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









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 --


Jessica Weybright, missing in the above photo,
but shown here at the Prints by Southwest exhibition,
is the 4th owner of Remarque Print Workshop,





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






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





NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER
(July 12th)

El Paso printmakers 




Curator Jadira Gurule of the National Hispanic Cultural Center,
stands over the El Paso printmakers
(artwork in the background by 
El Paso artist Gaspar Enriquez)



 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






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.

Manuel Guerra and Carol Sanchez


SANTA FE
(July 12)

LANDFALL PRESS

Manuel Guerra visited Landfall Press in Santa Fe.  Tom Huck, director of Evil Prints in St Louis, was making a print edition there.

Manuel Guerra with Tom Huck
at Landfall Press in Santa Fe







HECHO A MANO

The El Paso printmakers visited Hecho a Mano, a gallery at the top of Canyon Road, famous for it's galleries.



Frank Rose, the owner of Hecho a Mano gallery,
with Manuel Guerra





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