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We are excited to present “After the Rains”, a group exhibition featuring EFA Member artists in conversation with Yale MFA alumni.

🗓️ May 6 – July 24, 2026
🕑 Opening Reception: May 6, 6–8 PM
📍EFA Gallery, 323 West 39th St., 3rd Fl, New York, NY
Hours: Tue–Fri, 12–5 PM

Featuring:
Selva Aparicio (@/selvaaparicio)
Bianca Abdi-Boragi (@biancaabdiboragi)
Von Coffin (@coffin1001)
Armando Guadalupe Cortés (@armandogcortes)
Abbey McBride (@abbey.mcb)
Virginia L. Montgomery (@virginia.l.montgomery)
Randi Renate (@randiirenate)
Raúl Romero (@rauoool)
Susan Silas (@susansilas)

Curated by: Michael Eckblad (@michaeleckblad) and Deric Carner (@ithoughtiwasreal)

Through hybrid forms traversing sculpture, installation, sound, and video, the artists engage themes of transience, renewal, and the interconnectedness of all things. Moving between the organic and the manufactured, the works explore reflections on mortality, technology, and human-nature relations through materials such as adobe, bronze, dandelion seeds, and digital video.

Special Programming:
Join us on Thursday, May 14, at 6 PM for an evening of performances by Armando Guadalupe Cortés and Abbey McBride.

Image info: Raúl Romero, "Gravitational Grit," 2023. A sculpture reimagining a bass drum as a living object, seeking sunlight.
Courtesy of the Artist.

#EFAGallery #AfterTheRains #ContemporaryArt #NYCGallery #Sculpture #InstallationArt #EFASociety #YaleMFA

We’re happy to share that EFA Studio member Kosuke Kawahara (@teppennisiri) is featured in the solo exhibition "Without Innocence," opening tonight, May 21, at RAINRAIN Gallery (@rainraingallery).

🎉 Opening Reception: Thursday, May 21,6-8pm
🗓 May 14 – June 20th, 2026
📍RAINRAIN Gallery, 110 Lafayette St, Suite 201, New York NY 10013

Drawing inspiration from Donna Haraway’s A Cyborg Manifesto, Kawahara’s current body of work explores the outsourcing and externalizing of the human sensory system. Transitioning from an organic, industrial society to a polymorphous information system, the exhibition delves into a world of "second sight," hypnagogia, and the dark, visionary spaces of our own environment.

Photo info: Kosuke Kawahara, "How The Sausage Is Made", 2024-2026. Courtesy of the Artist. Work on view in the exhibition.

#EFAStudios #KosukeKawahara #ContemporaryArt #DonnaHaraway #CyborgManifesto

Studio Member Highlight: Vicky Colombet (@vickycolombet)

We are thrilled to highlight EFA Studio Member Vicky Colombet and her major group exhibition, "Pollen", currently on view at the CAPC Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux. 🇫🇷

The exhibition features a significant body of work exploring the intersection of painting, light, and elemental forces. For "Pollen", Vicky has transformed the museum’s monumental spaces with works that shift between the microscopic and the aerial, continuing her career-long investigation into how we perceive the natural world.

Image info: Vicky Colombet, "Antarctica Series" #1361, 2017. Work featured in the exhibition. Courtesy of the Artist.

#EFAStudios #VickyColombet #CAPCBordeaux #Pollen #EFAArtists #ContemporaryPainting

We’re happy to share that EFA Studio member Heather Renée Russ (@heather_renee_russ) is featured in "Because, now is the time of monsters," the 2026 Summer Exhibition opening May 16 at The Wassaic Project (@wassaicproject).

🎉 Opening Reception: Saturday, May 16, 3–6 PM
🗓 May 16 – September 12, 2026
📍 Maxon Mills, 37 Furnace Bank Road, Wassaic, NY

Taking its title from Antonio Gramsci’s Prison Notebooks, the exhibition explores the "interregnum"—the transition between a dying world and one yet to be born. Across the floors of Maxon Mills, 39 artists respond to this metamorphic moment through works that shift between vision and fever dream.

Curated by Eve Biddle, Bowie Zunino, Jeff Barnett-Winsby, and Will Hutnick. Be sure to visit this summer!

Photo info:
Image 1: "Because, now is the time of monsters" exhibition graphic. Courtesy of The Wassaic Project.

Image 2: "Anodyne", 2025, UV Cured Ink on Honeycomb Aluminum, 41 x 57 x 2 inches. Artwork featured in the exhibition. Courtesy of the Artist. Made with fabrication support through Powerhouse Arts’ 2026 Artist Subsidy Program.

