‘Printmaking as a social force’

On a Sunday morning almost every November since 2013, the National Museum of Mexican Art’s west wing is packed: Children select carved blocks to print onto T-shirts and art enthusiasts rifle through prints by artists from Chicago and beyond. The vendors are doing more than just selling their artwork; the organizers, the Latinx artist collective Instituto Gráfico de Chicago (IGC), have asked them to prepare a demonstration so visitors can learn about printmaking firsthand. This is Grabadolandia, a staunchly free annual educational printmaking festival run by the IGC meant to inspire people to engage in “printmaking as a social force.” This November 20 to 22, the collective will host their 14th annual festival, with its usual abundance of programming, including exhibitions, a film screening, printmaking workshops, artist talks, a print fair, and more across locations in Pilsen and Bridgeport. “[At the first Grabadolandia], our friends and family came out to support us . . .

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