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1960s

1964

Garo Antreasian moves to Albuquerque to teach at the University of New Mexico.

1968

Garo Antreasian is promoted to professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of New Mexico.

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1970s

1970–71 1970

Garo Antreasian is codirector of the Tamarind Institute at the University of New Mexico with Clinton Adams.

1970

Tamarind Lithography Workshop, founded by June Wayne, moves to Albuquerque, New Mexico, from Los Angeles and becomes the Tamarind Institute, a division of the College of Fine Arts of the University of New Mexico.

1972

Larry Bell has a solo exhibition at Dennis Hopper Gallery in Taos, New Mexico.

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1980s

1986

Ed Ruscha creates lithographs at the Tamarind Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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1990s

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2010s

2010

The Tamarind Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico, celebrates 50 years with two exhibitions that feature works by artists including Garo Antreasian, Vija Celmins, Roy De Forest, Ed Ruscha, and June Wayne.

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