Current & Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events:

Current Events:

POWER OF THE PEOPLE: ART AND DEMOCRACY AT MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

“Power of the People: Art and Democracy” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Images: (Left) “Undocumented” by Carlos Barberena, 2020 (Center) “Vote” by Shepard Fairey, 2008, (Right) “Strawberry Fields” by Carlos Barberena, 2020.

“Power of the People: Art and Democracy”
Curated by Phoebe Segal & Patrick Murphy
OPENS: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 10AM-5PM

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
EXHIBIT RUNS: OCTOBER, 26, 2024 – FEBRUARY 16, 2025
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

CARLOS BARBERENA EKARD ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

“CARLOS BARBERENA -FALL 2024 EKARD ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE 
ARTIST TALK: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 3PM
Holmes Hall, Bucknell University, 805 Fraternity Rd, Lewisburg, PA 17837
BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY / Art & History

DESIGNING FOR CHANGE: CHICAGO PROTEST ART OF THE 1960s - 70s

“DESIGNING FOR CHANGE: CHICAGO PROTEST ART OF THE 1960s – 70s”
OPENING RECEPTION: SUNDAY, MAY 19, 12PM-2PM
Chicago History Museum, 1601 N Clark St. Chicago, IL 60614
EXHIBIT RUNS: MAY, 18, 2024 – JUNE 28, 2025
CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM

Past Events:

INSTITUTO GRÁFICO DE CHICAGO: Pathways Through Printmaking

“INSTITUTO GRÁFICO DE CHICAGO: Pathways Through Printmaking”
OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, MAY 10, 6PM-9PM
NEIU Fine Arts Center Gallery, Building E, 5500 N St Louis Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
EXHIBIT RUNS: MAY 6 – MAY 32, 2024
NEIU FINE ARTS CENTER GALLERY

MORE BEAUTIFUL, MORE TERRIBLE: HUMANS OF LIFE ROW"

“MORE BEAUTIFUL, MORE TERRIBLE: HUMANS OF LIFE ROW”
OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 7PM-9PM
Co-Prosperity, 3219 S Morgan St,  Chicago, IL 
EXHIBIT RUNS: April 27 – JUNE 6, 2024
CO-PROSPERITY

GRAVER LE TERRITOIRE: L'ART DE L'EXILE À PILSEN

“GRAVER LE TERRITOIRE: L’ART DE L’EXILE À PILSEN”
OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 6PM
Institut Culturel du Mexique, 119 Rue Vieille du Temple – 75004 Paris, France
EXHIBIT RUNS: April 25 – July 4, 2024
Institut Culturel du Mexique
 

LA POLI/GRÁFICA de Puerto Rico:
América Latina y el Caribe

“Bajo Presión / Under Pressure” – La POLI/GRÁFICA de Puerto Rico: América Latina y el Caribe
OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2024
Open to Public: APRIL 18- JULY 15, 2024
Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Calle Puntilla, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901
POLI/GRÁFICA

44th NATIONAL PRINT EXHIBITION

“44th NATIONAL PRINT EXHIBITION”
OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 5PM-8PM
Open to Public: MARCH 21- APRIL 21, 2024
ARTLINK Gallery, Auer Center for Arts & Culture, 300 E Main St. Fort Wayne, IN
ARTLINK GALLERY

REVOLUTIONARY AESTHETICS AND GRAPHICS SOLIDARITIES

“REVOLUTIONARY AESTHETICS AND GRAPHICS SOLIDARITIES”
PANEL DISCUSSION: TUESDAY FEBRUARY 22, 4PM-6PM
Van Pelt Library 602, Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, University of Pensylvania
PENN LIBRARIES

MAKING SENSE OF IT ALL

“MAKING SENSE OF IT ALL”
CHICAGO PRINTERS GUILD X ELEPHANT ROOM GALLERY
OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 6PM-9PM

704 S Wabash Ave. Chicago / 312-361-0281 / 
ELEPHANT ROOM GALLERY

CARLOS CORTEZ 100 AÑOS

“Carlos Cortéz 100 Años”
OPENING RECEPTION: AUGUST 13, 2PM – 4PM
​Open to Public: AUGUST 13, 2023 – FEBRUARY 18, 2024
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART

COMMITTED TO PRINT

CARLOS BARBERENA: EXODUS

CARLOS BARBERENA: EXODUS
ARTIST TALK & GALLERY EXHIBIT: OCTOBER 2, 12:30 – 2:00PM
​Galeria América @ ND, 315 Bond Hall
​Open to Public: OCTOBER 2, 2023 – JANUARY 20, 2024
INSTITUTE FOR LATINO STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME

