Voices in Print

New Jersey Black Women Printmakers Shaping the American Narrative

September 4, 2026–February 28, 2027

Morven presents an exhibition of powerful prints by Black women artists with a connection to New Jersey. Voices in Print will be the inaugural exhibition in Morven’s Stockton Education Center. Participating artists include Emma Amos (1937-2020), Nanette Carter (b. 1954), Gladys Barker Grauer (1923-2019), Diane Victoria Horn (b. 1945), Carmen Cartiness Johnnson (b. 1954), Nell Painter (b. 1942), Janet Taylor Pickett (b. 1948), Mickalene Thomas (b. 1971), Nette Forné Thomas, Bisa Washington (b. 1952), and others to be announced.

The Get Together, 2005. Carmen Cartiness Johnson (b. 1954). Color lithograph on Somerset paper. Collection of Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, Gift of the Brodsky Center (formerly RCIPP), 2007.0065

Curated by Judith K. Brodsky and Rhinold L. Ponder, Voices in Print joins a robust group of exhibitions and programs throughout Princeton under the umbrella Re-Visioning America: 1776–2026, a collaboration with Princeton University Art Museum and Arts Council of Princeton to commemorate America’s 250th with narratives that highlight the nation’s diversity and showcase the work of women artists of color.

 “This magnificent collaboration was inspired by the Princeton University Art Museum's first exhibition of work by Black artists, Fragments of American Life, mounted in 1976, which included only one woman artist," said co-curator Rhinold Ponder. “We decided to showcase women artists of color to reveal how the nation has moved forward toward diversity and recognition of formerly excluded artists in the cultural mainstream.” 

“These artists use printmaking to create multiple copies of their work, enabling their stories and perspectives, which express the vibrant culture of New Jersey’s diverse communities, to reach far and wide. Echoing how film and video spread ideas, prints bypass gallery walls to ignite conversations. Printmaking ensures that these vital narratives and artistic voices reach every corner of the state and beyond, extending far beyond the studio walls,” said Brodsky.

“We are delighted to be collaborating with other Princeton institutions on Re-visioning America. Judy and Rhinold have curated a powerful exhibition that supports our mission of celebrating NJ's cultural heritage," says Elizabeth Allan, Morven's Deputy Director and Curator.

Judith K. Brodsky, Distinguished Professor Emerita, Rutgers University, is a works-on-paper artist with prints in museum collections worldwide and founder of the Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, now the Brodsky Center at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. The Brodsky Center, established in 1986, is known for its pioneer mission to further opportunities for artists from underrepresented communities. As a curator she has organized hundreds of exhibitions. A forthcoming book is The Feminist Art Movement in the United States: The Untold Story of the Art Historians, Curators, and Activists Who Changed the Art World (Bloomsbury, 2027).

Rhinold Lamar Ponder is a Princeton, New Jersey–based artist, independent curator, writer, poet, activist, and lawyer. He is the founder and Executive Director of Art Against Racism, a 501(c)(3) that leverages the arts to promote an anti-racist, just and equitable society.  In commemoration of America’s 250th, he has co-curated three exhibitions with co-curator Judith K. Brodsky – including Freedoms Reframed: Art on the Edges of the Constitution at the William Trent House Museum in Trenton and Echoes In Our Bones at the Arts Council of Princeton and Voices in Print at the Morven Museum and Garden.