This week we’re coming to you from Miranda’s living room sofa in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Our guest is the brilliant Onnie O’Leary, a tattooer and visual artist from Sydney, Australia, who has just wrapped up a three-week guest residency at Hello, Print Friend Studios. Onnie and Miranda dive into what it’s been like living and working together under one roof, how tattooing and printmaking share a surprising number of parallels, and the magic that happens when creative collaboration is allowed to bl...
Aug 01, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Season 7Ep. 12
This week Miranda speaks with Javier Moreno, a San Juan–based artist, printmaker, and art educator whose work explores the social and political complexities of Puerto Rican identity with bold, graphic clarity. From his early days sketching graffiti to discovering printmaking in college, Javier shares how his artistic voice developed alongside a deepening awareness of colonial histories, community struggles, and the power of collective action. They talk about skeletons, socialism, and what it mea...
Jul 15, 2025•50 min•Season 7Ep. 11
This week Miranda speaks with Rob Swainston and Zorawar Sidhu just after their powerful exhibition Flashpoint closed at Petzel Gallery in New York. In this conversation, they talk about the complex relationship between image-making and meaning in an age of media saturation—from their early collaborative experiments to the deeply layered woodcuts responding to climate change, civil unrest, and political anxiety. They explore what it means to "think like a printmaker," the emotional weight of work...
Jul 01, 2025•48 min•Season 7Ep. 10
This week Miranda speaks with artist and printmaker Aristotle Forrester, whose journey from skateboarding the streets of South Side Chicago to Columbia University’s MFA program is as rich and layered as his artwork. We talk about how printmaking keeps him grounded in the chaos of the studio, the spiritual and ancestral power of abstraction, and what the press bed has to do with decolonization. Aristotle shares stories of growing up with a powerhouse artist mother, how a Joan Mitchell painting cr...
Jun 16, 2025•53 min•Season 7Ep. 9
This week, Miranda speaks with Phinney Brown, Executive Director of Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts. They discuss how Crow’s Shadow’s printmaking residencies invite Indigenous artists from a range of disciplines—often new to printmaking—to explore the medium. The conversation also highlights the significance of the institute’s location on the Umatilla Reservation in Oregon, and looks ahead as Phinney shares plans to expand their printmaking program while remaining deeply rooted in their comm...
May 30, 2025•48 min•Season 7Ep. 8
In this episode Miranda speaks Peregrine Honig. Peregrine is a multidisciplinary artist whose themes include pop culture, sexuality and consumerism and whose work is in the permanent collections of the Whitney, the Chicago Art Institute and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. They talk about the arc of an artist’s life—how identity, sensuality, gender, and power all come into play in her work and her business. As well as her early influences growing up in San Francisco of the 1970s and the...
May 18, 2025•38 min•Season 7Ep. 7
This week, Miranda speaks with Pavel Acevedo. They talk about themes of oral traditions and community through his storytelling incorporating indigenous knowledge, anarchist communal values, and the interconnectedness between humans and nature. As well as his experience working with Maestro Shinzaburo Takeda and community-based Art Projects such as developing large collaborative print projects. Pavel's website Pavel's Instagram Hello, Print Friend YOUTUBE Hello, Print Friend MERCH Hello, Print Fr...
May 01, 2025•49 min•Season 7Ep. 6
This week, Miranda speaks with Mariana Ramos Ortiz, an interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the structural and temporal qualities of sand in relation to themes of occupation, self-determination, permanence, and protection— within the context of Puerto Rico’s ongoing colonial realities. In our conversation, we discuss how they uses play and community as tactics of protest and healing, the role of ephemerality and material experimentation in printmaking, and how their practice engages with...
Apr 15, 2025•45 min•Season 7Ep. 5
This week, Miranda speaks with Claudia Wilburn and Joseph Velasquez about the Southern Graphics Council International (SGCI) —the largest and oldest professional print organization in the United States. They discuss what makes printmakers so eager to organize and celebrate their shared passion for the medium, the 50+ year history of SGCI, and what attendees can look forward to at the upcoming SGCI conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, happening April 2–5, 2025. Learn more about the conference or ...
