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exhibitions around the globe

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Tamarind Gallery, Albuquerque
January 7, 2012 - March 23, 2012
reception January 27, 2012
New prints by Dan Brice, Sandow Birk and Elyse Pignolet, Amy Cutler, Jim Dine, Valerie Hammond, Hung Liu, James Siena, and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith back from their successful New York City debut.


Edge of Color Tamarind Gallery, Albuquerque
March 29, 2012- May 25, 2012
Featuring Tamarind artists associated with the hard-edge/color field movement that swept the art world in the 1960s and 70s.

Picturing Equality: African Identity in the United States and Brazil Tamarind Gallery, Albuquerque
June 29, 2012 - August 31, 2012
Work from Tamarind's upcoming project, Picturing Equality, which will bring artis of African descent from Brazil and the United States to Tamarind Institute.  

Power Tower: Nicola Lopez

Tamarind Gallery, Albuquerque
September 7, 2012 - December 21, 2012
Nicola López returns to New Mexico to produce a new installation called Power Tower that sheds a contemporary light on the story of Babel.

Recently Past  

Hung Liu

Tamarind Gallery, Albuquerque
October - December 2011


(re)Pressed Memory is a collection of prints created in collaboration with master printers at Tamarind Institute, Shark’s Ink, and Paulson Bott Press. Images of meditating monks, happy children, working women, maps, flowers, and fish, speak to the essence of memory as she compounds, translates and moulds bits of her own past into objects of the present.

View the exhibit online.


Tamarind Touchstones: Fabulous at Fifty
Celebrating Excellence in Fine Art Lithography

Portland Art Museum
August 6-November 13


Telling Stories : Contemporary Prints from Argentina Tamarind Gallery, Albuquerque
July - October 2011

National Museum of Women in the Arts

Washington, DC
June 17 - October 2, 2011
National Museum for Women in the Arts
Pressing Ideas: Fifty years of Women's Lithographs
At the National Gallery for Women in the Arts, D.C. Runs June 17, 2011 - October 2, 2011. This exhibit brings together a conversation among women artists who helped to uncover an artistic medium that had essentially lain dormant for decades and to revive the concept of working collaboratively. Featuring 75 works by 42 artists... <more>


Fast Forward : Four for the Future

Tamarind Gallery, Albuquerque
January 21 - March 4, 2011
opening, January 21, 2011


Highpoint Center for Printmaking

Minneapolis
February 11- April 8, 2011
closing reception and lecture by Marjorie Devon, April 8, 2011
Highpoint Center for Printmaking


Edinburgh Printmakers Scotland
February - March 2011

Centro Cultural Jorge Borges

Buenos Aires
March 10 - April 3, 2011
roundtable with Marjorie Devon, Bill Lagattuta, and Argentinian printmakers, March 11, 2011


UNM MFA Student Show Tamarind Gallery, Albuquerque
March 11 - April 8, 2011

Texts and Subtext
Latino Artists at Tamarind

Tamarind Gallery, Albuquerque
April 15 - June 30, 2011

This is exhibit is part of the Latino/Imaginary which stems from the bi-regional conference titled Latino Literary Imagination: East Coast/South West Dialogue on Narrative Voices and the Spoken Word, featuring Latino/a writers and critics (April 15 & 16 in Albuquerque). The conference is organized by UNM, the National Hispanic Cultural Center, Rutgers University and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. The full guide is available online.


Museo de la Estampa
Tamarind Institute Exposition
Mexico City
February 24 - May 1, 2011

Museo de la Estampa del Estado de México
Plutarco González 305
La Merced Alameda
CP 50080, Toluca, Estado de México
Tels. (722) 214 4425, 214 7173


exhibits available for travel

Tamarind Touchstones: Fabulous at Fifty
Celebrating Excellence in Fine Art Lithography

Ed Ruscha
Hollywood in the Rain (1969)
Two-color lithograph
Collaborating printer, Donald Kelley

Five decades of fabulous Tamarind prints are included in this celebratory show organized by Tamarind in cooperation with the University of New Mexico Art Museum.

Available for travel to venues in the U.S. For more information, contact Tamarind Institute at 505.277.3901 or tamarind@unm.edu.

See NEA Awards UNM Tamarind Institute $100,000 for 50th Anniversary Exhibit, May 19, 2009 in UNM Today.


