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Cartonera Santanera

$100.00

Instructor: Adriana Sánchez Alexander & Isidro Pérez García

Date: Friday 10/9 and Saturday 10/10, 2026
Time: Friday: 10am - 4pm, Saturday: 9am-3pm

Workshop Description:
This 2-day hands-on workshop is intended as a fun “crash course” in building a DIY block printing press, which we will use to print cartonera books in a fun and interactive community artmaking experience at the SW Print Fiesta Printers’ Market. On Day 1 (Friday), we will together build a DIY printing press using salvaged items. We will share with you how we make presses in our own artistic practice, where we modify things like rocking horses, tires, tortilla presses, and rocking chairs as block printing presses, with our focus always on making the printing process fun and interactive. On Day 2 (Saturday), we’ll prepare to take our newly-minted press out into the community to make cartonera books with people at the Printers’ Market! 

Cartonera is a community bookmaking and publishing practice from Latin America, focused on creating books from cardboard and where we see the book not just as an object, but as an object that establishes social relationships and has the potential to change social relationships. With this in mind, that’s why we as Cartonera Santanera created our particular version of cartonera that uses block printing to give people fun, accessible experiences with artmaking and literature. We hope you’ll join us! 

Instructor: Adriana Sánchez Alexander & Isidro Pérez García

Date: Friday 10/9 and Saturday 10/10, 2026
Time: Friday: 10am - 4pm, Saturday: 9am-3pm

Workshop Description:
This 2-day hands-on workshop is intended as a fun “crash course” in building a DIY block printing press, which we will use to print cartonera books in a fun and interactive community artmaking experience at the SW Print Fiesta Printers’ Market. On Day 1 (Friday), we will together build a DIY printing press using salvaged items. We will share with you how we make presses in our own artistic practice, where we modify things like rocking horses, tires, tortilla presses, and rocking chairs as block printing presses, with our focus always on making the printing process fun and interactive. On Day 2 (Saturday), we’ll prepare to take our newly-minted press out into the community to make cartonera books with people at the Printers’ Market! 

Cartonera is a community bookmaking and publishing practice from Latin America, focused on creating books from cardboard and where we see the book not just as an object, but as an object that establishes social relationships and has the potential to change social relationships. With this in mind, that’s why we as Cartonera Santanera created our particular version of cartonera that uses block printing to give people fun, accessible experiences with artmaking and literature. We hope you’ll join us! 

Instructor Bio:

Isidro Pérez García is a cross-border multidisciplinary artist working with immigrant diasporic communities from México. Adriana Sánchez Alexander is a SoCal-based writer and artist whose work focuses on community art and narrative transformation. In 2012, alongside other writers and artists, they started Cartonera Santanera as a way to tell different kinds of stories about and for their community.

Website
Isidro Instagram, Adriana Instagram

 

WORKSHOP CANCELLATION POLICY

A lot of work and investment go into planning our workshops, and vacancies can be hard to fill, even when there’s a wait list. If you need to cancel your registration, please reference this schedule:

For cancellation 30 days or more before the start of your class, you will receive a full refund minus a $25 service fee.

For cancellation 29-14 days before the start of your class, you will receive a 50% refund.

For cancellations within 13 days of the start of class, no refunds will be given.

Workshop cancellation requests must be submitted in writing to info@southwestprintfiesta.org

If it is necessary for Southwest Print Fiesta to cancel a workshop for any reason, students will be notified and offered the choice of a full refund or another class, if space is available. We cannot, however, be responsible for travel or lodging expenses associated with your trip.

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding!