{"id":209,"date":"2025-03-04T18:57:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T18:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/99th\/?page_id=209"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:34:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:34:40","slug":"smith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100th\/smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lo Smith<br><em>Semifinalist<\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bombmagazine.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/bombmagazine.org\/\"><em>BOMB<\/em> Magazine<\/a> Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"pgc-sgb-cb wp-block-pgcsimplygalleryblock-justified \" data-gallery-id=\"baa50443\"><div class=\"sgb-preloader\" id=\"pr_baa50443\">\n\t<div class=\"sgb-square\" style=\"background:#d4d4d4\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"sgb-square\" style=\"background:#d4d4d4\"><\/div>\n\t<div 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Brooklyn, NY) has a BA in Fine Art and Public Health from Brown University, Providence, RI. Smith\u2019s work has been shown at Norman Schafer Gallery, &nbsp;Brooklyn, NY; Cleveland Institute for Art and Morgan Conservatory, both Cleveland, and Riffe Gallery, Columbus, all OH; Medici Gallery, Lincoln, NE and the Stonewall Inn, New York, NY. Smith\u2019s curatorial work has been presented at\/published by the Cleveland Museum of Art and The Sculpture Center, both Cleveland, OH; New York University, NY; and Southern Graphics Conference International. Smith is an MFA candidate at Pratt Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Statement from the Artist:<\/strong><br>Smith is interested in reproductive justice, revisionist history, Black joy and the democratic possibilities of print. 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