#EFAStudios #HeatherReneeRuss #WassaicProject #MaxonMills #ContemporaryArt

We’re happy to share that EFA Studio member Heather Renée Russ (@heather_renee_russ) is featured in "Because, now is the time of monsters," the 2026 Summer Exhibition opening May 16 at The Wassaic Project (@wassaicproject).

🎉 Opening Reception: Saturday, May 16, 3–6 PM
🗓 May 16 – September 12, 2026
📍 Maxon Mills, 37 Furnace Bank Road, Wassaic, NY

Taking its title from Antonio Gramsci’s Prison Notebooks, the exhibition explores the "interregnum"—the transition between a dying world and one yet to be born. Across the floors of Maxon Mills, 39 artists respond to this metamorphic moment through works that shift between vision and fever dream.

Curated by Eve Biddle, Bowie Zunino, Jeff Barnett-Winsby, and Will Hutnick. Be sure to visit this summer!

Photo info:
Image 1: "Because, now is the time of monsters" exhibition graphic. Courtesy of The Wassaic Project.

Image 2: "Anodyne", 2025, UV Cured Ink on Honeycomb Aluminum, 41 x 57 x 2 inches. Artwork featured in the exhibition. Courtesy of the Artist. Made with fabrication support through Powerhouse Arts’ 2026 Artist Subsidy Program.

#EFAStudios #HeatherReneeRuss #WassaicProject #MaxonMills #ContemporaryArt

@cadence.giersbach 's paintings and sculptures combine plant forms with geological and astronomical motifs. She draws inspiration from her garden in the Catskills, expanding outward to the ecological, earthly, and cosmic.

Giersbach has exhibited in solo shows at Satchel Projects, Roebling Hall, and Deitch Projects in NYC, and in group exhibitions at @momaps1 and the @eneltamayo in Mexico City.

A MacDowell fellow and recipient of grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and New York Foundation for the Arts, her work has been commissioned by Arts for Transit and Percent for Art, NYC, and is held in the collections of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Harvard University, and the RISD Museum. She is currently a studio member at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts in New York City.

We are so thrilled to have Cadence @thepotatofarmproject as Artist in Residence for the month of May.

Join us this THURSDAY for performance with Abbey McBride (@abbey.mcb) and Armando Guadalupe Cortés (@armandogcortes)in "After the Rains" exhibition.

On May 14, at 7 PM, EFA Gallery will host an evening of performances featuring artist Armando Guadalupe Cortés and choreographer Abbey McBride. Each artist offers a distinct work reflective of their individual practice and their engagement with the themes of the exhibition.

Armando Guadalupe Cortés will activate and transform a new series of adobe and limewash panels currently on view in the gallery.

Abbey McBride will perform "Just Left From There" (2017–present), a playful and process-driven consideration of the relationships we have with ourselves, our possessions, and each other.

🗓️ Thursday, May 14
🕕 7 PM (doors a 6:30)
📍 EFA Gallery

This event is free and open to the public. We look forward to seeing you there!

Image info: Abbey McBride, 2025. Photo by Rachel Keane.

#AfterTheRains #EFAGallery #PerformanceArt #ArmandoGuadalupeCortes #AbbeyMcBride

As we head into the NYC art fair season, we are thrilled to see our studio member Kosuke Kawahara (@teppennisiri) presenting new work at NADA New York 2026 @newartdealers)

Kawahara has been a part of the EFA Studio Program community since 2021, developing a practice that masterfully navigates the intersection of painting and photography. In this upcoming presentation with RAINRAIN (@rainraingallery), he explores how contemporary perception is shaped by the constant circulation of visual information, from the flicker of screens to the fleeting impressions of digital feeds.

We’re incredibly proud to support the growth of our members and to see their work reaching such dynamic platforms.

View the work:

📍 Booth F9 (presented by RAINRAIN)

🏛️ NADA New York | 601 W 26th Street

📅 May 13–17, 2026

About the Artist:
Kosuke Kawahara is a Brooklyn-based artist whose work often reconstructs the "alternative space around darkness," addressing themes of growth, decay, and mediated vision through a multi-layered, site-relevant approach.

#EFAStudios #EFAStudioProgram #KosukeKawahara #NADANewYork #ArtistSpotlight

We are thrilled to celebrate EFA Studio Member Cecile Chong (@cecilechong) and the opening of Albums of Inclusion: Jamaica, Ecuador, China at the Old Stone House & Washington Park (@oldstonehousebklyn).

Cecile is showing as part of the duo BROKEN CHINA (@brokenchinabrokenchina) alongside Tao Leigh Goffe. Together, they explore the material history of blue-and-white porcelain and the complex intergenerational memories of the Chinese diaspora in Ecuador and Jamaica. Using a layered visual language of collage and ceramic traditions, the work challenges orientalist narratives and imagines new futures of liberation.

