Bronx River Art Center (BRAC) closed out our Jan-Feb 2021 exhibition (Beyond the “Encuentro”) with a virtual artist talk over Zoom. The discussion was hosted by local NYC printmaker Luanda Lozano and featured five of the show's eighteen Colombian artists: Diego Arrango, Victoria Ortiz, Jorge Rodriguez, Ana Fernandez, and Male Correa.
Over the course of the talk, the artists discussed their careers, personal inspirations, the history of the printmaking scene in Colombia, the struggle in making the medium more respected by the art world, the difficulties that came in making the original Encuentro de Artistas Grabadores de Medellín that this show was an off-shoot of happen, and the hopes they have for future iterations of the event as they spread the joy of printmaking and drum up more interest in the craft.
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