FREE EVENT!
Instituto Gráfico de Chicago (IGC), a grassroots printing collective from the Pilsen neighborhood, is excited to announce its 6th annual FREE, educational printmaking festival, Grabadolandia, scheduled to take place November 16, 17, and 18, 2018.
Grabadolandia is a three-day printmaking festival that spans multiple venues throughout the city of Chicago. The main event, which is a print fair, will once again be housed at the National Museum of Mexican Art (NMMA). During this event, the public is invited to learn about printmaking and its rich history by participating in free demonstrations and hands-on activities. On the occasion of our 6th anniversary, we will also to be joined by four printmakers representing two of Oaxaca City’s most dynamic collectives, Burro Press and Cooperativa Grafica, who will lead several live demonstrations and conversations about contemporary printmaking in Mexico.
*Please join us for these special FREE events, highlighting the presence of an active and engaged printmaking community in the city of Chicago and beyond.
Details:
Friday, November 16, 2018. 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
- IGC Exhibition and Artist Talk + Printing Demo by Daniel Amora from Baja California at 7:30PM
Pilsen Outpost, 1637 W. 18th St. Chicago, IL 60608
Saturday, November 17, 2018
- Wood Burning and Relief Printing Demonstration with Edith Chavez from Oaxaca City, Mexico at Pilsen Outpost
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Pilsen Outpost, 1637 W. 18th St. Chicago, IL 60608
-Lithography Demonstration with Ivan Bautista from Oaxaca City, Mexico at Hoofprint
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Hoofprint 1965 W. Pershing Road, Chicago, IL 60609
- Book Release by Federico Valdez from Oaxaca City, Mexico at the National Museum of Mexican Art
*This event includes an artist panel on the topic of the formation of print collectives past and present.
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W. 19th St. Chicago, IL 60608
Sunday, November 18, 2018
GRABADOLANDIA, 6th annual free, educational printmaking festival.
Please join us for our family friendly event to learn more about printmaking through a series of fun and immersive hands-on activities presented by print shops around the city and beyond! A great way to meet the artists behind these print shops and support the art of printmaking.
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W. 19th St. Chicago, IL 60608
For up-to-date information please visit our website institutograficodechicago.org and follow us on facebook.com/InstitutoGraficodeChicago and Instagram@instituto_grafico_chicago