PRINTERS PLANET Market -- coming to ALBUQUERQUE 2024

The PRINTERS PLANET Market is coming to downtown Albuquerque -- on Saturday, MAY 25th, 2024, from 10am - 4pm.  It will be at OFFCENTER ARTS parking lot -- 808 Park Ave SW.  $40 for a vendor table, sign up at THIS LINK:

PRINTERS PLANET coming to Albuquerque,

Saturday, May 25th

We plan to crank out free prints that Saturday, demoing at OFFCENTER ARTS in Albuquerque, with our live portable printmaking studio and/or Tortilla Press:

Virgil and Henry show off

the portable printmaking studio toolbox

***ALSO*** the PRINTERS PLANET is hoping to bring a print market to Taos.  Moreover they are planning on returning to Santa Fe again this August 2024.  It was a big success last year in 2023:

SUMMARY -- PRINTERS PLANET 2023 -- August 13

PRINTERS PLANET -- Santa Fe, August 13, 2023

Highlands University in Las Vega, New Mexico will have another PRINT PRINTED PRINTING event on February 23rd and 24th, 2024 (the opening exhibition is on February 23rd):

Print Printed Printing event on February 23rd, 2024

at Highlands University in Las Vegas, New Mexico

We participated in the PRINT PRINTED PRINTING IV

event at Highlands University in 2016

• PLUS we will also do live printmaking at the SANTA FE ZINE FEST 2024 at Wise Fool on April 28th.

Summary of Upcoming

*** PRINT EVENTS ***

• FEBRUARY 23rd-24th -- PRINT PRINTED PRINTING exhibition and print conference at Highlands University in Las Vegas, New Mexico

• APRIL 13th-14th -- BIG INK at FUSION in Albuquerque

• APRIL 28th -- SANTA FE ZINE FEST 2024 at Wise Fool

• MAY 25th -- PRINTERS PLANET Market at OFFCENTER ARTS in Albuquerque
• August -- PRINTERS PLANET Market in Santa Fe

• OCTOBER 11th-14th -- SOUTHWEST PRINT FIESTA 2024 in Silver City, New Mexico

Other PRINT Rumblings

On February 15th they made the first silk screen prints at QUELAB makerspace in Albuquerque:

Clara and Aaron at Quelab

making the first silk screen prints

Clara gave us a print for our BUCKET EXHIBITIONS

Meanwhile at MAKE SANTA FE -- John Tollett laser engraved a linocut and continued his javelina print series:

Javelina print by John Tollett

John even got sophisticated and bought some registration tabs:

Javelina print with registration tabs

Meanwhile the BIG INK collaboration is coming along nicely:

Virgil started carving his BIG INK block(left)

and Ellie and Henry put their blocks side-by-side

on February 13, 2024

• Stephanie Weiner invited some of the BIG INK artists to her housewarming party on February 3rd, 2024

REMARQUE PRINT WORKSHOP is moving from their present Central Avenue location in Albuquerque, to the old Tortuga Gallery next year in 2025.  However they started refurbishing the building with a work party on February 4th, 2024:

The painted entrance

 of the old Tortuga Gallery in Albuquerque,

and the new Remarque Print Workshop

Painting the front room on February 4th, 2024

Clearing out the back yard

on February 4th, 2024

• Note that Remarque will also be running an AirBnB next door to their new print workshop.

In mid-February 2024, this huge red curtain appeared in downtown Albuquerque, covering a chain link fence protecting a building project.  The design is by MALCOLM KING, who participated in the Ambos Lados International Print Exchange.  It would be even more wonderful if the building also incorporated some of Malcolm's design:

Beautiful red curtain in downtown Albuquerque

designed by Malcolm King

Brian brought his LEGO Press to Quelab and made prints from LEGO plates on February 1, 2024:

LEGO press

printing LEGO plates

Now we are wondering if we can make prints on an old credit card imprinter, from a 3D printed plate:

Can we print with and old credit card imprinter?

BIG INK is coming to Albuquerque

We signed up for the BIG INK workshop in Albuquerque on April 13th and 14th, 2024 at the FUSION FORUM art space:

BIG INK

2024 HISSTORY Tour

BIG INK is touring their BIG TUNA Press around the country, for printing huge woodcuts between "24 x 36 inches/40 x 96 inches" -- the maximum woodcut size being just shy of 4x8 feet!

