Pamela Council

EFA STUDIO PROGRAM: Member Artists

Pamela Council

I use play to invent objects, performances, and videos. From concept to process to presentation, play gives me the ease to navigate the absurd precarity of Black life and invite audiences into transformative spaces. I puddle-jump into research, experiment with art materials and everyday objects like beauty products and food, and emerge with new expressions in my colorful Afro-Americana camp style.

For seven years, I’ve played on the civic scale with Fountains for Black Joy. Traditionally the technological toys of privileged magnates, fountains delight while commanding institutional care and maintenance. I usurped the power embedded in this form, claiming these resources for Black femme fun.

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.

EFA Studio Program | 323 W 39th St, New York, NY, 10018, United States