2023 MGC PRINT EXHIBITION

“Los Cariñositos” by Juan Correa

“2023 MANHATTAN GRAPHICS CENTER NATIONAL PRINT EXHIBITION”
OPENING RECEPTION: OCTOBER 13, 6PM-8PM
​Open to Public: OCTOBER 13- NOVEMBER 18, 2023
​250 W 40th, New York City, NY
MANHATTAN GRAPHICS CENTER

2023 NORTH AMERICAN PRINT BIENNIAL

“THE BOSTON PRINTMAKERS 2023 NORTH AMERICAN PRINT BIENNIAL”
JUROR’S LECTURE: OCTOBER 14, 1PM-2PM
OPENING RECEPTION: OCTOBER 14, 2PM-5PM

​Open to Public: SEPTEMBER 22- DECEMBER 10, 2023
​808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
THE BOSTON PRINTMAKERS

Día de los Muertos, Living Presence

“Día de los Muertos, Living Presence
OPENING RECEPTION: SEPTEMBER 22, 5PM – 8PM
​Open to Public: SEPTEMBER 22 – DECEMBER 10, 2023
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART

BORDERLINE: Chicano Voices Speak

“BORDERLINE: Chicano Voices Speak”
OPENING RECEPTION: AUGUST 23, 5PM – 8PM
​Open to Public: AUGUST 22 – SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
TENNESSEE VALLEY MUSEUM OF ART

13 BIECTR

“13e BIECTR”
​Biennale Internationale d’Estampe Contemporaine de Trois-Riviéres
OPENING RECEPTION: Tba-
​Open to Public: JUNE 17 – SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

MARK OF EMPOWERMENT

“MARK OF EMPOWERMENT”
Curated by Roberto Torres Mata
2022 Mid America Print Council Biennial Conference
OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 5:00PM – 
EMILY DAVIS GALLERY, MYERS SCHOOL OF ART, UNIVERSITY OF AKRON, AKRON, OH
​Open to Public: OCTOBER 10 – DECEMBER 16, 2022

Artists:
Marco Sánchez, Faisal Abdu’Allah, Barbara Justice, Adriana Barrios, Juana Estrada Hernández, Enrique Chagoya, Ernestro Yerena Montejano, John Hitchcock, Guerrilla Girls, Christie Tirado, Israel Campos, Kathryn Polk, Kill Joy, Monty Little, Dakota Mace, Ash Armenta, Derick Wycherly, Jennifer Mack, Elizabeth Jean Younce, Chema Skandal, Carlos Barberena, Emily Arthur

Delta National Small Prints Exhibition 2022

“Delta National Small Prints Exhibition 2022 
OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH, 5:00PM
ON VIEW:

FEBRUARY 1 – MARCH 30, 2022
BRADBURY ART MUSEUM
ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, JONESBORO, AR. USA

REFUSING ERASURE

REFUSING ERASURE” Prints by Carlos Barberena    OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 4 – 6 PM  ON VIEW: At Overture Galleries: Gallery III – January 25 – April 17, 2022 Overture Center for the Arts  201 State St. Madison, WI 53703-2214

Southern Graphic Council International

SGCI Conference: March 16–19, 2022

SGCI Our Shared Future printmaking conference is a call to artists to consider how our studio practice makes culture and knowledge visible through socially engaged graphic arts of the past, present and future. Printmaking can deepen our understanding of the world, inherently challenge systems of oppression and can push against histories of colonization, unwarranted violence and systemic racism. Artists share in the responsibility to shape our future. Overture Center is proud to join the Our Shared Future conference and UW–Madison in our commitment to respect the inherent sovereignty of the Ho-Chunk Nation and the other First Nations of Wisconsin.

Artist Statement

For me, art is a powerful form of communication that I employ to reflect on and question the issues that we encounter in a consumer society.

Some of my prints are focused on the work of activists who have defended their communities; I am interested in the histories and cultural inheritance that inspire these struggles, representing them through the images in the prints.

My work has also always focused on demonstrating the interconnectedness of migrants’ experiences to different spaces. My work is also focused on the unseen things people carry: memories, attachments, relationships and traumas. As a migrant myself, I have always been attentive to the ways that people ignore my humanity, sweeping aside all these elements of my experience.

My prints also take a critical point of view to corporation-friendly governments that are indifferent to environmental pollution and promote policies against immigration, labor rights and socio-political injustices.

ON VIEW:

December 2, 2021 – March 11, 2022

OPENING RECEPTION:

FRIDAY, DEC 3 AT 5:00 PM

Open Gallery Hours: (Beginning Dec. 2)

Monday – Friday 10:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.

