Ambos Lados International Print Exchange: October 2019

Monday, October 21, 2019

Albuquerque Stirrings (and Cuba)

Ambos Lados printmakers are busy in Albuquerque, New Mexico (where your blogger lives).

Henry Morales set up his press at the mall, Jessica Weybright had a print opening at Remarque Print Workshop, Julianna Kirwin gave a print workshop in Mountainair, New Mexico -- and we found a Cuban printmaker visiting Santa Fe, Dairen Fernandez (though he is not one of the Cuban printmakers in Ambos Lados).

HENRY MORALES

AT CORONADO MALL

Henry Morales set his press up at Coronado Mall, in the shop "Something Different," and does live printing there, as well as sells his woodblock prints.

Henry Morales printing at Coronado Mall in Albuquerque

Coronado Mall

in front of the Sandia Mountains in Albuquerque

Henry in front of the "Something Different" store

Henry inside the "Something Different" store

Henry's print on the left celebrates Albuquerque,

with a skull, balloons (of the Balloon Fiesta),

behind a watermelon (referring to the Sandia Mountains)

Henry Morales is also selling his prints on Etsy -- under the name "WoodcutsbyHenry"

JESSICA WEYBRIGHT

OPENING AT REMARQUE PRINT WORKSHOP

Jessica Weybright is showing at Remarque Print Workshop in Albuquerque in October. She is one of the 4 owners of Remarque Print Workshop, which has pictures of her prints on their website.

Jessica Weybright at opening, on Friday, October 4th, 2019

Opening October 4th, 2019

JULIANNA KIRWIN

WORKSHOP IN MOUNTAINAIR

Juliana Kirwin gave a print workshop in Mountainair, New Mexico, while we were showing Ambos Lados in Silver City.

Juliana Kirwin's workshop

showing off their prints

CUBA

DAIREN FERNANDEZ

We bought a print from Dairen Fernandez of Cuba, as he was in Santa Fe for the Clandestina event (Cuba's first independent fashion label) at the International Folk Art Market.

We bought this print from Dairen Fernandez of Havana

Dairen Fernandez is not in Ambos Lados, but he did participate with Octavio Irving (who is in Ambos Lados), and 3 other Cubans, in the LA Havana portfolio. The Cuban artists made their prints at Self Help Graphics in LA, and the US artists made their prints in the Taller Experimental de Grafica in Havana. Stuart Ashman (current director of IFAM in Santa Fe) was instrumental in putting together this portfolio.

Octavio Irving of Havana (and Ambos Lados),

participated in the LA Havana portfolio

LARGE PRINT PORTFOLIOS

During the same time they were creating

the LA Havana portfolio,

we were creating the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta,

our previous print project

CLANDESTINA

Clandetina is Cuba's first independent fashion label, and they silk screened t-shirts at the International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe, October 18 -20, 2019.

Gabriel Lara and Jonathan Ruvira

screening shirts

John Tollett holding up his t-shirt,

freshly screened by Clandestina

Monday, October 14, 2019

SUMMARY -- Southwest Print Fiesta 2019

We had a great Ambos Lados opening in Silver City on Friday, October 11th, 2019, kicking off the 4th Annual Southwest Print Fiesta. We were one of three exhibitions at the Light Art Space.

* "AMBOS LADOS INTERNATIONAL PRINT EXCHANGE" *

* "OBSESSIONS: Juried Exhibition of Hand Pulled Prints" *

* "PULL: 5 Female Printmakers." *

Valpuri Remling, master printer at Tamarind Institute, was the guest visiting artist this year at the Southwest Print Fiesta.

AMBOS LADOS OPENING

At the Light Art Space

with 2 other print exhibitions

The Ambos Lados International Print Exchange was one of 3 openings at the Light Art Space at the beginning of the Southwest Print Fiesta. The attendance was good throughout the whole opening, from 5 - 8 PM. The other exhibitions were:

Ambos Lados International Print Exchange opening,
one of 3 exhibitions at the Light Art Space

(l to r) Karen Hymer, owner of the Light Art Space and Ambos Lados artist,
Manuel Guerra, orginizer of Ambos Lados from the US,
and Kevin Lenkner, Excecutive Director of the Mimbres Regional Art Council,
which put on the Southwest Print Fiesta

Gallery photos of Ambos Lados,

and preparation pictures

Gallery video tour on Instagram

OBSESSIONS EXHIBITION

The "Obsessions" exhibition

in the front gallery at the Light Art Space --

photo is of Kevin Lenkner at the talk,

introducing Valpuri Remling,

the judge and master printer at Tamarind

PULL EXHIBITION

The "Pull" exhibition

in the middle space,

of 5 female printmakers from Arizona --

the photo is of Karen Hymer, introducing 3 of the Tucson printmakers,

during the talk

VENDOR MARKET

The main event was the vendor market on Saturday, October 12, 2019. We met a lot of new printmakers, and said hello to other printmakers that we knew.

