Take Home a Work of Art by Emily Manwaring
By Barbara Kancelbaum
Sun Chimes Through the Summer Song, 2025, 16 color screenprint on 250gsm Warm White Stonehenge with deckled edge. 20 x 20 inches. Signed edition of 250. Printed by Du-Good Press, New York. Published by Abrons Arts Center.
Henry Street and Abrons Arts Center supporters can now bring the spirit of our arts center into their homes by purchasing a limited-edition print of the painting Sun Chimes Through the Summer Song by Emily Manwaring.
Manwaring’s paintings are exuberant depictions of life seen and remembered in New York City, and Sun Chimes is a collage-like depiction of the Abrons amphitheater. The artist is a former Abrons AIRspace visual arts resident (2022–23) whose work has been featured in galleries and museums, including the Brooklyn Museum, across the United States and internationally. Her paintings have also been included in Usher’s “Ruin” music video and the book The Nameplate: Jewelry, Culture, and Identity.
Emily Manwaring poses with her wall mural, part of the 2024–25 AIRspace residency retrospective Long Walk from the F Train.
Henry Street Settlement launched The Arts for Living Fund to support Abrons Arts Center and keep groundbreaking art rooted on the Lower East Side and accessible to all New Yorkers. The Fund will help mission-critical, chronically underfunded programs such as artist residencies, commissions of new work, and access to the arts through free and subsidized classes and performance tickets. The campaign coincides with the 50th anniversary of the arts center, formerly known as the Arts for Living Center.
Henry Street has released a limited run of signed prints of Sun Chimes Through the Summer Song printed by Du-Good Press. The 250 prints are priced at $250 each and are available for purchase on the Abrons Arts Center website and at the center’s front desk until they are sold out.
