Southwest Print Fiesta 2017

We drove down to Silver City for the second Southwest Print Fiesta (Sept 1 - 3, 2017) to see what the desert printmakers are up to.  Last year we participated, selling Desert Triangle prints at the Southwest Print Fiesta 2016.

Steamrolling a large Mike Kimball print

Mike Kimball is from Albuquerque

The Desert Triangle Print Carpeta participated in last year's Southwest Print Fiesta 2016:

Oaxaca and Mexico City

representing at last year's 2016 Print Fiesta

in the Desert Triangle tent

Mike Kimball  at work

Mike Kimball shows off the large size of his print

Mike Kimball's mastepiece

Steamroller prints were done with 

Speedball Supergraphic black ink

which is water based --

James Bailey from the University of Montana,

inked the steamroller prints

Several Desert Triangle printmakers made steamroller prints at Chalk the Block in El Paso in 2014.  In fact, it was during that event that the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta was conceived.

Steamroller printing in El Paso

at Chalk the Block 2014

Tanline from Tucson was selling prints from their tent.  They printed 4 of the Desert Triangle prints under the name "Tucson Community Workshop."  Currently they sell prints in their Tiny Town store, on 4th Avenue in Tucson:

Tanline from Tucson

looking good in their tent

Amanda ran the Tanline tent

Rio Sangre from Las Cruces,

they were also there last year

We bought the colorful reduction print

from Alex Carmona

of Colorado

(Instagram)

We ran into Chris Bardey from Las Cruces,

who had a print in the Desert Triangle

(but not a tent at the Print Fiesta)

We also bought 2 prints from Mike Kimball,

to exhibit in Puebla, Mexico

Mike Kimball's tent

at the Southwest Print Fiesta

There was also a pop-up print show the previous day, at the FireCloud Trader's gallery (soon to be "Light Artspace):

Site of pop-up print show

Diane Ingalls

"Three Faces of Eve"

(Silver City)

Diane Ingalls

"Honey Glitters"

(Silver City)

The prints were hung with "Good Hangups" magnetic/sticker print hanging system:

GoodHangups system

allows one to hang prints

with stickers and magnets

Horned Toad Prints Rises Again

Organized by Manuel Guerra, the second El Paso print exchange --  Horned Toad Print Exchange II 2017-- is now finished, and being framed at Sarnoffs for upcoming exhibitions (old call for printmakers).

Catalog for the Horned Toad Print Exchange II

is available on Amazon

The first Horned Toad Print Exchange lead to the big Desert Triangle Print Carpeta project.  It inspired the YayBig Print Exchange from Tucson (organized by Joe Marshall).  Then both print exchanges were framed and exhibited together at Chalk the Block 2014 in El Paso.   

Answering the momentum from both prints exchanges, the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta was conceived at Chalk the Block, in October 2014.

The first Horned Toad Print Exchange

and the YayBig Print Exchange

exhibited together in El Paso,

Chalk the Block 2014

Horned Toad Print Exchanges

Every printmaker sent in an edition of ten prints, 8 x 10 inches, to Horned Toad Prints in El Paso.  Later they received a package of 8 different prints, from the other printmakers.  Participants did not receive all the prints, as 53 printmakers total participated.

The Horned Toad Print Exchange arrives in Oaxaca --

6 printmakers from Oaxaca participated

The excitement of receiving one's packet of prints

from the Horned Toad Print Exchange

VIDEO on Instagram

PRINTS

A - F

G -- P

R -- W

53 printmakers, from 3 continents, participated:

Printmakers from 5 countries participated

EXHIBITIONS

2017

• Oaxaca -- Oaxaca, Espacio Centro -- opening October 27, 2017

2018

• El Paso -- La Galeria de la Mision de Senecu -- March 5 - April 10
• Monterrey, Mexico -- Taller La Catrina -- April 12 opening
• El Paso -- Cafe Tolteca -- April, May
• Yuma, Arizona -- San Luis Learning Center / Arizona Western College -- August - September
• Silver City, New Mexico -- 2018 Southwest Print Fiesta -- October 

2019

• El Paso -- Galeria Cinco Puntos -- January

Labeling:

• Labels pdf
• Labels (original Avery file)
• Thumbnails with names

From Behind the Wall -- Mexican Prints in Albuquerque

From Behind the Wall -- 

Prints by Contemporary Mexican Maestros

We had a great opening last Friday, for the Mexican print exhibition at Remarque in Albuquerque (August 4th, 2017).

The exhibition runs through August 26th, open Friday and Saturdays, from 10 - 6 PM, and by appointment.

CLICK HERE

to see all the prints in the exhibition

One of the huge windfalls of the Desert Triangle project was that we started working with, and relating to, the huge printmaking talent below the border. Almost half of our prints for the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta were produced in Mexico.  Moreover, we have shown the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta in Mexico City, Oaxaca and Puebla.  And if we are lucky, that relationship between our artists, and the Mexican artists, will continue.