Mar 07, 2025•55 min•Season 7Ep. 4
This week, Miranda speaks with Eliza Lutz (they/them)—a musician, printmaker, and PhD student in linguistics based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Eliza is also the recipient of Print Austin’s Best in Show award for their work in The Contemporary Print , an exhibition on view through March 20th. They discuss Eliza’s journey from running a record label in a streaming-dominated world and working the DIY screen-printing scene to becoming a fine printmaker, the complexities of the American healthcare sy...
Mar 01, 2025•55 min•Season 7Ep. 3
This week, Miranda speaks with Neil Daigle-Orians. They talk about being haunted, literally and metaphorically, internet horror, and how print is not dead. It’s undead. Neil's Website Neil's Instagram Luscinia Historical Society Fundraiser for our Puerto Rican documentary View our Oaxaca Printmaking Documentary Password is "mezcal" Hello, Print Friend YOUTUBE Hello, Print Friend MERCH Hello, Print Friend WEBSITE Hello, Print Friend INSTAGRAM Hello,Print Friend PATREON Hello, Print Friend SPONSOR...
Feb 17, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 7Ep. 2
This week, Miranda speaks with Fraixa Albizu Rodriguez, a talented printmaker and educator based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In this episode, they dive into her artistic practice, exploring how childhood experiences shape her work, her role in founding Ciclos Gráficos—a nonprofit dedicated to printmaking portfolios—and the rich history of printmaking in Puerto Rico.Fraixa is also collaborating with Reinaldo and Miranda on an upcoming documentary about printmaking in Puerto Rico, which will start f...
Feb 02, 2025•52 min
This week, Miranda speaks with Ann Shafer and Luther Davis to talk about the Brooklyn Fine Print Fair, which will be having its inaugural event in March of 2025. They talk about why art fairs are important, the culture of buying and selling prints, the programming the fair has to offer, and what artists can get out of attending a fair even if they’re not showing.The Fair's Websitehttps://www.brooklynprintfair.orgFundraiser for our Puerto Rican documentary:helloprintfriend.com/pr2025View the docu...
Dec 27, 2024•45 min
Print Friends, this is a very special episode. Last May, Reinaldo and Miranda along with Christian Riquelme traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico to create a documentary about the history of printmaking in the region. The following is a conversation about the process of making the documentary, what it is like to tell such a complex story, our adventures trying to get face time with Shinzaburo Takeda, and what makes Oaxaca so special and a printmaking paradise known the world over. Fundraiser for our Puerto...
Dec 13, 2024•54 min
Hoy Reinaldo (@rgzprints) estará conversando con Memo Orduña (@guillermorduna). Maestro impresor y artist gráfico originario de Oaxaca y jefe de edición del taller la Buena Impresión (@labuenaimpresion) . Memo comenzó su carrera inspirado por el trabajo artístico de sus familiares y a su temprana edad se convirtió en la cabecera de la impresión en este prestigioso taller dedicado a la litografía.
Dec 06, 2024•50 min
This week Miranda speaks with Catherine Ade and Stephanie Turnbull from The Lemonade Press an independent lithography studio in Bristol, England, offering lithographic printmaking, residencies, plate graining, and courses in lithography and monotype. They talk about building this now thriving press during the start of the pandemic, working together through changing life circumstances, and what the future holds. Catherine Ade and Stephanie Turnbull also wrote a book about lithography! Lithography...
Nov 30, 2024•48 min
This week, Miranda speaks with Lisa Bulawsky and Tom Reed from Island Press at Washington University in Saint Louis. They talk about the history of this iconic publishing institution, the ambitious projects they take on, and the importance of having the freedom to take bold artistic chances.Cover Photo: Tom Reed working on a plate by Diane VictorIsland Press on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/islandpressIsland Press Websitehttps://samfoxschool.washu.edu/island-pressYOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/chan...
Nov 03, 2024•43 min
This week, Miranda speaks with Daniel Chiaccio. They discuss starting First Proof, a community-access printmaking studio in Brattleboro, VT, in March 2020; how a stage 4 Hodgkin's Lymphoma diagnosis changed his life and artistic journey; and building the community you want to see in the world.First Proof on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/firstproofpress/YOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCOMIT3guY5PjHj1M7GApouwMERCHwww.teepublic.com/user/helloprintfriendWEBSITEwww.helloprintfriend.comInstagramw...
