I’m happy to announce a new class in relief printing! Please join us for this one day workshop with the theme of neighborhood/family portraits. To create the printing plates, we will use sticky foam- cut and pasted to a flat plastic surface, then inked and printed. It’s a very direct and simple way of creating a print! All materials provided, the class is $125.

 My woodblock print, “Blue Corn” was purchased by New Mexico Art in Public Places and is now installed at the Munson Senior Center in Las Cruces New Mexico! So excited to see it up and in such a good location!

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We were on the news! Thanks to KRQE and Anna Padilla for airing the story about our mural, Together We Make Herstory! The four of us are hoping to continue the project in other educational settings, spreading visual reminders of the amazing stories of courageous women in our midst.

A small crowd gathered as the four of us installed our mural, “Together We Make Herstory” on an outside wall at my studio on 8th and Mountain Road this past Saturday! It was cold and windy but we had so much fun putting up our colorful prints with wheat paste (a common technique used by Oaxacan printmakers) and they are expected to endure the elements for at least six months.  

We are hoping to extend the project into other communities and settings.

Stop by the Julianna Kirwin Printmaking Studio this Saturday, April 17 at 10am to see our new mural being mounted on the outdoor wall along Mountain Road and 8th St!  Four women have created hand printed portraits of eight women. “We each chose two women that we wanted to showcase in our mural titled Together We Make Herstory,” states Lena Weiss. Pictured in the mural are Georgia O’Keefe, Dolores Huerta, Deb Haaland, Augusta Savage, Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, Amanda Gorman, Emma Gonzalez and one self portrait.

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I just started printing these bags in my studio this past week– so happy to have my woodcut of Ruth Bader Ginsburg now on a tote bag. Washable with inks that won’t fade, this sturdy tote can carry your groceries, or any items on you daily list of errands. Go to my store page to get more details and purchase info. Thanks!

This week I made a hand printed map of Mountain Road using the technique of linocut. It was quite a project (!) trying to fit the local businesses, museums, art studios and restaurants into a regular sized paper and do it more or less to scale. The map covers a span of Mountain Rd from Rio Grande to 4th street. I’m going to distribute this map to our local coffee shops and art studios, and I’m hoping that people will want to walk down our road, and visit my studio of course!

 So happy to have gotten the notice in late November that my piece, Ancestral Corn, was selected by the Albuquerque Arts Board to be purchased by the City Public Arts Division! There were a lot of entries so I feel very blessed to have been selected, especially during this time when it is nearly impossible for artists to show their work in person. Thanks to my friend Ilene who urged me to submit to the Infuse-2D Call.

Happy to be hosting this popular class again! If you have already taken the first level, please return for a more challenging experience using more colors. You will learn to carve and print in multiple colors with a variety of tools. All materials provided. Great idea for holiday gifts!

 Create your own stencils, ink them up, arrange on your paper and print! The overlapping colors and shapes make interesting patterns. A very colorful and expressive printmaking technique used by Matisse and many other artists! Join us for this one-day workshop. Space is limited to 3 people, and we will be in the patio.