Skuishi's tent on the vendor day

Taller 75 Grados, from Mexico City,
their tent on vendor day

PRINTS BOUGHT

We bought 24 prints from the vendors, which we hope to show elsewhere, such as adjacent to the Desert Triangle exhibition in Las Cruces, coming November 1st.

We bought several prints,
including this one from Kalli Arte Collective

STEAMROLLER PRINTING

Steamroller printing is a staple at all the Southwest Print Fiestas, and this one was as good as ever.

Steamroller printing
at the Southwest Print Fiesta 2019

Video of the steamroller printing

during the Southwest Print Fiesta 2019,

of Sarah Parker's print

1ST ANNUAL PRINT EXCHANGE

SOUTHWEST PRINT FIESTA

This year the Southwest Print Fiesta sponsored a print exchange, and 17 printmakers participated.

First Annual Print Exchange
for the Southwest Print Fiesta

URUAPAN INTERVIEW
in Mexico

During the Southwest Print Fiesta, we had a live radio interview about the Ambos Lados International Print Exchange -- on Radio Uandarhi (Radio Cultural Communitaria) -- in Uruapan, Michoacan-- on Saturday, October 12, 2019, at 8:00 PM Uruapan time. Samuel Diaz Gaona and Irma Reyes Almanza were in Uruapan, talking to Manuel Guerra and Karl Whitaker by smartphone. The interview seemed to go just over a half hour. One can find Radio Uandarhi on Radio Garden.

Radio interview view from Uruapan,

talking to Manuel Guerra and Karl Whitaker in Silver City, NM,

October 12, 2019

Urupan submitted 14 print editions to the Ambos Lados International Print Exchange.

Samuel Diaz Gaona and Irma Reyes Almanza (left)

show their print studio at MAPECO in Uruapan, Michoacan'

to Manuel Guerra (far right) and Marco Sanchez from the US

VALPURI REMLING TALK

In addition to judging the "Obsessions" print exhibition, Valpuri Remling, the master printer at the Tamarind Institute, gave a talk on Sunday, October 13th, about Tamarind Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Kyle Durrie (standing) introduces Valpuri Remling,
the master printer at Tamarind Institute in Albuquerque,
for her talk on Sunday, October 13th

Also, several printmaking workshops were held on Sunday, such as this photogravure workshop by Karen Hymer at the Light Art Space.

Photogravure workshop by Karen Hymer at the Light Art Space
picture from Instagram

Skuiski and boyfriend

living it up in Silver City

INDEX

PREVIOUS SOUTHWEST PRINT FIESTAS

2016

2017

(pictured, Mike Kimball also participated in Ambos Lados)

2018

NEXT STOP -- TAOS

The Ambos Lados International Print Exchange will be shown at the Taos Center for the Arts, in New Mexico, January 13 - February 10, 2020.

The Encore Gallery

at the Taos Center of the Arts

MEANWHILE, IN EL PASO...

Arturo Negrete from Taller 75 Grados showed his prints at the PDA Gallery, during the opening of the 12th Chalk the Block Festival, on Friday, October 11, 2019.

Maestro Arturo Negrete (right) and son

of Taller 75 Grados

Emerging art appreciators

and their parents

PDA shop on San Jacinto Plaza

in downtown El Paso

After the Southwest Print Fiesta,

Maestro Arturo Negrete returned to El Paso,

to visit Horned Toad Prints studio,

and approved of the collaboration print he produced for them

at Taller 75 Grados in Mexico City

NOTE: We got our start showing prints at the Chalk the Block festival in El Paso -- 2013, 2014

Our first print show,

at Chalk the Block 2013,

as YayBig Southwest

We showed two print exchanges

at the Chalk the Block festival 2014

in downtown El Paso

DESERT TRIANGLE PRINT CARPETA

One of our previous print projects -- the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta -- will be shown at the Las Cruces Museum of Art, opening on November 1st, 2019. Many of the 30 artists in this portfolio also participated in Ambos Lados. We aspire to show the prints we bought at this Southwest Print Fiesta in an adjacent venue, even if only as a one night pop-up, in order to link the current print activity in Southern New Mexico, namely Silver City and Las Cruces.

Desert Triangle Print Carpeta exhibition

opening November 1st, 2019

at the Las Cruces Museum of Art

Manuel Guerra was exhausted

at the end of the weekend

(and the big tour of Mexico over the summer)

Ambos Lados Opening in Silver City, New Mexico

Ambos Lados had a great opening in Silver City, New Mexico, on Friday, October 11th, 2019. This opening started the 4th Annual Southwest Print Fiesta. It was at the Light Art Space, which also housed two other print exhibitions at the opening -- "Obsessions: Juried Exhibition of Hand Pulled Prints," and "Pull: 5 Female Printamakers" from Arizona.

The Ambos Lados International Print Exchange

was in the back room

Thank you to those in the photo below (left to right): Karen Hymer, the owner of the Light Art Space (and Ambos Lados printmaker), Manuel Guerra, organizer of Ambos Lados from the United States, and Kevin Lenkner, executive director of the Mimbres Region Art Council, which put on the Southwest Print Fiestas.