Group Show
June 2, 2025 - January 5, 2026
Exhibit: All for Print. Print for All. Archiving 16 Years of the Chicago Printers Guild
(Text from the Chicago Library Exhibit Page)
In the spring of 2009, a bunch of printmakers from across Chicago met up at a local bar. The artists' libations quickly turned to action when they collectively agreed to set down their squeegees, step out of their studios and make plans to see more of each other — all while elevating their art form in the process. And that, friends, is how the Chicago Printers Guild officially organized.
Now 16 years later, the organization is still going strong as it continues to unite local printmakers (and print lovers!) through lectures, workshops, artist talks, and studio visits across the Chicagoland area.
All are welcome to join us as we celebrate 16 years of this inky alliance with a first-of-its-kind exhibition showcasing hundreds of original artworks and ephemera hand-selected from the Chicago Printers Guild Records hosted in the Harold Washington Library's permanent collection.
Harold Washington Library, 400 S. State Street, 9th floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Gallery Hours: Monday–Thursday 9:00AM - 8:00PM, Friday + Saturday 9:00AM - 5:00PM, Sunday 1:00PM - 5:00PM
Group Show
April 19, 2025 - April 18, 2026
What Material Do I Want to Be?
(Text from The Franklin) Material and intention are at the core of art making. The material that an artist uses can be as essential to their practice as the thematic explorations that propel creation. As we explore the motivations that ignite art makers to commit to a form, a material and content, What Material Do I Want To Be? explores the poetry behind the craft that comprise a work of art.
For this exhibition we have gathered a group of artists that explore materials and content at various frequencies, letting the ideas become a part of the foreground as well as the materiality that embodies their expression.
The title of this exhibition was inspired by a conversation with artist Paola Cabal regarding artistic practices.
Participating artists: Jess Bass, Maria Burundarena, Paola Cabal, Alexis de Chaunac, Ben Foch, Maria Gaspar, Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, Jaclyn Jacunski, Kelly Kristin Jones, Jordan Martins, Mariana Noreña, Melissa Oresky, Leticia Pardo, Sonnenzimmer, Yasmin Spiro, Ann Toebbe, Frank Vega, Natalia Villanueva-Linares, Anna Martine Whitehead, Nicole Woodard, Matt Russ
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Chicago, IL 60624
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