Sunday, September 15, 2019

Summary -- "Corrido" of the Mexican Printmaking Tour


Summary of the 2019 summer encounter of the Mexican printmakers  -- those that participated in Ambos Lados printamakers, as well as others that we met in the journey.  There is a lot of artistic talent in Mexico.


Manuel Guerra singng the corrido
 of the Mexican printmaker tour,
in the house of Alec Dempster


GUADALAJARA
July 23 - 27

July 27 - 29

July 29 - August 1

August 1 - 4

August 2

August 4 - 10

August 10 - 13
August 13 - 21
August 16





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Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Zaachila

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Zaachila, just outside of the city of Oaxaca, is the home of Taller de Grafica Libre.  This studio, run by Adrian Aguirre and Beatriz Rivas, organized the Mexican printmakers in the Ambos Lados International Print Exchange.





Zapotec art from the archaeological site at Zaachila,
in the tomb

Manuel Guerra meets Adrian Aguirre and Beatriz Rivas
under the clock tower, in the center of Zaachila


Eating at the market in Zaachila


Manuel Guerra checking out the work of maestro Jose Villalobos,
being produced at Taller Grafica Libre


Manuel Guerra checking out the artwork of Adrian Aguirre and Beatriz Rivas


MAPECO in ZAACHILA

The day after the IAGO presentation, the MAPECO printamakers from Uruapan, Michocan visited Taller Grafica Libre in Zaachila.

Tlayuadas make a great lunch
(left to back) Manuel Guerra, Olin, Lupita, Adrian Aguirre, Beatriz Rivas
(right to back) Gilberto Raul Mendoza, unknown, Maria Rosa Cervantes Bernal


(left to back) unknown, unknown, Samuel Diaz Gaona, Irma Reyes Almanza, Hectores
(r to back) Edgar Miguel Cerda, Avila, unknown, unknown, Eunice Barajas Murguia, unknown


Eugene, nephew of Manuel Perez Coronado,
whom the MAPECO studio was named after
standing left of Manuel Guerra


Arriving at the studio of 
Taller Grafica Libre






(from upper right corner around the table)
Manuel Guerra, Hectores, Irma Reyes Almanza, 4 unknowns, Eunice Barajas Murguia,
Gilberto Raul Mendoza, unknown, Beatriz Rivas (profile)




Showing off the US prints, one by one




Eunice Barajas Murguia displays her print
that she brought from Uruapan


Display of prints from the MAPECO artists,
which they brought from Uruapan




Showing off the Mexican prints, one by one


Samuel Diaz Gaona, director of the printmaking studio at MAPECO,
holding his milk carton print masterpiece


Samuel Diaz Gaona showing a print by
Irma Reyes Almanza


Edgar Miguel Cerda Avila
showing his prints


AMBOS LADOS PRINTMAKERS
The Sunday After

Some of the Oaxaca printmakers came to Zaachila to relax at Taller Grafica Libre, when everything was more casual.

Axl Ayuso, Daniel Pacheo, Sam Gardner, Pako Altimirano, Yati Ni, 
Nidia Rosales Moreno,


Making collaborative art
Axl Ayuso, Daniel Pacheo, Sam Gardner, Pako Altimirano, Yati Ni, 
Nidia Rosales Moreno, Cristina Anorve, Manuel Guerra


NOTE: Manuel Guerra stayed in Zaachila a few days, and helped Beatriz Rivas and Adrian Aguirre with the prints they submitted to the IPE #11 (International Print Exchange), organized by the Green Door Printmaking Studio, based in Derbyshire, United Kingdom.  The good news is that their prints were accepted, and arrived by the August 31st deadline. 

Many of the Ambos Lados printmakers had submitted to previous IPE print exchanges (as noted near the bottom of this blog entry).


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IAGO Presentation -- August 16th

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On August 16, 2019, we gave a formal presentation of the Ambos Lados International Print Exchange the the IAGO (Instituto de Artes Graficas de Oaxaca).

