Post-Momentum

Desert Triangle artists surface in new shows while the exhibit is still up at the El Paso Museum of Art.

Jellyfish and Los Dos

participated in the JRZ Music Fest

of Jazz in Ciudad Juarez

Jellyfish and Los Dos participated in the JRZ jazz festival in Ciudad Juarez.  Pavel Acevedo participated in 2 shows in Los Angeles.  Joe Marshall was featured in a two page spread in the May 2016 issue of Zocalo Magazine.  Krrrl's print collaboration with Skinpop of Mexico City was printed by Taller 75 Grados.   Zeke Pena participated in an exhibition at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque.  Tanya Rich showed her print at  the Art Undressed exhibition at The Drawing Studio in Tucson.  Francisco Delgado and Jesus "Cimi" Alvarado supported Gaspar Enriquez with paintings for a auction to support scholarships. This is just what I know about, since I am certain that other Desert Triangle artists are making an impact in other exhibitions this month.  And Cynthia Evans did another print demo at the El Paso Museum of Art's Spark Saturday.

Pavel Acevedo
Self Help Graphics

Pavel Acevedo showed a print
at Self Help Graphics in East LA
for the 43 Ayotzinapa exhibition,
opening May 12th

Pavel Acevedo and Marietta Bernstorff of SPARC LA

(Marietta introduced us to the Oaxaquen printmakers, 

which was inspiring enough to help launch

the Desert Triangle project)

Pavel's print

Kites with images of the 43 "disappeared" students from Ayotzinapa,

made in the workshop of the famous Oaxaquen artist Francisco Toledo  --

the opening night included talks by artists, organizers,

activists and members of the Black Panthers

Directors of Self Help Graphics in Los Angeles

Joel Garcia and Betty Avila,

introduce other artists

Legacy Self Help artists 

including Wayne Healy, Leo Limon, and Roberto L Delgado,

pose for a group picture during the opening

LA printmaker Daniel Gonzalez

gave out printed sheets

showing the support of various US cities

with Ayotzinapa

I also met the artists Ricardo Estrada, Rosalie Lopez and Jane Madson McCabe at the opening.

 Mural in the parking lot of Self Help Graphics

The Self-Help opening corresponded with the 2nd Thursdays Artwalk in downtown LA.

A young artist paints on the streets of downtown LA

in anticipation of the Artwalk later than evening

I also visited Gemini G.E.L. printmaking studios in Los Angeles, which did prints for Ralph Rauschenberg and many other famous artists:

Gemini G.E.L. printmaking studios

--  Avenue 50 Studio  --

Pavel Acevedo also filled one of the rooms of Avenue 50 Studio, for their exhibition, opening on the night of May 14th.

Gallery director Kathy Gallegos

poses with Pavel

during the opening at Avenue 50 Studio

The two small prints on the end

were produced recently 

when Pavel was in El Paso

Pavel standing in front of his print

for the Desert Triangle

I also met the printmaker Matt Thomason at the opening.

Pavel interview on Modern Art Blitz

with Mat Gleason 

of Coagula Curatorial

Pavel interview on Modern Art Blitz --

(he talks about the Desert Carpeta at 9:48)

Another Pavel interview 

on KUCR radio, 

of the University of California at Riverside

For flavor:

Kent Twitchel's huge "Bride and Groom" mural

in downtown LA

I also checked out the new Broad museum of contemporary art while in downtown LA.

Robert Therrien

"Under the Table"

at the Broad museum

Joe Marshall

 Joe Marshall had a two page spread in the May 2016 issue of the  Zocalo magazine of Tucson:

May 2016 issue of the Zocalo magazine of Tucson

(pages 24 and 25)

Krrrl

Krrrl commissioned Skinpop of Mexico City, to interpret one of his drawings.  This was then recently made into a serigraph at Taller 75 Grados of Mexico City.

Collaboration

of Krrrl and Skinpop

Video of the collaboration printing

Zeke Peña

Zeke Peña participated in the House on Mango Street exhibition at the Hispanic National Cultural Center in Albuquerque, opening on April 29th.

Exhibition at the 

National Hispanic Cultural Center

in Albuquerque

Zeke's piece

at the National Hispanic Cultural Center

Tanya Rich

Tanya Rich submitted her print to the "Art Undressed" exhibition at The Drawing Studio in Tucson, running April 16th - May 7th.

Tanya Rich's print in the "Art Undressed" exhibition

Mano Sotelo did a beautiful portrait of Tanya Rich.

Francisco Delgado

Jesus "Cimi" Alvarado

Francisco Delgado and Jesus "Cimi" Alvarado were once students of artist Gaspar Enriquez -- the Segundo Barrio Person of the Year 2016.  They were 2 of 6 ex-students, who were asked to do a painting for auction, to raise money for a Gaspar Enriquez scholarship.

Francisco Delgado's painting

Jesus "Cimi" Alvardo's painting

Francisco Degaldo is also in the Grafica Transfronteriza carpeta, showing in Oaxaca during June.

Gonzalo Espinosa 

Gonzalo Espinosa finished a big tile ceramics project,for El Centro de la Raza in Seattle.

Gonzalo relaxes (finally) inside of one of his huge ceramic arches,

which he created for Seattle,

at the Sculpture Resource Center in Tucson

Mykl Wells

Mykl Wells is gearing up to go back to Cartasia, Italy, this summer to do another big cardboard art sculpture, like he did last year.  

Mykl Wells cardboard sculpture in Italy,

from last year

Los Dos

Los Dos interview in the ReMezcla website.  They also did an Art en Vivo print at Proper Printshop in El Paso on June 30th:

Yorch

Yorch  (Jorge Perez) finished his bus sculpture in Juarez, with buses buried into the ground.

The mock up

But still needs funds to finish up.

Rudy Flores

Rudy Flores 3D scanned and 3D printed several Tucson characters -- the Army Man Project -- as an art project, which was covered by Arizona Public Media of NPR.

Arizona Public Media of NPR story

Michael Contreras

Michael Contreras had another print show at the Contreras Gallery in Tucson, in July:

Print by Michael Contreras

Spark Saturday at the El Paso Museum of Art

Meanwhile, back in El Paso, Cynthia Evans and Alexis Ruiz gave a second Spark Saturday print demonstration at the El Paso Museum of Art, on May 14th.  Cynthia came out with us to Houston last month, to do a steam roller print:

Cynthia Evans

Alexis Ruiz

Also many of the Desert Triangle artists participated in the YayBig Print Exchange.  That print exchange is now showing near Yuma, Arizona.