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Steven Rose

Steven Rose is an artist and foundation leader living and working in Queens, NY. He first met Emily Mason while attending Hunter College in the early 2000s and worked as her studio manager for over a decade, up until her passing in 2019.

While he never sat in her class, Rose credits Mason’s wisdom, generosity, and ever present long-view of art history for his development as an artist and advocate for the arts.

Rose loves to talk about Emily Mason’s mastery of the print, including this group of B&W water-based monotype prints from 2016.

Image of a man standing in the open doorway of a large brown barn, wearing a blue jumpsuit.
A work on paper using black ink; in the middle of the composition is a single line surrounded with transparent, blotted ink.
Emily Mason, “Untitled,” 2016, water-based monotype and surface roll on paper © 2025 Emily Mason | Alice Trumbull Mason Foundation/ARS.
A work on paper using black ink; a light, square wash of ink is created in the center of the composition.
Emily Mason, “Untitled,” 2016, water-based monotype and surface roll on paper © 2025 Emily Mason | Alice Trumbull Mason Foundation/ARS.
A work on paper using black ink; a dark, square, gestural wash of ink is created in the center of the composition.
Emily Mason, “Untitled,” 2016, water-based monotype and surface roll on paper © 2025 Emily Mason | Alice Trumbull Mason Foundation/ARS.