Those at the table giving the presentation were:  Nidia Rosales Moreno, Karl Whitaker, Manuel Guerra, Beatriz Rivas, Pako Altimirano


IAGO
Instituto de Artes Graficas de Oaxaca --
founded by Francisco Toldeo


IAGO Instagram of the presentation
(l to r) Nidia Rosales Moreno, Karl Whitaker, Manuel Guerra, Beatriz Rivas, Pako Altimirano



Ambos Lados printmakers at the IAGO presentation:
(l to r) Back row:  Edgar Miguel Cerda Avila (red shirt), Eunice Barajas Murguia (rainbow blouse), Manuel Guerra, Karl Whitaker, Cristina Anorve, 
Adrian Aguirre, Daniel Pacheo, Sam Gardner
Second row: Yati Ni, Hectores, Olga Tolo, Pako Altamriano, Nidia Rosales Moreno, 
Manuel de Jesus Marin, Irma Reyes Almanza, Farez (with catalog) 
 Front row: Maria Rosa Cervantes Bernal, Beatriz Rivas, Angelica Bracho, Mauricio Castillo (kneeling)


Flyer for the presentation
(print by Lyn Nicholls)


Ambos Lados presentation
is listed in the IAGO calendar
for August, 2019


IAGO is the red building


The main courtyard inside of the IAGO


CORTV

On August 14th we were interviewed 
by the Oaxaca TV station CORTV
Karl Whitaker, Manuel Guerra, Beatriz Rivas


Oaxaca TV station CORTV


CORTV interview
from August 15, 2019







Karl Whitaker, Manuel Guerra, Beatriz Rivas, Nidia Rosales Moreno


EL IMPARCIAL
Newspaper


Lisbeth Mejia Reyes
interviews Beatriz Rivas and Manuel Guerra
for the Oaxaca newspaper El Imparcial
on July 15, 2019


Newspaper article in the Imparcial
(Google translated into English)


Horned Toad Instagram


***

Maestro Abraham Torres of Taller Bambu, and Manuel Guerra






Eunice Barajas Instagram
of the presentation




Karla Vazquez
her print is reproduced in Fusion Magazine


Manuel de Jesus Marin


Mauricio Castillo
(runs Espacio Indigo)


Karl Whitaker with Angela Bracho, 
head of Taller La Catrina in Monterrey


Ambos Lados printmakers from Uruapan, Michoacan
(l to r) Irma Reyes Almanza, Maria Rosa Cervantes Bernal, Samuel Diaz Gaona, Olgo Tolo, Edgar Miguel Cerda Avila, Hectores


It was a good presentation


Celebrating afterwards at the Bar Garibaldi


Axl Ayuso, far right, showed up at the Bar Garibaldi



"MAS ALLA DE LAS FRONTERAS"

The exhibit in the gallery was a selection of prints from Seattle and Oaxaca -- called "Mas Alls de las Fronteras."  Three of the prints were by artists in Ambos Lados, including one of the curators, Laurie D Brown.  The other two printmakers were Diane Davis and Brian Lane.  See more and selected prints at THIS LINK.

The calendar print for 
"Mas Alla de las Fronteras"


Laurie D Brown was one of the three curators
of this exhibit, 
and she also contributed to Ambos Lados



NIDIA ROSALES MORENO

We would like to especially thank Nidia Rosales Moreno, who was on the presentation panel with us during the IAGO presentation.  While not a printmaker, she has guided and supported us and Oaxaca artists, since before she opened the Espacio Centro gallery in Oaxaca. 


Nidia Rosales Moreno
opening the Espacio Centro gallery in Oaxaca in 2015
which she started and directed,
with Francisco Delgado


Toru Sugita and Nidia Rosales Moreno
at the Espacio Centro Gallery in 2016



FRANCISCO TOLEDO
1940 -2019
Francisco Toledo passed away less than a month after our presentation.  He founded the IAGO (Instituto de Artes Graficas de Oaxaca) in 1988.


Remembering Francisco Toledo
on the IAGO Instagram



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