It has been far too long. It's May and this is our Spring Newsletter. We know. But in our defense it took a while for it to start really feeling like Spring here in New York and it's been a bit busy. Since the start of 2024 we've met and worked with so many new people, we've been a part of a range of incredible projects, and overall… yeah, just done a whole lot of printing. 

 

It was difficult picking what to put in this newsletter. But without further delay, here are our highlights and announcements from this season.

 

 

If you haven't heard us rave about Colleen Barry's work before, welcome! You must be new here. Our studio has released many editions with the artist over the years, and we are thrilled to be back again with Light My Sky.

 

This is a time-limited edition available to collect from May 8 - May 15, 2024 on the Brooklyn Editions Print Store only. Once the collection period ends, this edition will be capped.

 

Current collectors of Colleen Barry will remember her previous editions The Feet Washers (2022), Lupa, Mama, and Take This Fire (2023). Light My Sky will follow suit printed on Hahnemühle Bamboo with each print signed and numbered by the artist.

 

Our studio has been working with New York-based documentary photographer and filmmaker Joshua Charow to produce his upcoming solo exhibition at Westwood Gallery opening May 16.

 

Curated by James Cavello, Loft Law: Photographs by Joshua Charow is an expansive exploration of the spaces and people still protected under Article 7-C of the Multiple Dwelling Law, also known as the Loft Law, which extended rent stabilization and rights towards individuals living illegally in manufacturing and commercially zoned lofts. Amongst many of these individuals were artists. The Loft Law went on to shape the arts and cultural history of New York.

 

 

The exhibition will feature a short documentary and photographs taken by Joshua Charow. Alongside his work, the exhibition will include artworks from select Loft Law artists:

 

 

Lastly, the exhibition will be accompanied by Charow's book Loft Law: The Last of New York City’s Original Artist Lofts, published by Damiani Books.

 

The exhibition opens at Westwood Gallery next Thursday, May 16 and runs until June 29, 2024.

 

If you caught our collaboration with Hahnemühle late last month, you'll know that we recently worked with two select artists, Jamie Orr and Dawit N.M. to produce a reel printing on Hahnemühle's Natural Line Bamboo papers.

 

Beyond what the short reels showed, we captured more footage with the artists that we have gone on to edit into longer videos. We are happy to share the first of these extended cuts with Jamie Orr, where she talks about painting, location, and marketing as an independent artist. 

 

 

What else? We're so glad you asked! We told you it was a hard job for us to pick and choose what made it in here. Our recent work and our day-to-days have surely been interesting.

 

 

 

So, here is a list of just a few more cool things we worked on recently:

To keep up with our latest projects, follow our socials (which we update slightly more regularly than this newsletter…)

 

 

 

 

We worked with the extraordinary Marina Zurkow to create three unique 96-in rice paper scrolls for the collaborative exhibition Underfoot / Overhead currently on view at Wasserman Projects. These Deathwork scrolls, weave together fragile elements in layers. Printed on thick Kozo and hung from the ceiling, these stunning prints accompany the diverse range of multimedia works in the exhibition, ranging from generative video to towering installations.

 

Exhibition dates: April 5 - June 8, 2024.

 

 

 

 

 

 

As we progress through the year, and into the summer over the next few months, we hope to continue bringing you more things. It feels as if the fruits of the labor we put in last year in getting our new website off the ground, launching this newsletter, our sponsorship circuit, and being more active online, are really blooming. 

 

We are so grateful for our community who has stuck with us on this ride.

 

 

For now, we look forward to a hot summer. If you happen to be in New York some time, we hope you come by and visit us (it's cool down here in the basement).