Register now for the 11th annual Distinguished Scholar Lecture:

“Hard Ground: A Tale of New York Print and Printmaking”

Luther Davis

Master Printer and Director of the Powerhouse Arts Printshop

Assistant Professor of Printmaking
Parsons School of Design

DATE: Friday, September 11, 2026
TIME: 9:00 AM (PST) / 12:00 PM (EST) / 5:00 PM (GMT)

APS is pleased to announce Luther Davis as our speaker for the 2026 Distinguished Scholar Lecture.

Now in its 11th year, this annual online lecture series features artists, printmakers, scholars, and curators to spotlight their works-in-progress and new discoveries, or to celebrate their achievements in the field to-date.

Davis’s talk this year will outline a brief history of New York print innovations, grounded in his 30 years of collaboration with artists. Together these two histories have helped shape key initiatives at Brooklyn-based arts nonprofit Powerhouse Arts, and continue to transform how we understand printmaking today.

Luther Davis is the Master Printer and Director of the Powerhouse Arts Printshop and teaches printmaking at Parsons School of Design. He was the co-founder of Forth Estate, a fine art publisher focused on producing limited editions with emerging artists. 

In a typical year, Luther and his team of printers collaborate with 80 artists and produce 300 unique print projects. Recent projects include prints with Glenn Ligon, Lorna Simpson, Mark Bradford, Amy Sherald, Eddie Martinez, Tishan Hsu, Jean Shin, and Michael Namingha. Luther is also the co-founder of the Brooklyn Fine Arts Print Fair which showcases about 70 print studios, artists, and publishers from around the world, including academic print departments.

The lecture will be virtual, free, and open to all. Pre-registration is mandatory through the registration links.

The talk will be recorded and made available on our website after the event. Previous recordings of APS’s Distinguished Scholar Lectures are archived here.