MGC Juried Show: 2026 National MGC Community Print Studio Exhibition
Ongoing
Small Hall
Exhibitions are a cornerstone of MGC Community Print Studio’s programming, which aims to provide access and visibility to artists working in a broad range of printmaking processes. Building on MGC’s legacy as a vital home for prints since 1986, we are excited that this will be our first open call print exhibition in our new home in Powerhouse Arts (PHA) in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Coinciding with PHA’s second annual Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair, MGC is pleased to announce our 2026 National Print Exhibition, a juried competition and exhibition devoted to fine art prints, which will be part of a series of events celebrating the 40th anniversary of MGC’s founding.
Last year, the Fair’s inaugural, saw 7,500 visitors. Anticipating even larger crowds of print enthusiasts, collectors, curators, and journalists, the exhibition will provide expanded opportunities for professional community building, sales, as well as open dialog during the Fair’s four days, April 9–12, 2026. The MGC Community Print Studio National Juried Exhibition will become a recurring highlight of future fairs.
Ann Shafer is an independent curator, art historian, and a leading expert on intaglio printmaking by Stanley William Hayter and Atelier 17. Formerly Shafer was associate curator of prints, drawings, and photographs at the Baltimore Museum of Art, where she curated a variety of exhibitions and hosted myriad classes and visitors. She also organized the museum’s Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair in 2012, 2015, and 2017, featuring an international array of twenty presses, publishers, and dealers. In April 2022, she mounted a new, independent print fair in Baltimore, and in 2025, she consulted Powerhouse Arts on its inaugural Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair. She hosts the podcast Platemark: prints and the printmaking ecosystem and writes a blog about favorite works of art (annshafer.com). Shafer has a BA from The College of Wooster and a MA from Williams College, both in art history. In addition to the BMA, Ann has worked at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Williams College Museum of Art, and the National Gallery of Art.
Diya Vij is the Vice President of Curatorial and Arts Programs at Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn, NY and is committed to critically investigating the evolving role of art in politics and civic life. Most recently, she served as the Curator at Creative Time where she commissioned and stewarded large-scale public art work, launched the public programming space CTHQ, re-launched the Creative Time Summit, and initiated the R&D Fellowship for socially engaged artists. Over the past decade, she has held programming, curatorial, and communications positions at major New York City Institutions. As the Associate Curator of Public Programs at the High Line, she organized dozens of live events and performances with artists, activists, practitioners, and healers. At the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Vij launched and co-directed the Public Artists in Residence (PAIR) program. Additionally, she helped lead the Agency’s citywide Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiative, and played an active role in public monument efforts, as well as CreateNYC—New York City’s first strategic long-term plan for culture. She was a curatorial fellow and the communications manager at the Queens Museum from 2010–2014. She currently serves on the Boards of A Blade of Grass, the Laundromat Project and the Poetry Project and was co-curator of the Counterpublic Triennial 2023 in St. Louis, MO.
More Programs
Hello, Print Friend & Platemark BYO Coffee Meet-Up
Lobby
Apr 10, 2026 10:00 AM
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11:00 am
Calling all print nerds! Start your Friday at the Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair with a caffeine boost and great conversation.
Join Ann Shafer (Platemark), Miranda Metcalf (Hello, Print Friend), and Reinaldo Gil Zambrano (Hello, Print Friend) for an informal BYO-coffee meetup at 10:00 am before the doors open at 11:00. It’s the perfect chance to talk shop about the printmaking ecosystem with fellow print people before heading into the fair!
Posters, Protest, and Public Memory: Printmaking in Puerto Rico — Impresión de Resistencia (screening + panel)
Small Hall
Apr 11, 2026 11:00 AM
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12:00 pm
Impresión de Resistencia
2026, 26 mins
This documentary explores printmaking in Puerto Rico as a living practice shaped by education, resistance, and daily life under an ongoing colonial condition.
It centers the pivotal role of the División de Educación de la Comunidad (DIVEDCO), whose artists transformed printmaking into a powerful tool for public education, cultural affirmation, and collective memory in the mid-twentieth century.
Through the voices of contemporary Puerto Rican printmakers, the film addresses precarity, migration, and institutional neglect, while examining why printmaking—accessible, reproducible, and deeply rooted in community—continues to matter on the island.