Migrations: New Directions in Native American Art

 

This exhibit is still available for travel. To learn more about bringing this show to your institution, please call 505.277.3792.

Click here for more information on the project.

tamarind in the press

Fabulous at 50 Symposium and Birthday Bash!
Videos available on Youtube.


Life and Litho:
June Wayne Tells It Like It Is


Conversations:
Jim Dine with Ruth Fine


Conversations:
Ed Ruscha wi th Dave Hickey

The Early Days:
Discussion wtih Garo Antreasian

Globetrotting:
Tamarind Printers Abroad
Tamarind recognized...

12 Western Presses
Art Ltd. and VAS (Visual Art Source)

Art News
The Crystal Ball
Albuquerque’s visual arts in 2010


Review of Tamarind Techniques for Fine Art Lithography in Print Quarterly by Antony Griffiths.

 

TAMARIND AND LITHOGRAPHY. This Journal does not usually give notice of newly published manuals for print-makers. There are many of these, published in some quantity to meet the demand (perhaps now diminishing) for textbooks from schools of art. Some are better than others. I remember reading with certain disbelief one such book that had emerged from Central Europe, where the section on woodcut began with advice on how to recognize a suitable tree in a forest and cut it down. A new manual on lithography from the Tamarind Institute of the University of New Mexico is, however, something that does require acknowledgment. It is not just that Tamarind has exercised such a huge influence over the history of lithography; it is also because this publication is more than a cookbook of recipes. Read entire review.


Tamarind Groundbreaking
The $1.2 billion arts and cultural industries in New Mexico continue to play a critical role during the current economic downturn. Tamarind Institute at the University of New Mexico takes its part in bolstering the economy while advancing the university’s green initiatives through construction of its new home at 2500 Central Ave. SE. The groundbreaking takes place on Friday, June 26 at 4 p.m.

Read more in UNM Today.

Tamarind Institute Awarded $100,000 from NEA for its 50th Anniversary Exhibit


Ed Ruscha, Hollywood in the Rain (1969)
two-color lithograph; Collaborating printer, Donald Kelley

Albuquerque, NM - Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque's world-renowned lithography studio and gallery, has been awarded $100,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts in support of its 50th anniversary exhibition and catalogue. The exhibition will be organized by Tamarind in cooperation with the University of New Mexico Art Museum. The exhibit is scheduled to open on September 10, 2010 and will subsequently travel to other venues in the U.S.

The exhibit will feature a selection of 80 lithographs representing the range of work done during Tamarind's five decades, as well as an "honoree" section featuring lithographs by artists who have made outstanding contributions to American lithography. Read more in UNM Today.


Tamarind Connects with Cuban Artists Taller Experimental, a printmaking studio and gallery in Havana, Cuba, was buzzing with activity when Tamarind Institute Director Marjorie Devon visited last month. The purpose of Devon’s trip was to arrange for a Cuban lithographer’s visit to Tamarind this summer.

“There is a vibrant community of visual and performing artists in Cuba and many of them have established reputations abroad despite travel restrictions,” she said. The graphic arts have a strong tradition and continue to thrive with many contemporary artists working in print media at Taller Experimental. Read the article in UNM Today.


Tamarind Techniques
Hits the Shelves

A NEW complete technical resource from Tamarind!
Tamarind Techniques for Fine Art Lithography, by Marjorie Devon with Bill Lagattuta and Rodney Hamon, published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York. It includes up-to-date techniques, photographs, and information on fine art lithography. Learn more!

Read the latest review by Mary Laur of Maryland Printmakers.


Tamarind Director,
Marjorie Devon makes the A List
Albuquerque The Magazine has recognized Marjorie Devon in 15 to Watch: These Albuquerqueans are Primed to Change the City in 2009 by Kelly Koepke. Click here to read Marge's portion of the article or go to www.abqthemag.com to order the magazine.

Tamarind Catalogue Raisonné is here Our catalogue raisonné is now available on line. Tamarind staff has joined forces with the University of New Mexico Libraries to bring publish this searchable database that includes details of each edition as well as thumbnail sketches of most prints made at Tamarind between 1970 and 2004. We are working on entries for 2006-2008. We also have all the data entered for Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc., between 1960 and 1970, and are working on the photos, which will be black and white. The site also includes reference information on printers and chops.

Tamarind in Mexico

Tamarind's visit to Oaxaca gets some attention in Mexico City's daily paper El Universal
and Oaxaca's local paper Imparcial .