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En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Antonio Pazarán (elantonio13) co-fundador y Chema Skandal! (chemaskandal) Artista miembro del instituto Grafico de Chicago (instituto_grafico_chicago). Esta institución nació de la necesidad de producir grabado y traer la gráfica latinoamericana a la atención pública ilustrando la identidad de las comunidades adyacentes al Barrio d...

This week on Hello, Print Friend Miranda speaks with friend of the pod Jamaal Barber. We’ll talk about his return to school for his MFA 15 years after finishing his BA in design, how this experience changed his art, how he defines what he does, doing his masters in some of the most turbulent years in recent American history, and of course, his fantastic podcast Studio Noize. Jamaal's websiteh...

This week on Hello, Print Friend Miranda speaks with Sofia Salazar. We’ll talk about growing up in Argentina in an artistic family, the choice to move to the UK, building her brand up to the point of making a living off her art, growing her instagram presence, and finding balanced mental health while relying so much on social media to reach an audience. Sofia on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/...

This week on Hello, Print Friend Miranda talks with Mitch Mitchell, Assistant Professor of Print Media at Concordia University in Montreal. We’ll talk about the process of printmaking as product, the physical and emotional labor of taking on projects that require thousands of hours to finish, and starting his table top printing press company to help connect printmakers with equipment during lockdo...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Sergio Sánchez Santamaría (@grabador1976), artista grabador, ilustrador y muralista mexicano nacido en Tlayacapan, Morelos, México. Santamaría desarrolla obra grafica que recuerda el humor provocativo y estética de Posada pero con una sensibilidad moderna, influenciado por el punk rock, que ilustra la situación política actual y lo...

This week on Hello, Print Friend Miranda speaks with Josh Epstien, also known as Totes Ferosh. We talk about his wonderful images of gay men and kink created by the linocut process, queerness in Sailormoon, being an art class darling, what makes art queer, and the role of art galleries in the COVID world. Totes Ferosh Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/totesferosh/?hl=enJosh Epstein Speedballhttps...

This week on Hello Print Friend Miranda talks with Susan Rostow founder of Akua Inks. We’ll talk about how early childhood experimentation in the kitchen and lack of options for printing safely while pregnant led her to produce the now wildly successful line of water-based inks, and her incredible personal practice that turns printmaking and book arts into intricate, interactive sculptures. Susan&...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con: Luciana Ortega, Artista plástica multidisciplinaria realizando trabajo gráfico desde su estudio personal en Buenos Aires, Argentina. Conversaremos sobre sus inicios, su inagotable energía creadora y el desarrollo de su practica artística como madre y grabadora. Luciana usa el proceso de la xilografía y placa perdida como herramien...

This week on Hello Print Friend Miranda speaks with Leslie Diuguid, founder of THE FIRST & ONLY Black female-owned fine art screen printing business in New York. Leslie regularly collaboratively prints editions for artists, designers, and institutions such as Aya Brown, Diagonal Press, and The Museum of Arts and Design. We talk about all the starts and restarts on her road to opening her own b...

This week on Hello Print Friend Miranda speak with Katherine Jones, a multi-disciplinary printmaker working in Brixton. We’ll talk about collagraphy, perceived and actual safety, international and domestic threats, and a Crystal Palace. Katherine Jones https://www.katherine-jones.co.ukKatherine Jones Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/katherinejones_pp/?hl=enShop Talkwww.patreon.com/helloprintfrie...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con: Daniela Ram, Artista del grabado y fundadora del Taller Hoja Santa (hoja_santa_taller), Taller dedicado a la difusión, exhibición y producción de obra gráfica de mujeres, cuyo objetivo es hacer visible la expresión de las mujeres y su trabajo gráfico, dedicando su espacio a la participación e intercambio de artes gráficas a nivel...

This week on Hello Print Friend Miranda Speaks with Anne Coffin, founder of International Print Center New York. We'll talk about coming to printmaking through collecting, the effects of the Sep 11 attacks on the art scene of NYC and beyond, the democratization of print, the foundations of starting a solid non-profit, and looking back over the center's 20-year history of print advocacy....

