Aoko—born away from home

EFA Project Space
September 19 - November 16, 2024
Opening Reception: September 19, 6-8 PM

Artists
Alex Mari
Coralina Rodriguez Meyer
Hidemi Takagi
Keren Benbenisty
Natalia Nakazawa
Oliwia Bosomtwe
Renée Cox

Curator: Klaudia Ofwona Draber

Where We At, Black Women Artists. Now! "Paper Works"

EFA RBPMW
July 20 – November 2, 2024

Featuring artists Aziza, Kay Brown, Sadikisha Collier, Jerrolyn Crooks Degracia, Linda Hiwot, Diane Ifill, Charlotte KaDindga McCannon, Faith Ringgold, Ann Tanksley, Joyce Wellman

Structure & Story
New Member Exhibition 2024

September 19–December 3, 2024
Opening: September 19, 6–8 pm

Artists
Annette Cords
Camille Eskell
Kate Hopkins
Cecil Howell
Negin Mahzoun
Regina Parra

Curated by Deric Carner and Alexandra Unthank

EFA OPEN STUDIOS 2024

Friday, October 18
4–6 pm, Professional Preview (by RSVP)
6–9 pm, Opening Night

Saturday, October 19
12–6 pm

EFA OPEN STUDIOS is an annual event that welcomes the public to visit the studios and galleries of the EFA building in Midtown Manhattan. It is an opportunity to see the most recent works by artists and to gain meaningful insight into their process of creation. We invite curators, collectors, dealers, artists, and art lovers to join in a meaningful dialog with our internationally recognized members. The EFA Studio Program is a vibrant and diverse community of over 70 artists working in a wide range of media and artistic sensibilities. All are professional artists with established studio practices and career honors. The EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop and EFA Project Space will be open for special events and tours.

Kabir Mokamel

EFA Studio Program
Partnership Residency with AFI
September–October 2024

Kabir Mokamel is an Afghan artist and the co-founder of ArtLords, an art movement rooted in the pursuit of justice. ArtLords emerged as a creative resistance against the pervasive influence of drug lords and warlords in Afghanistan. Learn more

Gong (ฆ้อง) Gathering: Workshop & Participatory Performance Series

EFA Project Space
Select Tuesdays, September 17 - November 26, 2024

Artists and Organizers: elekhlekha อีเหละเขละขละ

Collaborators: MORAKANA, an_outskirt, Melissa Almaguer

Gong(ฆ้อง) Gathering is a series of workshops, collaborative sound-making, and participatory performances by elekhlekha อีเหละเขละขละ, inspired by a community gathering gong ensemble found throughout Southeast Asia. Gong(ฆ้อง) Gathering is a platform for sharing, exchanging ideas, and collective conscious raising where elekhlekha invite guest collaborators MORAKANA, an_outskirt, Melissa Almaguer, and participants to engage in the investigation and unfolding of Southeast Asia's layers of political complexity through the continuity of oral and aural history and sound cultures' lineage. Gong Gathering is divided into three duo sessions, each with one collaborator for two weeks, one workshop, and one participatory performance.