Press & Pull: A Legacy of the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop

Surveys the origins, collaborations and technical innovations of the US's oldest continuously operating cooperative printmaking workshop, founded in 1947 by artist, educator and master printer Robert Blackburn. 38 prints made at the Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, archival ephemera and video drawn from its archive, plus 45 additional prints tracing Chicago printmaking practices, the South Side Community Art Center, the Black Arts Movement and communal skill sharing in print shops and printers' guilds. Includes photographs and video excerpts from The Only Thing That Lasts, an oral history film with narratives from robin holder, Dindga McCannon, Eleanor Magid, Nitza Tuiño, Richard Powell and others. Free admission.