so close, yet so far
1-5PM Benefit Portfolio Launch at Printed Matter / St Marks Outdoor Table

We are pleased to host the Benefit Portfolio Launch to support EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop. so close, yet so far will be available for purchase this Saturday, October 24 from 1-5pm at the Printed Matter / St Marks Outdoor Table. The portfolio consists of risograph prints by artists Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds, Nobutaka Aozaki, Renee Cox, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, and Elliott Jamal Robbins. These prints were made during the COVID-19 NYC shutdown through no-contact proofing.

Five sheets risograph with folder; 10.75 x 8.25 in.; Edition: 100. Published by Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, a Program of the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts; NYC, NY, 2020. Price: $200

Special thanks to each of the artists: Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds, Nobutaka Aozaki, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Renee Cox, and Elliott Jamal Robbins; interns: Wildriana de Jesús Paulino, Jungmin Lee, Jessica Santana, Fiona Dowling, and Sarah Phillips; Annie Wischmeyer for consulting; and as always he who has made RISO printing available to New Yorkers, Paul John. 

3:30PM  HOUSING Gallery | Limbo Poetry Reading | St. Mark’s Church

Meagan Washington
Trace Depass
Rhasaan Manning
Keiyaa
Tilghman G.

6:30-7:30PM Screening at Printed Matter / St Marks

Rooftop short films and animations by EFA RBPMW members and friends Glendalys Medina, Dianne Smith, Justin Sanz, Taehee Whang, Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, Nate Flagg, Marie Lorenz, Ayana Evans, Baseera Khan and Elliott Jamal Robbins.