Ambos Lados International Print Exchange

Sunday, February 6, 2022

Opening Night at the Outpost Performance Space

We had a great opening in Albuquerque at the Outpost Performance Space/Inpost on Saturday, February 6th, 2022. Thank you very much for having us Tom Guralnick, director of the Outpost!!!

Brooks Walch stepped up with his expertise

and made prints on the Tortilla Press during the opening

Big banner at the Outpost Performance Space

advertising Ambos Lados showing at the Inpost

Nice turnout for the opening

Juliana Kirwin standing underneath her print (l)

with Jeanette Cook (r)

Susan (Skuishii) Gonzalez pointing at her print --

she drove up all the way from El Paso to go to the opening

Eric and Meg from Denver (l) with Gabe (r)

pointing at Krrrl's print --

Gabe Jaureguibery gave us our first print show in Albuquerque

at Ace Barbershop in 2021

The Ambos Lados International Print Exchange was organized on both sides of the border

By Horned Toad Prints in El Paso (director Manuel Guerra)
and Taller Gráfica Libre in Zachilla, Oaxaca (Beatriz Rivas and Adrian Aguirre)

Ambos Lados was organized by Horned Toad Prints (director Manuel Guerra) in El Paso

and Taller Gráfica Libre in Zachilla, Oaxaca (Beatriz Rivas and Adrian Aguirre)

The curators Lacey Chrisco and Chandler Wigton

consulting just before the opening

LIVE PRINTING

See the 8 PRINTS made during the opening

We did live printing on a Tortilla Press, which was innovated by 3 Gatos Press from Guadalajara, the two members participated in Ambos Lados (Alejandra Mares and Xavier Moreno). They invited us to do some Tortilla Press printing in Tlaquepaque when we visited in 2019.

Lacey Chrisco made the first successful Tortilla Press print. She was also one of the two curators for the exhibition:

Lacey Chrisco with the first Tortilla Press print!

Chandler Wigton made the second Tortilla Press print. He was one of two curators for the exhibition:

Chandler Wigton making his print on the Tortilla Press

Lacey Chrisco and Chander Wigton handed out 6 x 6 inch linoleum squares to their classmates taking printmaking this semester at CNM with Lyn Pierre, and to a few other artists too. They brought in their linoleum plates and we printed them on the Tortilla Press during the opening:

Tom Brown

Tara Walch with her print

Stephanie Weiner

Brooks Walch holding his print

We will send the prints made at the opening to El Paso, and aim to have a pop-up print show with prints from Manuel Guerra's students at UTEP. Then hopefully all the prints will come back and we will have the same pop-up print show in Albuquerque. This is the start of the BUCKET EXHIBITIONS projects.

The new relief prints made during the opening

on the Tortilla Press

Susan "Shuishii" Gonzalez

stepped up to the Tortilla Press

and made a print from one of the Tres Gatos Press plates

Lawrence Welborn, Barbara Endicott and Heidi

we were pleasantly surprised that they came to the opening

Adric and Rebecca from Quelab came!!!

Brooks Walch jumped in and helped out a lot

making prints of his block as well as those of others

on the Tortilla Press!

Thank you Brooks Walch!

Prints on the table

some of which were given out for free during the opening

Catalogs

The Ambos Lados poster

hanging on the bulletin board at the Outpost

The Inpost Instagram posting

during the opening

Skuishii (Susan Gonzalez) came up from El Paso

and posted on Instagram

Posting on Lacey Chrisco's Instagram

Thank you again Tom Guralnick, the director of the Outpost Performance Space:

Tom Guralnick talking about the Outpost Performance Space

UPDATE (February 20, 2022): Lacey Chrisco was also the assistant curator for the the printmaking exhibition at the Albuquerque Museum -- Printer's Proof: Artist and Printer Collaborations. In the photograph below she is introducing the master printmakers at the talk during the opening on February 19th, 2022:

Lacey Chrisco (left)

introducing the master printmakers

during the talk at the Albuquerque Museum

Again, both Lacey Chrisco and Chandler Wigton curated this Ambos Lados show at the Outpost Performance Space.

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Ambos Lados coming to the Outpost Performance Space in Albuquerque, New Mexico

The Ambos Lados print exchange will be exhibited in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Outpost/Inpost Performance Space from January 24th to April 29, 2022. The opening is scheduled for February 5th, 2022, 5- 7 PM. We plan on doing live Tortilla Press printing at the opening.

The exhibition will be open for the opening, performances and by appointment.

Ambos Lados

coming to the OutPost Performance Space

Ambos Lados prints

(hanging at the Inpost)

inside of the Outpost

Inpost Artspace Reception

Saturday, February 5th, 5-7pm

(Exhibition Dates: January 24- April 29, 2022)

Curated by Chandler Wigton and Lacey Chrisco, Ambos Lados is an exhibition of 158 prints from artists in 6 countries, primarily Mexico and the United States, including 18 artists from New Mexico and several Albuquerque artists.

Ambos Lados, which translates as “both sides” in Spanish emerged out of a print exchange organized on both sides of the border by Manuel Guerra, Director of Horned Toad Prints in El Paso and Adrian Aguirre and Beatriz Rivas of Taller Gráfica Libre in Zaachila, Oaxaca. The prints and larger project emphasize the unity of artists and peoples across the political border of the United States and Mexico. While there was no set theme for the exchange, many of the works explore political and social issues, specifically the border, while others are contemplative, humorous, or abstract. The print exchange, organized in 2018, was unjuried and open to anyone who wished to participate, the only rule for the exchange was a uniform print size. The prints included in the show utilize a range of printing techniques including lithographs, serigraphs, relief, and intaglio. Egalitarian in nature, the project connected artists from a range of professional, ethnic, and geographic backgrounds and the exhibition puts these perspectives in conversation. The prints emphasize how artistic expression is a unifying force across different kinds of borders and divides.

An accompanying catalog will be available for purchase at the Outpost or on amazon.