Carla Fisher Schwartz & Natalie Tarnowski

Teaches at Spudnik Press Cooperative

Carla Fisher Schwartz is a visual artist and educator based in Chicago, IL. Examining the conceptual and poetic implications of mapmaking, her work takes the form of print media, sculpture and video installation. Her art has been exhibited throughout the United States, including the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, the Hyde Park Art Center, the McKendree University Art Gallery, and the Kala Art Institute. She received her MFA in Visual Arts from Washington University in St. Louis, and her BA in Studio Art with a minor in the History of Art and Visual Culture from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Natalie Tarnowski is a Chicago-born printmaker working in mixed media, embossing, screenprint and lithography. After receiving her BFA from Northern Illinois University in 2014, she has been creating printed sculptures that explore the idea of bodies in transit and how this simultaneously affects both identity and environment.