Print Pals: Guest Stop Woodblock Printing Workshop

Print Pals is excited to host a woodcarving workshop in collaboration with the exhibition A Story That Lives Within US: Ada’s Artwork, featuring Guest Stop (In Transit), a gallery installation by Munus Shih and Yalan Wen exploring the Hakka diaspora in Taiwan. Inspired by Guest Stop’s pieces about home and identity, our workshop invites you to explore a memory of a time you left home. Why did you leave? What challenges did you face? How long did it take to call this new place home?

After delving into these questions, you will be taught how to carve a woodblock piece that captures your reflections. Then collectively print our pieces on a fabric curtain, which will ultimately be part of the Guest Stop installation. Any and all participants who are interested in deepening their understanding of Hakka culture, unpacking questions about home, and/or learning woodcarving as a new medium are welcome.

Workshop Details:
📅 Saturday, December 20th
⏰ 2:00pm - 5:30pm
📍 Crossing Art, 559 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011
🎟️ $45 standard ticket
🎫 $20 accessibility ticket*

Please Venmo @Becca-Chen (with caption “First Name Last Name - Guest Stop Workshop”) to secure your seat! Once recieved, your Partiful RSVP will be approved. Any payments received after the 20-person limit will be returned. Be sure to submit your email so we can follow up with important information leading up to the workshop.

Accessibility ticket request form here (please wait for us to confirm your spot before RSVPing and Venmoing): https://forms.gle/C8WcFrXGtuaPT9eX9

About Printpals: Print Pals is an AAPI NYC-based art collective that uses woodblock printing as a medium to foster critical yet accessible conversations about identity, politics, and more. Inspired by the activist woodcarving collectives across East and Southeast Asia, Print Pals strives to build intentional community through meaningful cross-border collaborations.