Print Rumblings North of the Border

CALL TO PRINTMAKERS

CONVOCATORIA ABIERTA A GRABADORES

The word is out north of the border, and printmakers in the United States are gearing up for the Ambos Lados International Print Exchange also:

Skuishi (Susan Gonzalez) started the momentum by giving a printmaking demo in El Paso in April,

during an exhibit of the previous Horned Toad Print Exchange II, which she set up at Cafe de Tolteca in El Paso last April. 

Skuishi printmaking demo last April

in El Paso

Francisco Delgado already has the print bug:

Francisco Delgado getting busy

in El Paso

Henry Morales raises a print brayer to the project, from Albuquerque, New Mexico:

Henry Morales rearranged his printmaking studio

in Albuquerque

Pavel Acevedo may help bring in more California printmakers.  He made the below flyer for the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta exhibition, opening on June 7th (which he contributed to):

Pavel Acevedo should participate

from Riverside, California;

Plus we have had a positive response from Santa Fe, New Mexico:

Argos printmaking studio 

in Santa Fe

Remarque Print Workshop

in Albuquerque

This print exchange got Connor Furr's attention at The Drawing Studio in Tucson, where he is teaching printmaking.

Connor Furr holds up a student's print

at The Drawing Studio print shop in Tucson

 We are feeling a little print love from Raices Taller 222 in Tucson:

Printmaker David "Droopy" Contreras (right)

in Raices Taller 222 in Tucson,

with Gonzalo Espinosa (left) of "Taller sin Miedo"

Tim Musso of Two Bit Press in Riverside, California is jumping in the print exchange.

Tim Musso at La Sierra University

in Riverside, California

Printmakers Eric Hodgins and Stu Briscoe

in Phoenix

Horned Toad Press print shop

in its yet another new location

in El Paso

We've also felt some enthusiasm from San Antonio.  Chicago?  Saint Louis?  Miami? Australia?

Oaxaca Chambeando

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Taller Grafica Libre has already started making prints in Zaachila, Oaxaca!


"Preparando Trabajos para el Tercer Intercambio de Gráfica organizado por el taller The Horned Toad Print del Paso Texas"

Doroteo Ivan Tuala working on his print in Zaachila, at Taller Grafica Libre!

Doroteo Ivan Tuala

Preparando su placa 

para el tercer intercambio de gráfica

"Taller El Ajolote coordinado por Noe Vázquez participando en el tercer intercambio de gráfica organizado por el taller The Horned Toad Print del Paso Texas y Taller Gráfica Libre."

Noe Vazquez 

begins his edition in Zaachila, Oaxaca

Noe

Taller El Ajolote coordinado por Noe Vázquez 

presente en el tercer intercambio de gráfica organizado por 

Pruebas. Gráfica de Noe Vázquez del taller El Ajolote.

On Instagram

Beatriz Rivas of Taller Grafica Libre (one of the sponsors of this print exchange), making her edition:

"Ya iniciamos con las impresiones para el tercer intercambio de gráfica del taller @hornedtoadprints"

Beatriz Rivas haciendo su edicion

We hope to also get prints from the Mexican studios below, through the efforts of Taller Grafica Libre:

Taller Santaller coordinado por Daniel Pacheco y Cristina Añorve

Tecnicas que desarrollan en el taller: Tipos moviles, grabado, fotografìa, imprenta riso.

Ubicaciòn: Santa Lucìa del Camino

https://www.facebook.com/santall3r

Taller Plastico Multidisciplinario y OjO Tres, coordinado por Yatì y Paco Altamirano

Tècnicas: Serigrafìa y fotografìa

Ubicaciòn: Avenida Ferrocarril. dentro del museo ferrocarril.

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/graficaojotres/?fref=mentions

https://www.facebook.com/tallergraffyco

Taller Burbuja, coordinado por Walfred Rodriguez y Jonathan Reyes

Tecnicas: Serigrafia, grabado, calado en madera.

Ubicaciòn: Primera Etapa

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LaBurbujaGrafica

Taller de Grafica Enrique Flores coordinado por Enrique Flores

Tecnicas: litografia y grabado

Ubicaciòn: Huitzo

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Taller-de-Gr%C3%A1fica-Enrique-Flores-423302894396120/

Taller King Kong (Los Tlacolulokos), coordinado por Dario Canul y Cosijoesa cernas

tecnicas: grabado y serigrafia

Ubicaciòn: Tlacolula

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Tlacolulokos/?fref=mentions

It's Happening!!!