Exhibition Opening:
🗓️ Friday, May 8
🕑 6 PM – 8 PM
📍 Old Stone House & Washington Park, Brooklyn

Image info: Exhibition Poster. Courtesy of exhibitors.

#EFAStudios #CecileChong #BrokenChina #OldStoneHouse #BrooklynArt #ContemporaryArt #StudioMemberHighlight #EFAArtists

We’re excited to share that EFA Studio member Laura Anderson Barbata (@mx_lab) is featured in "Wayamou: Common Tongues" exhibition on view through May 10 at Museo Tamayo (@eneltamayo) in Mexico City.

🗓 Exhibition Dates: February 6 – May 10, 2026
📍 Museo Tamayo, Paseo de la Reforma 51, Mexico City

✨ Special Program: Intervención: Wayamou (Raphael Red)
🎉 Saturday, May 9 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM
📍 Explanada del Museo Tamayo

Don't miss this powerful public intervention on the museum's esplanade. A culmination of Barbata’s long-standing Transcommunality project, this performance brings together the Brooklyn Jumbies, the Zancudos de Zaachila (Oaxaca), and Danza de Diablas Afrocosecha.

The work centers on the color red—specifically referencing grana cochinilla (cochineal), an ancient Mexican natural dye once more valuable than silver. Through textiles and ritual movement featuring characters like "The Queen" and "The Guardian," the intervention explores red as a symbol of power, life, resistance, and transformation. It is a vibrant fusion of stilt dancing, music, and social activism that invites the public to participate in a collective act of memory.

The exhibition "Wayamou: Common Tongues" features over 100 works created in collaboration with Yanomami artist Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe, emphasizing reciprocity and intercultural dialogue.

Photo info: Performance view of Laura Anderson Barbata’s "Transcommunality." Photo by Stefan Falke.

#EFAStudios #LauraAndersonBarbata #MuseoTamayo #Wayamou #Transcommunality #RaphaelRed #BrooklynJumbies #ZancudosDeZaachila #ContemporaryArt #MexicoCityArt #PerformanceArt #SocialPractice

Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for the opening reception of "After the Rains"!

A huge thank you to our exhibiting artists and our curators for bringing this vision of renewal and interconnectedness to life:

Featuring:
Selva Aparicio (selvaaparicio)
Bianca Abdi-Boragi (@biancaabdiboragi)
Von Coffin (@coffin1001)
Armando Guadalupe Cortés (@armandogcortes)
Abbey McBride (@abbey.mcb)
Virginia L. Montgomery (@virginia.l.montgomery)
Randi Renate (@randiirenate)
Raúl Romero (@rauoool)
Susan Silas (@susansilas)

Curated by: Michael Eckblad (@michaeleckblad)
Deric Carner (@ithoughtiwasreal)

The show runs through July 24, 2026.

Mark your calendars:
Join us next Thursday, May 14, at 6 PM for a special evening of performances by Armando Guadalupe Cortés and Abbey McBride!

🕑 6 PM
📍EFA Gallery

#AfterTheRains #EFAGallery #ContemporaryArt #NYCArts #ElizabethFoundationForTheArts #OpeningReception #StudioLife

Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for the opening reception of "After the Rains"!

A huge thank you to our exhibiting artists and our curators for bringing this vision of renewal and interconnectedness to life:

Featuring:
Selva Aparicio (selvaaparicio)
Bianca Abdi-Boragi (@biancaabdiboragi)
Von Coffin (@coffin1001)
Armando Guadalupe Cortés (@armandogcortes)
Abbey McBride (@abbey.mcb)
Virginia L. Montgomery (@virginia.l.montgomery)
Randi Renate (@randiirenate)
Raúl Romero (@rauoool)
Susan Silas (@susansilas)

Curated by: Michael Eckblad (@michaeleckblad)
Deric Carner (@ithoughtiwasreal)

The show runs through July 24, 2026.

Mark your calendars:
Join us next Thursday, May 14, at 6 PM for a special evening of performances by Armando Guadalupe Cortés and Abbey McBride!

🕑 6 PM
📍EFA Gallery

#AfterTheRains #EFAGallery #ContemporaryArt #NYCArts #ElizabethFoundationForTheArts #OpeningReception #StudioLife

Opening TOMORROW “After the Rains”exhibition at EFA Gallery

⏰Opening reception: May 6, 6–8 PM
🗓️On view through July 24.
📍EFA Gallery, 3rd Floor, 323 W 39th St, New York, NY 10018

A group exhibition bringing together EFA member artists and Yale MFA alumni through sculpture, installation, sound, and video.

