LJ Roberts

EFA STUDIO PROGRAM: ALUMNI

LJ Roberts

My current practice remixes various textile methods with facets of queer and trans identity and culture making. With flexibility, adaptability, and resourcefulness as a foundation, I use tools and techniques such as toy knitting machines, single-strand hand embroidery, a sock making machine, quilting, and appliqué. I find that issues of marginality I encounter as a gender non-conforming non-binary person often mirror the positioning of textile and craft within visual culture. These mutually reflective margins provide a site for radical possibility and transformation through materiality.

My love of problem solving enables consistent and often unexpected outcomes in ways I do not always anticipate, but enthusiastically welcome.

EFA Studio Program

The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Program

The EFA Studio Program is housed in eight floors of the EFA building located in Midtown Manhattan’s Fashion District. The Studio Program maintains artists studios of various size and shape for up to 80 member-artists. One of three programs at EFA, the members of the EFA Studios program are part of a community that includes The Project Space and the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop. The Studio Program provides artists the rare opportunity to work in a professional arts community inside Manhattan and in close proximity to the city’s primary gallery districts. EFA facilitates interaction with dealers, curators and critics to provide continued development for member-artists. Unique among studio programs in New York City, EFA is one of the few remaining arts organizations still providing long-term workspace in Manhattan.

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