Friday, December 28, 2018

Oaxaca Print Pickup

Manuel Guerra flew down to Oaxaca from El Paso on December 21, to pick up 55 print editions from Taller Grafica Libre 

Manuel Guerra of Horned Toad Prints, and Adrian Aguirre and Beatriz Rivas of Taller Grafica Libre, are organizing the Ambos Lados International Print Exchange


Nirvana in Oaxaca
 Adrian Aguirre, Manuel Guerra (Sitting, l to r),
 Nidia Rosales, Beatriz Rivas (Standing, l to r)


First Manny delivered a composition roller from Takach Press to Beatriz Rivas and Adrian Aguirre, the directors of Taller Grafica Libre from their home studio in Oaxaca.  They are organizing the Mexican printmakers in the Ambos Lados International Print Exchange.


Beatriz holds the Takach roller,
while Adrian holds their Mexican hairless dog


Then Manny picked up 55 Mexican print editions for the Ambos Lados International Print Exchange:












Taller Grafica Libre had a "reventon" in their studio in Zaachila with some of the printmakers contributing to Ambos Lados.

Gathering of Ambos Lados printmakers at Taller Grafica Libre in Zaachila  --
2nd from left -- Alarii Mendoza Garca
3rd from left -- Beatriz Rivas
4th from left -- Adrian Aguirre
 5th from left -- Julio Villavicncio 















Visiting other print talleres:










Some art flavor of Oaxaca:













Reflections in Tamayo 


Zaachila


Oaxaca City


It was just before Christmas in Oaxaca


In front of Santo Domingo, downtown Oaxaca


Why would I leave Oaxaca?


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