Head of a Woman Hands-on Printmaking Workshop

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This one day Workshop is open to anyone who would like to learn to carve and print a woodblock. All materials provided. Hours: 10-5 on Sept. 27th. Cost $120, pre-registration required. For more info and to register contact juliannakirwin@gmail.com

Studio Open House July 20, 4-8pm

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Please join me for my Studio Open House featuring my recent LIFE SIZED woodblock prints of corn. In a recent trip to Oaxaca I learned how to carve large sheets of MDF (medium density fiber board). You’ll see the black and white ones attached to my outside wall, and the colorful layered ones inside the studio. Parking is on the street at 1201 8th St NW-the corner of 8th and Mountain Road in Albuquerque’s Art Corridor!

Interested in learning to carve the MDF? Join me for a workshop on July 22, 10am-5pm All materials provided. Cost $120. Preregistration required.

“Mariachi Story” in the collection at the National Hispanic Cultural Center!

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So happy to have my “Mariachi Story” in the collection at the NHCC! It tells the story of how the guitar family of instruments arrived in Mexico from Spain by way of the Moors. The instrument evolved into what is pictured here-a vihuela played by the Mariachis in the fiestas of rural Mexico. Down below you can see the marriage couple-how the Mariachis got their name from Maximillian, the French Monarch who ruled Mexico briefly and named them from the French word “mariage” because they often played at weddings.

Thank You Sponsors

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A big THANK YOU to our sponsors for the Mountain Road Banner Project:

Golden Crown Bakery
Mountain Road Fine Furniture
MGP Mechanical
Brent Lomako
Wells Park Neighborhood Association
The Next Best Think to Being There
Isaac Benton, Councilman for District 2
​WIRED ​

History of the Neighborhood: Banners for Mountain Road

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If you are thinking of submitting a piece for the Banners for Mountain Road Project, here you will find a document that contains pictures of some of the oldest buildings in the Sawmill-Wells Park neighborhood. It tells the history of the area too. I enclosed a photo of the old gas station now a coffee shop at 8th and Mountain. Submissions: friendsofmountainroad@gmail.com

Sawmill-Wells Park history

Two new original linocuts on bags…

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One of my favorite poets, Garcia Lorca, has entered the public domain. In my design you can see his his home near Granada, Spain, in the background. Living during one of its darkest times, he is now considered Spain’s greatest 20th century poet. He was executed by a firing squad in 1936. Alongside Garcia Lorca, I have my Pan Dulce bag. I’ve always been fascinated by the history of the French pastries that have such unusual names in Mexico such as “mustache,” “underpants” or “foot of the mule.” In each bag, I have written the story that goes with the design.

Art in August on Mountain Road

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Join us on Mountain Road for Art in August at three locations. At the Julianna Kirwin Studio/Gallery I am excited to show the work of printmaker Mary Sundstrom along with some new linocuts of mine. August 12, 10-4 and August 13, noon to 5pm. Get coffee and a delicious meal at Farmacy across the street, and take a walk down Mountain to see work at Little Bird de Papel and The Next Best Thing to Being There.