Interim Co-President & Merchandising Chair
Eileen Madden is the co-owner and operator of Evanston Print and Paper – a letterpress print shop. She opened that business fifteen years ago after teaching English at Maine East high school. She has been an active member of the Caxton Club of Chicago, an organization dedicated to the history, production, and preservation of books. She is currently the Chair of the Caxton Club’s Grant Committee and was a member of the Caxton Club Council for six years. She served on the Board of Transit Residency, which aimed to serve artists from multiple disciplines within written, visual, music and performance arts, who seek opportunities to create in an urban environment and/or specifically culturally rich Chicago.
Ms. Madden is currently a member of StoryStudio Chicago’s Advisory Board, working to engage the community in the literary events that organization hosts. She was an officer of Chicago Hand Bookbinders, a group which was dedicated to the art and craft of hand bookbinding. She also served on the Board of Chiaravalle Montessori School for six years. Ms. Madden created a book arts show in Chicago, words|matter, a show that was a “library” for artists books.