"Continuum" is the first portfolio of prints issued by Black Women of Print. Founded by Tanekeya Word in 2018, Black Women of Print is a "homeplace for Black women printmakers," with the objective to promote "the visibility of Black women printmakers, via accessible educational outreach, to create an equitable future within the discipline of printmaking." Building on printmaking’s long history of creative collaboration, Black Women of Print seeks to rewrite the history of American printmaking by shedding light on the systemic exclusion of the histories and narratives of Black women artists and printmakers. It also seeks to create a generative space of community for Black women printmakers working today through the support of printmaking, a digital platform, public programs, professional development, mentorship, and more. "Continuum" was "curated" by Tanekeya Word, with each of the seven artists chosen to participate – Delita Martin, Jennifer Mack-Watkins, LaToya M. Hobbs, Tanekeya Word, Stephanie Santana, Leslie DuiGuid, and Angela Pilgrim – selecting a visual element of an earlier Black woman printmaker’s work to re-envision through their own style and practice. The resulting portfolio is a powerful offering to the print field today: fundamentally, a testament and homage to prodigious artists of a prior generation – Elizabeth Catlett, Betye Saar, Alison Saar, Margaret T. G. Burroughs, Belkis Ayon, Wanda Ewing, and Emma Amos – by artists determined not just to follow in their lineage but to also bring to the foreground and open up their own voices and achievements as broadly as possible.　　　

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