Day of the Dead Albuquerque

Lots of printmakers converged at the Day of the Dead event in Albuquerque at the South Broadway Cultural Center on Saturday, October 28, 2017.  Perhaps this foreshadows something yet to come.

Henry Morales 

shows off the progress of his new block print

at his print table

El Moises 

designed this year's event poster

Printmaker Julianna Kirwin

admires Henry Morale's print selection

Printmaker Anastasia Andersen

was also selling prints

Printmaker Jon "Jonito" Sanchez

Printmaker Jeremy Montoya

Jon "Jonito" Sanchez

posted this collage on Instagram

(note Augustine Romero, curator at the South Broadway Cultural Center,

in the second window, between Jon and Jeremy)

Artist Juliana Coles

poses in front of Henry Morale's print (below),

and should soon translate her work

into prints

Desert Triangle printmakers --

Federico Villalba and Zeke Peña

showed up from El Paso

(Federico's b/w photo hanging between them)

Great Reception!

Brandon Maldonado's painting

"El Mojado"

Chris CJ Vasquez's painting

"Zia Girl"

Greg Tucker's sculpture

"Dia de los Muertos Air Force"

The Mexican Consulate in Albuquerque

put up an altar

dedicated to the victim's of the

earthquakes in Mexico in 2017

An altar under the hood

UPDATE (Nov 5, 2017):

Henry Morales did live printing at the Los Muertos y Marigold Parade in Albuquerque's South Valley:

Henry Morales

getting two guys from Scribendi

(the literature and arts magazine at UNM)

to do live printing

OTHER ART SHOWS in ALBUQUERQUE

 It was a busy weekend with other good art shows in Albuquerque:

The Tortuga Gallery showed work from Joshua Franco, Derrick Montez, Santiago Perez, billing the show as Los Tres Fantasticos.

Los Tres Fantasticos!

Also Monty Singer, Brian Gonzales, Vera Neel and Lubov Udalova filled up Art Gallery 606 on Broadway -- with a show called "Four Corners" during the month of October, closing on Oct 28th.

"Four Corners" art show

at Gallery 606

in Albuquerque

Horned Toad Print Exchange II in Oaxaca

The Horned Toad Print Exchange II showed in Oaxaca at Espacio Centro, opening October 27th, 2017.

Oaxaca for printmakers, is like Paris for painters in the 1800s.

Flyer for the Horned Toad Print Exchange II

exhibition in Oaxaca

Manuel Guerra, the organizer of this print exchange, flew down to Oaxaca for the opening.

Adrian Aguirre (l)

and Manuel Guerra (r)

at the opening

Nidia Rosales Moreno (l), director of the Espacio Centro Gallery,

and the Oaxaca printmakers in the Horned Toad Print Exchange II,

with Manuel Guerra

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Also posted on Instagram

Maximilian Thiel painted the current mural next to the Espacio Centro in Oaxaca:

Maximilian Thiel

painting the mural next to Espacio Centro

Interview with Maximilian Thiel.

Toru Sugita gave a talk during his exhibition earlier this year at Espacio Centro in Oaxaca.

Toru at Espacio Centro in Oaxaca

More Contemporary Mexican Printmakers

Artemio Rodriguez comes to El Paso, and Sergio Sanchez Santamaria comes to Santa Fe.

UPDATE: Artemio has a Kickstarter up until March 10, 2018, to fund a trip of the Graficomovil to it's final destination, Pátzcuaro.

Kickstarter for Graficomovil cultural trip

ARTEMIO RODRIGUEZ

Artemio Rodriguez brought his print mobile -- Graficomovil -- to El Paso on October 20 - 21, 2017.

Fusion Magazine

presents Artemio Rodriguez

in El Paso

The print mobile 

in front of Hoppy Monk

Friday night in El Paso

Artemio Rodriguez

famous Mexican printmaker

Many of the Desert Triangle artists came out to admire the print mobile:

Ramon, half of Los Dos

Manuel Guerra

and Federico Villalba

Zeke Peña
(coming to Working Classroom in ABQ)

Raul Monarrez

UPDATE (Nov 6, 2017):

Taller 75 Grados in Mexico City, did a serigraph art print of Artemio's Graficomovil:

Instagram video

of the silk screening

an art piece featuring the Graficomovil

SERGIO SANCHEZ SANTAMARIA

Sergio Sanchez Santamaria had an opening for his exhibit at the New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe, on October 21st, 2017-- 1 - 4 pm.

Sergio Sanchez Santamaria

on the cover of the Pasatiempo magazine

Sergio was the master printer at Taller Grafica Popular in Mexico City for 17 years.

Sergio Sanchez Santiago

showing off one of his powerful prints

We bought this print by Sergio Santamari,

which was produced in Santa Fe

at the Palace Print Shop

in the Palace of the Governors

(the oldest building in the US)

We also bought his book

Previously (Oct 15) Sergio Santamaria was at Margolis and Moss for an open house in Santa Fe.

There is also a "Taller de Grafica Popular" Mexican print exhibit in the same building, the New Mexico Museum of History in Santa Fe -- Oct 6, 2017 -  Feb 18, 2018.

(Print by Andrea Gomez)

Mexican Print exhibit --

"A Mexican Mirror - Prints from the Taller de Grafica Popular"

curated by Jean Moss and Tom Leech

One can visit the Palace Print Shop with the admission for the New Mexico Museum of History.  Inside there is a reconstruction of the studio of Gustave Baumann.

Reconstruction of the Gustave Baumann's print studio