Desert Triangle Print Carpeta: November 2019

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DESERT TRIANGLE PRINT CARPETA/

IMPRESS 2 EXPRESS

We predicted a Print Quake to hit Las Cruces -- and it did during the November 2019 Art Ramble -- with three print venues opening on November 1st, including a double header at the Las Cruces Museum of Art, and live printing on the streets of Las Cruces!

Flyer from the Las Cruces Museum of Art

We were especially excited to see the Las Cruces printmakers surface in this exhibition at the Las Cruces Museum of Art, in the "Impress 2 Express" wing, as they too are working inside the Desert Triangle region, but are almost unknown to their counterparts in Albuquerque, and certainly to those in Tucson.

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INDEX

OPENING

November 1st, 2019

Opening night for the "Desert Triangle Print Carpeta/Impress 2 Express" exhibition

at the Las Cruces Museum of Art

November 1st, 2019

Banner image by Rudy Flores

Thank you NORMA HARTELL (left)

Curator at the Las Cruces Museum of Art

for putting on this exhibition!

Thank you CHRIS BARDEY of the Desert Triangle,

for organizing all the Las Cruces area artists

in the "Impress 2 Express" half of the exhibition,

as well as organizing the print shows at the other two venues!

Thank you FEDERICO VILLALBA (right)

who instigated this exhibition from El Paso

GALLERY VIEWS

Check out the views of the Desert Triangle and Impress 2 Express in the Las Cruces Museum of Art.

Entering the gallery

of the Las Cruces Museum of Art

Impress 2 Express

at the Las Cruces Museum of Art

IMPRESS 2 EXPRESS ARTISTS

There were 18 different printmakers exhibiting in the Impress 2 Express wing, mostly from Las Cruces.

COLLETTE MARIE

of Impress 2 Express

JOSHUA FLORES

of Impress 2 Express

STREET PRINTING

on Opening Night

Down the street from the Las Cruces Museum of Art, Horned Toad Prints of El Paso, and Chris Bardey and crew of Las Cruces, got together and did live printing on the street during the opening night, November 1st. Besides Chris, two other Desert Triangle artists were invovled -- Manuel Guerra and Raul Monarrez.

Printing on the streets of Las Cruces

YouTube video of live printing

Laser cutting some woodblocks for printing beforehand,

at CRUCES CREATIVES

VINTAGE MERCADO

Second Venue

Main Street Vintage Mercado coffee house showed more of our prints, many of which were bought at the Southwest Print Fiesta in Silver City, just a couple of weeks before.

One of the two walls

showing prints at the Vintage Mercado coffee house

DESERT PEAK ARCHITECTS

Third Venue

The Desert Peak Architects office also showed more of our prints.

Front hallway of the Desert Peak Architect office

with some fine prints

Great print weekend,

when the curator from Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin shows up,

Rebecca Gomez,

and Diana Molina too (not shown)

Before the Las Cruces Art Ramble started,

on the first Friday of November,

we visited Rick Rotante

of Raven Studios downtown

Later Charles Townley (center) and David Sorensen (right)

acquired a few of our prints

MEANWHILE...

It was DAY OF THE DEAD in EL PASO...

The events started in the Roderick Artspace in downtown El Paso -- on Halloween when the "ARTE DE MUERTOS" exhibition opened on Halloween, and closed on the Day of the Dead on November 2nd.

ARTE DE MUERTOS Exhibition

October 31st

This exhibition was organized by Federico Villalba, and Vallarie Enríquez, and Arturo Enríquez. 10 of the Desert Triangle artists have work in this exhibition!

Flyer for the "Arte de Muertos" exhibition

in the Roderick Artspace gallery

in downtown El Paso

Painting by Manuel Guerra Sr

California printmakers respresenting

behind Mauz

YouTube video of the Arte de Muertos exhibition

at the Roderick Artspace in downtown El Paso

EL PASO MUSEUM OF ART

The Mexican Consulate had a Day of the Dead event at the El Paso Museum of Art, on October 31st.

Day of the Dead altars and displays

were set up at the El Paso Museum of Art

by the Mexican Consulate

Manuel Guerra standing by his print

currently exhibited at the El Paso Museum of Art

as part of the "60 Years of Collecting" exhibition

DESFILE DE ALEBRIJES

November 2nd

The events continued through the weekend, culminating with the "Desfile de Alebrijes," or Parade of Alebrijes, on November 2nd, 2019. The large floats were made in Mexico, by Colectivo La Ultima Hora, which also did the floats for the MEXICO CITY OPENING OF THE JAMES BOND MOVIE -- SPECTRE.

"Desfile de Alebrijes" in downtown El Paso,

on November 2nd, 2019

YouTube video of part of the Desfile de Alebrijes

FRANCISCO TOLEDO

1940 - 2019

As the great Mexican artist Francisco Toldeo recently died in September, he was prominently featured in many Day of the Dead altars.

Franciso Toldeo,

1940 - 2019

Altar at the Arte de Muertos exhibition at the Artspace in downtown El Paso,

for Francisco Toledo,

made by Francisco Delgado and his children

Altar at the El Paso Museum of Art

by the Mexican Consulate,

prominently featured Francisco Toledo

Altar for Francisco Toledo,

at the South Broadway Cultural Center

in Albuquerque, New Mexico

In August we had given a presentation in Oaxaca for another print project -- the Ambos Lados International Print Exchange -- at the IAGO, which was founded and directed by Francisco Toledo.

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SALUD!!!

It was a big weekend,

celebrated with good mezcal from Oaxaca

Desert Peak Architects (300 N Main) hosted one of the two print shows during November 2019, in conjuction with the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta/Impress 2 Express exhibition at the Las Cruces Museum of Art.

DESERT PEAK ARCHITECTS

Two of the prints (Mark Christian and Gonazlo Espinosa) were part of the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta, but juried out of the museum show. Many of the prints Krrrl bought at the Southwest Print Fiesta 2019 in Silver City. Many of the prints were by Las Cruces artists.