Birth of this International Print Exchange

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The Ambos Lados International Print Exchange was conceived in Oaxaca, during an opening at Espacio Centro in October 2017, of the previous Horned Toad Print Exchange II.

Print Junta between El Paso and Oaxaca

During that opening at Espacio Centro (run by Nidia Rosales) -- Manuel Guerra (of Horned Toad Prints of El Paso), and Betatriz Rivas and Adrian Aguirre (of Taller Grafica Libre of Zaachila, Oaxaca) --  talked about continuing the print dialog across the US/Mexican border.  Ultimately they decided to sponsor a bigger print exchange -- this Ambos Lados International Print Exchange -- to continue the print momentum, and explore the diversity of approaches and styles between the two cultures.

Manuel Guerra (tall in blue shirt) 

of Horned Toad Prints in El Paso,

with Beatriz Rivas (yellow shirt) and Adrian Aguirre (far right) 

of Taller Grafica Libre, in Zaachila, Oaxaca,

at the opening for the previous Horned Toad Print Exchange II

at Espacio Centro in Oaxaca, run by Nidia Rosales (far left)

PREVIOUS PRINT EXCHANGES

Many previous print exchanges, as well as other print projects, lead up to this Ambos Lados Print Exchange:

Horned Toad Print Exchange I

The first Horned Toad Print Exchange emerged in 2014, and inspired the YayBig Print Exchange out of Tucson.  Both print exchanges were self-published together in a catalog (view online at ISSUU).

Horned Toad I and YayBig print exchanges

together in a catalog

Both print exchanges were also framed and exhibited together in several venues, starting with the Chalk the Block festival in 2014 in El Paso.

El Paso 2014

First Horned Toad Print Exchange 

exhibited at Chalk the Block

with the YayBig Print Exchange

TANA -- California 2015

Both print exchanges exhibited together again 

at Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer

Ciudad Juarez  2016

Horned Toad and YayBig print exchanges,

exhibiting together again in Mexico

at the Juarez Contemporary Gallery

The momentum of all these print exchanges lead to various spin-offs -- including the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta -- a portfolio of 30 large prints that continues to show around the United States.

The Desert Triangle Print Carpeta

in the El Paso Museum of Art,

and many other venues

Horned Toad Print Exchange II

The second Horned Toad Print Exchange emerged in 2017, with a catalog, exhibitions, and continues to be exhibited as we announce the call for the Ambos Lados print exchange:

Second Horned Toad Print Exchange,

catalog available on Amazon

El Paso 2018

The second Horned Toad Print Exchange exhibition at

"La Galeria de la Mision de Senecu"

In addition to exhibiting in Oaxaca in 2017, the second Horned Toad Print Exchange also exhibited in Monterrey, Mexico.

Monterrey 2018

The second Horned Toad Print Exchange

exhibited at "Taller la Catrina" in Nuevo Leon, Mexico

We owe a debt to an even older international print exchange -- the Dialogos E Interpretaciones 2013  --  organized Jules Floss of North Carolina, and Jorge Rodriguez Osorio of Colombia.  This print exchange inspired the first Horned Toad Print Exchange, after which everything followed through like falling dominoes.

2013

Dialogos E Intepretaciones

International Print Exchange

between the US and Colombia

 TALLER GRAFICA LIBRE

PREVIOUS INTERACTIONS

On our first trip to Oaxaca in 2014,  we first encountered Adrian Aguirre incidentally, when he and Beatriz were still working at La Curtiduria.

2014

La Curtiduria

Francisco Delgado was the first who went  Taller Grafica Libre in 2015, to do his print for the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta.

2015

Francisco Delgado looking on Adrian Aguirre

at Taller Grafica Libre

2016

Marco Sanchez was next

to work at Taller Grafica Libre in Oaxaca

2017

Toru Sugita

at Taller Grafica Libre in Zaachila

ANNOUNCEMENT

March/April 2018

The Ambos Lados International Print Exchange was announced by Manuel Guerra at the talk at the Rubin Center, on the UTEP campus in El Paso, on March 29th, 2018.

Professor Manuel Guerra

giving a print talk at the Rubin Center,

where he announced this print exchange

In Mexico, the Ambos Lados International Print Exchange was announced at the Taller la Catrina, Angelica Bracho's studio, during the opening in Monterrey, on April 12, 2018.

This international print exchange

was announced at Taller la Catrina

in Monterrey, Mexico

There is a lot of print momentum leading up to Ambos Lados, and yet we do not know how this print exchange will unfold.  We expect to have fun, and will put our best efforts into it, and hope to be pleasantly surprised, as we have been with the print exchanges of the past.