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This week Miranda speaks with Shepard Fairey. Shepard is an internationally renowned artist known for his iconic graphic works, which combine aesthetics with politics in endlessly innovative ways. They talk about how the medium of printmaking affected his artistic development, his conscious effort to use his platform to disseminate accurate information, what happens when you put up an Andre The Gi...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@rgzprints) estará conversando con Cesar García (@zuaycreatex). Artista plástico dedicándose a la elaboración de grafica protesta en San Bernandino, California. Cesar se define como oaxaqueño, luego de vivir su infancia en una comunidad de la región donde tuvo sus primeros encuentros con la gráfica gracias a su padre. Luego de 16 años en México, vuelve a Los Estados...

This week Miranda speaks with John Dodelande and Diana Wiegersma from LITO Editions. LITO Editions is based in Bregenz, Austria, and uses a new technology to create prints with extreme precision and relief effects. They talk about how the technology came to be used in a collaborative printmaking process and how contemporary artists are working with it. LITO Websitehttps://lito.io/LITO on Instagram...

This week Miranda speaks with Diana Varma, the host of the wonderful podcast "Talk Paper Scissors." They talk about how print is most certainly not dead, how we learned what was cool before the internet, form verse function in typography, and Pantone Barbie. Talk Paper Scissors websitehttps://www.talkpaperscissors.info/Talk Paper Scissors Instagram https://www.instagram.com/talkpaperscis...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@rgzprints) estará conversando con Daniel Amora Mora (@taller64press) artista plástico y fundador del taller 64 en Baja California, México. Daniel encontró su pasión por la gráfica en la universidad donde el ambiente del taller de impresión le ofreció un lugar de intercambio de ideas, interacción y crecimiento. Al volver a su ciudad de nacimiento notó la necesidad d...

This week Miranda speaks with Hannah O'Brien. They talk about day-to-day life on her sailboat, Phoenix, and printing is a small, moving space, with a curious kitty as first mate. They also discuss the complexity of caring deeply about sustainability while having a commercial art practice, going viral on Instagram, and so much more. Hannah on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/sailingvessel_ph...

This week Miranda speaks with Courtney Treglia. They talk about Courtney's experience working at the print studio at Columbia Teachers College in New York City during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, trauma, grief, and how print and poetry can guide us through. Courtney's websitehttps://www.courtneytreglia.com/Courtney on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mycococo/Courtney's bo...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@rgzprints) estará conversando con Yula Cambronero-Bonilla (@yula.jcb) artista gráfica y profesora de la Universidad de Costa Rica nacida en Heredia, Costa Rica. Yula creció en un hogar donde su deseo de dibujar se nutrió por las manualidades hechas por su madre y la instrucción de su cuñado. La creación constante de ilustraciones se ven materializadas por un consta...

This week, Miranda speaks with Michael Ezzell. They talk about the diversification of his printmaking practice, the inherent queerness in Greek and Roman art, creative practice when you have a developed aesthetic, and astrological etchings. Michael's Websitehttps://mezzell.comMichael's Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/eezzll/YOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCOMIT3guY5PjHj1M7GApouwMERCHw...

This week Miranda speaks with Tosin Oyeniyi. They talk about being one of the few active Nigerian printmakers, his passion for uplifting pre-colonial Nigerian culture, and how he hopes to keep the traditions alive through his linocuts. Tosin's Etsyhttps://www.etsy.com/shop/TosinArtTosin's Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/tosartworld/Tosin's Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/tosinoy...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@rgzprints) estará conversando con Roberto Torres Mata (@santomatapress) profesor, curador y artista visual nacido en California de padres inmigrantes haciendo vida en Madison, Wisconsin. Roberto nos contará sobre cómo investiga lo místico en la identidad mexicana por medio de la gráfica y desarrollo de textiles en colaboración con artistas artesanos de Oaxaca. Tamb...

This week Miranda speaks with Kaleena Stasiak. They talk about her great-grandmother’s quilting practice, Victorian death rituals, and what we can learn from them about our contemporary grief journeys, Quaker and Shakers, and Women of Wrestling. Kaleena's websitehttps://www.kaleenastasiak.comKaleena's instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kaleenastasiak/YOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCOMIT...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Guillo y Santi artistas impresores, mentes emprendedoras y diseñadores detrás de la marca de ropa Diantres (@diantres.co). Tuve la oportunidad de visitarlos en Bogotá y pues quedé totalmente fascinado por la estructura y personalidad de su taller de serigrafia. Diantres, ese sueño que comenzó en las madrugadas juveniles con el film...

