04/26/2026
Today’s New New Yorkers Printmaking Workshop at the Queens Museum brought together a vibrant group of participants eager to explore the creative possibilities of printmaking. Guided by Teaching Artist Grethell Rasúa, the workshop offered an open, welcoming environment where adults of all backgrounds—many of them immigrants and multilingual New Yorkers—could experiment, learn, and express themselves through hands‑on techniques. The New New Yorkers program is designed to support immigrant communities by providing accessible, bilingual art education, and today’s session reflected that mission beautifully.
Printmaking, with its layers, textures, and surprises, becomes a metaphor for the immigrant experience itself: building, revising, adapting, and discovering new forms of expression. Under Grethell Rasúa’s guidance, today’s group transformed simple materials into powerful visual statements, each print reflecting a unique voice within a shared creative space.
The Queens Museum’s commitment to community engagement shines through the New New Yorkers program, offering opportunities for artistic growth, cultural exchange, and personal empowerment. Today’s workshop is one more example of how art can bring people together, spark imagination, and open pathways for self‑expression.
