¡TINTA ARDIENTE! : Igniting Community Through Collective Action
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, February 21st
Bound by a shared vision and supported through a vast network, Instituto Gráfico de Chicago (IGC) embraces printmaking—a historically democratic medium that allows for widespread communication—as a tool for education and activism. The work of this volunteer collective amplifies the visibility of contemporary Latinx print artists, while advancing the power of art to ignite social change and foster solidarity.
Since 2010, eight print portfolios have emerged as sites of encounter where collective members and invited artists have responded to shared social and political concerns. Simultaneously, IGC’s Grabadolandia, the only free printmaking festival led by a Latinx collective in the Midwest, ensures the medium’s vitality by fueling new artists and community-led initiatives.
This exhibition brings together selections from IGC’s print collection, objects, event documentation, and traces of print histories from Mexico and Chicago, presented alongside works from the NMMA’s Permanent Collection. Together, these works create an evolving archive of learning, resistance, and exchange—held together through the language of print.
Curated by Marcela Andrade Serment and Elisa Soto Sánchez
Instituto Gráfico de Chicago (IGC) members:
Atlan Arceo-Witzl, Carlos Barberena, Cirilo Esquivel*, Eric J. García, Eric Gasca, Jose L. Gutierrez (elgtz), Salvador Jiménez-Flores, Cynthia Marris*, Epifanio Monarrez*, Antonio Pazaran, Vanessa A. Sanchez*, Ricardo Xavier Serment, CHema Skandal!, Alex Velazquez Brightbill
*Former IGC members
Participating Artists:
Daniel Amora Mora, René Arceo, Atlan Arceo-Witzl, Nancy Ariza, Carlos Barberena, Iván Bautista, Liz Born, Paulina Camacho, Alejandra Carrillo, Edith Chávez, Natalia Cuevas, Nicolás de Jesús, Cirilo Esquivel, Juana Estrada Hernández, Sandra C. Fernandez, Juan R. Fuentes, Eric J. García, Sarita Garcia, Eric Gasca, Daniel González, Manuel Guerra, Jose L. Gutierrez (elgtz), Ester Hernandez, Judithe Hernández, Celia Herrera Rodríguez, Salvador Jiménez-Flores, Kill Joy, Kitchen Table Puppets & Press, Poli Marichal, Álvaro Daniel Márquez, Josué “Homie” Martínez, Oscar Moya, Meli Marie Nava, Paloma Núñez-Regueiro, Pablo O’Higgins (1904-1983), Antonio Pazaran, Katia Pérez Fuentes, Yvette M. Pino, Gilda Posada, José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913), Charlie Ramirez, Rebo, Sergio Sanchez Santamaria, Ricardo Xavier Serment, Bernard G. Silverstein (1905-1999), CHema Skandal!, Diana Solís, Shinzaburo Takeda, Maria Cristina Tavera, Misayo Tsutsui, Alex Velazquez Brightbill, Gabriel Villa
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