Best Ann Shafer Podcasts (2024)

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s3e59 David Avery, artist 56:06

2d ago56:06

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In s3e59, Platemark host Ann Shafer sits down with David Avery to talk shop. David is an etcher, who restrains his work in both size and palette, but manages to tackle big topics. His social commentary is stinging and remarkable in that it comes in such a small package. These etchings pack a punch. Ann and David talk about absurdist literature, sta…

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s3e58 Anna Trojanowska, artist and professor 55:39

17d ago55:39

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In s3e59, Platemark host Ann Shafer continues talking to artists included in Print Austin’s 5x5 exhibition, juried by Myzska Lewis, a curator at Tandem Press. Second up is Anna Trojanowska, an artist and lithographer from Wroclaw, Poland. Anna creates collages made from lithographs, which she creates on a single marble slab in her garage studio. Th…

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s3e57 Karen Kunc, artist 1:01:38

1M ago1:01:38

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In s3e57, Platemark host Ann Shafer speaks with Karen Kunc, an artist who manipulates reduction woodcuts in an amazing and unique way. Karen is a retired professor from the University of Nebraska, and is owner of Constellation Studios in downtown Lincoln. At the studio, which opened ten years ago, Karen offers workshops, curates exhibitions, and ma…

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s3e56 Briar Craig, artist and professor 59:57

1M ago59:57

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In s3e56, Platemark host Ann Shafer introduces a five-part miniseries with the artists in 5X5, an exhibition that was part of PrintAustin 2024. First up is Briar Craig, one of five artists selected for inclusion in 5X5 by juror J. Myszka Lewis, curator at Tandem Press, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Briar is an artist and professor at University …

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s3e55 Miguel A. Aragón, artist and professor 0:12

2M ago0:12

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In s3e55, Platemark host Ann Shafer speaks with Miguel A. Aragón, artist and professor at the City University of New York, Staten Island. They talk about CNC routers, drills as woodcutting tools, growing up in Juarez, Mexico, and that city’s war on drugs as a subject in his art. He weaves a tight conceptual circle in prints that explore violence, d…

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s3e54 Andrew Raftery, artist and professor 1:14:45

2M ago1:14:45

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In s3e54, Platemark host Ann Shafer talks with Andrew Raftery, artist, professor, scholar, and wallpaper designer. Andrew works in several modes, most notably in engraving. The through line in the work is domesticity. An early print featured a young man suit shopping. Next was a portfolio of engravings detailing rooms during a real estate open hous…

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s3e53 Carol Wax, artist and author (part two) 52:36

3M ago52:36

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In s3e53 of Platemark, hosts Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig conclude their conversation with Carol Wax, artist and author of The Mezzotint: History and Technique. Carol recently published the second edition of The Mezzotint, expanding greatly in every area from the 1990 first edition. As she tells us, there is a better break down of rocking the copper p…

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s3e52 Carol Wax, artist and author (part one) 1:03:20

3M ago1:03:20

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In s3e52 of Platemark, hosts Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig talk with Carol Wax, artist and author of The Mezzotint: History and Technique. Carol recently published the second edition of The Mezzotint, expanding greatly in every area from the 1990 first edition. As she tells us, there is a better break down of rocking the copper plates, and of inking an…

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s3e51 Chris Santa Maria, artist and director, Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl 1:23:43

4M ago1:23:43

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In s3e51, Platemark host Ann Shafer talks with Chris Santa Maria, artist and gallery director at Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl. As director of the New York gallery, Chris is responsible for showcasing and selling the print output of the storied LA workshop to enable it to keep working with amazing artists and producing incredible editions. Chr…

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s3e50 Allison Tolman, contemporary Japanese print dealer 1:08:05

4M ago1:08:05

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In s3e50, Platemark host Ann Shafer talks with Allison Tolman, a private dealer handling prints by contemporary Japanese artists. The Tolman Collection has branches in Tokyo and New York and works with a range of artists. Allison is a second-generation dealer—her father heads up the Tokyo branch while Allison is holding down the fort in New York. S…

