Tamarind Institute

01/05/2026

Happy to see Rose B. Simpson’s iconic Maria diptych installed at The Museum of Modern Art as part of the museum’s First Look series through Spring 2026.

Read interview with the artist about the meaning and making of the Tamarind diptych here:
https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/1381

12/20/2025

Tamarind Education Director Brandon Gunn joined forces with Cranfield Colours and Centre for Fine Print Research at the University of the West of England, Bristol, to produce the essential black ink used in lithography. Read more about the adventure here.

Tamarind contributes critical research to the field of fine art lithography. In the coming year Gunn and Tamarind student printers will engage in more material research, testing, and investigation of the lithography process. We will report on our findings here and through the Tamarind Techniques video series.
https://tamarind.unm.edu/education-new/educator-resources/

Lithography printers use more black ink than any other color during the printing process. So, when the global industry faced a critical shortage and black ink supplies were rapidly decreasing at print houses worldwide, Brandon Gunn, UNM Tamarind...

12/10/2025

Tomorrow!

Annual Paper and Print Sale

Thursday, Dec. 11, 9am–1pm

Tamarind is pleased to announce our annual sale of fine art paper fragments and specially priced prints for the New Mexico community. Proceeds benefit Tamarind programs and student scholarships.

Featured prints will be available for purchase through December 19, 2025.

To make an appointment outside of regular gallery hours (Tues–Fri, 10am–5pm) email us at [email protected].

12/01/2025

Join the Club.

A few details of the process of pulling the 2025 Collectors Club edition by artist Nikki Maloof.

Collectors Club membership sustains our collaborative and experimental printing programs, and the training of future printers. Membership is open through December 31 (or edition sells out). Membership print ships in March 2026. Details here:

https://tamarind.unm.edu/product/collectors-club/

11/14/2025

Applications due tomorrow, 11.15.25

Artist Residency Program with Tamarind Student Printers

Tamarind Institute invites applications for artist collaborations with its skilled student printers. Four guest artists will be selected to participate in two-week residencies in the workshop, each working with a team of student printers under the close supervision of a Tamarind Master Printer. Participating artists will create one or two print editions as outlined in the Call for Proposals, with the printers providing guidance on the materials and all technical aspects of the printing process.

No printing experience necessary.

Applications due November 15, 2025 for the Spring 2026 program.

✍️https://tamarind.unm.edu/education-new/work-with-us/



Roma Auskalnyte speaks about her artist residency with Tamarind…

11/13/2025

Through extensive collaboration between Tamarind Institute, the Centre for Print Research at University of the West of England, Bristol, Professor and founder of CfPR Stephen Hoskins and Cranfield Colours' Managing Director Michael Craine and Techinical Director Paul Lee, Gunn and company brought three essential lithographic black inks back to shelves, made with historic raw materials and Cranfield’s traditional process of dry colour mixing and triple-roll milling, to the acclaim (and relief) of printers worldwide.

11/05/2025

Now Open: Artist Residency Program with Tamarind Student Printers

Applications due November 15.

Tamarind Institute invites applications for artist collaborations with its skilled student printers.

Four guest artists will be selected to participate in two-week residencies in Spring 2026, each working with a team of student printers under the close supervision of a Tamarind Master Printer. Participating artists will create one or two print editions as outlined in the Call for Proposals, with the printers providing guidance on the materials and all technical aspects of the printing process. *No printing experience necessary.*

Applications are due November 15, 2025.

Apply here:
https://tamarind.unm.edu/education-new/work-with-us/

Photo: Gail Shaw-Clemons signing prints in workshop. Photo by Francis Reynolds.

10/21/2025

🤠 This Thursday I have the honor of chatting with Harmony Hammond, the original Material Girl!

RSVP through Tamarind.

10/15/2025

Join us tomorrow at Tamarind!

Harmony Hammond: Desire
On view: October 16, 2025–January 23, 2026
Opening Reception with the Artist: Thursday, October 16, 5–7pm

Hammond investigates the lithograph as a non-planographic object in this solo show. This new body of work printed and published by Tamarind Institute is shown together for the first time, created during the Frederick Hammersley Artist Residency.

09/25/2025

This Saturday, 9/27, “Tiguex,” a musical and visual map composition by Raven Chacon, is set to take over the city of Albuquerque. The day-long performance will span the city, featuring 20 overlapping movements, all documented by a Tamarind lithograph that serves as both a map and a score.

“Tiguex” can be followed on the artist’s website tiguex.com and on KUNM 89.9FM and live-streaming at KUNM.ORG. Selected short segments will be featured from 6:59 AM to 7 PM throughout the day.

Photo by Kenton Bueche. Raven Chacon is the recipient of the 2024-2025 Frederick Hammersley Artist Residency.

https://www.kunm.org/show/folk-routes/2025-09-22/raven-chacon-the-first-native-american-to-win-the-pulitzer-prize-for-music