Learn about basic engraving techniques through a guided workshop led by Taller Boricua artists Nitza Tufiño and Ada Pilar-Cruz. Participants will be shown different ways to carve using linoleum and will be provided with the necessary tools to experiment on their own. Participants will leave the workshop with a basic understanding of linocut and tangible skills to continue their exploration at home.
This 2.5-hour in-person program is free and no experience is required. This workshop takes place in person at MoMA. This workshop is at capacity. Please email [email protected] to be added to the waitlist.
Rafael Tufiño Printmaking Workshop at Taller Boricua will activate the Creativity Lab with installations and programming from August 6 through September 30, 2024. Taller Boricua has been an advocate for East Harlem artists and residents since it was founded in 1969. Its current leadership includes original founders and artists Marcos Dimas, executive director of Taller Boricua, and Nitza Tufino, master printer and director of the Rafael Tufino Printmaking Workshop. The project in the Creativity Lab is organized by Nitza Tufino with the participation of member artists Ada Pilar Cruz, Betty Cole, Eliezer Berrios, and James Cuebas. Taller Boricua has been instrumental to East Harlem’s “El Barrio” community’s long-standing cultural and social well-being. Taller Boricua’s mission is “to establish a cultural and educational center for the Puerto Rican community in New York City and enhance the aesthetic, cultural, historical, political, and economic experience of Puerto Ricans in New York.” Its historic-artistic engagement with the Young Lords Party, which was once headquartered on the same city block, infused the inspiration that gave rise to the political, cultural, and poetic Nuyorican movement.
Accessibility
In order to serve visitors with hearing loss, the Crown Creativity Lab includes induction hearing loops for sound amplification. Visitors can turn their hearing aid or cochlear implant to T-coil mode to hear enhanced sound effortlessly. The loop system does not work with hearing aids without telecoil technology.
All-gender restrooms are located on Floors 1, 3W, 5, and T1.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation and live captioning is available for public programs upon request with two weeks’ advance notice. MoMA will make every effort to provide accommodation for requests made with less than two weeks’ notice. Please contact [email protected] to make a request for these accommodations.
The entrance to the Creativity Lab has a power-assist door.
Seating options include chairs with backs and mattresses at wheelchair height.
For more information on accessibility at MoMA please visit moma.org/Access. For accessibility questions or accommodation requests please email [email protected] or call 212-708-9781.
The Adobe Foundation is proud to support equity, learning, and creativity at MoMA.
Access and Community Programs are supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
Major funding is provided by Volkswagen of America, the Agnes Gund Education Endowment Fund for Public Programs, The Junior Associates of The Museum of Modern Art Endowment for Educational Programs, the Jeanne Thayer Young Scholars Fund, and the Annual Education Fund.