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s3e49 Valpuri Remling, collaborative printer, Tamarind 1:27:29

5M ago1:27:29

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In s3e49, Platemark host Ann Shafer talks with Valpuri Remling, collaborative printer and manager of the pro workshop at Tamarind Institute, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, which was established in 1960 by the legendary June Wayne in order to preserve and promote the art of lithography. Valpuri, a native of Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland, grad…

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s3e48 Deb Chaney, collaborative printer, Deb Chaney Editions 1:29:09

5M ago1:29:09

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In episode s3e48, Platemark host Ann Shafer speaks with Deb Chaney, Tamarind-trained master printer specializing in lithography. She has an eponymous imprint, Deb Chaney Editions and has started a new venture with Stéphane Guilbaud—D&S Fine Art Editions—to whom she is fairly recently married. They have studios in Upstate New York (studio to be buil…

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s3e47 Adam McCoy, senior specialist, Rago Auctions 1:21:09

6M ago1:21:09

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Leading off 2024’s series three episodes is s3e47 in which Platemark host Ann Shafer speaks with Adam McCoy, Senior Specialist in Fine Art, Rago Auctions. Adam has worked in various auction houses for many years, including Christies and Artsy. Ann relished the chance to pepper Adam with questions. In the episode Adam and Ann talk about the business…

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s3e46 Reinis Gailitis, artist 1:37:49

6M ago1:37:49

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In s3e46, Platemark host Ann Shafer speaks with Reinis Gailitis, an engraver from Riga, Latvia. The magic of the internet is fully on display today. Without it, finding Reinis's work would have been challenging. But his self-portrait in the style of Claude Mellan's Holy Face, the one with a single line emanating from the subject's nose, is a marvel…

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s3e45 Bob Schneider, artist and musician 1:30:03

7M ago1:30:03

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In Platemark s3e45, host Ann Shafer talks with Bob Schneider, who is best known for his music but is a serious artist as well. You may know some of his best-loved songs like 40 Dogs (Like Romeo and Juliet), Honeypot, Deep Blue Sea, and Peaches, but you will be delighted to learn about his print output. These are gorgeous etchings primarily made wit…

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s3e44 Naomi Huth, director of art collection and curator, NYC Health + Hospitals 1:02:06

7M ago1:02:06

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There's often a ton of art in medical spaces, but who are the curators of those health system collections? In s3e44, Platemark host Ann Shafer speaks with Naomi Huth, chief curator and director of the art collection for NYC Health + Hospitals. Held within the Arts in Medicine department, NYC Health + Hospitals has one of the largest public (non mus…

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s3e43 Craig Zammiello, collaborative printer, Two Palms 1:06:49

8M ago1:06:49

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In s3e43, Platemark host Ann Shafer talks with Craig Zammiello, an artist and collaborative printer with over 40 years of experience in all areas of printmaking. He worked for 25 years at Universal Limited Art Editions, where he collaborated with numerous artists, including Jasper Johns, Elizabeth Murray, James Rosenquist, Kiki Smith, and Robert Ra…

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s3e42 Lauren Rosenblum and Christina Weyl, curators 57:06

8M ago57:06

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In s3e42, Platemark host Ann Shafer talks with Lauren Rosenblum and Christina Weyl about their exhibition on view at Print Center New York through December, 23, 2023. A Model Workshop: Margaret Lowengrund and The Contemporaries is the first exhibition to explore the legacy of Lowengrund (1902–1957), a visionary artist-advocate and entrepreneur. In …

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s3e41 Susan Tallman, art historian 1:21:35

8M ago1:21:35

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In Platemark s3e41, host Ann Shafer talks with Susan Tallman, an art historian and essayist who co-founded the journal Art in Print and served as its editor for its entire run, 2011–2019. A regular contributor to New York Review of Books and The Atlantic Monthly, she has authored and co-authored many books, most recently No Plan At All: How the Dan…

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s3e40 Luther Davis, director, Powerhouse Arts Printshop 1:39:58