The BIG TUNA press

FUSION FORUM 

Art Space in Albuquerque

THE PLAN

We signed up as a team of three artists -- Henry Morales, Ellie Weadock, and Virgil Velasco:

• A group of up to THREE PEOPLE may register to carve a single woodblock on one board. Please list your names in the “Order Notes” field when registering:

Our BIG INK team in Albuquerque (left to right):

Virgil Velasco, Henry Morales, Ellie Weadock

These artists cut down a 28" x 48" piece of MDF into three 16" x 24" panels,  and will carve the panels individually:

• We recommend cutting your wood to fit inside a drawing portfolio before carving. These sections can be pieced together on the press. Remember that each cut will create a thin white line in the finished print, so plan your design accordingly:

Painted 24" x 48" board

cut down into 16" x 24" panels

Then when BIG INK comes to town, they will ink and piece the woodcuts together to made one big EXQUISITE PRINT.

Previous print collaboration

between Virgil Velasco (left)

and Henry Morales (right)

UPDATE (January 16, 2024):  The artists got together in Henry Morales's studio to brainstorm with their first sketches:

The first sketches laid out together

Henry Morales, Ellie Weadock, and Virgil Velasco

conferencing

Collective drawing

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UPDATE: The second collaborative meeting at Henry Morales' studio on January 23, 2024:

The print sketch so far

Virgil has carbon paper below his sketch,

which he is transferring to the board

Virgil's sketch

Close up of Ellie's sketch

Close up of Henry's sketch

Ellie makes the "First Cut"

BIG INK sent some supplies

(and also some paper packs)

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Meanwhile in Oaxaca, Mexico -- Julianna Kirwin of Albuquerque is ready to carve the two panels she found down there:

Julianna Kirwin in Oaxaca

with her panels

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PREVIOUS BIG PRINTS

EL PASO

This is a great way to answer El Paso -- where during the PRINT PACHANGA last July 2023 Marco Sanchez cranked out large print masterpieces at the El Paso Museum of Art:

PRINT PACHANGA masterpieces

at the El Paso Museum of Art

ALBUQUERQUE

Henry Morales has carved a big woodcut before, during a Zozobra/Steamroller event in Albuquerque in 2020:

Steamroller printing in Albuquerque in 2020

Henry Morales (left)

and Mike Kimball (right)

made steamroller prints in Albuquerque

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SIDE HUSTLE

While obsessing with big prints, we need to carve another big one out on the CNC at Quelab.

Adam runs the big CNC machine at Quelab

Ruben Urrea Moreno did this before, and brought his large woodcut from Tucson to make a steamroller print in El Paso during the Chalk the Block festival in 2015:

Ruben Urrea Moreno

brought his large CNCed woodcut to El Paso

to steamroller print in El Paso

It could take forever to raster a 3x3 foot piece of MDF on the CNC machine:

It would probably take forever

to carve this image created in Midjourney AI

into a big piece of MDF on the CNC

However we might CNC a SVG vector file (like this one we did into acrylic), and hand carve the details later.

Adam CNCed this vector image

into a smaller piece of acrylic

We might even be able to proof the big woodcuts with the hand barens we are waiting for from ARTEINA in Barcelona:

Hand baren from Barcelona

VIDEO Estampador manual

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We are looking forward to printing with BIG INK on April 13th and 14th, 2023 at FUSION FORUM -- 708 1st St NW, Albuquerque:

FUSION FORUM 

Art Space in Albuquerque

FUSION FORUM 

Art Space in Albuquerque

FUSION posted about the BIG INK event on their website:

BIG INK posting

on the FUSION website

SUMMARY 2023 -- BUCKET EXHIBITIONS

2023 SUMMARY

2023 was a good year for BUCKET EXHIBITIONS

HIGHLIGHTS  2023

Manuel Guerra hung 183 prints for the second "8x8 II Show" at the ALAMEDA ART AND SALVAGE gallery in El Paso (May 19 - June 3, 2023):

SUMMARY -- 8x8 II Show -- print exhibition in El Paso

The article in the El Paso Times

about the 8x8 II print show

We hung 88 prints as part of the "Deck the Walls" show at the NORTH FOURTH ART CENTER in Albuquerque (November 10 - December 30, 2023):

North Fourth Art Center -- Print Exhibition SUMMARY

We hung 88 prints

for the final exhibition at the North Fourth Art Center

in Albuquerque

Manuel Guerra took prints to Guadalajara, Mexico to show with 3 Gatos Press (July 8, 2023):

