I could barely keep up with all the printmaking that happened this year 2023. I covered printmaking in depth in these blog posts:
BUCKET EXHIBITIONS:
DESERT TRIANGLE PRINT CARPETA:
AMBOS LADOS INTERNATIONAL PRINT EXCHANGE:
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PRINT EXCHANGES
BLENDED
Prints, AI, and my Drawing Style
I managed to blend my drawing style, AI and printmaking in my edition for the Southwest Print Fiesta Print Exchange 2023:
I submitted a 45 print edition to the Southwest Print Fiesta Print Exchange 2023:
I also enhanced my print with AR (Augmented Reality), but it was too painful to experience, so I did not advertise it:
OPEN PRESS PRINT EXCHANGE
I also entered the OPEN PRESS PRINT EXCHANGE #2 from Germany, making a 2.7 x 2.7 inch print on their 3D printed printing press:
EXHIBITIONS
GRAND EXHIBITIONS
We had some big grand print exhibitions in 2023 (as I noted on the BUCKET EXHIBITONS blog):
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA ART MUSEUM
TUCSON
TUCSON (June 10 - December 21, 2023):
- Our biggest exhibition was for the DESERT TRIANGLE PRINT CARPETA at the University of Arizona Art Museum in Tucson
EL PASO MUSEUM OF HISTORY
EL PASO (March 18 - July 15, 2023):
- We also exhibited the AMBOS LADOS INTERNATIONAL PRINT EXCHANGE at the El Paso Museum of History :
NORTH FOURTH ART CENTER
Albuquerque
- We also showed 88 8x8 inch prints at the North Fourth Art Center in Albuquerque as part of their final "Deck the Walls" exhibition, before they closed for good
8x8 II SHOW
El Paso
EL PASO (May 19 - June 3, 2023):
- Manuel Guerra showed 183 8x8 inch prints in El Paso for the 8x8 II Show during the Memorial Day stretch
PETIT EXHIBITIONS
ALBUQUERQUE (April 21, 2023):
- We showed framed 8x8 inch prints on the back of a bicycle coffee cart at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History in Albuquerque with Quelab:
- We showed 8x8 inch prints at the Santa Fe Community College during PRINT SANTA FE:
- I went down to Las Cruces for PRINT DAY IN MAY when Chris Bardey hung some of our BUCKET PRINTS at his "Art Department" studio during the Las Cruces Printmaking Studio Tour:
- We showed prints on a make-shift display in front of the CURRENTS NEWMEDIA Exhibition:
GUADALAJARA (July 8, 2023):
- We showed five prints from Albuquerque printmakers at PHIL SPACE:
SILVER CITY, NM (October 6, 2023):
- Manuel Guerra also took the 8x8 II Show to the Southwest Print Fiesta 2023 in Silver City
EL PASO (November 30, 2023):
- Also Manuel Guerra brought his 8x8 Sow to La Frontera Print Fest in El Paso:
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LIVE PRINTMAKING
BIG EVENTS
We had several live printmaking sessions in 2023 (as noted on the BUCKET EXHIBITONS blog):
TUCSON (October 24, 2023):
- We printed with a REAL TORTILLA PRESS at the DESERT TRIANGLE reception at the University of Arizona Art Museum:
- LIVE PRINTMAKING in both El Paso and Guadalajara. We printed live at the El Paso Museum of History for the AMBOS LADOS closing, while Guadalajara live streamed LIVE PRINTMAKING with 3 Gatos Press and Manuel Guerra:
El Paso (March 18):
- We did live printmaking at the opening for the AMBOS LADOS INTERNATIONAL PRINT EXCHANGE at the El Paso Museum of History:
SMALLER EVENTS
ALBUQUERQUE (January 7, 2023):
- I watched the printmaking Grudge Match between Lee Ginsberg and Anne Steen during the Open House at Remarque Print Workshop
- We printed live with the TORTILLA PRESS in front of HECHO A MANO gallery at the top of Canyon Road during PRINT SANTA FE:
LAS CRUCES (May 6):
- Chris Bardey printed on a t-shirt with a Skateboard Press in his "Art Department" gallery during the Las Cruces Printmaking Studio Tour:
TIJERAS, NM (June 3):
- Henry Morales ran a printmaking workshop for children at the East Mountain Public Library as one of the "Altogether Now" events that day at all the Albuquerque area public libraries:
SANTA FE (June 24):
- We made prints live on a REAL TORTILLA Press during the PRINTERS PLANET market in front of the CURRENTS NEW MEDIA exhibition:
GUADALAJARA (July 8):
- 3 Gatos Press and Manuel Guerra printed live on their tortilla press during the 8x8 II Print exhibition:
SANTA FE (August 13):
- Ellie Weadock and Virgil Velasco printed live during the PRINTERS PLANET market at the Santa Fe Railyard:
LAS VEGAS, NM (September 1):
- I went up to Las Vegas, New Mexico to do live printmaking at Fat Crow Press during their First Friday Art Walk:
ALBUQUERQUE (September 9):
- Henry Morales ran a woodblock printmaking workshop at the Hubbell House in support of the Marigold Parade:
We printed live during First Friday at the North Fourth Art Center, which was the second reception for the "Deck the Walls" exhibition:
BLOCK PARTIES
Workshops
We had three BLOCK PARTY workshops at the North Fourth Art Center, where people would bring in their 8x8 linocuts and we would print them:
- BLOCK PARTY in Albuquerque (May 27, 2023)
- Second BLOCK PARTY in Albuquerque (July 22, 2023)
- Eclipse Print Workshop -- October 14, 2023
- Also we had a Potato Print Party on October 21, 2023 at Ellie's house in Albuquerque:
PRINTMAKING
TECHNIQUES
During the year our printmaking techniques evolved
AI linocut
printed with Mayan Blue pigment
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