Ambos Lados International Print Exchange: July 2019

Saturday, July 20, 2019

Summary -- The Santa Fe Adventure

Horned Toad Prints came up from El Paso for the Ambos Lados International Print Exchange opening in Santa Fe -- at Argos Studio/Gallery, on July 12, 2019. And they experienced way more than an opening!!!

El Paso meets Santa Fe --

Eli Levin (right) co-founder of the Santa Fe Etching Club

stands next to Manuel Guerra, owner of Horned Toad Prints in El Paso

INDEX

Santa Fe opening
Preparing for the Santa Fe opening
The prints in the gallery
New Mexico printmaking tour --Tamarind, Takach, Remarque, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Hecho a Mano, Landfall Press

Ad in THE Magazine of Santa Fe,

for the Ambos Lados exhibit

at Argos Studio/Gallery

Great turnout on Friday, July 12th,

for the Santa Fe opening at Argos Studio/Gallery

THE PRINTS

To see all the prints as they were hung in the Argos Studio/Gallery, go to THIS LINK.

The exhibition started off

with the 6 prints from outside the US/Mexico

The big room in the gallery

The Argos Studio/Gallery in Santa Fe

OTHER PRINT AND ART RESOURCES

IN ALBUQUERQUE AND SANTA FE

NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER
(Albuquerque)

National Hispanic Cultural Center --

Jadira Gurule, curator of the "Que Chola" exhibit

stands above the crew from Horned Toad Prints of El Paso

TAMARIND INSTITUTE

(Albuquerque)

At Tamarind Institute of Lithography --

the Horned Toad Prints crew

surrounds Brandon Gunn (furthermost back),

Master Printer and Education Director

Tamarind Institute Gallery --

Diane Gaston, director of Tamarind,

holds the Ambos Lados catalog

TAKACH PRESS

(Albuquerque)

Takach Press --

Aaron Bass gives Horned Toad Prints a tour of Takach Press

REMARQUE PRINT WORKSHOP

(Albuquerque)

Remarque Print Workshop --

Three of the four owners,

with Horned Toad Prints of El Paso

HECHO A MANO

(Santa Fe)

Frank Rose,

owner of Hecho a Mano Gallery

at the top of Canyon Road in Santa Fe,

with Manuel Guerra

LANDFALL PRESS

(Santa Fe)

Manuel Guerra stands next to

famous printmaker Tom Huck (right)

who was creating his newest edition at Landfall Press

Jack Lemon, master printer and Landfall Press founder, with Manuel

LOVE FROM HAVANA

Two printmakers from Cuba submitted to the Ambos Lados print exchange, which is not easy. Orlando Almanza made a posting about the upcoming exhibition on his Instagram:

Instagram from Havana --

Orlando Almanza made a posting about

the Santa Fe exhibit from his Cuban Instagram

Octavio Irving from Havana also contributed to Ambos Lados. He made the first Ambos Lados print in Havana -- exactly one year before the Santa Fe opening, on July 12th -- for Tanya Rich.

In the Havana studio of Octavio Irving

(Left to right) Krrrl, Tanya Rich,

Beatriz Perez Paz and Octavio Irving

MURAL IN OAXACA

Two of the Ambos Lados prints turned into a mural in Oaxaca -- by Dulce Aquino Monterrey and Inocencio L Villegas!!!

The second mural picture on this Instagram

is of a Oaxaca mural

made from two Ambos Lados prints

We put a quarter page ad in THE Magazine of Santa Fe. We also had some publicity from PasaTiempo and the Santa Fe Reporter.

Ad in THE Magazine of Santa Fe

SURVIVORS

The survivors

at the end of the Santa Fe opening

THANK YOU ERIC THOMSON!!!

A big thanks to Eric Thomson, who owns Argos Studio/Gallery. He framed all 158 prints, and made extensive publicity for the exhibition. Moreover, he also contributed a print to Ambos Lados.

Eric Thomson center

at the Santa Fe opening

Eric Thomson matting all 158 prints

back in January

ELSEWHERE IN SANTA FE...

