PRINT UPDATE -- April 2024

There are a few print things boiling at the moment:

BIG INK

The biggest comes this Saturday and Sunday, April 13th and 14th, 2024, when BIG INK brings their BIG PRESS to FUSION in Albuquerque, 9 AM - 5 PM both days.

This is the progress on our collaborative BIG INK print so far -- by Virgil Velasco, Ellie Weadock and Henry Morales:

The progress so far

on the BIG INK collaborative print

An animation of the BIG INK progress

Julianna Kirwin brought BIG INK to town, and also finished her big woodcut:

Julianna Kirwin's

BIG INK woodblock

Here is a list of the SWEET 16 printers and printing teams, for the BIG INK printing sessions in Albuquerque on April 13th and 14th, 2024, 9 AM -5 PM:

Albuquerque BIG INK printmakers

April 13th

• HELEN SHAFER GARCIA: 27″ x 35″

• OLIVIA BRADSTREET: 30″ x 40″

• PETER M MARTIN: 40″ x 41″

• BUCKET EXHIBITIONS (Henry Morales, Virgil Velasco, Ellie Weadock): 28" x 48"

• LYNN LEAHY: 30″ x 40″

• STEPHANIE WEINER:36″ x 48″

• JULIE SOLA: 36″ x 48″, Two Additional Prints

• RACHAEL BROWN: 32″ x 48″

• JULIANNA KIRWIN: 24″ x 60″

April 14th

• AMY BUETENS  

• OFFCENTER COMMUNITY ARTS PROJECT (Ashley Kincaid, September Benson, and Alden Sobol): 36″ x 48″

• OFFCENTER COMMUNITY ARTS PROJECT II (Mika Maloney, Zimmy Zimmer-Chu, Dre Rivera):  36″ x 48″

• THE CROOKED MAN PRESS TEAM (Christopher Bardey, Adrian Aguirre, and Francisco Delgado): 36″ x 72″

• JENNIFER JAMES

• JANET SHAGAM: 24″ x 40″

• CHRISTOPHER ROBERTS

Peter M Martin proofed his BIG INK woodblock with a rubbing stone:

Peter M Martin

proofed his BIG INK woodblock

with a rubbing stone

JOHN TOLLETT

Meanwhile John Tollett continues to laser engrave linoleum at MAKE SANTA FE, and make relief prints:

John Tollett previously made a two-color linocut print, from a laser engraved linoleum based on my portrait drawing:

February 23, 2024

PRINTERS PLANET

Albuquerque

The PRINTERS PLANET print market is coming to OFF CENTER in Albuquerque on May 25th, 2024.  REGISTRATION due by May 1st, 2024:

PRINTERS PLANET  in Albuquerque

May 25th, 2024

NEXO ENTRE RAICES

Last month, on March 23, 2024, I went to the panel discussion for the NEXO ENTRE RAICES exhibition at the El Paso Museum of Art:

NEXO ENTRE RAICES

panel discussion at the El Paso Museum of Art

on March 23, 2024

The print sale after the panel talk

During the NEXOS panel discussion in El Paso, Pavel Acevedo was inking and  printing at the University of Arizona in Tucson with professor Mau Ricio of the Mexican-American studies program:

Pavel Acevedo in Tucson

printing at the University of Arizona 

Later that night he printed with Joe Marshall at the Snakebite Creation Space in Tucson -- at 174 E Toole Ave, where I had a studio at Pleasure World, and which also housed the old YayBig gallery:

Pavel Acevedo and Joe Marshall

screen printing at the Snakebite Creation Space

in Tucson on March 23, 2024