US Latino Printmaking in the 21st Century
Consejo Gráfico Symposium
Day 1: Friday, November 21, 2008
Texas Union – Santa Rita Room
The University of Texas at Austin
AGENDA

8:30 – 9:00
Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00 – 9:15
Welcome Remarks: Dr. José Limon, Director, Center for Mexican
American Studies and Sam Coronado, Director, Serie Project

9:15 – 10:45
Panel 1: The Origins of Consejo Gráfico
This panel will explore the state of Latina/o printmaking and the role of
Consejo Gráfico, an independent national network of Latino print
workshops. The Consejo celebrates the legacy and vibrancy of Latino
printmaking by preserving the critical activism that was central to its
emergence.
Chair: Dr. Gilberto Cardenas, Executive Director, Inter-University Program
for Latino Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame
Panelists: Carlos Jackson, Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer (Davis, CA);
Sam Coronado, Serie Project (Austin, TX); Nitza Tufiño, Taller Boricua (New
York, NY); Joe Segura, Segura Publishing (Mesa, AZ); and Ramiro
Rodriguez, Snite Museum of Art (Notre Dame, IN);

10:45 – 11:00
Break

11:00 – 12:30
Panel 2: Writing US Latino Printmakers into American Art History
This panel will explore the historicization of US Latina/a print production
and its role in American art history.
Chair: Dr. Roberto Tejada, Assistant Professor in Art History, The
University of Texas at Austin
Panelists: Dr. Amelia Malagamba, Assistant Professor, Arizona State
University; Dr. Yasmin Ramirez, Arts Fellow, Centro de Estudios
Puertorriqueños, City University of New York; Dr. Holly Barnet-Sanchez,
Associate Professor, University of New Mexico; Dr. Gina McDaniel Tarver,
Curatorial Associate, Department of Latin American Art & Blanton
Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin; Tatiana Reinoza Perkins, MA
Candidate, The University of Texas at Austin

12:30 – 1:30
Lunch on your own

1:30 – 2:30
Keynote Address: “Imprint of Resistance: Aesthetics of the Message within Chicano Printmaking” by Tere Romo, Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA.

2:30 – 2:45
Break

2:45 – 4:30
Panel 3: Defining US Latino Identity through Printmaking
This panel will explore individual and collective identity formation through
the medium of printmaking. Artists on the panel will discuss their work,
background, and experience printing at a Consejo Gráfico Atelier.
Chair: Dr. George Rivera, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado
Artists: Diogenes Ballester, New York; Claudia Bernardi, Berkeley; Liliana Wilson, Austin; Artemio Rodriguez, Los Angeles; Ernest F. de Soto, San Francisco.

US Latino Printmaking in the 21st Century
Consejo Gráfico Symposium
Day 2: Saturday, November 22, 2008
El Museo Alameda
San Antonio, Texas
AGENDA