Pavel Acevedo was being shown in the Art Santa Fe Contemporary Art Show 2019, with the Jen Tough gallery of the Bay Area. Not only did he contribute a print edition to this print exchange, but he introduced us to the printmakers of Oaxaca. Without Pavel, we could not have done Ambos Lados.

Pavel Acevedo's big print

at the Art Santa Fe Contemporary Art Show 2019

with the Jen Tough Gallery

Pavel is also a Speedball artist

Meanwhile, Judy Chicago opened up her museum in Belen, New Mexico on July 20th...30 miles south of Albuquerque.

NEXT UP

Manuel Guerra and Krrrl will be traveling to Oaxaca to give a presentation of the Ambos Lados International Print Exchange with Taller Grafica Libre, at the Instituto de Artes Graficas de Oaxaca -- IAGO -- the evening of Friday, August 16th. This link goes to the slideshow of 101 images that we will project.

Prints by the French publishing house Le Dernier Cri,

showing at IAGO in Oaxaca in 2017

Horned Toad Prints will be showing prints in the new Roderick Art Space of El Paso (601 North Oregon street, downtown), from July 20 - 28th, 2019. This exhibition is sponsored by Kalavera Culture Shop. The opening is during the Last Thursday Artwalk, on July 25th, 6 - 10 PM.

Horned Toad Print exhibition

during the Last Thursday Artwalk in El Paso (July 25th)

The next Ambos Lados exhibition will be in Silver City during the Southwest Print Fiesta 2019 -- opening October 11th -- at the Light Art Space (owned by Karen Hymer).

Next Ambos Lados exhibition

at the Light Art Space in Silver City, New Mexico,

during the Southwest Print Fiesta 2019

Also note the "Call for Work: Obession" of hand pulled prints, to be on display at the Light Art Space, October 11 - November 17. September 1st, deadline for submission. $25 entry fee.

EPILOGUE

New edition to Horned Toad Prints

Horned Toad Prints (Instagram story)

held an open house in their studio

on Saturday, July 20th,

50 years to the day

after man landed on the moon

Show-and-tell at QueLab

Darlene Kalynka, and Ambos Lados printmaker from Canada, will be having an exhibition at Remarque Print Workshop in Albuquerque in September.

The Desert Triangle Print Carpeta, another print project, will be showing at the Las Cruces Museum of Art, opening November 1st, 2019.

Friday, July 12, 2019

Santa Fe Opening

The Ambos Lados International Print Exchange opening in Santa Fe went really well, during the evening of July 12th, 2019.

We had a good turnout!

The stillness before the opening

The first visitor

Thank you Eric Thomson (middle full figure)

the owner of Argos Studio/Gallery

for framing all the prints

and showing them in his gallery

Packed back room

We served chocolate grasshoppers,

because in Oaxaca they offer fried chapulines during an opening

A single chocolate grasshopper

(thank you John Tollett, designer of the Ambos Lados catalog)

Ambos Lados catalogs,

next to catalogs from previous print shows that we have done

Manuel Guerra next to Eli Levin,

the co-founder of the Santa Fe Etching Club in 1981

(which is now housed in Argos Studio/Gallery)

David Contreras wearing his Horned Toad Prints hat,

next to Manuel Guerra

Manuel Guerra talking with printmaker Ron Pokrasso

The survivors

at the end of the opening!

A big thanks to everyone that came out! It was a great event!

Ambos printmakers at the opening:

David Contreras, Manuel Guerra, Mike Kimball, Julianna Kirwin, Mary Lawler, Eli Levin, Abby Mattison, Raul Monarrez, Augustine Romero, Marco Sanchez, Eric Thomson, Karl Whitaker

Also Ron Pokrasso showed up, as well as other Santa Fe printmakers.

VIEW THE GALLERY

(with all the hung prints)

View how all the prints were hung in the Argos Gallery at THIS LINK:

The exhibition starts on this wall

with the prints from outside of the US and Mexico

See how all the prints were hung at this link

ONE YEAR AGO

Last year -- July 12, 2018 -- Tanya Rich made her print in the studio of Octavio Irving in Havana. It was the first print delivered to Ambos Lados.

