El Paso Museum Connect is excited to host the large format printing of linocut block part of the inaugural El Paso Print Pachanga. An open call for drawing submissions was made for artists in the El Paso, Ciudad Juarez, and Las Cruces area. Submissions were juried by Juana Estrada, printmaker and Assistant Professor of Printmaking at Rhode Island School of Design.

Artworks will be on display till January 7, 2024 in our Museum Connect Space

Thursday, July 27,2023

3PM to 7 PM

Six artists were selected and invited to create a 2x3’ linocut block prints:

• Christin Apodaca
• Citlali Delgado
• Francisco Delgado
• Auggie Estrada
• Dan Grissom
• Aaron Venegas

Three more block will be printed by the team members of El Paso Print Pachanga

• Mario Perez
• louie Salazar
• Marco Sánchez

The El Paso Print Pachanga features various printmaking events and programming. This project is organized by Taller la Espina with generous support from the City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by the Mellon Foundation.

The El Paso Museum of Art will also feature a series of informal large printmaking workshops with Artist Marco Sánchez.

- August 5, 2023- 2 PM to 5:30 PM

- August 12, 2023- 2 PM to 5:30 PM

- August 19, 2023- 2 PM to 5:30 PM **