EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop

The 2026 Studio Immersion Project Fellows really left their mark with this Show and Tell! ❤️‍🔥

Shout out to our 2026 SIP Fellows who worked so diligently to create beautiful works of art that highlight their unique talent! Thank you for sharing your creative body of work! 💫 It has been a gift to share these special moments with you. Looking forward to seeing what you’ll print next! 🎨

Many thanks to our jurors (E. Jane glorious_nobodies, Chantal Lee Chantal Lee, Paige Laino paige laino 😎, and Sika Bonsu Sika Bonsu )for lending their expertise in selecting this year’s fellows.

Thank you to our incredible instructors for leading the way for the SIPs, to our bright, dedicated team of interns for their continuous support of this program, and to the Kahn | Mason Foundation Wolf Kahn Foundation Emily Mason Alice Trumbull Mason for providing this special opportunity and support to well deserving artists!!

Coming up: 📅

Watch out for our next open call for the 2027 Studio Immersion Project Fellowship opening later this month!! 🎊

2026 SIP Fellows
Claire Gilliam Claire Gilliam
SHAN Wallace SHAN Wallace
Kearra Amaya Gopee Kearra Amaya Gopee
Cameron A. Granger Cameron A Granger
Diana Guerra Diana Guerra
Brandon Foushée Brandon Foushée
Alicia Mersy Alicia Mersy

Last weekend to view Mohammad Omer Khalil: Common Ground, curated by and Amina Ahmed - Sunday, June 7, 4PM special appearance combining his trumpet, santur, voice with analog modular synthesizer, inviting listeners on a meditative journey into a trans states he will be joined by

Exhibits and Programs curated by and Amina Ahmed

Programs at the Blackburn Study Center are made possible with major support from Teiger Foundation. The exhibition is also supported by The Jenni Crain Foundation, dedicated to preserving the legacy of the esteemed artist and curator.

For more information: rbpmw-efanyc.org



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Join us for the closing program of Mohammad Omer Khalil: Common Ground on Saturday, May 30 at 4 PM: An Ode To You, a literary reading featuring New York–based Sudanese writers.

Daad Sharfi is a poet and immigrant-rights advocate from Chicago, originally from Sudan. She earned dual BAs in Economics and Ethnicity, Race & Migration from Yale University.

Dalia Elhassan is a Sudanese-American poet and writer based in New York City. She is the author of In Half Light, a chapbook in the New-Generation African Poets Series (Sita), published in collaboration with Akashic Books and the African Poetry Book Fund.

Mayada Ibrahim is a literary translator, editor, and writer based in Queens, New York, with roots in Khartoum and London. Working between Arabic and English, her translations have received the inaugural PEN Presents x International Booker Prize grant and the English PEN Translates Award. She is also a recipient of the MacDowell Fellowship.

Mohammed Zenia is a Sudanese/Eritrean poet and the author of Tel Aviv, James Baldwin’s Lungs in the 80s, and Black Bedouin. Their work has appeared in e-flux, the Poetry Project, and 240 magazine, among other publications.

For more details, visit rbpmw-efanyc.org

Programs at the Blackburn Study Center are made possible with major support from Teiger Foundation. The exhibition is also supported by The Jenni Crain Foundation, an initiative dedicated to preserving the legacy of the esteemed artist and curator.
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Mohammad Omer Khalil’s Common Ground has been extended through Sunday, June 7 at The Study Center at the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, a program of the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, and through June 1 at JaySeven, Inc. (Brooklyn).
Widely recognized as the first major printmaker from the Arab world, Mohammad Omer Khalil (b. 1936) has developed a multidisciplinary practice spanning more than six decades. Curated by Amina Ahmed and Jenna Hamed in collaboration with the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Common Ground presents a selection of paintings and prints that trace the depth and evolution of his work.

Currently on view at The New York Public Library (May 16–31, 2026): ephemera from Khalil’s Artist File in the Rose Main Reading Room. The display is curated by the curatorial duo in collaboration with Hiba Abid, Curator of Middle East Studies at NYPL.

Final public program:
May 30, 4–6 PM
An Ode To You — a literary reading with New York–based Sudanese writers Daad Sharfi, Dalia Elhassan, Mayada Ibrahim, and Mohammed Zenia.

Programs at the Blackburn Study Center are made possible with major support from Teiger Foundation. The exhibition is also supported by The Jenni Crain Foundation, dedicated to preserving the legacy of the esteemed artist and curator.

For more information: rbpmw-efanyc.org



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We are wrapping up our 2026 Kahn | Mason SIP Fellowship, and over the course of the past three months we have been able to welcome seven artists to hone their craft in the printmaking medium:

Alicia Mersy
SHAN Wallace
Kearra Amaya Gopee
Cameron Granger
Diana Guerra
Brandon Foushée
Claire Gilliam

The fellows have all carried on Bob’s legacy through their time, work, and contributions to the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop’s collaborative and educational space, and have worked tirelessly to expand their printmaking portfolios.

The Kahn | Mason SIP Fellowship is named in honor of avid printmakers and educators Emily Mason and Wolf Kahn, with partial funding provided by the Emily Mason | Alice Trumbull Mason Foundation and the Wolf Kahn Foundation.

We would like to give special thanks to the 2026 Selection Panel: Chantal Lee, Librarian, The New York Public Library; E. Jane, Interdisciplinary Artist and SIP Alum; Paige Laino, Archivist, Practice Index; Sika Bonsu, Program Manager, Weeksville Heritage Center.

