Process/Process

We had so much fun yesterday visiting @chicagoprintmakers and @process_process / @campfireprintingpress , thank you to our lovely hosts!! And we also had a nice yeopress alum lunch with @thehottestdjinmiami and @jujushrekart Chicago is rocking our world 🌭❤️🌭❤️🌭❤️

As you may know, I consider myself a flâneur. I currently collaborated with @process_process on 𝓡𝓲𝓫𝓫𝓸𝓷 𝓕𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮, an edition of monotypes, which includes an experimental hibiscus ink related to some of my past research. I strolled and came across a simple yet beautiful metal fence in Pilsen, which inspired this new body of work. I also visited Alvarez Hardware on 18th Street to gather material for this project. The prints were included in the 41st Fine Print Fair at @clevelandmuseumofart last weekend and are available via Process Process. #processprocessprints #collectcontemporaryprints

About a week and some until our next L. Soirée! ⁠ ⁠ We’re thrilled to welcome artist Diana Guerrero-Maciá (@diana.guerrero.macia ) and Fred Saskaki (@fredsasaki ), Creative Director of the @poetryfoundation .⁠ ⁠ We’ll begin the evening with a first Chicago viewing of two colorful new screenprints by Guerrero-Maciá, published by @process_process , then move into an exploratory conversation moderated by Angee Lennard.⁠ ⁠ We’ll end with a communal meal by the @lulacafe team, accompanied by an ambient playlist by Joe Adamik. All guests will receive a commemorative collage and flower, selected by the artist! ⁠ ⁠ Friday, April 24th, 6:30-9:00pm ⁠ $95/person | 3057 W. Logan Blvd ⁠ ⁠ Tickets are available at the link in our profile. ⁠ ⁠ _______⁠ ⁠ Curated by Amalea Tshilds (@atshilds ), L. Soirée is an intimate, salon-style gathering where performance, stories, and conversation unfold together. The series is collaborative by design—artists are invited to invite someone they’d like to converse and work with. The design of the evening is only dictated by a loose structure of this salon.⁠ ⁠ Lea created L. Soiree in order to hear what musicians and artists have to say in community, without the imposition of interview-style questions. Each artist sets their own pace, deciding how much is dialogue and how much is performance. The two can blend, shift, or stand alone, depending on what feels right in the moment. It’s an open format that invites authenticity, aiming toward understanding and compassion.⁠

We’re very excited for our next L. Soiree gathering, welcoming artist Diana Guerrero-Maciá (@diana.guerrero.macia ), in conversation with Fred Sasaki (@fredsasaki ), Creative Director, @poetryfoundation . ⁠ ⁠ Alongside an ambient playlist by Joe Adamik, the evening will begin with a first Chicago viewing of two colorful new screenprints by Diana, published by Process/Process (@process_process ). The works on view articulate Guerrero-Maciá’s current fascination with flowers–specifically for these prints–poppies, at the precipice of abstraction.⁠ ⁠ We’ll move into a conversation with Guerrero-Maciá and Sasaki–with insights by Sasaki and the artist rooted in art and life, the conversation will move in an exploratory pattern.⁠ ⁠ _______⁠ ⁠ Diana Guerrero-Maciá is an artist working in the expanded fields of painting and textiles. She values craft, consciousness, sustainability, and material metaphor. Her studio practice, spanning over twenty-five years, includes slow-craft processes in painting, textiles, drawing, print, and sculptural objects. ⁠ ⁠ The haptic moments of touch, revealed in her materials, compiled over years, folded into colorful abstractions, holds time. Color and decoration, in all their expansiveness and elusiveness, are integral to Guerrero-Maciá’s work. As a child of exile, she recognizes that history, form, and identity are ever changing and her art champions transformation. She samples equally from lived experience, internet databases, and Modernist & Medieval works of art, among many random sources. ⁠ ⁠ We’ll end the night by sharing a communal meal crafted by the @lulacafe team, with a creative tablescape that includes colorful paper and floral elements drawn from the print process. ⁠ ⁠ Print launch, Conversation, and Dinner by Lula Cafe⁠ Friday, April 24, 6:30 - 9:00 pm ⁠ $95/person | 3057 W. Logan Blvd ⁠ ⁠ We hope you will join us.

