Staple + Stitch Art Book + Print Fair

Flatlands Press is at the Staple + Stitch Art Book + Print Fair this weekend.
We will have work at the Chicago Printers Guild table.


Come through and say Hi!

Oh, we’re not done yet! This weekend, Chicago Printers Guild is proud to be part of the Staple + Stitch Art Book and Print Fair (@stapleandstitchfair) on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 21c Museum Hotel Chicago (55 E Ontario). We’ll be joining local arts publishers, small and independent presses, book artists, zine makers, and printmakers for three of celebrating the beautiful combination of Ink & Paper.

One of CPG’s goals is to create opportunities to give our members’ work more visibility at events like Staple + Stitch. All are welcome to stop by our table to check out work from amazing printmakers across the city and speak with current Guild Members about how you can get involved! See you there!!#AllForPrintForAll

Fair Dates and Schedule
November 15 – 17, 2024

21c Museum Hotel 55 E. Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611

Friday, November 15
3 – 6 pm – Public Hours

6 – 9 pm – Preview Party - open to public, cash bar.

Saturday, November 16
11 am – 6 pm

Sunday, November 17
11 am – 6 pm

Episode 882: Eric Von Haynes

BAD AT SPORTS Episode 882: Eric Von Haynes https://badatsports.com/

Eric Von Haynes is a Chicago-based artist, printmaker, and community organizer. He founded Flatlands Press, a print studio that creates art objects and printed ephemera for artists worldwide, with a focus on community engagement. His work blends traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques, creating unique monoprints that invite viewers to reflect on time and memory. Haynes’ work is characterized by his use of slow media, non-repeating patterns, and an emphasis on process-driven art.

In addition to his artistic practice, Haynes is deeply involved in community-based initiatives. He co-founded The Love Fridge Chicago, a mutual aid group focused on food sovereignty, and serves as the President of the Chicago Printers Guild. His dedication to collaborative art practices extends to his residency at the Chicago Art Department, where he engages in projects that promote public participation and social connections through art.

He has exhibited works like Drawn Through Restraint, a series of lithographs exploring the intersection of design, time, and memory. This exhibition included participatory workshops to engage the public in risograph printing, highlighting his commitment to blending art with community-building.

https://www.thelovefridge.com/

https://www.chicagoprintersguild.org/

https://chicagoartdepartment.org/

https://www.tigerstrikesasteroid.com/chi-/-eric-von-haynes-drawn-through-restraint

Episode 882: Eric Von Haynes
https://badatsports.com/

THE 6TH ANNUAL CPG PUBLISHERS FAIR Chicago Cultural Center Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024

We’re back, everybody!!! Applications are now LIVE for the 6th annual CPG Publishers Fair at the link below. This fall, our flagship event will return on Saturday, Oct. 12, with an all-new location: Chicago Cultural Center!

Join us for an afternoon of people and print on the top floor of one of our City’s most iconic public spaces.
Tables are limited, so get your applications in ASAP! And don’t forget, any members who want to have work featured without tabling themselves can submit pieces to be sold by the Chicago Printers Guild table.

Chicago Printers Guild 2024 Publishers Fair Vendor Application


Episode 882: Eric Von Haynes
https://badatsports.com/

ZineMercado 2024!

Get ready for the 9th annual ZINEmercado Zinefest at Comfort Station in Logan Square
on September 8th from 11-6 pm. I will be tabling for Chicago Printers Guild at Zinemercado Sharing Members’ work. CPG sells printed matter for members during open studios and events like ZineMercado.

Drawn Through Restraint Closing Reception

"Drawn Through Restraint" at Tiger Strikes Asteroids will close this Friday. Celebrate my exhibition and residency closing during the reception on Friday, August 2, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Gallery hours on Saturday will be from 1-4 PM. 

I want to thank Jaclyn Juncuzi, Gabe Haore of Hoof Print, and Todd Irwin for making this exhibition possible. Special thanks to Halligans for lending the SF 5150 RISO, which was used throughout the residency for workshops.

 

PRINTED PAPER!

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Saturday, June 29th, 2024 12:N00N - 6:00PM

Drawn Through Restraint

My exhibition - Drawn Through Restraint,
opens on Saturday, June 8, from 1-4 pm
Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago

I will work on-site during my residency using a litho and riso press. You are welcome to visit and join us during my activation days in July!

Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago is pleased to present Drawn Through Restraint, a solo exhibition and residency by artist Eric Von Haynes. Von Haynes’ work explores design and community building through slow media. Lithographs were created using analog methods of mark-making. Collaged materials were exposed to light and combined with layers of oil-based ink to create monoprints. The print series encourages viewers to pause, reflect, and consider time perception.

Eric Von Haynes: Drawn Through Restraint is organized by TSA Chicago member Jaclyn Jacunski.

