Taller La Catrina -- Monterrey, Mexico

The Horned Toad Print Exchange II is showing in Monterrey, Mexico, at Taller La Catrina -- on Thursday, April 12th, 2018 at 8 PM.  We will give a little talk before the inauguration, at 7:30 PM.

MONTERREY, NUEVO LEON

The 3rd largest metropolitan area in Mexico

Angelica Bracho

runs Taller La Catrina in Monterrey

Taller La Catrina is in the center of Monterrey, Mexico -- in the Barrio de la Luz.

Video announcement on Instagram

Announcement on Facebook

of the Horned Toad Print Exchange II show

in Monterrey, Mexico

The studio/gallery is located in downtown Monterrey -- at MM del Llano 1008 -- in the Barrio de la Luz.

Barrio La Luz:  El sector se limita por las avenidas Madero al norte, de Félix U. Gómez al oriente, de la calle Washington al sur y de la avenida Juan Zuazua al poniente.

Taller La Catrina is located at

MM Llano 1008

Taller La Catrina is close to Plaza la Luz:

Plaza La Luz on Google Maps

Hanging the show

We used strong magnets to hang the prints

(from Home Depot in the USA)

and double sided tape --

first we taped a magnet to the wall,

then hung the print with a second magnet

The hanging team --

Ricky, Charley, Angelica, Pato

Afterwards we relaxed with some other artists

 Opening Night

Photos of the opening

 posted on Instagram

Beti Rivas' parents

brought fine mezcal to the opening

(Beti from Zaachila, Oaxaca, 

sent the prints up to Monterrey)

Nothing like fine artisanal mezcal

for a print opening!!!

We had a good showing for the opening

Refreshments and more mezcal

Beo Hake

showing off the print we bought

Monterrey Murals

Monterrey at sunset

I left my brain

in Monterrey

New Mexico Prints

In addition to the print exchange, we are bringing a few intaglio prints from New Mexico to show at the opening:

Prints from the Santa Fe Etching Club (established 1981):

Leslie Harris

Eli Levin

John Reger

Eric Thomson

And one intaglio print from Remarque Print Workshop and Gallery, in Albuquerque:

Mary Sundstrom

Monterrey Prints

We brought back some prints from Monterrey artists  (see them all at this link):

We bought this print in Monterrey,

and many more

Previously this Horned Toad Print Exchange II was shown in Oaxaca (October, 2017) and in El Paso (March, 2018).

To continue this international print momentum, Horned Toad Prints of El Paso, and Taller Grafica Libre of Oaxaca, will co-sponsor a new print exchange -- "Ambos Lado International Print Exchange."

OTHER OPENINGS

Also on April 12th, Espacio Centro in Oaxaca had an opening celebrating their 3 years in existence.

Opening at Espacio Centro in Oaxaca on April 12th,

celebrating 3 years in existence

And Pain Sugar Gallery in Riverside, California, had an opening for Mazatl and Killjoy.  The Desert Triangle will be shown there next, opening June 7th.

Mazalt and Killjoy opening, April 12th

at Pain Sugar Gallery in Riverside