We are really proud to show some of the Mexican prints we collected since putting together the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta. 

I believe that artists in the US border states need to look south for inspiration, perhaps before looking west to LA and San Francisco, or east to New York.

During the middle of the opening, we also unpacked 3 Mexican carpetas (portfolios) for show:

• Oaxaca Collective (Carpeta Nacional de Estampa en Mexico)

• Carpeta: Gráfica Transfronteriza

• Student carpeta from the Taller de Artes Plasticas Rufiano Tamayo, in Oaxaca

Inspecting the Oaxaca Carpeta Nacional

From Instagram

From Instagram

Gallery hosts

Ren Adams and Matthew Barrett

We used "Poster Hangers by Jørgen Møller"

to hang the unframed prints

Jessica Krichels, one of the owners of Remarque Print Workshop, brought back 2 prints by Mexican women printmakers, from the studio of El Pinche Grabador in Guanajuato, especially for this exhibition:

Jainite Silvestre

"Guardinia Nocturna"
Mezzotint

Nayelli Ceballos Gerente

"Protector de la Cosecha"

Relief print

We agree with Glasstire, that if you are an art lover -- You Should Go to Mexico.  It's very accessible to the US border states.

In the adjacent gallery at Remarque, was a painting show by Michelle Sharp:

Paintings by Michelle Sharp

Michelle Sharp

(in black dress towards right)

Also our friend John Paul Gutierrez had an opening down the street, at Stranger Factory that night:

John Paul Gutierrez

at Stranger Factory

And the New Mexico Art League is also showing prints in Albuquerque -- Limited Edition (July 18 - August 19, 2017).  Review of the exhibition in the Albuquerque Journal by Wesley Pollka (August 6, 2017).

This dry point by Dennis Liberty was featured in the exhibition:

Dennis Liberty

"Spiritus, Mundi, La Bajada"

Dry point

Contemporary Mexican Maestros Print Exhibition in Albuquerque

From Behind the Wall  --

Prints from Contemporary Mexican Maestros

We will be showing the Mexican prints we have collected in the last 3 years at Remarque/New Grounds Print Workshop in Albuquerque  -- 3812 East Central (near Carlisle).

• Opening on First Friday, August 4th, 2017, from 5 - 8 pm.

This exhibition runs until the 26th of August. Gallery hours -- Friday and Saturday, 10 am  - 6 pm, and by appointment.

Our Mexican prints 

showing with Michelle Sharp

ALL THE PRINTS SHOWN AT THIS LINK

Facebook Event Page

Our event is announced on Instagram

on the Remarqueprintworkshop account

Hanging the exhibition at 

Remarque Print Workshop

Since the beginning, we have been facing south, feeling the pull and influence of Mexican prints.  Almost half the prints from the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta were made in Mexico -- at Taller 75 Grados, Taller Grafica Libre, and La Ceiba Grafica.

All along we have been collecting from young Mexican printmakers -- there is an explosion of activity from Mexican printmakers under 40 years old.

So it gives us great pleasure to show contemporary prints from mostly young Mexican masters.  Though we did show a few Mexican prints with Southwestern works last April in Albuquerque, this exhibition is dedicated entirely to

Moreover, we have shown our prints in Puebla, Oaxaca, and Mexico City, to an enthusiastic response.

It would be great to see more contemporary Mexican prints in the United States in the future, and perhaps we will enjoy the privilege of showing some of our prints down there as well.

Francisco Delgado of El Paso, just finished making some editions at Taller Grafica Libre in Oaxaca.

Francisco and the print grind in Oaxaca

Sharing the experience on Instragram

Printmaking pleasure in Oaxaca

OTHER EXHIBITIONS

John Paul Gutierrez

in Albuquerque

Also opening the same night, just down the street at Stranger Factory, is a show featuring our friend John Paul Gutierrez (whose print and sculpture was in our Albuquerque show last April).  His recent work  -- The Succulent Gardener -- opens from 6- 9 pm, Friday, August 4, and runs through August 27th.   

The Stranger Factory is in Nob Hill, 3411 Central Avenue NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

John Paul Gutierrez

at the Stranger Factory

Paradox Art Bus
in El Paso

Laura Turon will be introducing her traveling art bus -- Paradox -- at the El Paso Museum of Art during the Last Thursdays artwalk, July 27th.  Her artwork is also being printed live at the Art en Vivo event by Proper Printshop that night.

Paradox Traveling Art Bus

unveiled in El Paso,

Thursday, July 27th

Laura Turon explains

her Paradox Travling Art Bus

Interview on Laura Turon's

Paradox Traveling Art Bus

on KTEP

I think mobile art galleries are perfect for showing prints!  Here are some other mobile art galleries.

Also showing prints on Last Thursday in El Paso:

• Christin Apodaca at Dream Catcher  - Wish You Weren't Here
• Marcos Sanchez at Neon Rose (formerly Boom Town)