Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Ambos Lados Print Tsunami -- International Print Exchange

The Ambos Lados International Print Exchange is underway, as 50 print editions have already come in before Thanksgiving -- and more than 50 print editions are expected before the extended final deadline of December 15th, 2018.  Many of the Desert Triangle artists are participating. The print tsunami has begun, with our next big print project!



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AMBOS LADOS means BOTH SIDES
(referring to the border)


The Ambos Lados International Print Exchange is being run from both sides of the border -- by Manuel Guerra of the "Horned Toad Prints" studio in El Paso, and by "Taller Grafica Libre" in Zaachila, Oaxaca, run by Adrian Aguirre and Beatriz Rivas.

This print exchange asked for an edition of 12 prints, on 8 x 8 inch paper.  Most participants are from the US and Mexico, though editions from Australia, Canada, Ireland and Cuba have been delivered.


Takach Press in Albuquerque, 
cutting 8 x8 inch paper for this print exchange


It all started after exhibiting the Horned Toad II Print Exchange last year (2017) in Oaxaca and Monterrey, Mexico.  Many artists in Oaxaca participated in that print exchange, and were anxious to do something bigger.  That was met by enthusiasm from the US side of the border, and thus this international print exchange was born.


HORNED TOAD II PRINT EXCHANGE
EXHIBITION IN OAXACA 2017



AMBOS LADOS BEGINS!

Oaxaca

Manuel Guerra of  El Paso, went down to work with the young master printmakers of Taller Grafica Libre of Zaachila, Oaxaca  -- Adrian Aguirre and Beatriz Rivas -- in the summer of 2018.








There are many small print studios in Oaxaca that are participating in the Ambos Lados International Print Exchange:





MONTERREY

many artists from this Monterrey studio are participating


URUAPAN, 
MICHOACAN



PUEBLA



GUADALAJARA




EL PASO





SANTA FE







ALBUQUERQUE





TUCSON



CUBA







INSTAGRAM
of participants


Many printmakers have Instagram accounts with pictures of their work:







#ambosladosinternationalprintexchange -- our hashtag mysteriously appeared on Instagram.






Monday, October 15, 2018

Highlights of the Desert Triangle Adventure


The Desert Triangle Print Carpeta has had a pretty exciting ride. These are some of the highlights (but not all) of the adventure so far, including print projects that are related to the Desert Triangle somehow, in no particular order:



The Desert Triangle Print Carpeta is part of the following collections:


TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART




BETO O'ROURKE




EL PASO MUSEUM OF ART






AUGMENT EL PASO 




DRIVE BY PRESS 
SKATEBOARD PRINTING




REOPENING OF SAN JACINTO PLAZA
DOWNTOWN EL PASO




AUSTIN




MEXIC-ARTE MURAL



The mural on social media:


MODERN ART BLITZ

Pavel Acevedo's Desert Triangle print
was featured in his Los Angles interview



TALLER 75 GRADOS POP-UP



CHA!

owned by Cha!, a famous Mexican rock star
from the bands Fobia and Moderatto,
during the month of November 2015



LA CEIBA GRÁFICA
VERACRUZ





CHICAGO



HOUSTON





SGCI PORTLAND



PÁTZCUARO






PRINTS BY SOUTHWEST
ALBUQUERQUE



POSTRE PRINTS
EL PASO





PUEBLA



ARTE EN VIVO

Proper Printshop 
pulled serigraphs of 52 local artists
at live events in El Paso in 2016  --


RIVERSIDE

June and August, 2017 --



FLATBED PRESS



HAVANA

we visited the printmakers in Havana, Cuba --
specifically Octavio Irving and Orlando Almanza,
who then both submitted print editions to our


CHALK THE BLOCK
EL PASO








CIUDAD JUAREZ 



HI-FRUCTOSE AD



KTEP INTERVIEW

interviewed us about the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta
on January 23, 2016 -- pictured are also


FUSION MAGAZINE

of El Paso, Marfa, and Chihuahua City,


CONTROVERSY





OAXACA 



TALLER GRÁFICA LIBRE
ZAACHILLA




CATALOG









AMBOS LADOS 
INTERNATIONAL PRINT EXCHANGE




Maestro Arturo Negrete of Taller 75 Grados ,
(which he printed in Mexico City)