A big THANK YOU to our sponsors for the Mountain Road Banner Project:
Golden Crown Bakery
Mountain Road Fine Furniture
MGP Mechanical
Brent Lomako
Wells Park Neighborhood Association
The Next Best Think to Being There
Isaac Benton, Councilman for District 2
WIRED
If you are thinking of submitting a piece for the Banners for Mountain Road Project, here you will find a document that contains pictures of some of the oldest buildings in the Sawmill-Wells Park neighborhood. It tells the history of the area too. I enclosed a photo of the old gas station now a coffee shop at 8th and Mountain. Submissions: friendsofmountainroad@gmail.com
Wow! I was contacted by Brittany Bade of Channel 13 News for an interview about the Mountain Road Banner Project. It aired on the 10pm KRQE News on Monday, February 19th.
Check out the video:
New art project aims to make Mountain Road the next Nob Hill
One of my favorite poets, Garcia Lorca, has entered the public domain. In my design you can see his his home near Granada, Spain, in the background. Living during one of its darkest times, he is now considered Spain’s greatest 20th century poet. He was executed by a firing squad in 1936. Alongside Garcia Lorca, I have my Pan Dulce bag. I’ve always been fascinated by the history of the French pastries that have such unusual names in Mexico such as “mustache,” “underpants” or “foot of the mule.” In each bag, I have written the story that goes with the design.
Join us on Mountain Road for Art in August at three locations. At the Julianna Kirwin Studio/Gallery I am excited to show the work of printmaker Mary Sundstrom along with some new linocuts of mine. August 12, 10-4 and August 13, noon to 5pm. Get coffee and a delicious meal at Farmacy across the street, and take a walk down Mountain to see work at Little Bird de Papel and The Next Best Thing to Being There.
My name is Julianna Kirwin and I have been designing and printing my own images for twenty years. Until last year, my focus was on the original prints I created on paper. But in 2015 I was asked to do a workshop for The Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Participants of an International Design Summit would need my help to create and print their designs onto cotton bags they would take home. The success of that workshop led me to start printing my own line of wearable hand-printed bags.
Why do I love printmaking? It’s an art-form that was part of the Mexican tradition of “arte popular,” folk art made by hand and reflecting the culture of a particular place.
Teodoro’s Chickens Hand Printed Bag
Here in my neighborhood, those folk traditions are still part of every day life.
I hope you will enjoy these hand printed bags that depict some of my favorite poets, composers, animals and local scenes. Each bag is designed and printed in my studio on Mountain Road in the heart of Albuquerque.
Dreaming Rural New Mexico
This is my new piece I’ll be showing at the Doors for the Arts Exhibit this Saturday! This street exhibit will be along the side of my house on Mountain Road and 8th St. in the Wellspark neighborhood. Hope you can stop by to see work by local artists including Santiago Perez, Andrew Fearnside, Roe LiBretto, Melanie LaBorwit, Gabriela Hnilkova and Ilene Weiss. Hours for the show: 10-4 parking on the street.
Doors for the Arts on Mountain: A Street Exhibit continues to be an ongoing pop-up exhibit featuring artists from around Mountain Road. The latest one was on June 6th, featuring twelve artists of diverse media and artistic expressions. Watch for the next one!