More programming to celebrate Mohammad Omer Khalil: Common Ground curated by Jenna Hamed and Amina Ahmed. Learn how music and film shaped Khalil’s visual language from rhythm, memory, and narrative.

Every Monday through May 25, 1–8PM: Jay Seven Inc. Give Me Your Ear: A Listening & Reading Room

This WEDNESDAY APR 21, 7PM at the Blackburn Study Center — Live Music Performance: Songs of Return to a Never Again Home - Alsarah and the Nubatones.

Sunday, April 26, 2026, 3PM | Maqām Studio | Homage to Umm Kulthum

Tuesday, May 12, 1PM EST | Brooklyn Rail’s New Social Environment (Online) — Conversation with Mohammad Omer Khalil, Jenna Hamed, Amina Ahmed & Joshua Chee Sanford

Friday, May 15, 11AM | Blackburn Study Center | 1-54 Walkthrough & Archives Tour - Khalil’s work and African artists from the collection. Must have 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair VIP Pass.

Tuesday, May 5 | Anthology Film Archives | Mohammad Omer Khalil Selects
6:15PM — Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt (Dir. Michal Goldman)
8:45PM — The Chalk Garden (Dir. Ronald Neame)

Sunday, May 17 | Queens Museum | New New Yorkers: Reflections from the World Fair Print workshop with Mohammad Omer Khalil

Saturday, May 30 | The Africa Center | Africa Day

Saturday, May 30, 12PM | Blackburn Study Center | An Ode To You: Literary Reading with Daad Sharfi, Dalia Elhassan, Mayada Ibrahim, and Mohammed Zenia

Pre-Order Catalog — Mohammad Omer Khalil: Common Ground
include the co-curators alongside Bayan Abubakr, Omar Berrada, Amir ElSaffar, Jennifer Farrell, Tumelo Mosaka, Navina Najat Haidar, Ben Rejali, Olivia Shao, Ksenia Nouril, and Sumesh Sharma, as well as Khalil’s family and friends.

For more details, visit rbpmw-efanyc.org

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Programs at the Blackburn Study Center are made possible with major support from Teiger Foundation. The exhibition is also supported by The Jenni Crain Foundation, an initiative dedicated to preserving the legacy of the esteemed artist and curator.

We are delighted to be one of the six partner workshops featured in The Print Center’s
upcoming exhibition “America Today: Voices in Contemporary Print” & The groundbreaking show highlights the power of print as a medium for expressing political ideals and urgent societal concerns. “America Today” brings together contemporary works by 38 artists from six community-centered, mission-based printshops across the US to consider the breadth of democracy and the American experience in the context of the nation’s 250th anniversary.
Master / Lead Printers .snza thanks to
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Partner workshops include:
➡️ Brandywine Workshop and Archives (.workshop), Philadelphia
➡️ Coronado printstudio (), Austin, TX
➡️ Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts (), Pendleton, OR
➡️ EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop (.rbpmw), New York, NY
➡️ Self Help Graphics & Art (), Los Angeles, CA
➡️ Women& #39;s Studio Workshop (), Kingston, NY
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Opening Reception & Gallery Talk, Thursday, April 23rd:
5:30pm: Gallery Talk with artists + printshop partners
6-7:30pm: Reception
Free and open to the public
The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
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Exhibition on view: April 24 – July 25, 2026. Learn more by visiting the link in
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✨ Artists in the exhibition:
Natalie Ball • Chakaia Booker • Alex Callender • Raven Chacon • Pepe Coronado • Lizania Cruz • Laurie Darby • Ka’ila Farrell-Smith • Sandra Fernández • Consuelo Flores • Luis-Genaro Garcia • Melissa Govea • kimi malka hanauer • Priscilla Hernandez • Kate Horvat • Sedrick Huckaby • Benito Huerta • KaKeART (Ann E. Kalmbach and Tatana Kellner) • Baseera Khan • Lehuauakea • José Lozano • Cannupa Hanska Luger • Álvaro D. Márquez • Dindga McCannon • Glendalys Medina • Ayanah Moor • Odili Donald Odita • Howardena Pindell • Robert Pruitt • Wendy Red Star • Karen Revis • Kenny Rivero • Yelaine Rodriguez • Sky Syzygy • Marie Watt • Michael Kelly Williams • Tona Wilson •
“America Today” has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.

TOMORROW! Carborundum Aquatint with Master Printmaker Tony Kirk every Wednesday 6:30-9:30pm on 4/1, 4/8, 4/15, & 4/22. This is a non-toxic printmaking technique where the various strengths of a brushmark are determined by the use of fine or coarse carborundum. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from one of the greats! Visit our classes on our website to register.

USE COUPON CODE AQUA26 for 10% off! Expires 4/15/26.

Master Printer Anthony Kirk brings almost fifty years of professional experience to RBPMW. He has editioned at The Printmaking Workshop works by Mavis Pusey, Emma Amos, and among many others.

Sadness fills the air, as we lost one of the greatest artists of the 20th century- Melvin Edwards.

We often work with artists who knew and worked with Bob- so we know we can learn more from those who were there.

Recently, Mel came to the Workshop to make benefit editions with Jazmine Catasús. He said that Bob was a good friend, the Workshop helped him and so many people. It gave him joy to make something new to support us.

Thank you Mel for sharing time with us- hearing about from your travels to a print studio in Island of Goree, Senegal - Souleymane Keita who ran it and your friendship with Dumile Feni. You will not be forgotten.



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