Ambos Lados International Print Exchange: 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.