Image: Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis
The Eiteljorg’s exhibition ‘Consejo Grafico Nacional: Latino Printmakers in the United States’ is accompanied by two bilingual spotlight tours on Oct. 24 at 12:15 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. The tours are led by artist and curatorial advisor Andie Arana Gomez and Laura Fry, the museum’s vice president of curatorial and collections. The exhibition’s dates are May 30, 2026 through May 29, 2027.
Consejo Grafico Nacional is a coalition of independent printmaking workshops, or talleres, that began forming in 2000 to advance the capacity and legacy of Latino printmakers, inclusive of all Americas, in the United States. Through collaborative projects, exhibitions and educational outreach, the Consejo promotes critical and cultural activism in contemporary art.
The exhibition presents two distinct Consejo portfolios created collaboratively with printmakers at talleres in Chicago, Texas, California, New Jersey, New York and Puerto Rico. ‘La Huella Magistral: Homage to Master Printmakers’ recognizes the artists’ teachers: master printmakers who taught, mentored or inspired them. ‘Los Americans: Same = Different’ explores tensions around how American identity is defined across national borders.
The Consejo artists reflect on cultural exchanges taking place between Latin America and the present-day United States. Through the two portfolios, Latin American printmakers in the United States explore the impact of educators, symbols of identity and the power of working together in community.
