Print of the Day!! Fri, May 5, 2023 is by Emmanuel C. Montoya (born 1952): "Richie Havens - Freedom"; color linocut; 2023; 6/8. $750.00.

Print of the Day!! Friday, May 5, 2023. Happy Cinco de Mayo!!! is by Emmanuel C. Montoya (born 1952).

"Richie Havens - Freedom" is a relief print, a color linocut by self described Apachicano printmaker Emmanuel C. Montoya done in 2023. The image measures 12 x 11-1/2 inches. This impression is pencil signed, titled, dated "4/23", and editioned "6/8" by the artist in the lower margin and is titled within the image. It was printed by the artist on a white wove paper that measures 18-3/4 x 17-1/2 inches. Our inventory number for this color linocut is 24467.

This color linocut by Emmanuel C. Montoya (born 1952) can be purchased from the gallery for $750.00.

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A new (April 2023) color linocut by Apachecano printmaker Emmanuel C. Montoya, a descendent of Apache and Mexican heritages, was born in Corpus Christi, Texas on April 16, 1952. Montoya resides in the San Francisco Bay Area where he attended public schools. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1985 and a Master of Fine Arts in printmaking in 1991 from San Francisco State University.

As a 17 year old he heard Richie Havens' anthem "Freedom" which Havens sang as the opening act at Woodstock in 1969. The song and the musician made a lasting impression on Montoya, Havens also had Native American heritage on his Grandfather's side (Blackfoot) and was a major influence on the young self identified 'Apachecano' artist. This colorful, dynamic image is in part Montoya's homage to the musician with whom he identified over 50 years ago and took him years to create.

According to Montoya, the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s and 1970s, the master printmakers and muralists of 20th century Mexico and Latin America, and the Federal Art Project Works Progress Administration in North American during the 1930s and 40s, influenced his style. When he was a young artist living in San Francisco in the 1960s, Bill Graham's rock concert posters, with their splashing, colorful imagery and flowing text that represented the art and music of the time, had a major impact on the art he was producing.

Emmanuel Montoya has taught printmaking, mural painting, and drawing throughout California for thirty years. He completed numerous public art commissions for the Mission Branch Library, San Francisco; the international terminal at the San Francisco International Airport; the College of Fine Arts at San Francisco State University; Whole Foods Market in Cupertino, California; and the Alameda County Arts Commission. The Graphic Works of Emmanuel C. Montoya was presented at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Spring 1988. In 2014, he received the Kala Art Institute's Master Artist Award in recognition of his contributions to the fields of art and art education.

Richard Pierce Havens (1941-2013) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music encompassed elements of folk, soul and rhythm and blues. He had a rhythmic guitar style (often in open tunings). He was the opening act at Woodstock, and had a long career as a singer and occasional actor.

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