Carved- A group exhibition of relief artists

 Wayne Chinander gave his first ever demonstration at New Grounds for our June opening! We were happy to have him represent the workshop and to show our guests the process of printing a relief block.

 A relief block is either wood or linoleum that an artist carves away and leaves the image on the raised surfaces of the plate. You can see above that Wayne carved away the face and left the linoleum untouched in the black areas.

 He has brayers (rollers) that are used to apply the ink onto the surface of the linoleum block.

 Now Wayne has moved to teh press to print the block onto a sheet of paper.

 Here is the final (upside down) image. He had some pressure issues which can be fixed so he gets solid black in the areas that were not carved away.

 Kaitlin Resse, our intern, exhibited several of her wood and linoleum cuts as seen above.

 Jeff Simpson brought along his girlfriend to see the show.

 And here is Wayne Chinander with the prints that were on display.

 Tanya Landin, Gallery and Workshop Assistant

Many thanks to our volunteers who came out to make this opening a success!

Jorge Tristani and Jessica Weybright "Travel Logs"

This weekend was the opening of Jorge Tristani and Jessica Weybright's photogravure show "Travel Logs". It was an incredibly fun evening with a great crowd of people who showed up to see the art.

Director Regina Held

Gallery assistant Tanya Landin

New Grounds Artist Nance McManus had horse drawings on display in Matrix.

Artist Jorge Tristani talks with a guest about fellow New Grounds member and artist Mary Sundstrom's work.

To see a demo of the photogravure process by Jorge please click the links on the bottom of the page.

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Pamela Wesolek Solo Show and Yay Big Southwest

In addition to celebrating New Grounds Artist Pamela Wesolek's sixth solo show in the gallery New Grounds also displayed the private print collection of Karl and Tanya. Check out their blog yaybigsouthwest.blogspot.com.

New art by Pamela Wesolek on display in the New Grounds' front gallery.

Director Regina Held and artist Pamela Wesolek.

Pam did a demonstration of her process. To watch the demo click on the links at the bottom of the page.

Pam with her son.

Photos by New Grounds Intern Kaitlin Reese.

Pam's Demo part 1

Pam's Demo Part 2

Pam's Demo Part 3

Intern Kaitlin Reese and Gallery Assitant Tanya Landin.

New Grounds Member, Ray Maseman on NM PBS

Ray Maseman was interviewed on New Mexico PBS about his artwork. Hear more about his thought process that goes into his etchings!

http://youtu.be/V_tvKFveWsw

Nicholas Hudak's first solo show and Contemporary Japanese Printmakers,Shinji Ando and Takahiko Hayashi

It was a very special night at New Grounds Printshop and Gallery and Matrix Fine Art. We celebrated Nicholas Hudak's first solo art show and the arrival of Shinji Ando and Takahiko Hayashi for their second and third trip to Albuquerque New Mexico.

Guests arrive to check out Nick's show.

Nick set up for a demonstration before the show.  To watch the demo click the links at the bottom of the page.

More of Nick's art was laid out for sale in the New Grounds classroom.

We also had a book signing by Ray Masman and Director Regina Held. The New Grounds Manual for Non-Toxic Etching is available for purchase!

Ando Shinji stands with his piecces on display in Matrix.

Japanese artist Takahiko Hayashi with two of his bright and colorful etchings.

Shinji San speaks with New Grounds artist Shirley Levy and a guest.

Etchings by Hayashi San.

Hayashi San with New Grounds artist Dan Noyes.

New Grounds artist and co-author of our non-toxic etching manual Ray Maseman.

Dan and Gallery Assistant Tanya Landin in Matrix.

Interns Kaitlin Reese and Michelle Sharp.

Be sure to join us for the next First Friday!!!

Photos by Jeff Simpson. Blog and video by Intern Kaitlin Reese.

Nick's demo part 1

Nick's demo part 2

Nick's demo part 3