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Deborah Jack: 20 Years Catalogue

This catalogue was published on the occasion of “Deborah Jack: 20 Years,” a retrospective exhibition at Pen + Brush from September 23, 2021 – February 19, 2022. Inside are essays by leading scholars and writers: Grace Aneiza Ali, Elizabeth DeLoughrey, Jessica Lanay, and Hershini Young, as well as many of the works exhibited during the exhibition.

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Bodies, Bodies, Bodies Opening Reception

OPENING RECEPTION: June 15th, 2023 at 6pm — Bodies, Bodies, Bodies: raffish vulnerability and profane ambivalence June 15th – August 26th Bodies, bodies, bodies: raffish vulnerability and profane ambivalence is a group exhibition at Pen + Brush. Artists here pull back the veil on suffering, vulnerability, and in essence, the body’s ability to symbolize otherwise unspeakable truths. […]
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TFI Teaches — Memory Lab at Pen and Brush

At Pen + Brush June 15 – July 15, 2023 — The Feminist Institute is thrilled to present a pop-up Memory Lab at Pen and Brush between June 15 and July 15, 2023. Appointments are available between 12:00 pm and 6:00 pm on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.

Exhibitions

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Bodies, Bodies, Bodies: raffish vulnerability and profane ambivalence
Jun 15, 2023 - Aug 26, 2023
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The Ripening
Feb 16, 2023 - May 20, 2023

News & Press

DAWN DELIKAT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CHIEF CURATOR AT PEN + BRUSH

Meet Dawn Delikat, Executive Director, Chief Curator at Pen + Brush, a publicly supported non-profit that showcases the literary and visual work of women, non-binary, and female-identified transgender artists and writers located at 29 East 22nd Street.
April 5, 2023 | In the Media, News | Bird Piccininni

Michela Griffo: The Price We Pay Reviewed in the Brooklyn Rail

By Ksenia Soboleva Falling between the cracks of history is a common side effect of queer identity. Few of the queer elders that fought for LGBTQA+ rights in the 1960s have received their due recognition, and as time goes on, less and less of them are still around to receive it. Seasoned activist Michela Griffo was […]
December 16, 2022 | In the Media, Review | Parker Daley

Michela Griffo: The Price We Pay

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New York, NY, (August 1, 2022)— Pen + Brush is pleased to present Michela Griffo: The Price We Pay (October 13th – December 17th, 2022), curated by Parker Daley Garcia with Birdie Piccininni, a solo exhibition that brings together both large-scale paintings and small-scale watercolor works by Michela Griffo for the first […]
September 30, 2022 | Press Release | jsd-admin

White Hot Magazine

Salt, (re)memory, and aftermath: an interview with Deborah Jack. The first retrospective of 20-years of Deborah Jack’s work is now on view at Pen + Brush until February 19th, 2022. To encounter Jack’s work is to sit at the shoreline of colonial histories, to face a storm surge and live to hear the melodies of […]
February 22, 2022 | In the Media | jsd-admin