Report from Stamps alumna Margaret Hitch and her recent residency at Spudnik Press in Chicago where she produced a new series of three-color screen-prints.
Margaret says about her residency at Spudnik: “I recently finished up an internship at Spudnik Press Cooperative, a community print shop in Chicago, that offers a ton of work/trade opportunities to help young artists use their space and become part of their community. During the internship, I learned about the work that the Spudnik staff members do to keep their programs running and to continue to make the space an affordable print resource for Chicago artists. I also helped to plan and promote Spudnik’s annual winter art sale and exhibition, a celebratory event for the community of artists who use Spudnik to continue their personal art practice or who run small publishing presses out of the space. During my internship, I had unlimited access to Spudnik’s print resources, which I used to make 12 screenprints that composed an illustrated calendar for 2016.
I am continuing my time at Spudnik through their winter/spring fellowship program. For the next 6 months, along with three other fellows, I will work as a monitor for Spudnik’s open studio sessions, and use Spudnik’s print resources to work on my own personal projects. For my project, I plan to make small books and to continue to explore relationships between texts and images. I also want to learn more about processes that I don’t have as much experience with like risography, letterpress, and monotype. I have really been enjoying meeting other artists through Spudnik, and I am looking forward to continuing my time there!”
