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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...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Toxicómano (@toxicomanocallejero) artista urbano colombiano, muralista y obrero de la gráfica rebelde con más de 20 años de experiencia que lo han convertido en todo un referente visual en Latinoamérica. Conversaremos sobre el arte callejero como una plataforma para el dialogo y provocación dentro del contexto de la rutina en la ci...

This week Miranda speaks with Simone Guaita from Il Bisonte International Printmaking School in Florence. Il Bisonte was founded by Simone’s great-aunt, Maria Guaita, in 1959. They talk about the exciting history of the school, including anti-fascist organizing, the school being nearly destroyed by a flood, when they printed for artists like Picasso and Wunderlich, and what it’s like today as a th...

This week on Hello, Print Friend Miranda speaks with Lauren Rosenblum and Christina Weyl, the curators of the exciting exhibition "A Model Workshop: Margaret Lowengrund and The Contemporaries," which will be on view from September 21-December 23 at Print Center New York. Lowengrund was the first woman to open her own printmaking workshop in the United States; a visionary leader, organize...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Juan De Dios (@diosprints) artista gráfico y profesor, haciendo vida en San Antonio Texas. Juan nos contará sobre sus inicios haciendo figuras de barro en colaboración con la lluvia en el rancho donde creció. Luego de moverse a los Estados Unidos, Juan se adentró en la historia del arte enamorándose del grabado en relieve llegando...

This week Miranda speaks with Melanie Yazzie, the head of printmaking at the University of Colorado, Boulder. They talk about growing up in the Navajo Nation and how Melanie learned about studio practice from watching her grandmother prepare for weaving, how she started working and traveling on her own dime when she wasn’t getting the residencies she wanted, the incredible places around the world...

This week Miranda speaks with Gemma Trickey. They talk about growing up in a suburb of London in the late '90s / early 2000s music scene, working long hours in the TV industry right out of college, her time as a custom curtain maker, being in love with art history, and being at the whims of the algorithmic gods as a contemporary artist. Gemma's websitehttps://www.gemmatrickey.com/Gemma&a...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Fungitivo (@fungitivo_jaimes) artista visual, obrero de la gráfica y miembro del colectivo el “Fogueo Cartelero” desde la hermana república de Colombia. Conversaremos sobre la necesidad de reaccionar y provocar como maneras de incentivar el dialogo dentro del paisaje urbano mientras se resiste a un sistema opresor. Fungitivo nos co...

This week Miranda speaks with Mehdi Darvishi. They catch up since his first appearance on the podcast in episode seven. They talk about how the pandemic impacted his practice as an artist who relied on residencies to print his work, what you can learn from the art greats, coming to the US for graduate school, and what the next few years at The Art Institute for Chicago might hold for him. Mehdi&ap...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando Renata Y FLO (@tallerlaveta @ff.l.o) mentes creadoras y anfitrionas del podcast “Grabadoras Grabando”. En este, nuestro primer episodio desde tres ciudades diferentes, nuestras invitadas nos contaran como el Facebook las hizo conocerse y establecer una relación que las llevaría a colaborar en los talleres de impresión y en la creación...

This week Miranda speaks with Jeremy Wat. They talk about how a trip to China changed his artistic practice forever, the best techniques when communicating with creative partners, the difference between graphic design and fine art, and the fun and stress of creating block portraits of friends and family. Jeremy's Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/made.by.jerwat/YOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel...

This week Miranda speaks with Frank Rose, the owner, and director of Hecho Gallery and Hecho A Mano galleries in Santa Fe, New Mexico. They talk about how he went from artist to gallerist, curation as a creative act, falling in love with the printmaking of Oaxaca, and the possible ghosts in his basement. Hecho Gallery Websitehttps://hecho.gallery/Hecho Gallery Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/he...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Sergio Sánchez Santamaria (@grabador1976) artista grabador mexicano con un estilo grafico provocador combinando iconografía tradicional con aspectos contestatarios del rock y el anarquismo, que posiblemente hayas visto en portadas de álbumes o en las redes sociales. Sergio vuelve a nuestro programa para contarnos sobre el lado real...

This week Miranda speaks with Mike Schultz. Mike is an artist and printmaker currently getting his MFA at Alfred University. They talk about how his early passion for art fell off as addiction began to take over more of his life, getting sober and going on the journey to reconnect with making, teaching art on the Thai/Burmese border, and what brings him back to art school now years after his BFA.M...

Welcome to a very special episode of Hello, Print Friend. In celebration of our 200th release on the English language channel, Miranda and Reinaldo sat down for a chat about the past, present, and future of their podcast, how Miranda got into this business in the first place, her worst fears, and fondest dreams. YOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCOMIT3guY5PjHj1M7GApouwMERCHwww.teepublic.com/user/hel...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Carol Osorio (@rojinegro_distribuidora), artista gráfica y miembro fundador de la distribuidora libertaria Rojinegro en la ciudad de Bogotá, Colombia. Carol nos contará sobre sus inicios en la arquitectura, el aprendizaje de aplicaciones digitales que luego aplicó en la creación de afiches y camisetas colaborativas con mensajes lib...

This week Miranda speaks with Julia Lucey. They talk about the limitations and creative solutions of being a parental caregiver and artist, her love of detail and working slowly, the complex feelings of making work that sells after graduate school, and what it means to de-colonize your garden. Julia's websitehttps://www.julialucey.com/Julia's Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/julia_luce...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Camilo Cuervo, mejor conocido como (@21cuervos). Camilo es un artista plástico, grabador y cofundador del Taller Trez (@tallertrez) en Bogotá, Colombia. Hablaremos solo sus inicios en el arte urbano, su amor por la gráfica donde explora la violencia y su pasión por el sentir colectivo que conlleva la vida en un taller. Cuervo estar...

This week Miranda speaks with Ina Arraoui. They talk about growing up in a small, back-to-the-land community in Northern New Zealand, her dramatic escape from Italy on one of the last flights out of the country during the early days of the pandemic, the incredible printmaking festival she founded called PRINTOPIA, how Auckland doesn’t have an open access printmaking studio and what she’s planning...

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Artemio Rodriguez (@artemiorod) artista mexicano haciendo un trabajo ilustrativo a base del relieve por varias décadas. Artemio nos contara sobre las realidades de crecer en México donde las aspiraciones de ser un artista tienen un techo limite. Luego de migrar a Los Angeles, Artemio vio la oportunidad de construir su carrera artís...

This week Miranda speaks with Valerie Syposz. They talk about Valerie's multi-continent print journey, the food culture of Tokyo, the use of portraiture to explore people's inner worlds, and should any of us be drinking Coca-Cola after watching kitchen litho? Valerie's Websitehttp://www.valeriesyposz.com/Valerie's Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/valeriesyposz/Valerie's...