tamarind advisory board Tamarind is fortunate to have the advice and support of the following advisory board members. Short bios for each member are available.

history

A brief synopsis of our history follows. For more details, see An Informed Energy: Lithography and Tamarind, written by Clinton Adams, and published in Grapheion, 1st Issue 1997. (Prague, Czech Republic). Clinton Adams was a founding director of Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc. and Tamarind Institute's director from 1970 - 1985. Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc. (TLW) was founded in Los Angeles in 1960 as a means to "rescue" the dying art of lithography. Fully funded by the Ford Foundation until it became affiliated with the University of New Mexico in 1970, founding director June Wayne (right), together with Associate Director Clinton Adams and Technical Director Garo Antreasian, established multiple long-range goals: to create a pool of master artisan-printers in the United States by training apprentices to develop a group of American artists of diverse styles into masters of this medium to habituate each artist and artisan to intimate collaboration so that each becomes responsive and stimulating to the other in the work situation encouraging both to experiment widely and extend the expressive potential of the medium to stimulate new markets for the lithograph to plan a format to guide the artisan in earning his living outside of subsidy or total dependence on the artist's pocket to restore the prestige of lithography by actually creating a collection of extraordinary prints		When considerable progress toward the achievement of these goals had been made after ten years in Los Angeles, it was clear that the innovative programs developed at TLW were filling a void. With Wayne's resignation as director and the end of the third Ford Foundation grant, TLW needed a new home. TLW moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where it became Tamarind Institute, a division of the College of Fine Arts of the University of New Mexico, under the directorship of Clinton Adams who served in that capacity until 1985 when Marjorie Devon was appointed director. Tamarind Institute continues its programs of education, research, and creative projects with partial funding from the university. Tamarind also depends heavily upon revenue from contract printing and the sale of lithographs it publishes to support the costs associated with its educational and artistic programs. Grants from a number of federal and philanthropic sources have funded the Institute's many special projects, including a variety of international programs which have been developed over the past decade. The Tamarind Archives, housed in the Center for Southwest Research at Zimmerman Library at UNM, are another source of information about Tamarind Lithographic Workshop and Tamarind Institute. There are two series: Administrative Files, papers and correspondence relative to the establishment of the TLW in Los Angeles, continuing throughout the decade that the Workshop was located in Los Angeles (1960-70); and Research and Publications from TLW and TI, including research notes, manuscript material, and publications.
For more information about the history of Tamarind, read An Informed Energy: Lithography and Tamarind. Other references Antreasian, G. and Adams, C. The Tamarind Book of Lithography: Art and Techniques. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1971. A Code of Ethics for the Original Print. Quebec: Conseil quebecois de l'estampe, 1990. Clapp, Anne F. Curatorial Care of Works on Paper. Oberlin, Ohio: Intermuseum Conservation Association, 1978. Four Stones for Kanemitsu. VHS, 28 min. Produced by Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc., Los Angeles; distributed by Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque. 1973. Gasciogne, Bamber. How to Identify Prints. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1986. How to Care for Works on Paper. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1985. International Fine Print Dealers Association Directory. Available from IFPDA, 485 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10022,212-759-4469. Ivins, W.M., Jr. How Prints Look. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1943. The Art of the Lithograph: Working on Stone. VHS, 26 min. Produced and distributed by Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque. 1990. The Art of the Lithograph: Working on Aluminum Plate. VHS, 23 min. Produced and distributed by Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque. 1990. Also browse news | outreach projects | the process of lithography | archives