Support for this program is provided by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council through the CreateNYC Language Access Fund, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
The Drawing Center's Education and Community Programs are made possible by the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. Major support is provided by the Evelyn Toll Family Foundation and the LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation. Additional support is provided by the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, and the Claire and Theodore Morse Foundation.
ASL DrawNow! Ceija Stojka: Making Visible (online)
Ceija Stojka, Untitled (Ravensbrück, Bergen-Belsen, Auschwitz, Dachau, Mauthausen), 22.01.2006. Acrylic on cardboard, 25 5/8 x 19 5/8 inches (65 x 50 cm). Private collection, courtesy of Galerie Christophe Gaillard. Photo: © Rebecca Fanuele, image courtesy of Galerie Christophe Gaillard © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Bildrecht, Vienna
Join us on Thursday, May 14, for an online drawing workshop presented in American Sign Language (ASL) and inspired by Ceija Stojka: Making Visible, featuring the work of Roma artist, activist, writer, lyricist, and singer Ceija Stojka (1933-2013).
Comprising more than sixty artworks, as well as a selection of sketchbooks, archival material, and documentary films made during Stojka’s lifetime, Making Visible explores the fullness of Stojka’s production as a visual artist, centered in her Roma life and heritage. Spurred by the resurgence of extreme right nationalism in Austria and abroad, and by her experiences as a Holocaust survivor, Stojka created works of profound beauty and horror that resonate today in strikingly contemporary terms
Please note this online workshop, hosted by teaching artists Nic Annette Miller and Joyce Hom, will be in ASL with no voice interpretation. It is free and open to the signing community.