Two Ambos Lados printmakers in Albuquerque --
Mike Kimball and
Henry Morales -- tried to steamroll out of the Covid pandemic.
Steamroller printing in Albuquerque, New Mexico
(during the Zozobra broadcast)
The Albuquerque steamroller printing event kicked off the Labor Day weekend, on Friday, September 4, 2020, at the
Isleta Amphitheater. The main attraction was the annual
burning of Zozobra in Santa Fe, which was projected on the big screen later that night. Visitors watched the broadcasted burning while tailgating in the parking lot, still observing social distancing restrictions against Covid 19.
New Mexico Zozobra predated Burning Man by decades!
The Dynamic Steamroller Printer duo
straight outta Ambos Lados --
The steamroller event was directed by
(Lincoln Draper taking photos, left,
is one of the 4 co-owners of Remarque)
gives an interview with KOB TV
NOTE:
Jessica Weybright of Ambos Lados is also one of the 4 co-owners of Remarque Print Workshop. She and
Mary Sundstrom (
also co-owner) stayed back at the printmaking studio to hold a virtual printmaking opening on Zoom, going on at the same time.
The true heroes,
and Anthony Stewart (r) did all the hard work
Kent Swanson
Public Art Coordinator for Bernalillo County
organized the event
of his steamroller print of a classic car
of his other print of the Rail Runner trains
of the Sandia Mountains (right)
(the Sandia Mountains approve in the background)
of corn stalk
Zooming photo tries to capture the spirit of the event
the view from the printmaking tent
Sunset in Albuquerque
on a successful Steamroller Printing event
MORE STEAMY PHOTOS!
The first two links show more pictures of the event (including most of the pictures above).
HENRY MORALES
Carving his big Sandia Mountains print
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P R E V I O U S
STEAMROLLER PRINTING EVENTS
MIKE KIMBALL
This was not
Mike Kimball's first steamroller printing rodeo. He also made big steamroller prints during the Southwest Print Fiestas down in Silver City, New Mexico -- in both
2017 and
2018. He has also steamroller printed in Oklahoma City.
SOUTHWEST PRINT FIESTA
Steamroller printing in 2019
If this year's Albuquerque steamroller printing event was not inspired by the
2019 Southwest Print Fiesta in Silver City, the video footage of
Sarah Parker's steamroller print below helped guide the event somewhat.
CHALK THE BLOCK 2014
El Paso
Steamroller printing has been on our radar since 2014, when
Kim Bishop and
Luis Valderas of San Antonio, directed a steamroller printing activity in downtown El Paso during the Chalk the Block festival.
Francisco Delgado of Ambos Lados participated in that event.
SAN ANTONIO EXHIBITION
of Steamroller Prints in 2015
The steamroller prints made in El Paso in 2014 were exhibited in downtown San Antonio at the Texas A&M University-San Antonio Educational and Cultural Arts Center (ECAC) (formerly the ex-Museo Alameda), along with another set of prints done in San Antonio. That's high status!
HOUSTON 2015
It Came from the Bayou
Surreal Covid Summer
in Albuquerque
Later on that same night, September 4th, they continued the monthly
Albuquerque Artwalk downtown. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham had just lifted some of the Covid restrictions a week before, allowing restaurants to open at 25% capacity. There was a lot of activity around 9 PM downtown, people were probably just dying to get out of the house after months of hard lockdown.
made by other Ambos printmakers)
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APOLOGY:
Your blogger lives in Albuquerque, and does not always know about the progress of other Ambos Lados printmakers in the rest of the US, Mexico, and overseas. However, he is sure that the other
Ambos Lados printmakers are stirring it up around the world.