8M ago1:39:58

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In s3e40, Platemark host Ann Shafer talks with Luther Davis, master printer and director of Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn. This is a two-parter. For this interview, Platemark collaborated with its sister podcast Hello, Print Friend. Miranda Metcalf, Hello, Print Friend’s host and creator interviewed Luther about his background and early career; Ann Sha…

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Luther Davis on Hello, Print Friend 59:35

8M ago59:35

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In this bonus episode, Hello, Print Friend creator and guest host Miranda Metcalf talks with Luther Davis, master printer and director of Powerhouse Arts Print Shop, Brooklyn, about his background and early career. Powerhouse Arts is new player in the printing/publishing ecosystem and warrants extended conversation with its leader. This is a two-pa…

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HoP ONE PRINT: Käthe Kollwitz, Battlefield 1:33:13

8M ago1:33:13

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Platemark hosts Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig offer up a bonus HoP episode featuring a conversation about a single work of art. Occasionally we will drop a BONUS EP ONE PRINT, which will take a single work and pull it apart with an eye toward exploring subject matter, technique, style, and composition. The first of these episodes features the etching B…

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s3e39 Sue Coe, artist 1:25:48

9M ago1:25:48

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In s3e39, Platemark host Ann Shafer speaks with Sue Coe, an artist and social activist. The pair were joined in the conversation by Tru Ludwig (Sue is one of Tru’s art heroes) at Sue’s home in the Catskill Mountains, New York. Sue creates art that goes right to the heart of an issue, whether it be animal cruelty, capitalism, authoritarianism, women…

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s3e38 Jillian Ross, collaborative printer, Jillian Ross Print 1:28:02

9M ago1:28:02

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In this week's episode of Platemark (s3e38), host Ann Shafer talks with Jillian Ross, collaborative master printer and publisher with an eponymous imprint, Jillian Ross Print, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Ross returned to her native Saskatoon after many years in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she was the master printer at the David Krut W…

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s3e37 Phil Sanders, collaborative printer, PS Marlowe (part two) 1:07:31

9M ago1:07:31

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In the second part of their conversation, Ann Shafer and printer/publisher Phil Sanders continue talking about the state of the printmaking ecosystem. They talk about why supporting artists is important even if you don’t like what they are doing, why that new Julie Mehretu set of etchings costs $250K, the imminent brain drain among our elder printe…

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s3e59 David Avery, artist 56:06

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s3e58 Anna Trojanowska, artist and professor 55:39

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s3e57 Karen Kunc, artist 1:01:38

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s3e56 Briar Craig, artist and professor 59:57

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s3e55 Miguel A. Aragón, artist and professor 0:12

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s3e54 Andrew Raftery, artist and professor 1:14:45

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s3e53 Carol Wax, artist and author (part two) 52:36

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s3e52 Carol Wax, artist and author (part one) 1:03:20

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s3e51 Chris Santa Maria, artist and director, Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl 1:23:43

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s3e50 Allison Tolman, contemporary Japanese print dealer 1:08:05

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s3e49 Valpuri Remling, collaborative printer, Tamarind 1:27:29

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s3e48 Deb Chaney, collaborative printer, Deb Chaney Editions 1:29:09

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s3e47 Adam McCoy, senior specialist, Rago Auctions 1:21:09

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s3e46 Reinis Gailitis, artist 1:37:49

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s3e45 Bob Schneider, artist and musician 1:30:03

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s3e44 Naomi Huth, director of art collection and curator, NYC Health + Hospitals 1:02:06

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s3e43 Craig Zammiello, collaborative printer, Two Palms 1:06:49

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s3e42 Lauren Rosenblum and Christina Weyl, curators 57:06

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s3e41 Susan Tallman, art historian 1:21:35

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s3e40 Luther Davis, director, Powerhouse Arts Printshop 1:39:58

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Luther Davis on Hello, Print Friend 59:35

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HoP ONE PRINT: Käthe Kollwitz, Battlefield 1:33:13

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s3e39 Sue Coe, artist 1:25:48

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s3e38 Jillian Ross, collaborative printer, Jillian Ross Print 1:28:02

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s3e37 Phil Sanders, collaborative printer, PS Marlowe (part two) 1:07:31

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