Print, Printed, Printing IV

PRINT, PRINTED, PRINTING IV

We submitted 7 prints to the 4th biannual "Print, Printed, Printing" exhibition at New Mexico Highlands University, in Las Vegas, New Mexico. This exhibition goes on with the 2016 "Print, Printed, Printing" print conference.  Some of these prints are from the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta, currently showing at the El Paso Museum of Art.

Print, Printed, Printing 4

The exhibition runs from February 13th - March 18th, and is split in two parts:

• "New Mexico Printmakers" in the Kennedy Gallery.
• "Print, Printed, Printing" (non-New Mexican printmakers) in Burris Hall

The gallery receptions are from 5 - 7 PM on Friday, February 19th.

The print conference, all day Feb 19th and 20th, is organized by professor Todd Christensen.

Previous print conference flyers:

2014

Print, Printed, Printing III

-- See blog entry by Ren Adams --

2010

I delivered 7 framed prints on February 10th:

Delivered prints piling up

in the back room

of the gallery

4 prints in box,

for the New Mexico printmakers show

2 prints for Burris Hall,

for the non-New Mexican printmakers

Henry Morales' print

was the only small print I delivered,

(for the New Mexican printmakers show)

The 7 prints we delivered:

Karsten Creightney

 “Roadside Gambler”

relief print

Albuquerque

Trevor Lucero

"Lover's Leap"

lithograph 

Santa Fe

Chris Bardey 

"City Dweller Meets Wildlife"

Relief print with pastel

Las Cruces

Krrrl

"Chulada"

serigraph

Albuquerque

Henry Morales

"Foothill Ride"

woodcut

Albuquerque

Francisco Delgado

"Lastima Margarito"

linoleum 

El Paso

Tanya Rich

"Receive the Desires of your Heart"

Serigraph (started as woodcut)

Tucson

 A peek in the window

of the Highlands University

print shop

A peek in the window

of the Highlands University

print shop

Note that "The Complete Printmaker" book

is in the center of the display 

at the Parachute Factory,

the Las Vegas (NM) hackerspace

See also related posts:

• Print Demos at Highlands University -- first day
• Print Demos at Highlands University -- second day
• Highlands University Exhibitions

Ren Adams has a blog post about the previous mini-print conference -- Print, Printed, Printmaking III

Other upcoming print conferences:

SGCI in Portland -- March 30 - April 2

Rocky Mountain Printmaking Alliance in Boise, Idaho  -- April 14 - 16

Brownsville Opening and Presentation

We framed 25 pieces from the YayBig Southwest collection for an exhibition at the Art Museum of University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, in Brownsville -- November 3rd - 27th, 2015.

We also showed 23 loose pieces in 2 smaller print rakes, and a large print by Irving Herrera from Oaxaca.

Zeke Peña attended the opening, and gave a presentation to the students.

OPENING

YouTube video tour
of the gallery

Opening

Tuesday, November 3rd

Large print by Irving Herrera,

of Oaxaca

THE PRESENTATION

Zeke Peña giving a slide presentation 

to the printmaking students 

Photo of a corner of the the printmaking studio

Simple printmaking materials --

for making relief prints --

Linoleum block, knifes, wooden spoon, printing baren

Zeke printing with a spoon,

during the print demonstration

on November 3rd

Rubbing the baren over the paper by hand,

to make a print

(Zeke signing prints in the background)

Yay!

This print was originally done for the 

YayBig Print Exchange

Other fresh prints,

from blocks that Zeke cut

A variety of other prints by Zeke Peña,

by a variety of printing techniques

Thanks to Professor Alejandro Macias

who runs the Rusteberg Art Gallery

at the University of Texas, Rio Grande campus.

Article in The Rider  by Monica Gudiño --
Official Student newspaper 

of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
(page 5 on ISSUU)



Picture from follow up article 
in The Rider, by Monica Gudino,
about the print show

Brownsville-- University of Texas

Selected framed and loose prints from the YayBig Southwest collection will be shown in the art museum at the University of Texas -- Rio Grande Valley, November 3rd - 25th.

Zeke Peña will be giving a workshop affiliated with the exhibition.

The opening reception for the exhibition "YayBig Southwest" opens Tuesday, November 3 at 6 pm at The Gallery at Rusteberg Hall (UTRGV-Brownsville). Please join us. Refreshments will be served

"Printmakers without horses: Southwest artists don't get the attention they deserve. Perhaps that's because it takes five hours to drive from El Paso/ Juarez to either Tucson or Albuquerque, and eight hours to make Austin. Therefore, we started buying local prints, and showing them in pop-up galleries throughout the region. The idea was to annoy and inspire our peers, and push for a stronger creative dialogue in the desert. This collection started as a modest exchange between Tucson and El Paso. While most contemporary artists look toward the east and west, New York and San Francisco, for inspiration and cues, artists here also feel a strong pull south, from the gravity of Mexican art. Therefore, we included some prints from Oaxaca. The viewers can decide for themselves if there is any unity of vision amongst Southwestern artists or if we are being torn apart in three directions.

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Earlier I dropped off 25 framed prints, and some loose ones, 

in Brownsville, Texas

César Martinez's exhibition preceded ours.  I was fortunate enough to attend his opening.  What a hard show to follow!

César Martinez

at his Brownsville opening

Oct 6, 2015

Desert Triangle

YayBig Southwest spun off into a commissioned project -- Desert Triangle Print Carpeta. The object is to show prints!

I commissioned 30 artists in the Southwest, to give me editions of 50 large prints (22 x 30 inches). The artists keep 25 prints, plus earn a fee.

Almost half of the prints, 12, were made in Mexico:

10 prints were made

at Taller 75 Grados in Mexico City

(the first 7 showing)

Francisco Delgado

made his print in Oaxaca

Manuel Guerra

made his print at La Ceiba Grafica

in Coatepec (near Xalapa)

We are showing the first 18 prints in Patzcuaro (until the 18th of October). Then we will be showing the prints in pop-up galleries in Mexico -- Oct 30th, in Mexico City at Taller 75 Grados, and Nov 1st and 2nd, in Oaxaca at Process Ediciones.

More exhibits planned in the future.