8x8 Print Exhibition in Guadalajara

Exhibiting prints

and making prints live

in Guadalajara

Manuel Guerra also showed a selection of 8x8 inch prints, from both Mexican and US printmakers (and one from Australia) during the Southwest Print Fiesta 2023 in Silver City, New Mexico (October 6, 2023):

Southwest Print Fiesta 2023 -- SUMMARY

Showing prints in Silver City, New Mexico

during the Southwest Print Fiesta 2023

We did some live printmaking and showed a few BUCKET PRINTS at the UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA ART MUSEUM in Tucson during the reception for the DESERT TRIANGLE PRINT CARPETA (October 24, 2023):

Live Printmaking at the University of Arizona Reception

Live printmaking in Tucson

at the UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA ART MUSEUM

for the DESERT TRIANGLE reception

 

We did some live SIMULTANEOUS LIVE PRINTMAKING at both the EL PASO MUSEUM OF HISTORY museum for the AMBOS LADOS  INTERNATIONAL PRINT EXCHANGE closing, while live streaming live printmaking from Guadalajara (July 15, 2023):

Ambos Lados Closing

Simultaneous Live Printmaking --

printing at the El Paso Museum of History,

while live streaming live printmaking from Guadalajara

We participated in the big PRINTERS PLANET Festival in Santa Fe (August 13th, 2023):

PRINTERS PLANET -- Santa Fe, August 13, 2023

The hardcore printmakers drew the model at Sir Henry Morales' printmaking studio throughout the year:

PHIL SPACE -- Printers Planet

Albuquerque printmakers in Henry Morales' studio --

(l to r) Virgil Velasco, Craig, Ellie Weadock,

Henry Morales, Cody Kamrowski

We like to have some fun during our openings, and made Ben Harrison print with his feet, on a rocker board, while playing guitar during the FIRST FRIDAY reception in Albuquerque (December 1, 2023):

First Friday -- Deck The Walls

Ben Harrison playing guitar

while printing on a rocking board with his feet

in Albuquerque

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CLICK ON THE PICTURES

E X H I B I T I O N S

JANUARY

El Paso  (January 10):

TOMA Gallery -- Side-busting in El Paso

Pop-up print show

during the drawing session

at the TOMA gallery

MARCH

Albuquerque  (March 9):

Warming Up in 2023

Pop-up print show

during the drawing session on March 9th,

at the North Fourth Art Center

Albuquerque  (March 14):

Warming Up in 2023

Small showing at Henry Morales' studio

during the drawing session on March 14th

APRIL

Santa Fe  (April 4):

Warming Up in 2023

Pop-up show in Santa Fe on April 4th,

during the Tuesday Night Drawing Session

Albuquerque  (April 6):

Warming Up in 2023

Pop-up show in Albuquerque

during the drawing session on April 6

at the North Fourth Art Center

Santa Fe  (April/May):

PRINT SANTA FE -- Summary 2023

Showing 13 prints

 at the Santa Fe Community College

from mid April to the end of May

Albuquerque  (April 21):

National Museum of Nuclear Science and History

Pop-up print show in Albuquerque

on the back of a bicycle coffee cart

at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History

MAY

Las Cruces  (May 6):

Las Cruces Printmaking Studio Tour 2023

Showing 13 prints

during the Las Cruces Studio Tour

on "Print Day in May"

El Paso  (May 19):

SUMMARY -- 8x8 II Show -- print exhibition in El Paso

Manuel Guerra hung 183 prints

for the second annual 8x8 show

on the El Paso side of the Mexican border

JUNE

Albuquerque  (June 1):

BLOCK PARTY EXHIBITION -- Albuquerque

Prints hanging on June 1st

from the first BLOCK PARTY on May 27th

at the North Fourth Art Center

Santa Fe (June 24):

SUMMARY -- PRINTERS PLANET Pop-up at CURRENTS

PRINTERS PLANET market

in front of the CURRENTS Exhibition

JULY

Guadalajara  (July 6):

8x8 Print Exhibition in Guadalajara

3 Gatos Press and Manuel Guerra

showed prints in Guadalajara

AUGUST

Albuquerque  (August 4):

Second BLOCK PARTY in Albuquerque

Exhibition of prints on August 4

from the second BLOCK PARTY on July 22nd

at the North Fourth Art Center

Santa Fe  (August 12):

SUMMARY -- PRINTERS PLANET 2023 -- August 13

Five Albuquerque artists

show at the "Print, Bang, Pow" exhibition 

at Phil Space

Santa Fe  (August 29):

