Wednesday, March 25, 2026

TIJERAS LIBRARY Exhibition -- MARCH 2026

HENRY MORALES and crew exhibited in March 2026 at the East Mountain Public Library in Tijeras, New Mexico -- after taking down (almost) the same exhibition from the Juan Tabo Public Library in Albuquerque:


standing in front of his big Horse Tessellation print


YEAR of the FIRE HORSE

As the YEAR of the FIRE HORSE started on February 17th, 2026.  Therefore the crew carved collaborative EXQUISITE TESSELLATION Prints with Fire Horses, and Ellie Weadock printed them at CNM West Campus:
 
Karl Whitaker, Casandra Encinias, Virgil Velasco, Ellie Weadock


Virgil Velasco, Henry Morales (big print), Casandra Encinias




TAKING DOWN ARTWORK
from the JUAN TABO LIBRARY

In the morning of February 28, 2026, we took down the exhibition from the Juan Tabo Public Library -- to move it to the East Mountain Public Library later than morning:


Casandra Encinias, Henry Morales, Ellie Weadock, and Virgil Velasco

Two cars on the loading dock 
at the Juan Tabo Public Library


EAST MOUNTAIN PUBLIC LIBRARY

We hung the same (almost) print exhibition at the East Mountain Public Library in Tijeras, New Mexico (outside of Albuquerque):



Henry Morales taking down the previous exhibition
of the paintings of SANTIAGO PEREZ


THE PRINT EXHIBITION










INDIVIDUAL PRINTS































The collaborative EXQUISITE TESSELLATION Prints
of the "YEAR of the HORSE" --
see beginning of this blog post


Virgil Velasco





Ellie Weadock and Casandra Encinias






Virgil Velasco


Virgil Velasco


Virgil Velasco


Virgil Velasco


Virgil Velasco








Virgil Velasco


Virgil Velasco






Classy cars parked in front of the
East Mountain Public Library in Tijeras, New Mexico




Both of our library exhibitions followed one by SANTIAGO PEREZ, with whom we work with closely:

SANTIAGO PEREZ in his studio in the East Mountains


Saturday, February 28, 2026

FORGOTTEN REACH -- UNM/UTEP student Print Exchange

FORGOTTEN REACH is a black-and-white student print exchange between the University of New Mexico and the University of Texas at El Paso, from Spring Semester 2025:

FORGOTTEN REACH
Black-and-White student print exchange
between UNM and UTEP

UTEP Print Professor Manuel Guerra from El Paso
holds up the "FORGOTTEN REACH" portfolio


UNM Print Professor Aaron Bass (left)
receives the prints from UTEP Print Professor Manuel Guerra (right)
on November 29,  2025

Print Professors Aaron Bass (UNM -- left)
and Manuel Guerra (UTEP -- right)
exchanging prints at UNM in November 2025


UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO



The prints showing in the hallway of the art building at the University of New Mexico, in February 2026:





UNM PRINTS

Prints from the students at the University of New Mexico


UTEP PRINTS

Prints from the students at the University of Texas at El Paso



UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
AT EL PASO

A photo of the prints showing at the University of Texas at El Paso -- at the FOX FINE ARTS CENTER on the 1st and 2nd floor from January 31- February 14, 2026.  Heather Wilson, the president of UTEP, walked through the exhibition on February 6, 2026:

Part of the exhibition
at UTEP

SHEPARD FAIREY in NEW MEXICO

SHEPARD FAIREY painted murals in New Mexico -- in both Albuquerque and Santa Fe: Mural in Albuquerque (left) and Santa Fe (right) ALBUQUERQU...