For our next L. Soiree gathering, we’re thrilled to welcome artist Diana Guerrero-Maciá (@diana.guerrero.macia ), in conversation with Fred Sasaki (@fredsasaki ), Creative Director, @poetryfoundation . ⁠ ⁠ Alongside an ambient playlist by Joe Adamik, the evening will begin with a first Chicago viewing of two colorful new screenprints by Diana Guerrero-Maciá, published by Process/Process (@process_process ). The works on view articulate Guerrero-Maciá’s current fascination with flowers–specifically for these prints–poppies, at the precipice of abstraction.⁠ ⁠ We’ll move into a conversation with Guerrero-Maciá and Sasaki–a dialogue that is initially shaped by the stimuli of the artist’s studio. With insights by Sasaki and the artist rooted in art and life, the conversation will move in an exploratory pattern. ⁠ ⁠ This L. Soiree is an opportunity to get inside of the artist’s recent experience making a new screenprint: for Guerrero-Maciá, an artist working in the expanded fields of painting and textiles, to work in a printshop became an exercise in “letting the way inform the outcome.” In her printing sessions with Angee Lennard of Process/Process, she played with inks mixed to an array of colors inspired by fabrics, experimented with Ben-Day dots, cut and placed shapes in paper, and handpainted films. Lennard will offer insights into the making of the print itself. ⁠ ⁠ We’ll end the night by sharing a communal meal crafted by the @lulacafe team, with a creative tablescape that includes colorful paper and floral elements drawn from the print process. ⁠ ⁠ All guests will receive a commemorative collage and flower, selected by the artist! ⁠ ⁠ Print launch, Conversation, and Dinner by Lula Cafe⁠ Friday, April 24, 6:30 - 9:00 pm ⁠ $95/person | 3057 W. Logan Blvd ⁠ ⁠ Moderated by Angee Lennard, Process/Process ⁠ Playlist by Joe Adamik⁠ ⁠ We hope you will join us.

Introducing Art Forearm: GROUND contributors… 🌾 Materials Watch Brief updates on shifting landscapes of material availability, toxicity, sourcing, or innovation. This may include supply chain collapses, new sustainable alternatives, legislation affecting art materials, or discoveries in conservation science. 💪 Process/Process invites artists to make new artworks that adapt the material, aesthetic, and critical possibilities of printmaking. By moving the ideas and processes that drive an artist’s practice into the realm of the printed edition, Process/Process enables artists to develop exploratory new works. All projects are close collaborations between the artist, Angee Lennard, printer, and Jessica Cochran, partner. @process_process

'After the Buffalo Chase, North Montana' by L.A. Huffman and 'Gaza, Earth' by Zarouhie Abdalian. On view now as part of "Horizon Lines: Reimagining Potentiality," an exhibition curated by Anju Lukose-Scott. — At the end of the 18th century, there were upwards of 60 million bison on the North American continent. By the time of this photograph in the late 19th century, bison were virtually extinct: the population was reduced to less than 1,000. For the A’ani and Siksikáí’tsitapi of northern Montana, bison are regarded as a gift that provides food, shelter, clothing, and tools. A powerful animal, they are a relative to the people, representing their deep spiritual and familial connection to the natural world. As American colonizers moved West, millions of bison were slaughtered or died of European-borne diseases in a deliberate move to starve and disenfranchise indigenous people. This image was taken ten years before the infamous 1892 photograph of the mountainous pile of bison skulls in Rougeville, Michigan at a bone-processing plant that turned those skeletons into charcoal for the sugar industry. — The image in this print was taken from the Apollo 10 mission in 1969. As the Earth rises over the lunar horizon, areas of Africa, the Middle East, and Europe are visible along with the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, the Sinai Peninsula, Lake Chad, and the Nile Delta. The image is a remnant of the Cold War, which turned the Middle East into a proxy battleground for the United States and the Soviet Union and strengthened and normalized ties between the United States and Israel. Abdalian reproduced this photograph as a photo intaglio print on paper debossed from a metal plate wrapped in gauze. It is speculated that the word “gauze” may have come from the city of Gaza, with its history of weaving and cloth production and its harbor that was once a center of intercontinental trade. Other origins point to the Arabic “qaz” or French “gaze,” meaning “raw silk.” The impressions on the paper of the fabric – one that is ubiquitous with violence and bloodshed – offer a material reminder of the human cost of geopolitical genocides. Special thanks to @process_process ❤️