Print Pop-up show -- at Argos in Santa Fe

 -- August 29, 2023

Another pop-up print show in Santa Fe

during the Tuesday Night Drawing Session

SEPTEMBER

Las Vegas, NM  (September 1):

Fat Crow Press -- Summary (September 2023)

We showed prints during the First Friday Art Walk

at Fat Crow Press in Las Vegas, New Mexico

OCTOBER

Silver City, NM  (October 6):

Southwest Print Fiesta 2023 -- SUMMARY

Manuel Guerra showed in Silver City, New Mexico

at the Diana Ingalls Leyba Studio

during the Southwest Print Fiesta 2023

NOVEMBER

Albuquerque  (November 10):

North Fourth Art Center -- Print Exhibition SUMMARY

We hung 88 prints

as part of the "Deck the Walls" exhibition

at the North Fourth Art Center

El Paso  (November 30):

La Frontera Print Fest -- El Paso

The 8x8 II Show

as the La Frontera Print Fest in El Paso

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L I V E

 P R I N T M A K I N G

MARCH

El Paso  (March 18):

Printmaking -- 

during the opening at the El Paso Museum of History

We did live printmaking

for the Ambos Lados opening

at the El Paso Museum of History

APRIL

Santa Fe  (April 29):

Tortilla Press Printing during the MiniPrint opening

We printed again at HECHO A MANO gallery

at the top of Canyon Road

during PRINT SANTA FE

MAY

Las Cruces  (May 6):

Las Cruces Printmaking Studio Tour 2023

Chris Bardey prints a t-shirt with his feet

using a skateboard

Albuquerque  (May 27):

BLOCK PARTY in Albuquerque

The first "BLOCK PARTY for printing

at the North Fourth Art Center

JUNE

Tijeras, NM  (June 3):

HENRY MORALES printmaking workshop for kids

Henry Morales hosted a live print workshop for kids

for the opening of his print show at the Tijeras Library

Santa Fe  (June 24):

The PRINTERS PLANET -- Santa Fe

We brought the REAL TORTILLA Press

for live printmaking at the PRINTERS PLANET market,

in front of the CURRENTS exhibition

JULY

Guadalajara  (July 8):

8x8 Print Exhibition in Guadalajara 

3  Gatos Press printing live on the TORTILLA PRESS

at the opening in Guadalajara

El Paso (July 15):

Ambos Lados Closing

We printed live during the closing

at the El Paso Museum of History,

while 3 Gatos Press and Manuel Guerra

live streamed their printmaking from Guadalajara

Albuquerque  (July 22):

Second BLOCK PARTY in Albuquerque

The second "BLOCK PARTY" for printing

at the North Fourth Art Center

AUGUST

Santa Fe  (August 13):

TORTILLA PRESS Printing -- during The PRINTERS PLANET

Ellie and Virgil printing live

and giving out free prints in Santa Fe

during the PRINTERS PLANET market

Santa Fe  (August 13):

Collaborations -- at PRINTERS PLANET

We also collaborated with the other printmakers

at the PRINTERS PLANET in Santa Fe

SEPTEMBER

Las Vegas, NM (September 1):

Printmaking at Fat Crow Press

We went up to Fat Crow Press in Las Vegas, New Mexico

to print live with Julie Sola and Anna Aragon

Albuquerque  (September 9):

Henry Morales Woodblock Workshop

 -- Hubbell House -- Part 1

Henry Morales held a printmaking workshop

at the Hubbell House in Albuquerque

as part of the Marigold Parade preparations

OCTOBER

Albuquerque  (October 14):

Eclipse Print Workshop -- October 14, 2023

The third "BLOCK PARTY" for printing

happened on the same day at the annular eclipse of the sun

at the North Fourth Art Center

Albuquerque (October 21):

Potato Print Party

We carved and printed with potatoes

at Ellie's house

Tucson  (October 24):

University of Arizona Art Museum

 -- showing and live printmaking

We did some live printmaking in Tucson

during our Desert Triangle reception

at the University of Arizona Art Museum

NOVEMBER

El Paso  (November 30):

La Frontera Print Fest -- El Paso

They printed large with a sod roller

at the opening at Art Masters in El Paso

DECEMBER

Albuquerque  (December 1):

First Friday -- Deck The Walls

We printed live during the First Friday reception

for the "Deck the Walls" exhibition

at the North Fourth Art Center

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2022 SUMMARY

BUCKET EXHIBITIONS Summary

of 2022