Karl Whitaker went with Tanya. Later Octavio Irving submitted an edition to the Ambos Lados print exchange.

Karl, Tanya, Beatriz and Octavio

making prints in Havana

now posted on Instagram

Thursday, July 11, 2019

New Mexico Tour

Manuel Guerra and Raul Monarrez of Horned Toad Prints, with Marco Sanchez, came to Northern New Mexico for the Ambos Lados opening in Santa Fe, and made the tour of the print shops and galleries.

ALBUQUERQUE

(July 11th)

TAMARIND INSTITUTE

They had a wonderful tour of Tamarind Institute (affiliated with the University of New Mexico).

Tamarind lunch break --

Ben Schoenburg (far left) and David Contreras (cap and blue shirt)

are both in the Ambos Lados print exchange

Master Printer Valpuri Remling gave us a tour

of the professional side of the Tamarind studio --

shown here with Manuel Guerra

Brandon Gunn gave us a tour of the student side of the Tamarind studio

Brandon Gunn (left) with Manuel Guerra

in the gallery of the Tamarind Institute

Diane Gaston, the director of Tamarind Institute,

holds the Ambos Lados catalog,

and poses with the printmakers of El Paso

Raul Monarrez

took some pictures of the Tamarind shop

and posted them in Instagram

Tamarind Institute video

REMARQUE PRINT WORKSHOP

Then we went to Remarque Print Workshop (not far from Tamarind).

Mary Sundstrom poses with the El Paso printmakers

The owners of Remarque Print Workshop pose with the El Paso printmakers --

(left to right) Mary Sundstrom, Jessica Krichels, Lincoln Draper,

Manuel Guerra, Raul Monarrez, Marco Sanchez

Jessica Weybright, missing in the above photo,

but shown here at the Prints by Southwest exhibition,

is the 4th owner of Remarque Print Workshop,

and also participated in Ambos Lados

Raul Monarrez

posted more pictures of Remarque Print Workshop

on Instagram

TAKACH PRESS

Later we went to Takach Press, in the far south part of Albuquerque.

Aaron Bass (who is also in Ambos Lados)

shows the El Paso printmakers the ball graining machine at Takach Press

Aaron Bass gives a behind-the-scenes tour of Takach Press

Alan Takach wearing the Horned Toad cap

Aaron Bass and Alan Takach

cut paper down to 8 x 8 inches at Takach Press

to start off the Ambos Lados International Print Exchange

Raul Monarrez

posted more pictures of Takach Press

on Instagram

KARSTEN CREIGHTNEY

We visited Karsten Creightney's print studio in downtown Albuquerque. Karsten is the new lithography printmaking professor at the University of New Mexico.

Karsten Creightney (with arms folded)

shows his studio to the El Paso printmakers

Admiring Karsten's artwork

Karsten Creightney at the Prints by Southwest exhibition

NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER

(July 12th)

El Paso printmakers

at the National Hispanic Cultural Center

Grounds of the

National Hispanic Cultural Center

Curator Jadira Gurule of the National Hispanic Cultural Center,

and the "Que Chola" exhibition,

stands over the El Paso printmakers

(artwork in the background by

El Paso artist Gaspar Enriquez)

Barelas Coffee House

Barelas Coffee House

JULIANNA KIRWIN PRINT STUDIO

(July 13)

The El Paso printmakers visited Ambos Lados printmaker Julianna Kirwin's studio in Albuquerque:

The El Paso printmakers with Julianna Kirwin,

at her print studio in Albuquerque

Julianna Kirwin next to her press

in Albuquerque

Julianna and crew

printed on "papel de revolucion"

and wheat pasted the prints

on the wall of her studio facing the street

Julianna took a print workshop

with Enrique Flores in Oaxaca

and talked about it at her Oaxaca print presentation

at Remarque Print Workshop

CAROL SANCHEZ

(July 13)

Manuel visited Carol Sanchez's studio at the Harwood Art Center in Albuquerque. Carol has prints in the permanent collection of the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Manuel and Carol both went to graduate school together in the state of New York.