¡TINTA ARDIENTE!

¡TINTA ARDIENTE!:  Igniting Community Through Collective Action

October 16, 2026 – February 21, 2027

Xicágo Gallery, National Museum of Mexican Art

Opening reception: Friday, October 16, 2026, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm


¡TINTA ARDIENTE!: Igniting Community Through Collective Action

Bound by a shared vision and supported through a vast network, Instituto Gráfico de Chicago (IGC) embraces printmaking—a historically democratic medium that allows for widespread communication—as a tool for education and activism. The work of this volunteer collective amplifies the visibility of contemporary Latinx print artists, while advancing the power of art to ignite social change and foster solidarity.

Since 2010, eight print portfolios have emerged as sites of encounter where collective members and invited artists have responded to shared social and political concerns. Simultaneously, IGC’s Grabadolandia, the only free printmaking festival led by a Latinx collective in the Midwest, ensures the medium's vitality by fueling new artists and community-led initiatives.

This exhibition brings together selections from IGC’s print collection, objects, event documentation, and traces of print histories from Mexico and Chicago. Together, these works create an evolving archive of learning, resistance, and exchange—held together through the language of print.

Curated by Marcela Andrade Serment and Elisa Soto Sánchez

Save the Date: Grabadolandia at the National Museum of Mexican Art, November 20 - 22, 2026

Instituto Gráfico de Chicago (IGC) members:
Atlan Arceo-Witzl, Carlos Barberena, Cirilo Esquivel*, Eric J. García, Eric Gasca, Jose L. Gutierrez (elgtz), Salvador Jiménez-Flores, Cynthia Marris*, Epifanio Monarrez*, Antonio Pazaran, Vanessa A. Sanchez*, Ricardo Xavier Serment, CHema Skandal!, Alex Velazquez Brightbill

*Former IGC members who contributed to the formation of the Collective

Participating Artists:

Daniel Amora Mora
René Arceo
Atlan Arceo-Witzl
Nancy Ariza
Carlos Barberena
Iván Bautista
Liz Born
Paulina Camacho
Alejandra Carrillo 
Edith Chávez
Natalia Cuevas
Nicolás de Jesús
Cirilo Esquivel
Juana Estrada Hernández
Sandra C. Fernandez
Juan R. Fuentes
Eric J. García
Sarita Garcia
Eric Gasca
Daniel González
Manuel Guerra
Jose L. Gutierrez (elgtz)
Ester Hernandez
Judithe Hernández
Celia Herrera Rodríguez
Salvador Jiménez-Flores
Kill Joy x ReBo + KTPP
Poli Marichal
Álvaro Daniel Márquez
Josué “Homie” Martínez
Oscar Moya
Meli Marie Nava
Paloma Núñez-Regueiro
Antonio Pazaran
Katia Pérez Fuentes
Yvette M. Pino
Gilda Posada
Charlie Ramirez
Sergio Sanchez Santamaria
Ricardo Xavier Serment
CHema Skandal!
Diana Solís
Shinzaburo Takeda
Maria Cristina Tavera
Misayo Tsutsui
Alex Velazquez Brightbill
Gabriel Villa

GRABADOLANDIA 2018

FREE EVENT!
Instituto Gráfico de Chicago (IGC), a grassroots printing collective from the Pilsen neighborhood, is excited to announce its 6th annual FREE, educational printmaking festival, Grabadolandia, scheduled to take place November 16, 17, and 18, 2018.

GRABADOLANDIA is a three-day printmaking festival that spans multiple venues throughout the city of Chicago. The main event, which is a print fair, will once again be housed at the National Museum of Mexican Art (NMMA). During this event, the public is invited to learn about printmaking and its rich history by participating in free demonstrations and hands-on activities. On the occasion of our 6th anniversary, we will also to be joined by four printmakers representing two of Oaxaca City’s most dynamic collectives, Burro Press and Cooperativa Grafica, who will lead several live demonstrations and conversations about contemporary printmaking in Mexico.

*Please join us for these special FREE events, highlighting the presence of an active and engaged printmaking community in the city of Chicago and beyond.

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Art of Protest / Art of Dreams: Contemporary Printmaking in Oaxaca and Chicago

Opening Reception and Artist Talk with IGC

Friday, November 2, 4:30pm, Walford Galleries, Adams Hall

Instituto Gráfico de Chicago (IGC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to maintaining the critical activist tradition of Latino printmaking that unites communities of struggle around the world. IGC offers arts education programs for new generations to engage in printmaking as a social force. This network of printers comes together to advance the legacy and vitality of printmaking by hosting community events and creating opportunities for artists to participate in print exchange projects and promote their work in group exhibitions.

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Art of Protest / Art of Dreams →

Art of Protest / Art of Dreams: Contemporary Printmaking in Oaxaca and Chicago

Mexico has a long-standing tradition of using printmaking as a force for social and political engagement. This exhibition explores the impact of this tradition on Latino artists today, bringing together over 30 printmakers from Oaxaca, Mexico to Chicago, USA. These artists share a common commitment to using art to draw people together and imagine a better future. Although they come from geographically and culturally diverse places, they are united in a belief in collaboration as a foundation for community, activism, and outreach. The work in the exhibition ranges from political protest to thought-provoking and poetic explorations of gender, domesticity, tradition, and contemporary life. Among the artists and presses featured are Edith Chávez and Ivan Bautista of Burro Press, Oaxaca, and the members of Instituto Gráfico de Chicago.

In conjunction with the exhibition, there will be several free hands-on printmaking workshops hosted by Instituto Gráfico de Chicago, as well as a panel discussion exploring the social, political, and artistic contexts of Oaxaca’s vibrant print scene.

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