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 8, 1-4 PM
Closing Reception: Friday, August 2, 6-8 PM

Participatory Workshops:
Riso Printing is open to the Public
Tuesday, July 9, 6 PM
Thursday, July 25, 6 PM

Title: Flexure #2 / Ed. 8
Dimensions: 22x30
Medium: Lithograph on Magnani Pescia

Halftone Radio Super Show Season II

Have you heard? The Chicago Printers Guild Halftone Radio Supershow is BACK! Join CPG President Eric “Manny” Von Haynes and your pal Dud Lawson of Depression press Mfg. & Ink, Inc. for the return of Chicago’s premier low-powered, printmaking-centric radio hour LIVE this Wednesday 3/13 (and the second Wednesday of every month) at 6pm on 105.5-LP Lumpen Radio and LumpenRadio.com. We’ll be kicking off our second season with local letterpress legend Jen Farrell of Starshaped Press as she stops by the booth to talk shop and share the tunes she’s been spinning in the studio!! #AllForPrintForAll

Introducing the inaugural CHICAGO PRINTERS GUILD PAPER JAM

Introducing the inaugural CHICAGO PRINTERS GUILD PAPER JAM:
A Month-Long Celebration of Printers & Printmaking

This fall, all are welcome to join a celebration of all things print at the inaugural.
CHICAGO PRINTERS GUILD PAPER JAM at Co-Prosperity (3219 S. Morgan St.)
every weekend from Sept. 29 — Oct. 21. All events are free and open to the public.   

The month-long residency will feature four-weekend exhibitions and workshops celebrating the past, present, and future of print in Chicago from the home of Printers Row and the birthplace of the typeface Cooper Black. The celebration concludes with the return of the annual CPG Publishers Fair print market. 

Let’s jam, Chicago!

What's Halftone Radio Supershow?

The Halftone Radio Supershow is not your average radio program. It's a unique opportunity to get an up-close and personal look at the minds behind some of Chicago's most peculiar and prolific ink slingers. Featured in Episode #5, Gabe Hoare and Liz Born of Hoofprint Editions.

Tune in on an actual radio or at the Lumpen Radio website!!

WORK IN PROGRESS // Folds

WORK IN PROGRESS: I have been working on a project that involves using caution tape to explore flexure, folds, and motion. It's been a fun experience to see how versatile the material is in creating fluid and dynamic folds. The overlaps and transparency of the tape led me to explore creating cyanotypes using small fragments of tape found around my neighborhood. Over the weekend, I collaborated with my friend and fellow printer, Gabe of Hoofprint Workshop, to create a litho-plate series. I brushed ink on film and used yards of tape direct to the plate to achieve this. I am happy with the direction this project is taking.

Artist proofs will be available, so stay tuned for updates.

Zinemercado 23' August 27 - Comfort Station

We are already preparing, and we are also about to close the admission of proposals.

Submissions are closing soon.

EP:3 HALFTONE RADIO SUPERSHOW!

EP: 3 re-airs tonight at 6PM!
Be sure to catch Zissou of All-Star Press on the next episode of The Chicago Printers Guild HALFTONE RADIO SUPERSHOW this Wednesday (6/14) from 6-7pm on Lumpen Radio 105.5 FM and lumpenradio.com! The prolific printmaker and sporting enthusiast will be stopping by to chat with your pal @dudlawson and CPG President @mannysuena and share some tunes he’s been spinning while slingin’ ink at All-Star Press.

EP:2 HALFTONE RADIO SUPERSHOW!

The second episode of THE CHICAGO PRINTERS GUILD HALFTONE RADIO SUPER SHOW aired last Wednesday on 105.5 FM with guest DJ Angela Davis Fegan. sharing some of the tunes that have been spinning down at Too Much Press!

If you missed it, tune into Lumpen Radio Wednesday, May 24 at 6 pm for the rebroadcast. Be sure to tune in June 14th at 6 pm for our next episode and visit the Lumpen Radio website to check out earlier episodes!

HALFTONE RADIO SUPERSHOW!

I'm happy to have this programming up and running for Chicago Printers Guild. Each month on Lumpen Radio, we will have a CPG member or collective playing tracks and discussing their print practice live. This first episode is an introduction; I play tracks along with the host, Dud, and we have a good time. Tune in! [ https://lumpenradio.com/shows/halftone-radio-supershow ]

HALFTONE RADIO SUPERSHOW EP:1 Introductions

Join your pal/host Dud Lawson Depression Press the second Wednesday of every month to hear your favorite printmakers from across the city share the music they've been playing in the studio. Tonight's guest: Chicago Printers Guild President Eric Von Haynes / Flatlands Press

Homagetoblkmadonnas Zine Vol 1

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Kee Merriweather’s Homagetoblkmadonnas is an archival practice that mines and collects images of Black mothers, femmes, and women as a source of the spirit of inquiry and hopefully one-day repatriation. HBM stemmed from an earlier project titled the Black Matriarch Archive. Black Matriarch Archive was a digital platform that sought to create an ongoing record commemorating the Black matriarchs of the African diaspora.

Homagetoblkmadonnas Zine Vol 1 is available now (LINK)

Now available at Quimby’s!

HBM Vol.1 on display at House of the Lorde

Detroit Art Book Fair 2022

Another fantastic Detroit Art Book Fair is in the books! I enjoyed tabling with is Press for the first time due to COVID in 3 years! We've collaborated for over a decade. Getting to sling printed matter with my droog felt great.

The Detroit Art Book Fair is an annual event that takes place in Detroit's Eastern Market neighborhood. Each year, the fair brings together dozens of independent publishers, artists, writers, and collectors to present their books, zines, and prints to the public.

Thank you all for the support.