Join Chicago Artists Coalition at any of our upcoming professional development workshops! We have a wide range of content being covered over the next few months, so sign up early to reserve your spot today at the links in our bio! All workshops are hybrid, taking place both on-site at CAC (1431 W Hubbard St #201) and over Zoom. Wednesday, January 28 from 6-8pm: Artists & Prints - From studio to press to market with Jessica Cochran and Angee Lennard of Process/Process. Tuesday, February 24 from 6-8pm: Dreaming Through Spreadsheets - Join Hope Wang to see how an artists’ use of spreadsheets, data visualization, and mind-mapping can be generative (and fun). Wednesday, March 11 from 6-8pm: Design Your Creative Practice - This workshop with Mara Baker invites you to step back, zoom out, and reimagine your creative journey with a fresh perspective. Wednesday, May 13 from 6-8pm: How to be Invited Back - Join Mariela Acuna and Ionit Behar for a candid conversation about the dynamics of curator-artist relationships. We look forward to seeing you there!

On Wednesday, January 28th, Campfire Co-Founder, Angee Lennard, will be at Chicago Artists Coalition to present a primer on the possibilities of print-based artworks: "Artists & Prints: From Studio to Press to Market" is a hybrid session led by Process/Process (Angee + Jessica Cochran) that will introduce various models and resources for the production and dissemination of original limited edition prints by working artists. Using historical and contemporary examples, including from works from their own output as publishers, they will discuss the role that prints can play in the broader framework of an artists’ practice. This workshop is designed for all artists, regardless of their experience with printmaking or current access to a printshop. Visit the @cacoalition bio for a link to register to attend in person or via Zoom.

On Wednesday, January 28 from 6-8pm we have our next professional development workshop, Artists & Prints: From Studio to Press to Market. REGISTER TODAY AT THE LINK IN OUR BIO. A primer on the possibilities of print-based artworks, in this session, Angee Lennard and Jessica Cochran of Process/Process will introduce participants to common models and resources for the production and dissemination of original limited edition prints by working artists. They will use historical and contemporary examples, including from works from their own output as publishers. Then, they will discuss the role that prints can play in the broader framework of an artists’ practice, both in the context of an artist’s market, but also the more critical contexts of one’s oeuvre. Here they will cite artists working locally and beyond. Finally, there will be plenty of opportunities for questions and answers. This workshop is designed for all artists, regardless of their experience with printmaking or current access to a printshop. Rooted in our core values of knowledge-sharing and building community, this 90-minute seminar will include 30 minutes of conversation with participants. Bring your experience and your questions to the group! This is a hybrid event. Participants may attend in person or via Zoom. Registration is required. $10 for the general public $5 for CAC alumni FREE for current residents (Registration still required via link in bio) #chicagoartistscoalition #cac #chicagoartistresources #artistresources #professionaldevelopmentforartists

Save the date: Horizon Lines: Reimagining Potentiality opens Friday, January 23 at 5pm! Artist and curator Anju Lukose-Scott explores the horizon line as a marker of potential, a boundary between what is and what could be. Works by Zarouhie Abdalian, Frederick Bailie, Hai-Wen Lin, Nazafarin Lotfi, Anju Lukose-Scott, magicfeifei, and Anika Steppe and from the Joel Snyder Materials Collection challenge us to rethink not just the horizon line but boundaries and borders, time and space, the present and the future. January 23–February 27, 2026 Cochrane-Woods Art Center 5540 S. Greenwood Avenue Organized by the Department of Art History’s @uchicagovrc with additional support by @uchicagomaph , @dova_uchi , and @uchicagocarteasia . Special thanks to @process_process . CC: @anjumyrrol @hai_wen_lin @nazafarinlotfi @magicfeifei @anika_steppe