KRЯRL DЯAWINGS: ABQ ARTWALK -- JANUARY 2026

2026 started off quietly with the ABQ ARTWALK on January 2, 2026 in downtown Albuquerque:

January 2026 ABQ ARTWALK

MOTHERSHIP ALUMNNI

The MOTHERSHIP ALUMNI featured the INNER CIRCLE show, and I talked to some of the artists with studios there:

Sam "Pollo" Sisneros

Sam "Pollo" Sisneros organized the most excellent Oaxaca print show last September 2025 in Albuquerque:

UNM and Oaxaca Prints in Albuquerque

Zero Bey 1

Judah Kismetti

I've seen Judah Kismetti during previous ABQ ARTWALKS:

February 2, 2021

2021

April 7, 2022

2022

516 ARTS

516 ARTS was open with their exhibit -- THE ARMOR WE WEAR:

ERIC J GARCIA painted the huge front wall:

Eric J Garcia

ALEJANDRO MACIAS, professor at the University of Arizona, was also showing:

Alejandro Macias

We had previously met Alejandro Macias, in 2023, when he was teaching at the University of Arizona -- when the university was exhibiting our Desert Triangle Print Carpeta exhibition:

SUMMARY -- Exhibition at

the University of Arizona Art Museum

Alejandro Macias (right)

with Manuel Guerra from UTEP (left)

Brownsville Opening and Presentation

Alejandro Macias at our print exhibition

in Brownsville, Texas 2015,

when he was teaching at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

San Antonio pop-up -- Gallista Gallery

We first met Alejandro Macias in San Antonio

when he was showing at the Gallista Gallery in 2015

UPDATE: I went to the talk at 516 ARTS by ALEJANDRO MACIAS in Albuquerque on January 17, 2026:

Alejandro Macias speaking at 516 ARTS

VICENTE TELLES:

We had met Vicente Telles a few times before, when he organized the Son de Allá y Son de Acá exhibitions in Albuquerque in 2022. And also as during his HECHO A MANO exhibition in Santa Fe in 2022, when Dr Ricardo Romo visited:

A Great Day in Santa Fe