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Help me launch this project!
Neighborhood Printing Collective is an ongoing printmaking workshop open to the public. Its mission is two-fold: To host printmaking workshops enabling participants to create a personal tribute to their neighborhood, and 2: To collect stories and photos related to living and working pre and post Verrazzano Bridge/Gowanus Expressway/BQE.
Through collecting plates and stories, the project’s aim is to bring attention to the practices involved in city planning. Specifically, I want to highlight the history of the BQE, Gowanus Expressway, Verrazzano Bridge, and the use of eminent domain to clear the way for construction/destruction. How have these roadways affected the neighborhoods they paved through? What is it like living, working, or going to school in the shadows of this massive roadway? What would neighborhoods rather see and live with? Federal funding has been granted under: BQE Connects: Advancing the BQE North and South Corridor Vision.
I will use the materials provided by participants to arrange and print their donated plates onto commonly found household fabrics such as sheets, curtains, and shower curtains. Stories shared in whatever language they come to me in will be embroidered onto the printed fabric. I am hoping to record the voices of people telling their stories for an added effect. A Google Form has been created as a tool to capture people’s stories and information, and will be available during First Friday.
There is also a FB Page featuring the progress of the project as a place for participants to check on their plates and see where they are printed.
$15 includes all materials and light snacks. Feel free to BYOBev.
Looking forward to seeing you Friday!
First Fridays at PrintSpace have been a way to come together once a month and share ideas and interests while making prints of one kind or another. We have created some great art together, and I've appreciated the innovations, support and kindness of our community of printers!
It has also served as a teaser. Do you like this particular technique and want to explore its properties in depth? Schedule a session to experiment and print with your own focus. Organize your own small group session for a great bonding activity!
I absolutely love opening the studio so people can experience the workings of an etching press and the camaraderie of a printmaking studio.
BYO Beverage. Light snacks are provided.
Email with any questions.
Hope to see you on the 1st!