Angee Lennard is an arts administrator and printmaker dedicated to advancing Chicago’s non-profit arts sector in regards to equity, accessibility, community support, and operational and artistic excellence. Motived by her own need for a welcoming and accessible space to take artistic risks, she founded the community printmaking studio, Spudnik Press Cooperative in 2007. She envisioned and built an innovative studio model where professional printmaking facilities offer a foundation for residencies, fellowships, education, exhibitions, collaborative projects and public programs, all grounded in printmaking’s history as a community-minded and accessible art form. Under her leadership, Spudnik Press Cooperative became a singular organization providing pathways for all makers of all ages, experiences, and backgrounds to develop and sustain diverse creative practices. This multi-faceted, welcoming, and resilient studio model has put Spudnik Press Cooperative on the map at a national level. She led the organization as Executive Director for 15 years. As a professional printmaker, she has collaborated with local and nationally-recognized artists. In collaboration with artists trained in fields beyond print, she has printed innovative artworks that utilize and explore printmaking processes, materials, aesthetics, history, or multiplicity. Prints published by Angee Lennard have been exhibited at museums and galleries including The MoMA, the Smart Museum of Art, Monique Meloche, Editions VFO. Her deep involvement in the arts, spanning organizational leadership, operational management, program development, studio maintenance, education, and print production has led her to a variety of local, regional, and national speaking engagements, as well as consultancy roles with colleges, universities, non-profits, and museums. She has been a lecturer at School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the Arts Administration and Policy and the Printmedia departments. She has served as a Marwen Foundation Teaching Fellow, a grant review panelist for the Illinois Arts Council Agency, and Treasurer for the Chicago Printers Guild (CPG). She earned a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts from SAIC in 2005, and has completed additional professional training through Kellogg School Center for Nonprofit Management.