PRINT TIME Workshop: IN THE QUIET with Justin J. Keller

IN THE QUIET: A Public Printmaking & Family Archive Workshop, with Justin J. Keller

This workshop is a multimedia alternative printmaking and photo archive workshop centered around reconnecting with our familial lineages (see footnote for alternative printmaking description). Within this space participants will engage in creating monotypes of their family photos and/or photos of Philadelphia throughout different time periods. Along with this, we will be discussing the importance of the archive and how to maintain your own archives!

IN THE QUIET is a series referring to the action of being still. The Japanese concept of Ma refers to the space within spaces, the fulfillment of taking a pause and the importance of the time between performing an action. Understanding historical archives has a lot to do with understanding this. Each subject you see in a family photo is captured in a specific moment before an action. Perhaps you’re looking at a picture before someone started dancing or before they moved out of their childhood home. Without proper context to those photographs, to the viewer they can potentially be insignificant. However, by embracing the lack of knowledge in front of you — you pull yourself into that moment as well when observing.

Bring physical copies of photographs that you are comfortable working with. If you do not have physical copies of your photographs, we can assist you in printing them — send to printingfortunes@gmail.com by July 12.

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This workshop is brought to you by PRINT TIME, a monthlong exhibition and programming series dedicated to print culture, community publishing, and their surrounding ecosystems. Co-organized by FORTUNE, Ulises, and Icebox Project Space, with generous support from the Penn Treaty Special Services District and Fire Museum Presents.

PRINT TIME will feature an exhibition featuring large print studies by Erik Ruin, Jarrah May, Kocot & Hatton, and Olivia Fredricks — open during Icebox Project Space’s gallery hours (Thursday–Saturday, 12–6PM). Register for our free workshops, each weekend in July, to practice the possibilities of print. And, come to our Big Summer Book Sale on PRINT TIME’s closing day (Sunday, July 27, 11AM–5PM) to visit 30 vendors who print in multiples, toward manifold means of learning.

Justin J. Keller (born in 1999) is a visual artist, printmaker and educator who currently works in Philadelphia. His work revolves mainly around themes of understanding our own surroundings as they relate to the present time period. Often using photography, historical archives and printmaking techniques, Keller experiments in making multi-layered print media. Keller graduated from Tyler School of Art with a BFA in Printmaking. He currently teaches at Fleisher Art Memorial in The Children/Youth and Adult Education Programs. As an educator and printmaker he has hosted numerous events/ public printmaking workshops revolving around themes of providing accessible art education.

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Accessibility Details: This event will be in-person and indoors. Icebox Project Space, located within the Crane Arts Building, is wheelchair accessible. There is limited accessible parking at the front of the building, and a ramp leading into the main entrance. The main building door is not automated. Once inside the building, there are no steps leading into Icebox Project Space. Two all-gender bathrooms with multiple stalls are available for use — one with urinals, one without, and both with 1–2 wheelchair-accessible stall(s). Folding chairs will be available for sitting.

Please email printingfortunes@gmail.com with any accessibility questions and requests.