Featuring:
Selva Aparicio (@/selvaaparicio)
Bianca Abdi-Boragi (@biancaabdiboragi)
Von Coffin (@coffin1001)
Armando Guadalupe Cortés (@armandogcortes)
Abbey McBride (@abbey.mcb)
Virginia L. Montgomery (@virginia.l.montgomery)
Randi Renate (@randiirenate)
Raúl Romero (@rauoool)
Susan Silas (@susansilas)

Curated by: Michael Eckblad (@michaeleckblad) and Deric Carner (@ithoughtiwasreal)

#AfterTheRains #EFAGallery #EFAStudios #YaleMFA

Opening TOMORROW “After the Rains”exhibition at EFA Gallery

⏰Opening reception: May 6, 6–8 PM
🗓️On view through July 24.
📍EFA Gallery, 3rd Floor, 323 W 39th St, New York, NY 10018

A group exhibition bringing together EFA member artists and Yale MFA alumni through sculpture, installation, sound, and video.

Featuring:
Selva Aparicio (@/selvaaparicio)
Bianca Abdi-Boragi (@biancaabdiboragi)
Von Coffin (@coffin1001)
Armando Guadalupe Cortés (@armandogcortes)
Abbey McBride (@abbey.mcb)
Virginia L. Montgomery (@virginia.l.montgomery)
Randi Renate (@randiirenate)
Raúl Romero (@rauoool)
Susan Silas (@susansilas)

Curated by: Michael Eckblad (@michaeleckblad) and Deric Carner (@ithoughtiwasreal)

#AfterTheRains #EFAGallery #EFAStudios #YaleMFA

Opening TOMORROW “After the Rains”exhibition at EFA Gallery

⏰Opening reception: May 6, 6–8 PM
🗓️On view through July 24.
📍EFA Gallery, 3rd Floor, 323 W 39th St, New York, NY 10018

A group exhibition bringing together EFA member artists and Yale MFA alumni through sculpture, installation, sound, and video.

Featuring:
Selva Aparicio (@/selvaaparicio)
Bianca Abdi-Boragi (@biancaabdiboragi)
Von Coffin (@coffin1001)
Armando Guadalupe Cortés (@armandogcortes)
Abbey McBride (@abbey.mcb)
Virginia L. Montgomery (@virginia.l.montgomery)
Randi Renate (@randiirenate)
Raúl Romero (@rauoool)
Susan Silas (@susansilas)

Curated by: Michael Eckblad (@michaeleckblad) and Deric Carner (@ithoughtiwasreal)

#AfterTheRains #EFAGallery #EFAStudios #YaleMFA

Opening TOMORROW “After the Rains”exhibition at EFA Gallery

⏰Opening reception: May 6, 6–8 PM
🗓️On view through July 24.
📍EFA Gallery, 3rd Floor, 323 W 39th St, New York, NY 10018

A group exhibition bringing together EFA member artists and Yale MFA alumni through sculpture, installation, sound, and video.

Featuring:
Selva Aparicio (@/selvaaparicio)
Bianca Abdi-Boragi (@biancaabdiboragi)
Von Coffin (@coffin1001)
Armando Guadalupe Cortés (@armandogcortes)
Abbey McBride (@abbey.mcb)
Virginia L. Montgomery (@virginia.l.montgomery)
Randi Renate (@randiirenate)
Raúl Romero (@rauoool)
Susan Silas (@susansilas)

Curated by: Michael Eckblad (@michaeleckblad) and Deric Carner (@ithoughtiwasreal)

#AfterTheRains #EFAGallery #EFAStudios #YaleMFA

Looking back at “Close to the Ground” exhibition at EFA Gallery, with Deric Carner (@ithoughtiwasreal), curator and Director of Exhibitions & Programming at EFA, walking us through the exhibition.

Featuring works printed at EFA Studios and the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Close to the Ground brought together artists working across woodcut, photogravure, lithography, chine collé, intaglio, blind embossing, and more. Across diverse approaches, the exhibition explored how printmaking can carry memory, myth, figuration, abstraction, land, history, and the body.

Rooted in touch, pressure, surface, and accumulation, Close to the Ground reflected the intimacy of printmaking itself: one surface meeting another, carrying traces of process, place, and time.

Featuring:
Fanny Allié @fannyallie
Dana Bell @dana_bell
Chakaia Booker @chakaiabooker
Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple
Devraj Dakoji @devrajdakoji
Michael Eade @eggtempera
Beth Ganz @bethganz2
Patricia Leighton @leighton.patricia
Nazanin Noroozi @nazanin_noroozi
Kenny Rivero @champaint_papi
Xin Song @xinsongart
Jia Sung @jiazilla
Michael Kelly Williams
Joshua Woods @joshuawoods

Documentation by Adeliia Ishmuratova @liiiiiiiash

#EFAGallery #EFAStudios #RobertBlackburnPrintmakingWorkshop #RBPMW #CloseToTheGround