The Chicago area’s most affordable cooperative print shop for over 40 years
Expressions Studio is a paper and print arts studio and gallery serving the Oak Park community and beyond. We offer an affordable education in both printmaking and paper arts through personalized teaching and a supportive community. Whether you’re a beginner or experienced artist, Expressions offers a creative outlet and the ability to explore diverse techniques, all within a welcoming setting.
Current Exhibition:
This exhibition features an Expressions Studio member and former Oak Park resident. He started anti-war silkscreens in 1968 and printed at Chicago Printmaker's Collaborative from 1973 to 1978. He retired to Ecuador where he brought a small press in a suitcase. He discovered Gelli plates and taught art and printmaking to deaf and hard of hearing teens and young adults.
He describes his works in the current exhibition at Expressions Studio as "based on a rock formation called the gossips in Arches National Park. I was fascinated by the shapes and colors of the rocks and came back knowing that the way I'd been printing with crinkled and torn boxes would portray the texture well."