Roque Montez develops a monoprint for TANA 2011 Graduation Exhibition

Roque Montez: mono-screenprint

TANA Intern, Roque Montez, has recently been developing a series of mono-screenprints to be included as part of his addition in the 2011 TANA Graduation Exhibition. Roque Montez is an artist, graphic designer, and cultural worker who has been integral to TANA’s offerings of community silkscreen workshops. He will be graduating from UC Davis this June. Below are a series of images documenting the process of creating one of his recent mono-screenprints.

Roque Montez: painting with silkscreen ink directly on the screen
Roque Montez: registering paper to the screen before printing
Roque Montez: printing
Roque Montez: screen after printing
Roque Montez: final print

Published by TANA

TANA: Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer is a community based art center managed by the Chicana/o Studies Department at the University of California, Davis. TANA is located at 1224 Lemen Avenue in Woodland, California.

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