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| Contact: | Michael Padilla, 277-1816 Marjorie Devon, 277-3901 |
April 12, 2001
UNM TAMARIND INSTITUTE RECEIVES $50,000 FOR PROJECT WITH EASTERN EUROPEAN
ARTISTS
The University of New Mexico Tamarind Institute has received $50,000 from the
Trust for Mutual Understanding in New York to conduct workshops and lectures
in eastern Europe.
Tamarind staff members will travel to Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
and Slovenia between June 2001 and February 2002. In each area, the staff will
conduct workshops or lecture on American printmaking and familiarize themselves
with the artists working in each region. The Tamarind staff will select one
artist from each of the countries to participate in a month-long residency at
Tamarind in June 2002. They will make lithographs in collaboration with Tamarind
printers. Exhibitions of the work created in conjunction with the project will
be shown in their countries and in the United States.
Marjorie Devon, director of the Tamarind Institute, said she is excited that
the staff will be given the opportunity to interact with artists from these
countries, where there is a strong printmaking tradition.
This project will give us the opportunity to learn more about the art
of eastern Europe and share our expertise, Devon said. At the same
time it will offer artists from the former Yugoslav Republic a forum for sharing
ideas and experiences in a neutral situation.
Tamarind Institute is a center for fine art lithography that trains master
printers, engages in teaching and research, and houses a professional collaborative
studio for artists. Tamarind is recognized internationally for its contributions
to the growth of contemporary printmaking around the world.
The Trust for Mutual Understanding is an agency that supports cultural and
ecological projects designed to promote understanding between peoples of eastern
Europe and the United States.
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