Join us for this celebration of the artist Stephanie Weiner’s “On Whose Shoulders We Stand” current exhibit at Nahalat Shalom. We will begin the evening with a walk-through gallery talk followed by a Q&A time with the artist.
STEPHANIE WEiNER
ARTIST STATEMENT
The current show at Nahalat Shalom is my first time presenting many of the prints from my Empire Zinc Strike Series all in one room! Surprisingly, five years ago, before I moved to New Mexico from Chicago, the movie ‘Salt of the Earth’ was almost the only thing I knew about my new home! Doing such a deep dive focus on miner’s union history here has helped me to travel the Southwest and meet great people; some of whom were actual participants in the Empire Zinc Strike. These kinds of connections helped me find my place here.
Other recent prints relate to seed bank efforts by indigenous women in the Santa Clara Pueblo community, the Downwinders fighting for compensation for radiation exposure health issues from the Trinity Site nuclear test bomb, and the Gallup Miner’s strike in 1933.
Some newer works, focus on the issues of fighting large AI Data Centers or stopping the construction of hypersonic weapons facilities in New Mexico. My work reflects deep dives into historic data and also direct contact with the effected communities. My work upholds the work of these local communities and honors their history in a way that celebrates the beauty in resistance.
I have studied printmaking in Mexico, and the woodcut style of emergency response street art there has influenced my work. I do my printing at Remarque Print Workshop. and also work with the Herstory Printmaking Collective.
I have studied printmaking at the
Penland School of Craft, NC
The Women’s Studio Workshop ,NY
CNM in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
A Selection of Exhibits
Past social justice prints are part of the Center for Political Graphics international traveling show on police issues and their permanent collection
My print about wrongful convictions and another about union activism appear in the book Celebrate People’s History ( 2nd edition ) .
More recently , my art has been included in the Arts Thrive show at The Albuquerque Art Museum and the Aqui En Chicago show at The Chicago History Museum until November , 2026 .
Currently , I am honored to be included in a show focusing on nuclear issues at The National Hispanic Cultural Center Museum here in Albuquerque until January, 2027.
My work has been the subject of an NMPBS segment of Colores, Art for Social Justice, Stephanie Wiener
Hands Off Unions https://issuu.com/bctgm/docs/hands_off_unions/11