The Current is pleased to host an Artist Talk with Justin Sanz and Chakaia Booker as part of our monthly Currently Speaking series. The talk is scheduled for October 17, 2024, at 5 pm and is open to the public free of charge, though seating is limited. RSVP here to reserve your spot.
Booker and Sanz are members of the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop (EFA RBPMW), a long-running community studio located in Brooklyn, New York, whose archives contain one of the most unique and diverse records of printmaking in the United States and reflect the various communities with which Robert Blackburn participated. The work of EFA RBPMW members, including Booker and Sanz, is currently featured in the Climate Imprints exhibition in our West Gallery. Booker’s work is also currently exhibited in Exposed and in the solo exhibition Taking Time: a Solo Exhibition by Chakaia Booker in our Main Gallery. Together, Booker and Sanz will provide additional insight into the exhibits by discussing the history and significance of the EFA RBPMW.
The artist talk will be preceded by an artist-in-residency with Stowe Elementary School (SES). For three days, Booker and Sanz will work with over 350 youth from SES to create prints using two printmaking presses at The Current. Each student will also have a tour of the exhibitions led by the curator. In addition, Johnson Elementary School, located north of Stowe, will bus their 180 students to Stowe to hear a talk by Chakaia, watch a printmaking demonstration, and visit the exhibitions. Scholarships will be given to schools to enable these programs. The SES portion is partially supported by SES.
