It’s hard to craft a full-time job out of being an artist. But some say it’s possible. The Public Works Speaker Series is bringing artists and entrepreneurs - like the brains behind Designing Obama , the owners of a Chicago-based art and screen print studio, and a wallpaper designer - to talk about making a living in the independent arts. The series runs for the next four weeks and will speak to the idea that “Art makes work; work makes art.” It’s meant to educate and inspire more artists to turn their hobbies into jobs. more ›

If you're the kind of person who always comes up with creative ideas — only to then get stuck in the early stages of process — or are simply curious about how artists make their work, then Nadine Nakanishi has created the book for you. In Formal Additive Programs, her first release, Nakanishi (who is one-half of the screen-printing outfit Sonnenzimmer) provides a series of instructions to help readers expand upon ideas, and also shines light on the how's and what's of running a daily art practice. "This is not another portfolio book by an artist ... or at least it’s trying not to be," she says of her 28-page work (which measures seven inches by 9.75 inches and features a hand-printed, silk-screen dust jacket). more ›

This Saturday, design collective The Post Family and Sonnenzimmer invite you to crash the Family Room for a viewing of Swiss photographer Ester Vonplon’s “Waiting out the Rain." The exhibit chronicles Vonplon's harrowing tribute to Roma Culture in modern Kosovo. Her photos, both black/white and polaroids, will hang alongside pics taken by Roma children who participated in her photography workshops at a youth center in the war-torn region. more ›

To make more room in their womb/space, Sonnenzimmer Art and Print Studio is holding a one-day "blowout" sale of older posters and misprints on Sunday, September 7. Prints are just $5 each. FIVE BUCKS! more ›