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con: Oscar Gonzalez dibujante y grabador chileno, especializado en grabado en hueco, aguafuerte y xilografía usando su gran talento grafico para ilustrar el humilde trabajo del campo y sus múltiples personajes familiares; estos con un gran nivel técnico y con una marca resiliente a los sueños personales de ser un artista plástico lo ha...

This week on Hello Print Friend Miranda Speaks with Katherine Baca-Bielinis, president of the Print Club of Rochester, which has been running continuously for the past 90 years. We’ll talk about what print clubs are and how they support artists and collectors, the benefits of membership, and the club's wonderful history of commissioning work from printmaking greats past and current. Print Clu...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con: Abel Alejandre, artista plástico y grabador de origen mexicano, pero haciendo vida desde muy temprana edad en los Estados Unidos. Hablaremos sobre sus inicios, la dificultad de crecer entre dos culturas que no te aceptan completamente, el trabajar en murales durante los juegos Olímpicos de los Ángeles, los roces familiares por no...

This week on Hello Print Friend Miranda speaks with Jacoub Reyes. Jacoub is an absolute delight to speak with and a wonderfully talented artist who thinks deeply about the ways in which his practice interacts with the world. We’ll talk about using found objects to create one-of-a-kind prints, researching family history to help create a sense of identity, and the ongoing effects of colonialism. Jac...

This week on Hello Print Friend Miranda speaks with David Sullivan, a cheeky brit who has found his way to Bali and started Black Hand Gang, a world-class printmaking studio in a tropical paradise. We’ll talk about coming to printmaking through collecting street art editions for artists who went on to be household names, building a print shop in the middle of the pandemic, and working with a beer...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con: Roy Barba, artista plástico y grabador mexicano mejor conocido por su excelente trabajo figurativo. Roy es un ejemplo de que el talento no es necesario para ser un buen artista, y que con curiosidad, exploración y trabajo se puede aprender y alcanzar un alto nivel en el dibujo. Instagram: @_roy_barba_

This week on Hello Print Friend Miranda talks with Abel Alejandre. We’ll talk about growing up in a small town in Mexico, coming to the US at a young age, the social constructions that make up masculine ideals, the unexpected and often intimate conversations he can have with men at his exhibitions, and roosters galore. Abel Alejandre Websitehttps://abelalejandre.comAbel Alejandre Instagramhttps://...

This week on Hello Print Friend Miranda talks to Cole Rogers, co-founder, and master printer at The Highpoint Center for Printmaking in Minneapolis MN. We’ll talk about starting a workshop, the importance of community access, following your passion rather than playing it safe, and making art outside of the coasts. Highpoint Center for Printmakinghttps://www.highpointprintmaking.orgHighpoint Instag...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con: Gustavo Garcia, director asociado de impresión y tecnología en BrandyWine Workshops and Archives en Filadelfia, Estados Unidos. BrandyWine es un instituto non-profit que se ha encargado de ofrecer oportunidades e instrucción a artistas grabadores de color y bajos recursos, impactando a las comunidades adyacentes desde 1972 por med...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con: Gabriel Ávalos mejor conocido como Gabriel Gráfica desde la ciudad de México. Gabriel es un obrero cósmico de la obra gráfica, como el mismo se define, que usa sus narrativas visuales para resaltar la vida y el poder de las comunidades Sentipensantes.

This week on Hello, Print Friend Miranda speaks with Delores de Sade. Delores is an etcher originally from the UK who now lives and works in Koh Samui, an island in the Gulf of Thailand. We'll talk about how experiencing a natural disaster encouraged her to walk away from teaching with her Ph. D. in American history and go back to school for art, the ways in which humans believe they are in c...

In this episode of Hello, Print Friend Miranda speaks with Paul Mullowney, a Master Printer and professor at PCNA. We’ll talk about his familial ties to printmaking. Big names like Sol le Wit, John Cage, and Kathan Brown to name a few, traveling around the world through printmaking, weathering the storms of recessions, and giving back to the community you belong to. The Mullowney Printing Company...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con: Carlos Barberena, artista nicaragüense haciendo vida como grabador realizando un trabajo muy provocativo en Chicago, Illinois. Carlos, nos hablará sobre su historia como refugiado en Costa Rica. A su vez de sus múltiples proyectos que resaltan el trabajo gráfico de los artistas nicaragüenses por medio de la Calaca Press y también...