulted in a diverse collection of work, spanning a wide range of styles and mediums. While some staff curators dove deep into CPC's collection to find golden oldies that rarely get to see the light of day, others opted to include new work by contemporary Chicago artists. Old and new, earnest and whimsical, this show has a little something for everyone! We hope to see you at the opening, or during our open gallery hours.
Please note: a mask worn over the mouth and nose are required of all CPC guests. Please stay home if you don't feel well.
Sonnenzimmer, Carrier Shell Identity Congruence, screenprint, $150
Julie Murphy, The Girls, etching, $90
Maddie May, Beyond Closed Doorways, lithograph, $250
Thuong Tran, Uncle Thuy II, lithograph, $145
Eric Von Haynes, Cosmos, screenprint, $150
Wes Beeler, Dig, screenprint, $75
FEATURED ARTISTS:
David Driesbach, Beauvais Lyons, Julie Murphy, Eric Wilson, Tony Fitzpatrick, Ruben Castillo, Catherine Winings, Jaco Putker, Jill Kramer, Eric Von Haynes, Wes Beeler, CHema Skandal, Maddie May, Annie Kielman, Jensen Delius, Annie Shea, Thuong Tran, Jeanine Coupe Ryding, Scott Westgard, Matt Bodett, Christine Gendre-Bergere, Michelle McCoy, Megan Sterling, Sonnenzimmer and more.
Please note: a mask worn over the mouth and nose are required of all CPC guests. Please stay home if you don't feel well.
Online Store & Printmaking Care Packages
The CPC Online Store has JUST BEEN FULLY RESTOCKED!!!
The prints you see available online are not often the same as those being shown in our gallery, so that both offer a unique shopping experience (plus, we don't want to sell something online at the same time it's being sold off the wall!). The CPC online store is a great and accessible alternative for those who wish to shop from home. We've noticed many of you shopping both online AND in person, and we thank you for your interest and for your support of our artists! Both pickup and shipping options are available.
Alberto Cruz, Linocut, $125 BUY NOW
Jay Ryan, ALRIGHT!, screen print, $20, BUY NOW
Printmaking Care Packages
HAPPY SPRING! For only $75, we'll send a beautiful printy fun pack from you to a recipient anywhere in the U.S. that features a print of your choosing (from 8 possible choices), along with a hand made card to the recipient (that we'll hand write and "sign" for you) plus a bunch of other fun arty goodies. Shipping is included! Extras can be added for an additional cost, and the whole thing can be personalized. It's be like a BIG GIANT SMALL PRINT HUG in the mail. Take care of your friends and loved ones (and yourself) with uplifting art. The theme here is WELLNESS. We've added some new print options, plus newly designed textile patches by JJ McLuckie. Each package contains:
•Print of your choosing (from 8 options!)
•Framable, Relief-stamped Card, inscribed with your personal message to the recipient.
•NEW 2021 Coloring Book Zine with screen printed drawings by Victoria Marie Barquin, Deborah Maris Lader, Eric Wilson, JJ McLuckie, Matt Bodett, Carl Voss, Jack Spector-Bishop and Emily Harter
•Care Patch, designed and screen printed on fabric by resident CPC print gods Carl Voss and JJ McLuckie
•Letterpressed card & envelope by Painted Tongue Press, so that the recipient can send some love right back to you.
We get plenty of orders from people who just wanna give themselves a little love. We totally encourage this!
new screen printed care patches by JJ McLuckie. Cuddly worms! Plushie Chickens! Oozing egg cups!!
Falling Heart letterpress print by Starshaped Press, one of the new options in the care packages
SPRING SHORTS classes just announced...
Sign up now! Visiting teaching artists join CPC staff to offer short term workshops, teaser classes, demos and more. Make monotypes from feathers, explore mezzotint, take a monoprint intensive from visiting artist Sarah Smelser, sign up for photo lithography, learn multi plate color registration from master printer Teresa James, and more!
above - a scene from Megan Sterling's online bookbinding course
Clockwise from upper left: Multi-plate color etchings by Teresa James, Sarah Smelser pulling one of her prints, Bryn Gleason's feather monotypes.
MULTIPLE PLATE INTAGLIO REGISTRATION
with Master Printer Teresa James
Date TBA...stay tuned!
One day, 10am-1pm
Cost: $60
ROCKER’S DELIGHT MEZZOTINT SPECIAL
with Duffy O’Connor
Thursdays, April 14 – May 19, 2022
6 weeks, 6:30-9:30pm
Cost: $270
PRINTMAKING FOR COLLECTORS AND ENTHUSIASTS
with CPC Director Deborah Maris Lader
Friday, April 22nd, 2022
One day, 2-4:30pm
Cost: $60
PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY
with Eric Wilson
Tuesdays, May 3 – 31, 2022
5 weeks, 6:30-9:30pm
Cost: $275
FEATHER MONOTYPE WORKSHOP
with Bryn Gleason
Saturday, May 7th, 2022
One day, 10am-1pm
Cost: $85
MONOTYPE ON ASIAN PAPER: DRAWING THROUGH PRINT
with Sarah Smelser
Saturday, May 14 & Sunday, May 15, 2022
2 days, 10am-5pm
Cost: $285
ALSO AVAILABLE:
PRIVATE LESSONS
Professional, one-on-one instruction allows for flexible scheduling and a unique lesson catered to your specific area of interest. More info...
SEMI-PRIVATE LESSONS
Want to learn something new with a close friend or family member? Sign up for a one-time, three-hour lesson with a professional printmaker! Our semi-private lessons provide flexible scheduling and custom instruction that is catered to the interests of your group. More info...
CPC has implemented cleaning and social distancing protocols to ensure that our studio environment is safe for you and the community. Students are required to wear a mask at all times and be fully vaccinated.
see you tomorrow at the "STAFF PICKS" EXHIBITION!
Jaco Putker, Interior No. 81, photopolymer etching, $390
Annie Shea, To Impress, photolithography. screen print, blind debossment, $175
Support the Studio
CPC gift cards may be applied towards classes, print purchases, work sessions, membership, and a myriad of other CPC services. Upon purchasing, you will receive a printable gift card within 24 hours (or it will be emailed to whomever you wish). You can enter any amount. Easy peasy. Thank you!
MORE PRINTS
(BEAUTIFUL THINGS YOU CAN BUY RIGHT NOW)
Carrie Lingscheit, Promises, Promises, Mezzotint,
6 x 6 inches, $300 email to purchase
Sarah Smelser, Let's Start Over, Monotype, 5.5x6 inches, $100,
Cleo Wilkinson, Then V, Mezzotint, 4.5 x 4.5 inches, $200,
SEE YOU SOOOOON in the STUDIO!!!!
We very much look forward to seeing you getting inky in a class, or viewing prints both online and in person as we try and fulfill our promise to fill your world with gorgeous, affordable, hand made things to look at and live with. Happy spring!
Love, the printmakers
Chicago Printmakers Collaborative
4912 N. Western Ave. Chicago, IL 60625
Gallery Hours Fri & Sat 12-5 or by appointment
773-293-2070 | info@chicagoprintmakers.com
Chicago Printmakers Collaborative | 4912 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60625
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