The month of May has been full of abundance! This Sunday we will host our first art workshop of the season at our partner laundromat, The Laundry Room located at 143 West 116th Street (btwn 6th + 7th Ave). Artist and LP Teaching Artist Shani Peters will lead a workshop in bookmaking from 12pm to 3pm. Workshops are free with a suggested donation of $4. If you can't make it, let your friends in the neighborhood know! Our full workshop schedule is below.

Also, The Laundromat Project is pleased to offer two limited-edition works by Mickalene Thomas and Rudy Shepherd, created especially to benefit our programs and projects. See below for more information.


Drop-in Art Workshop Schedule

Making Space for New Ideas
Bookmaking with Shani Peters
May 23, June 20, Aug 29, Sept 26

Solar Reconstruction
Solar printing a new neighborhood with Lady K-Fever
June 6, July 25, Aug 22

Take Back the T-Shirt
Creating and printing your own t-shirt design with Maya Valladares
June 13, July 18, Aug 8

Bling: Spices, Gold, and Precious Stones
Sidewalk drawing with ground spices with Brendan Carroll
June 27, Aug 1, Sept 19, Oct 3

Many Hands Make Light Work
Community Collograph with Rosemary Taylor
July 11, Aug 15, Sept 12, Oct 10


Collect Art and Support The Laundromat Project!

(L-R: Mickalene Thomas, Kalena 2010; Rudy Shepherd, Blacula 2009)
Each print in an edition of 20 is signed and numbered by the artists. The Thomas print also features hand-embellishments.

Mickalene Thomas
Kalena, 2010, 8 x 10 inches
Archival inkjet print and screenprint with hand-embellishments in glitter and acrylic medium
Signed and numbered, recto
Printed by Supreme Digital, New York
$1,000 (+ shipping & handling)

Rudy Shepherd
Blacula, 2009, 14 x 11 inches
Screenprint on paper
Signed and numbered, verso
Printed by Kayrock Screenprinting, New York$
250 (+ shipping & handling)

The proceeds from your purchase will ensure the continued success of The Laundromat Project’s mission to broaden access to art in our community and across New York. To purchase a print or for more information email: specialevent@laundromatproject.org


Create Change Alumni Are Busy!

Rudy Shepherd ('06): Rudy has a solo exhibition at Mixed Greens Gallery, (New York, NY) opening June 3rd, 2010. He was also recently hired as an Assistant Professor of Fine Art at the Pennsylvania State University’s School of Visual Arts.

Sarah Kolker('07): Sarah has relocated to Philadelphia with her 14 month old daughter Purple Ray and fiance Rolando Brown. She is currently working on a booklet for an elementary school science program and making jewelry to sell at art fairs. She will move to the Bay Area in California this August.

Shinique Smith ('07): Shinique had a recent solo exhibition titled Shinique Smith: No Words at Yvon Lambert (Paris, France). She has upcoming solo exhibitions at Miami Museum of Contemporary Art (opening September 2010), Southeastern Contemporary Center for the Arts in Winston-Salem (opening November 2010), and Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (opening January 2011).

Tracy Worley ('09): Tracy just launched the new website for her 2009 Create Change project The Dirty Laundry Line. Visit, listen, leave a message - http://www.thedirtylaundryline.com/

Michael Premo ('09): Michael has a solo exhibition of his project Housing is a Human Right (HHR) up at Jamaica Flux: Workspaces & Windows, a project of Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL), and chashama Studios through June 5, 2010. Foreclosure clinics will be held on site at the 90-30 161st Street, 1st Fl, Jamaica, Queens. And…Help support Housing is a Human Right by bidding on some great gifts here. Auction closes May 21, 2010. Also, join Michael on Monday, May 24th at the Museum of the City of New York for the panel, "Artists' Housing - Past, Present, and Future." For reservations and information, call 212.534.1672, ext. 3395

Carlos Martinez ('09): Carlos is participating in the Queens Council on the Arts' Individual Artist Initiative.


Calling All Volunteers!
If you have a few hours a month to spare, please visit the ‘Employment Opportunities’ page on our website for more information on how you can help out with art workshops throughout the summer. We are especially looking to work with Spanish-English speakers. Stay tuned for Create Change public program announcements!