This week, Miranda speaks with Karen Revis. They talk about how, at 62, Karen is in the most productive and joyful period of her artistic journey, coming to understand her process deeply, inviting in the muse, and knowing when to take a break. They also talk about moving from abstract to figurative art mid-career and knowing when a gallery is right for you. Karen's websitehttps://www.karenjre...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Paloma Nuñez-Regueiro (@palomaprintmaking) artista grafica con un transfondo cultural diverso, viviendo en diferentes países donde encontrar el hogar ha sido un constante desafio. Paloma nos contará sobre el sentirse inmigrante en los lugares que ha vivido como Peru, Mexico y los Estados Unidos. Paloma encontró en su pasión por la...

This week, Miranda speaks with Lois Harada. They talk about Lois’ journey to printmaking and letterpress from RISD to a commercial print shop, her invaluable insights into how to be a working artist through diversification, making work about her grandmother’s incarceration during World War II, and the penny press as printmaking. Lois on Instagram@loisharadaJesus' websitehttps://www.loisharada...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@rgzprints) estará conversando con Camilo Navarrete (@camilo.xilografias) y Constanza Bravo (@la.taller_) mentes maestras detrás del encuentro de grabadores Cuenca Grafica (@cuencagrafica) próximo a celebrarse del 8 al 10 de Diciembre en Chile. Cuenca Gráfica es una iniciativa que busca servir como puente entre grabadores académicos y autodidactas por medio de conve...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@rgzprints) estará conversando con Alberto Murillo Herrera (@albertomurillograbador) artista gráfico y educador costarricense produciendo trabajo en litografía, xilografía y metales desde su estudio personal en el país centroamericano. Alberto nos contará no sólo sobre sus inicios en el oficio sino también sobre cómo ha desarrollado su segunda carrera en el grabado...

This week Miranda speaks with Alex Anthes, Doug Eberhardt, and Ashley Pastore, who have all worked on an incredible mural in Erie, PA produced entirely out of steamrolled 4 x 8 foot relief blocks. In this episode they talk about how this project began, coming or returning to a smaller art community to make a difference, and discovering acrophobia on the job. They also, unexpectedly, get into the r...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con las mentes maestras detrás del festival de gráfica “Grabadolandia” próximo a celebrarse en la ciudad de Chicago del 16 al 19 de noviembre. “Grabadolandia” es un festival gratuito que busca la integración de la comunidad por medio del intercambio de conocimiento, la colaboración y venta de obra gráfica a precios solidarios. Miembros...

This week Miranda speaks with Jesus De La Rosa. They talk about his early art influences, like seeing the hand-painted film advertisements outside the movie theater next to his mother’s shop, how he almost joined the priesthood, and his incredible dedication to teaching and his students. Jesus is someone that many past guests have mentioned as a friend and influence on their practice, so we are th...

This week we have a special episode, a double feature with our sister podcast Platemark in which we release our interviews with Luther Davis from Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn. In Miranda's talk with Luther, they go over his life before Powerhouse, how he started his career as a collaborative printer by being dropped into the deep end printing a huge Richard Serra etching, what he’s learned fro...

Hello, Print Friend is delighted to partner with the Platemark podcast this week to bring you a double feature with Luther Davis! In this episode Ann talks with Luther about his life and work currently as a Master Printer and the Director of the Powerhouse Arts Printshop in Brooklyn. This episode is the perfect companion to my conversation with Luther about his life leading up Powerhouse. Luther D...

This week Miranda speaks with Jenny Robinson. They talk about how the last few years have treated her, like spending the pandemic in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and winning the prestigious Mario Avati Prize which comes with a grand exhibition in Paris. As well as the incredible new project she’s taken on: starting a new printshop in Sydney, Australia, which has the largest American French Tool Press in t...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Marcia Salas, artista grafica y pintora costarricense produciendo trabajo en monotipia al trazo a gran formato desde la ciudad capital. Marcia, ganadora del premio nacional de grabado de Costa Rica, ha sido influenciada por la diversidad cultural en el barrio donde creció acostumbrándose a sabores foráneos que combino visualmente c...