LATINO ARTS INC. 1028 S 9TH ST. MILWAUKEE, WI 53204


About Carlos Barberena

Carlos Barberena (b.1972) is a Nicaraguan self-taught Printmaker based in Chicago, where he runs the printmaking projects: Bandolero Press & La Calaca Press. He is also a member of the Instituto Grafico de Chicago.

Barberena is known for his satirical relief prints and the use of images from pop culture, as well as from political and cultural tragedies. In his art, he has consistently reflected on the cycles of repression and resistance and its relationship to the Diaspora in which he has lived, throughout dictatorship, revolution, erasure, renewal, hope, dictatorship and repression. His prints center these types of life experiences occurring far beyond his country. He creates to bring awareness to the interconnectedness among them, focusing on injustices of social, political, economic and environmental injustice. At time he evokes with satirical images, at others, through the mundane, unseen things people carry: memories, attachments, relationships and traumas.

Cafe con Arte:
January 27, 2022
8:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

*This exhibit was supported in part by a grants from the City of Milwaukee Arts Board and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts. Thank you to all of our sponsors.

February 9, 2022 @ 7:30 pm9:00 pm

Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Carlos Barberena
Carlos Barberena is a Nicaraguan self-taught Artist / Printmaker based in Chicago, where he runs the printmaking projects: Bandolero Press & La Calaca Press. He is also a member of the Instituto Grafico de Chicago. Barberena has exhibited individually in Costa Rica, Estonia, France, Mexico, Nicaragua, Spain and The United States of America. His work has been shown in Art Biennials, Museums, Galleries, Cultural Centers and Universities around the world.

All 2021-22 lectures will be FREE and offered virtually as pre-recorded events. Series supported in part by the UWM Black and Gold Committee & Differential Tuition funds, Frederick R. Layton Fund, the John Colt Memorial Art Fund, The Queer Curatorial Fund, Print Club, and OBJECT.

Dates/ Time:
Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022
7:30 P.M.

Virtual Free Event:
This lecture will be available as a pre-recorded virtual event. The link to the recording will be posted the following day at arts.uwm.edu/artistsnow

Print Austin Presents: The Contemporary Print

Print Austin Presents: “THE CONTEMPORARY PRINT” Juried by John Hitchcock   

OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 7 – 10 PM 

ON VIEW:

January 14 – February 15, 2022

BIG MEDIUM GALLERY 916 Springdale Rd Bldg 2, #101, Austin, TX 78702

MAPC 2021 Members' Juried Exhibition

Mid America Print Council 2021 Members’ Juried Exhibition!
The exhibition, juried by Mildred Beltré and Jennifer Hughes
On View: October 6 – November 6, 2021
In-Person Opening Reception: Friday, October 15, 6PM to 8PM
Virtual Event: Saturday, October 16 at 10:30 AM, CST
University of Iowa School of Art & Art History
Image credit: Emily Orzech

Gráfica América at Taller 99, Chile

Gráfica América Print Portfolio at Taller 99, Santiago, Chile.

On View: September – October, 2021

Gráfica América presents works by artists representing print shops, publishing houses, and artist collectives from throughout the United States, México, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. The exhibition celebrates the collaborative spirit of printmaking through historical prints and publications as well as contemporary traditional and experimental works made in collective studios and workshops established by Latin American and Latinx printmakers.

Gráfica América, is organized by the Museum of Latin American Art and is curated by Gabriela Martínez, MOLAA Curator of Education and Rogelio Gutiérrez, Professor of Printmaking at Arizona State University – School of Art.

Gráfica América en el Museo del Grabado ICPNA

“Gráfica América”  Print Portfolio
OPENING RECEPTION: TUESDAY, MARCH 16TH, 12:00PM
ON VIEW:

MARCH 16 – MAY 29, 2021
MUSEO DEL GRABADO ICPNA 

Av Javier Prado Este 4625, 15023 La Molina, Lima, Perú

Gráfica América at Museum of Latin American Art

Gráfica América presents works by artists representing print shops, publishing houses, and artist collectives from throughout the United States, México, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. The exhibition celebrates the collaborative spirit of printmaking through historical prints and publications as well as contemporary traditional and experimental works made in collective studios and workshops established by Latin American and Latinx printmakers.

Gráfica América, is organized by the Museum of Latin American Art and is curated by Gabriela Martínez, MOLAA Curator of Education and Rogelio Gutiérrez, Professor of Printmaking at Arizona State University – School of Art.