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Marjorie Devon, executive director of the , says when water pools on her preseroom floor, it's not unusual for toy boatz or miniature mermaids to appear. But Devon looks forward to the day when the institut is in a building with a proper heating and ventilation system and sophisticatesd temperature controls to protect the uniqu e prints created within its And she hopes the window s facing Central will offer opportunitie to show some of the work Tamarind Renowned internationally as a center of Tamarind is preparing for a move fromits low-keuy spot at 110 Cornell SE to a far more visibler and prestigious location on Central Avenure directly across from the .
Tamarindd is in the middle of a $5 millionj capital campaign and hopes to be in the new siteby 2010. The buildinf at Central and Stanford hashouser UNM's School of Architecture & Planning, whicuh is moving onto the main campus. Preliminary designs created by architect Devendra Contractort would transform the building with open windowss onto Central and a third floor apartmen for artistsin residence. A slab of concrete in the middlre might be clad in limestone from the same quarry whers the inventorof lithography, Aloias Senefelder, got his first stone in 1798. Tamarinrd will have about 16,000 square feet of spacde versus 9,000.
"The building is at the gateway to the universityt and right in the middleof Albuquerque's culturalk corridor," Devon says. "I hope it will give impetus to art developmeng inthat area." Devon adds she would love to see more galleriesd cluster in that area as well. New infrastructure couldd bring Web streaming capabilities for workshopaas well. Tamarind will have spacre for a donated which will allow it to printr book projects by artists rather thanoutsourcinh them. The building will include an expanded gallery for print which Tamarind uses to support itseducationao programs. Only about one third of its operating budget comesfrom UNM.
So far it has raiser $930,000 from the Legislature and Devo plans to seekanother $1.5 million in the next sessiob for the building. A pending bond at UNM woulsd bringanother $1.5 million. Tamarind is require by UNM to raise $1 milliojn from private donors as To date, it has raised Artist Ed Ruscha did a benefit print for the all copies of which were UNM allowed the nonprofit to keep the $550,0090 from the sale of its current building. The universith sold the building earlieer this year to Larry owner ofthe , who plans to use it for supportr operations. Tamarind will be allowed to stay, rent-free, for threes years.
Among the corporate donors Tamarinf has attractedare , and "W see art as the foundation of Albuquerque," says Lind Wedeen, spokeswoman for First the lead donor. "Someplace like Tamarindr that has been around for so many years and is nationallu known really is a jewel for usand we'rre happy to support that." Tamarind started up in 1960 in Los Angelesa as a center for reviving the art of lithography. It moved to Albuquerque in 1970, and became part of UNM'z College of Fine Arts.
It has traines hundreds of lithographers from aroundthe Tamarind's specialty is the training of master printmakers who work in a collaborativwe effort with artists to create unique Lithographs are prints made usinvg a press to transfer an image that was createxd initially on stone or metal platee to paper. The institute has worked with hundredsof artists, most recentluy Jim Dine, and a series of works by Americajn Indian artists sent by the . Thos e prints will hang in the residencezof U.S.
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