Copper / Ink / Magic

Join the Smart Museum of Art and Spudnik Press for a two-part, hands-on printmaking program. 

Part I

Wednesday, June 6, 6–8pm
Smart Museum of Art
The University of Chicago
5550 S. Greenwood Avenue

In Part I, curator Anne Leonard leads a tour of the prints on view in the special exhibition Expanding Narratives: Theme and Variations—The Multiple Sorceries of Félix Buhot. Then, print-master and founder of Spudnik Press Angee Lennard leads a etching workshop using copper plates. Participants will scratch their own images onto individual plates, inspired by Buhot's techniques and imagery.

Part II

Saturday, June 9, 10am–noon
Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard Street, Suite 302
Chicago, IL 60622

Part II of the workshop delves further into the "sorcery" and chemistry of printmaking, from inking plates and prepping paper to running through the press. Angee Lennard and teaching artists from Spudnik Press will help participants make prints from the copper plates etched in Part I. At the end of the program, guests will get to take home a copy of their original prints. 

FREE, all materials provided. Open to all skill levels. Space and materials are limited, please RSVP in advance. 

Presented by the Smart Museum of Art and Spudnik Press.

Félix Buhot, detail of A Landing in England (Une Jetée en Angleterre), 1879, Etching on paper, B 132, III. Collection of Hearn Family Trust.