Pen, Ink & Song is a creative space in Chicago’s storied Flatiron Arts Building dedicated to the production of black & white sequential art (comics) original acoustic guitar songs (folk music) and the synthesis of the two.
PI&S is proud to present the work of artists using ink, music, comix, assemblage, sculpture and/or other hybrid media forms. Here’s a look back at our last few years…
Lelde Kalmite “Apocalyptic Landscapes” 2013
Sean Hernandez “The Ghost” 2013
Lewis Taylor “Leftover Yams” 2013
Matt Haney “Crystalized Debris” 2014
Christopher Breedlove “Momentum” 2014
Fred Burkhart’s final exhibition “Patterning the Nerve Speech” 2014
Eric B. Rivera “Making a Flower” 2015
Hanna Mandelbaum “Flightlines” 2015
Kevin Fair “Guest-check Swarm” 2015
Christopher Breedlove “SHIFT/place” 2016
Keith Brownlee “Erotica Recondite” 2016
Marci Rubin “Microcosm” 2016
Chalk the Gates album release event: “Dissent Vehicles” 2018
Eric Gelehrter “Palimpsest of Choice and Change” 2018
Pen, Ink & Song is cartoonist/musician Karlis Kandero’s workspace, but also functions as a gallery, hosting about two dozen openings/events per year, including monthly First Friday open studios and curated happenings such Jackson Pollock Taco Night (splatter painting with taco ingredients, otherwise known as “Abstract-Mexpressionism”) and Blacklight Bioluminescence (a group show of UV-activated art…the one rule is that pieces must be made from naturally-derived phosphorescent inks and dyes).
Open to the public Tuesday and Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons, PI&S is located in the heart of Wicker Park, at 1579 North Milwaukee Avenue, studio #344.
Pen, Ink & Song 
Hi Karlis,
Sorry if this is the wrong place to message, but we were hoping to get in contact about your caricature of Trump, which we’d like to consider using on a book cover. Could you let me know if that would be a possibility?
Many thanks and best wishes,
Paul
Well, perhaps tell me a little about the book…thanks!
Paul, based on your other offerings, it seems like a god fit! feel free to contact me at karliskandero@gmail.com or at 773 875 3729. thanks!