STUDIO PROGRAM EXHIBITIONS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE PRINTSHOP IS APPOINTMENT ONLY.
EXHIBITIONS
Image: Raul Romero, Gravitational Grit, 2023
After the Rains
May 6 - July 24, 2026
Opening Reception: May 6, 6–8 PM
EFA Gallery
323 West 39th St., 3rd Floor
Hours: Tue–Fri, 12–5 pm
Selva Aparicio
Bianca Abdi-Boragi
Von Coffin
Armando Guadalupe Cortés
Abbey McBride
Virginia Lee Montgomery
Randi Renate
Raúl Romero
Susan Silas
Curated by Michael Eckblad and Deric Carner
EFA Gallery is pleased to present After the Rains, a group show featuring EFA Member artists Armando Guadalupe Cortés and Susan Silas in conversation with Yale MFA alumni artists Selva Aparicio, Bianca Abdi-Boragi, Von Coffin, Virginia L. Montgomery, Randi Renate, and Raúl Romero. Through hybrid forms that traverse sculpture, installation, sound, and video, the works embody EFA Gallery’s mission to foster immersive, ambitious, and artist-directed practices.
Image: Installation view of Mohammad Omer Khalil: Common Ground. Photo: Samoel González.
Mohammad Omer Khalil: Common Ground
March 28 - May 31, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 28, 3–6 PM
Blackburn Study Center
323 West 39th St., 2nd Fl
JOINT EXHIBITIONS / PROGRAMMING
Twelve Gates Arts: April 3 - May 15
Arab American Museum, Dearborn: March 28 - May 31
Maqam Studios Brooklyn: Starts April 25
Jay Seven Inc., Brooklyn: March 28 - May 31
Over the next three years, the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop will foreground its international connections through Global Impressions, a programming initiative that builds on Blackburn’s legacy of solidarity with artists from the Global South, showing how print has functioned as both cultural resistance and diasporic exchange. Mohammad Omer Khalil: Common Ground curated by Amina Ahmed and Jenna Hamed is the first iteration of Global Impressions series, to be held at the Blackburn Study Center, a space dedicated to the history and legacy of Robert Blackburn.
Mohammad Omer Khalil: Common Ground is a focused survey of work by the New York-based Sudanese artist and master printmaker Mohammed Omer Khalil (b.1936). The exhibition presents a selection of his paintings and printed works spanning six decades, employing collage and offering tribute to the scenes, sounds and syntax influential to Khalil’s visual language. The exhibition program includes stories, discussions, music performances, and poetry readings.
Installation view: MassArt Art Museum (MAAM), Boston. Photo: Robin Jamkatel M‘26.
Press & Pull: Two Decades at the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop
January 22 – May 31, 2026
MassArt Art Museum
Sandra & David Bakalar Gallery
621 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Haig Aivazian, Xenobia Bailey, Chakaia Booker, Robert Blackburn, Romare Bearden, Betty Blayton, Camille Billops, Elizabeth Catlett, Ed Clark, Renee Cox, Lizania Cruz, Devraj Dakoji, Raque Ford, Michele Godwin, Maren Hassinger, Baseera Khan, Tsedaye Makonnen, Glendalys Medina, Nontsikelelo Mutiti, Dindga McCannon, Otto Neals, Ademola Olugebefola, Stephanie Santana, Krishna Reddy, Shellyne Rodriguez, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Kenny Rivero, Elliott Jamal Robbins, Faith Ringgold, Charles White, and Michael Kelly Williams
Press & Pull: Two Decades at the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop traces the Workshop’s early foundations, culture of innovation, and ongoing role as a hub for mentorship and collaboration. Featuring more than 35 prints by legacy and contemporary artists, the exhibition celebrates the impact of Robert Blackburn (1920–2003) and his enduring vision of equity, experimentation, and community in American printmaking.
CLASSES
OIL PAINT STICK MONOTYPE
Instructor: ALESSANDRO LEVATO
TUESDAYS
5/5 & 5/12 (Optional class on 5/19)
6:00PM - 9:00PM
COLLAGRAPH WORKSHOP: EXPLORING TEXTURE & TRANSLATION
Instructor: CECILIA CALDIERA
THURSDAYS
5/7 & 5/14
6:00PM - 9:00PM
THE ELIZABETH FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS OPERATES TWO MAJOR PROGRAMS
