Monday, October 28, 2024

SOUTHWEST PRINT FIESTA 2024 -- SUMMARY

We had a great time once again during the SOUTHWEST PRINT FIESTA in Silver City -- October 11th - 14th, 2024:


THANK YOU to KYLE DURRIE, organizer of the SOUTHWEST PRINT FIESTA:


Also a big THANK YOU to JAMIE KAROLICH, also organizer of the SOUTHWEST PRINT FIESTA:

Jamie Karolich (right) 
talking to Manuel Guerra


INDEX



Manuel Guerra of El Paso
flanked by Pavel Acevedo and Daniel Gonzalez of LA



LISETTE CHAVEZ, famous for her Instagram ShowMeYourPrintShop, came to sell prints this year:


We hand pressed EXQUISITE TESSELLATION Prints during the after-party at Whiskey Creek ZocaloWe also handed out a lot of "hat" linocuts at the Southwest Print Fiesta, for the printmakers to take home and carve:



Print Superstars at the Zocalo after-party
Left to right:  Juana Estrada HernandezRamon DeandaMarco Sanchez and Reyna Munoz,


CHRIS BARDEY and ADRIAN AGUIRRE (FRANCISCO DELGADO not present) reprinted the big triptych that they carved for BIG INK earlier this year:






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PREVIOUS Southwest Print Fiestas


SOUTHWEST PRINT FIESTA 2024 -- Steamroller Printing

This year there were two days of steamrolling printing at the SOUTHWEST PRINT FIESTA 2024.  The video and most of the photos are from the second day, when Chris Bardey and Adrian Aguirre reprinted the BIG INK collaborative carvings they did with Francisco Delgado (not present):



FIRST DAY

These are the steamroller prints made during the first day, on October 12, 2024:

The steamroller artists from the first day: Katrina Noble (Albuquerque), Serena Rios McRae (Tucson), Kristin Vantrease (Anchorage, Alaska), Oscar Maynard (Atlanta/Silver City)

Katrina Noble, Serena Rios McRae, Kristin Vantrease, Oscar Maynard









Carrying the big steamroller print by Kristin Vantrease 


SECOND DAY

During the second day, October 13th, 2024, Chris Bardey and Adrian Aguirre re-printed the big collaboration they carved with Francisco Delgado for the BIG INK event in Albuquerque on April 14, 2024:

The collaborative masterprint





Chris Bardey inking












































checking out the resulting masterpiece




BIG INK

The collaborative print was originally pulled when BIG INK came to Albuquerque on April 14th, 2024:



of Las Cruces/El Paso
showing off their print in Albuquerque




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TINY TOWN

TINY TOWN of Tucson, associated with TANLINE print shop, got involved with the EXQUISITE TESSELLATION prints: Amanda Beekhuizen M Carlis...