EN PAPEL: A Contemporary Look at Latino Printmakers in the U.S. postcard
TANA Artists are currently featured in an exhibit at the Mission Cultural Center in San Francisco titled En Papel: A Contemporary Look at Latino Printmakers in the U.S.. This exhibit was curated by Juan Fuentes and Maurizzio Hector Pineda. The exhibit features the artwork of the talleres/printshops that are part of the Consejo Grafico (National Council of Latino Printmakers). For more information on the Consejo Grafico go to consejografico.com
The opening reception for this exhibition was May 18th, 2011. On June 1st from 6:30-9:30pm at the Mission Cultural Center there will be discussion panel featuring artists in the exhibition and scholars of Chicana/o Art.
The Mission Cultural Center is located at 2868 Mission Street, San Francisco, 94110. Their website is missionculturalcenter.org
En Papel Exhibit wall textTANA Artists featured in En Papel: Jose Moreno, Maceo Montoya, Malaquias Montoya, Jaime Montiel, and Carlos JacksonEn Papel display of relief printing toolsCreando Fuerza: Consejo Grafico Portfolio featuring artwork by Malaquias Montoya and Carlos JacksonBorrando La Raya: Consejo Grafico portfolio featuring the artwork of Carlos JacksonA portion of the TANA Staff at En Papel Opening on May 18th, 2011 (Maceo Montoya, Roque Montez, Rocky Rojas, Gilda Posada, Malaquias Montoya, Carlos Jackson)TANA Program Coordinator, Noemi Castro at the En Papel openingExhibit Co-Curator Juan Fuentes providing introductory remarks at En Papel opening
TANA Literary Series: May 2011, Michael Luis Medrano & Tim Z. Hernandez
On May 13th, 2011, TANA held its first series of literary readings featuring the writers, Michael Luis Medrano and Tim Z. Hernandez. The reading was well attended and featured storytelling from Medrano’s collective of peotry titled “Born in the Cavity of Sunsets” and from Hernandez’s novel “Breathing, In Dust.”
The TANA Spring 2011 Silkscreen Workshop is the last of the three series of workshops offered through the 2010-2011 academic year. This Spring 2011 Workshop began with a mandatory introductory silkscreen demonstration which included instruction on how to create a silkscreen print and the relationship of TANA to the Chicana/o Arts Movement. Professor & TANA Director Carlos Jackson of Chicana/o Studies at UC Davis conducted the silkscreen Demonstration on April 7th, 2011 with an estimated 35 attendees from the Woodland community.
The TANA Winter Workshop schedule consisted of sessions held four days a week: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursdays from 3-6pm and Saturdays from 11-4pm. TANA is open 5 days a week from Thursday through Saturday from 12-6 pm (Tuesday-Friday) and Saturday from 11-4pm.
TANA will conclude the Spring 2011 Workshop with an Open House on Friday, June 3rd 2011, from 4-7pm. This open house will also coincide with the opening of TANA’s newest exhibition featuring the artwork of TANA Interns Gilda Posada, Roque Montez, and Selin Coleri. Please consider joining TANA for this meaningful event.
TANA Director Carlos Jackson provides an introduction to the silkscreen process at the TANA 2011 Spring Silkscreen Workshop demonstration and introductory session to approximately 35 participantsMalaquias Montoya and Carlos Jackson discuss the variety of methods possible to develop silkscreen printsMalaquias Montoya and Carlos Jackson discuss the variety of methods possible to develop silkscreen printsWinter 2011 TANA Demonstration: silkscreen printing materials
TANA Artist-in-Residence, Jaime Montiel, during the Winter of 2011 created a silkscreen print to demonstrate to TANA workshop participants how a silkscreen print is created. Jaime Montiel broke down the silkscreen print into separate stencil and each individual stencil was exhibited along with the final product in the TANA Gallery during the months of March-May. Included in this demonstration was a color study painting of the image Jaime would create as a silkscreen print. Please see below for photos of the poster in layers and installed in the gallery.
From January through March of 2011, TANA began conducting a new year of community silkscreen workshops. This Winter 2011 Workshop began with a mandatory introductory silkscreen demonstration which included instruction on how to create a silkscreen print and the relationship of TANA to the Chicana/o Arts Movement. Professor Emeritus Malaquias Montoya of Chicana/o Studies at UC Davis conducted the silkscreen Demonstration on January 20th, 2011, with an estimated 65 attendees from the Woodland community.
The TANA Winter Workshop schedule consisted of sessions held four days a week: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursdays from 3-6pm and Saturdays from 11-4pm. TANA is open 5 days a week from Thursday through Saturday from 12-6 pm (Tuesday-Friday) and Saturday from 11-4pm.
TANA Concluded the Winter 2011 Silkscreen Workshop session with an Open House on Saturday March 19th from 2-4pm. Approximately 20 youth and community workshop participants brought family and friends to share the artwork they created during the Winter workshop.
TANA Winter 2011 Silkscreen Workshop FlyerWinter 2010 Silkscreen Demonstration & TANA Introductory Session: Professor & TANA Director, Malaquias Montoya provides a silkscreen demonstration for 65 workshop attendeesWinter 2011 at TANA: Student developing stencils for a silkscreen printWinter 2011 at TANA: Student developing stencils using rubylith filmWinter 2011 Workshop: TANA Intern Gilda Posada shares a moment with students at the light tableA Saturday at TANA during the Winter 2011 Workshop Session
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