January 26 – May 27, 2018 (Closed February 12 – March 31)
We had a fantastic opening night for our exhibition at Mexic-Arte in downtown Austin, Texas -- Friday, January 26th, 2018. AUSTINTACIOUS!
Entering Mexic-Arte,
photography exhibition up front,
DESERT TRIANGLE ARTISTS
Mexic-Arte director Sylvia Orozco,
with Francisco Delgado of El Paso,
standing next to Francisco's print
(made in Oaxaca)
Henry Morales of Albuquerque
Los Dos of El Paso
(Christian and Ramon Cardenas)
from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Arturo Negrete,
director of Taller 75 Grados in Mexico Citt,
with artist Salvador Colon of Mexico City
Tanya Rich of Tucson
David Figueroa of Augment El Paso,
and Valeria Venecia
Interns from South Korea,
Minhee Kim and Garyeong Kim
Augmented Reality tablets,
self-charging --
made by Fab Lab El Paso
Jonathan Rebolloso honored us
by coming to the opening,
he was a master printer with Sam Coronado,
at the Serie Project
El Federico (Achuelta) also came to the opening;
he helped us get the exhibition at Mexic-Arte.
Thank you El Federico!
Harvey Mireles (left)
of La Printeria,
came from San Antonio
Rebecca Gomez,
Curator of Exhibitions and Programs at Mexic-Arte,
and her husband.
Rebecca was a real pleasure to work with,
as she coordinated our exhibition
Director Sylvia Orozoco,
introduced all the artists,
both from the photography exhibit up front,
and those that came from our Desert Triangle exhibit in the back
Very high class opening! Wow.
Dulce Vida Tequila was one of the sponsors
International visitors
in front of one of the photography exhibits
One of Francisco Delgado's former students
came to the opening.
Yay!
Francisco Delgado sold prints at the opening
brought some of his family up from San Antonio
Wanna buy a print?
Los grandes
in discussion
Jellyfish Collective from Ciudad Juarez,
El Federico, originally from El Paso
Serigraphs from Taller 75 Grados
Mexic-Arte
made buttons for our exhibition
A visitor commenting on our prints said that "there was something for everyone" in our collection, which I took as a great compliment.
We sold prints by Ruben Urea Moreno, Rudy Flores, Jellyfish, Los Dos, Tanya Rich, Matthew Poe, Francisco Delgado, and the next day, we sold a print by Martin Quintanilla. We are trying to get a print by Jesus "Cimi" Alvarado to sell as well.
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