Drawing on archival materials from the Museo de Antropología, Historia y Arte and the Lazaro Library of la Universidad de Puerto Rico, the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (Rio Piedras campus), the Library of Congress, and the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, alongside interviews with artists including Poli Marichal and Fernando Santiago, the documentary traces an active, ongoing dialogue between past, present, and future.
Produced with support from Print Austin, Speedball Art Products, Southern Graphic Council International, Hello Print Friend Studios, and the generous donations of people around the world.
Miranda K. Metcalf holds a bachelor's degree in philosophy and a master's degree in art history with a focus on printmaking. She has held the directorship of arts organizations in Australia, Thailand, and the United States in both commercial and non-profit institutions and serves on the board of Print Austin. She is the director and founder of Hello, Print Friend Studios.
Reinaldo Gil Zambrano is an award-winning printmaking artist from Caracas, Venezuela, in Spokane, WA. Reinaldo is currently an associate professor of Printmaking at Gonzaga University, Co-founder of the Spokane Print & Publishing Center, and former Art Commissioner for the state of Washington.
Fraíxa Albizu Rodríguez was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, on December 20, 1996. She completed her bachelor's degree at the Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de Puerto Rico in 2020 and is currently doing a master's degree in cultural administration at the University of Puerto Rico. She is the founder of Ciclos Gráficos, a non-profit organization that aims to promote the exchange of prints with artists of all backgrounds through the creation of exchange portfolios.
Javier Moreno González is a visual artist and educator who lives and works in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He currently teaches visual arts in the public school system and has worked with various non-profit organizations, leading art workshops for underserved communities.
His creative practice encompasses painting, drawing, and printmaking, with the latter being his primary discipline. Through his work, Javier offers a critical reflection on current processes of social transformation and the complex political relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States.
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Please note seating is first-come, first-served. Plan to arrive early to secure your seat(s).
We provide live-captioning services and ASL interpreters at every conversation over the weekend.
Texture, Abstraction, and Collage: Watercolor Monotype Workshop with Print Center New York
MGC Community Print Studio (5th Fl)
Apr 11, 2026 1:00 PM
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2:00 pm
In conjunction with the exhibition Felipe Baeza: Anima at Print Center New York, participants are invited to create prints inspired by Baeza’s layered imagery and material processes. Participants will explore texture, abstraction, and collage using watercolor monotype and chine collé techniques. Led by artist-educators Megan Duffy, Alejandra Arias Sevilla, and Cecilia Cano-Daly, this open-ended workshop emphasizes experimentation and creative discovery to engage with the visual language of Baeza’s work. Felipe Baeza: Anima is on view through May 23 at Print Center New York.
This workshop is free with entry, but is limited to 25 participants and spots are first come, first served. No experience is necessary. Recommended for ages 12 and over. All materials provided.
Megan Duffy is an arts administrator and art educator based in Brooklyn, NY. She currently serves as Project Manager for the NYC Department of Transportation Art Program, managing temporary art installations throughout the five boroughs in partnership with professional artists and community organizations. Previously, Megan was Artist Programs Manager at Print Center New York, overseeing the New Prints juried exhibition series among other initiatives. She has also worked as a museum educator at the Newark Museum of Art. Megan holds a Bachelor of Science in Studio Art from Skidmore College, focusing on printmaking and textiles.
Alejandra Arias Sevilla is a visual artist, collaborator, and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. Through research-based and intuitive methodologies, her work investigates the semantics and pragmatics of the color blue, as well as translation and shadows. Arias Sevilla earned her BFA at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. In 2021, she was awarded the Undergrowth Educational Print Fund at Mullowney Printing. After completing the apprenticeship, she joined the team, becoming the Lead Printer (2022-2023). In 2024, Arias Sevilla had two solo exhibitions, Borderings Print Center New York, and Translation as Deformation at the Jordan Schnitzer Gallery at Dieu Donné after completing the Marabeth Cohen-Tyler Print/Paper Fellowship.
Cecilia Cano-Daly is a printmaker based in Queens, NY. She primarily explores material processes, thinking of her creation as a collaboration between herself and the techniques she employs. She embraces the process and experimentation intrinsic to printmaking, often playing with the balance between control and chance. Cecilia completed a studio internship at Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop in May 2024, and is set to begin apprenticing at Mullowney Printing through the Undergrowth Educational Print Fund in April 2026.
