SIGN UP EARLY! FALL CLASSES START SEPTEMBER 12

Sign up by August 29th and receive $20 off a ten week class and $10 off a five week.  Remember in the Printmaking Department, Open Studio to work outside of class comes FREE with enrollment. 

LILLSTREET'S OPEN HOUSE IS THIS SATURDAY AUGUST 27TH.  STOP BY THE PRINT DEPARTMENT FOR A FREE HANDS-ON SCREENPRINT ON PAPER WORKSHOP! FROM 1-2PM

COME SEE US AT THE RENEGADE CRAFT SHOW SEPTEMBER 11 FROM 11-2PM.  WE WILL BE DOING DEMOS IN LETTERPRESS, RELIEF AND ETCHING

KEEP COOL THIS SUMMER. TAKE A PRINT CLASS!

       

      SIGN UP EARLY!  The next 4 week session starts August 8th.  Choose from First-Time Screenprinting or First-Time Letterpress.  We also have a Screenprint on Clay Workshop coming up on August 21st.  Feel free to stop by www.lillstreet.com and Check 'em out!       
       
      Remember Open Studio comes free with your class excluding workshops.
                                            

New Semester Begins!

Winter session has started with many exciting classes running in the print shop!

On the print faculty front, we would like to formally welcome Andrew Campbell, Heather Bella and Lloyd Patterson. Andrew has been one of our monitors for a while and is great. He will take over the Saturday session of First-Time Screen. Heather has been teaching First-Time Book and Alternative Book already. She will also teach the beginning Letterpress class on Wednesday nights. Lloyd will be taking over the Sunday monitor duties and offering a class in the spring session. Stop by their classes and say hi if you would like.

We would also like to welcome our new Resident Artist in Printmaking, Ian Weaver. You can see some of his work up in Print A. Ian will be starting his residency January 20th and will be with us for the next six months. Please attend the Lillstreet Artist–in–Residence Meet and Greet January 21. There you can meet Ian and the other 9 resident artists starting at Lillstreet this calendar year.

Projects with Hummingbird Press Editions are also humming! Tom is working on new prints with Richard Hunt, Candida Alvarez and Kerry James Marshall.  Kerry’s print looks awesome and we will have an exhibition of the Kerry print sometime after completion.

The new Open Studio schedule will be posted by the end of the week and we need stuff for the printmaking blog. If you are doing great stuff with your work including shows, workshops, residencies or whatever we would like to know. Also throw us links to your websites if you have one.

Happy New Year and don't forget to print juicy.

Print A Gallery Opening

The Lillstreet Printmaking Department now has a dedicated exhibition space in Printshop A called "Print A Gallery" on the third floor of Lillstreet Art Center in the northwest corner of the building.  Our goal will be to showcase printmaking from  resident artists, students and prints created by Hummingbird Press Editions.

Please stop by the printshop Friday, Dec 3rd during Lillstreet's Holiday Party from 6-10pm for our first exhibition of work by:



Ian Weaver ( upcoming resident artist in printmaking)
Woodcuts and Paintings
  &
Hiram Long   
 Mezzotints

Printing an Etching

Lillstreet Art Center printmaking instructor and Master Printer of Hummingbird Press, LAC, Tom Lucas, demonstrates how to print an etching.



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First Time Screen Printing

The second session for First Time Screen printing is underway! Thought you'd all like to see what's possible in a first-timer's class.



If you've got some first-time prints you'd like to share - send them along!!

Upcoming Events

Just thought you would like to know about some activities that Tom will participating in during this month outside the printshop. He's participating in a group show in Pilsen...



It's the first ever exhibition of the Chicago Printers Guild (CPG) featuring following artists:
Angee Lennard, Billy Craven, The Bird Machine, CJ Mace, Celene Aubry, Chad Kouri, Cherie Tymkiw, Dan Macadam, Dan Grezca, Daniel Mellis, Delicious Design League, Diana Sudyka, Erin Page, Fugscreen Studios, Jennifer Farrell, Jeremiah Chiu, Taylor-Caponigro, Johnny Sampson, Josh Davis, Julia Hendrickson, Justin Santora, Kathleen Judge, Keith Herzik, Kim Ambriz, Kwasi Amankwah, Kyle Baker, Llyod Patterson, Megan Sterling, Michael Lauritano, Michael Schwindenhammer, Mike McQuade, Phineas X. Jones, Rebecca Rakstad, Rich Kelly, Ryan Kapp, Sanya Glisic, Shawn Roberts, Sonnenzimmer, Screwball Press, Thomas Lucas, Winterbureau, William Sturgis

Friday, October 8, 2010 – Sunday, October 17, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday October 8, 2010, 6-11pm

On View: Saturday, October 9, 2010, 1-5pm (printing demos!), Sunday, October 10 2010, 1-5pm , Thursday, October 14, 2010, 6-9pm, Friday, October 15, 2010, 6-9pm, Saturday, October 16, 2010, 1-5pm (printing demos!), Sunday, October 17, 2010, 1-5pm

Chicago Urban Society | 2229 S Halsted, Chicago IL
Contact: info@chicagourbanartsociety.org

...and a panel discussion at DePaul:

Printmaker as Distributor, Collaborator, and Facilitator
October 7, 6-7:30pm
DePaul University Museum
2350 N. Kenmore Ave

How does the history of print as a medium for the dissemination of information affect the role of contemporary printmakers? Does this draw more educators to the medium? How does the communal print studio affect the nature of artwork being created? Does the emphasis on technique, craft, and tools create an environment welcoming to new students or restricted?

Printmaker as Distributor, Collaborator, and Facilitator will explore the role of education within contemporary printmaking. Panelists will include Wrik Repasky, Coordinator of Printmaking at Harold Washington, Tom Lucas, Director of the Printmaking Department at Lill Street Art Center, and CJ Mace, MFA student through Columbia College Book and Paper program. The panel will be moderated by Angee Lennard, founder and director of Spudnik Press Cooperative.

It would be great to see you at either event if you're able to come!
See side panel for more info...