Ambos Lados International Print Exchange: Manuel Guerra visiting Taller Grafica Libre in Oaxaca

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.