The Los Angeles Printmaking Society (LAPS) and the Artists Proof Studio (APS) in Johannesburg, South Africa, present At The Threshold, a collaborative print exchange between 12 South African artists and 12 U.S. artists. This visual dialog explores the uncertainty of being ‘at the threshold’ in the year 2024, as both South Africa and the United States held democratic elections ushering in new administrations in both countries.

Democracy is precarious. Against a backdrop of tenuous political leadership, persistent wars and the prevailing trauma of a global pandemic, our sense of democratic freedom and social justice has been challenged.

This exhibition is simultaneously an expression of being in a place of hope and a place of uncertainty. To foster a profound cross-cultural connection through the power of art, the artists were selected to engage in conversations, exchange ideas, and enrich their understanding of what democracy and freedom looks like from opposite sides of the globe.