Ambos Lados International Print Exchange: August 2018

Manuel Guerra in Guadalajara

CALL TO PRINTMAKERS

CONVOCATORIA ABIERTA A GRABADORES

After Oaxaca, Manuel Guerra, of Horned Toad Prints, visited printmakers in Guadalajara, August 16 - 20, 2018!

Manuel Guerra

in front of one of Jose Clemente Orozco's murals

at Hospicio Cabañas in Guadalajara

Manuel Guerra with master printer José Gutiérrez

of Taller De Gráfica José Gutiérrez

Taller De Gráfica José Gutiérrez

Jeff Blanco,

who was also a member

of the former collective Contendio Neto,

with Manuel Guerra back in El Paso

IMPRONTA CASA EDITORA

Impronta Casa Editora is a print studio/gallery/coffee house in Guadalajara, run by the grandson of Jose Clemente Orozco.

Impronta Casa Editora in Guadalajara

Printmaker Marina Pallares with Manny

Marina Pallares

Architect Sandra Bernal with Manny

Katerine Bergengruen of Empresa Manifesto,

with Manny

Manny and friends,

in front of a Raphael Coronel painting at MUSA

Guadalajara Guadalajara!

Direct flights to Guadalajara from Albuquerque, $300 round trip, coming November 2018.

Taller Grafica Libre very busy in August

CALL TO PRINTMAKERS

CONVOCATORIA ABIERTA A GRABADORES

Taller Grafica Libre in Zaachila, Oaxaca, also took some photos of Manuel Guerra when he was visiting in August, 2018.

Manuel Guerra showing off some technique,

sponging and inking limestone for lithography

Taller Grafica Libre writes:

"Aqui te dejo fotos de Manuel en el taller, aprendimos mucho de el, nos quedamos muy motivados con el trabajo, las colaboraciones y proyectos a futuro..."

Adrian Aguirre, co-director of Taller Grafica Libre,

works with Manuel Guerra on marble

Lithography

Adrian and Manny working together

on Manny's etching

for the Ambos Lados Print Exchange

Manuel Guerra working on his Ambos Lados print

Manuel Guerra's print for Ambos Lados in process,

the 5th state, of 20

More work in progress from Manny

at Taller Grafica Libre --

proofs of 3 plates

Sam Gardner

working on his plate at Taller Grafica Libre

Beti Rivas, co-director of Taller Grafica Libre,

with Sam Gardner

TALLER LA BURBUJA

Taller La Burbuja in Oaxaca City is working hard for the Ambos Lados International Print Exchange.

Jonathan Reyes (Phor) (left) of Taller La Burbuja,

working Adrian Aguirre

GRAFICA OJO TRES

Manuel Guerra with Paco Altamirano and Farez

of Grafica Ojo Tres

Farez(Fatima Jose Perez) working on her print

Manuel Guerra at Grafica Ojo Tres,

in front of the mural of Sam Gardner

during his exhibition

3 GATOS PRESS

I believe that these are editions for Ambos Lados from 3 Gatos Press, in Leon, Guanajuato:

"...un taller de León Guanajuato, se llama 3 GatosPress los coordinadores/directores del taller son Xavier Moreno y Alejandra Mares..."

Xavier Moreno

Alejandra Mares

These prints have been delivered to Oaxaca!!!

Manuel Guerra visiting Taller Grafica Libre in Oaxaca

CALL TO PRINTMAKERS

CONVOCATORIA ABIERTA A GRABADORES

Manuel Guerra, of Horned Toad Prints, flew to Zaachila, Oaxaca to meet his counterparts at Taller Grafica Libre, Adrian Aguirre and Beatriz Rivas.

Manuel Guerra arrives at Taller Grafica Libre,

in Zaachila, Oaxaca,

staying August 7th - 16th, 2018

TALLER GRAFICA LIBRE

Manuel Guerra produced 6 etchings (3 of them collaborations), and one lithography print, during his time at Taller Grafica Libre in Zaachila.

Adrian Aguirre and Manny working on a lithograph,

one of the many prints Manuel Guerra did in Zaachila, Oaxaca

Adrian Aguirre is half of Taller Grafica Libre,

shows off Manny's litho stone drawing,

on Mexican marble

Beatriz Rivas is half of Taller Grafica Libre,

color proofing Manny's prints

Adrian Aguirre and Beti Rivas

working the press together

at Taller Grafica Libre

Adrian and Beti

with Horned Toad Prints t-shirts

Manuel Guerra's print for Ambos Lados,

in process, the 16th state (of 20)

Sam Gardner

working on his plate at Taller Grafica Libre

NIDIA ROSALES MORENO

Manny visited with Nidia Rosales Moreno while in Oaxaca. Nidia runs the Espacio Centro gallery in Oaxaca city, and has been very instrumental in promoting Oaxacan printmakers, and the interaction between foreign printmakers (like us) and Oaxaca.

Nidia Rosales Moreno

graciously receives a Horned Toad Prints t-shirt

Nidia Rosales Moreno standing next to Toru Sugita in 2017,

in Espacio Centro,

the gallery she runs in Oaxaca

Nidia Rosales Moreno opening

the Espacio Centro Gallery

when she gave Francisco Delgado an exhibit there in 2015

Oaxacan printmakers dining with Nidia,

Taller Grafica Libre and Taller Grafica Ojo Tres

TALLER GRAFICA OJO TRES

Manuel Guerra with Paco Altamirano and Farez(Fatima Jose Perez)

in front of their studio,

Taller Grafica Ojo Tres, in Oaxaca City

Paco Altamirano

of Taller Grafica Ojo Tres

Maestro Matus,

writer from Oaxaca,

and Manny

Print archivist Gerardo Martinez

Gerardo Martinez, Argelia Matus, Maestro Matus,

Beatriz Rivas and Adrian Aguirre (left to right)

TALLER BAMBU
of ABRAHAM TORRES

Abraham Torres with Manuel Guerra

in Taller Bambu

in Oaxaca City

Taller Bambu is the studio

of Abraham Torres

Full Circle. Abraham Torres gave Krrrl and Tanya Rich a tour of his printmaking studio, Taller Bambu, when they visited Oaxaca in 2014. Abraham gave them a tour of many other printmaking studios, and even introduced us to Adrian Aguirre.

Abraham Torres in his studio

Taller Bambu,

Oaxaca 2014

Abraham Torres gave Krrrl and Tanya Rich a tour of Taller Tamayo, a printmaking school in Oaxaca in 2014. They bought a print portfolio from the students pictured below.