Oct 24, 2024•46 min
Hoy Reinaldo (@rgzprints) estará conversando con Gabriela Morac (@moracgabriela) artista mexicana produciendo obra desde la meca del grabado latinoamericano: Oaxaca Mexico. Conversaremos por segunda ocasión, esta vez sobre el Espacio Panoplia, el miedo de dedicarse a las artes a tiempo completo, la creciente grafica femenina y la realidad detrás de las figuras historicas que crearon los fundamentos para el crecimiento de la gráfica en la ciudad como un referente internacional.Website: https://pa...
Oct 14, 2024•1 hr
This week, Miranda speaks with Anthony Huang, a Taiwanese-American artist with a background in journalism, theater design, and professional ballroom dance. We talk about coming to art making from a prominent acting family, moving from figurative to abstract art, and how Taoism helped him through a profound loss during the pandemic.Anthony's websitehttps://www.anthonyhuangtn.com/Anthony on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/anthonyhuangtn/VOTE for Reinaldo!www.sgcinternational.org/midcareervoYOUT...
Oct 04, 2024•52 min
This week, Miranda speaks with Alyssa Ebinger. They talk about how she found her way to lithography coming from a musical family, going to the Tamarind Institute during the deep, dark heart of the pandemic, lakes of lithotine tears, and the future of collaborative printmaking.Alyssa Ebinger Websitehttps://alyssaebinger.com/Alyssa on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/alyssa.m.ebinger/The Contemporary Print Open Callprintaustin.org/open-calls/VOTE for Reinaldo!https://www.sgcinternational.org/mid...
Sep 23, 2024•53 min
This week, Miranda speaks with Chris Fritton. Chris is a poet, printer, and fine artist with over two decades of experience in writing, printing, and book arts. They talk about his ambitious project, The Itinerant Printer, through which he visited over 200 letterpress print shops throughout North America in ten years, covering over 150,000 miles and making over 50,000 prints. They also discuss life on the other side of the road, refinding your footing and continuing his practice in Buffalo, NY.C...
Sep 12, 2024•57 min
Hoy Reinaldo (@rgzprints) conversando con Fraixa Albizu Rodriguez (@thelastprint) artista grafica puertorriqueña y fundadora de la organizacion "Ciclos Graficos". Fraixa es una energia inagotable y un entusiasmo contagioso que impregna a su comunidad con su amor por la difusión de la gráfica en la isla. Conversaremos sobre el renacer de la impresión en Puerto Rico, los muchos proyectos colaborativos y la organización de la venidera Southern Graphic International Conference en San Juan Puerto Ric...
Sep 06, 2024•54 min
This week, Miranda speaks with Jake Ingram of Jackalope Editions. They talk about his road from the New York Academy of Art to starting his own studio in Dolly Parton’s backyard, creating a printmaking banjo, breaking vegetarianism at the Tamarind Institute, and learning what a jackalope even is.Jackalope Editionshttps://www.jackalopeeditions.com/Jackalope Editions on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jackalopeeditions/The Contemporary Print Open Callhttps://printaustin.org/open-calls/YOUTUBEww...
Aug 26, 2024•51 min
Hoy estaré conversando con Alan Altamirano major conocido como MK Kabrito @grafica_mk_kabrito. El es un artísta gráfico de Oaxaca especialista del relieve y fundador del Taller La Chicharra. Conversaremos sobre sus inicios, la experience bajo el tutelaje del maestro Takeda, el Desarrollo de obras a taco perdido con más de cien colores y el “por qué” Oaxaca es considerada la meca del grabado Latinoamericano.MK Kabrito pagina web: https://alanaltamirano.com.mx/Hello print friend: https://helloprin...
Aug 18, 2024•49 min
This week, Miranda speaks with Rebecca Olsen. Rebecca is the president and CEO of SRISA, an institution that has been teaching art classes in the heart of Florence for over 50 years. They talk about her extraordinary childhood growing up around SRISA, the experiences artists and students have when they travel outside of their country of origin, AI in the arts, and much more.SRISA Websitehttps://srisa.org/SRISA on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/srisaflorence/YOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCO...
Aug 10, 2024•1 hr 5 min
En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@rgzprints) estará conversando el artista gráfico, tatuador y emprendedor mexicano, Carlos Bautistab (@carlosbautistab). Carlos ha construido junto a su familia un santuario autosustentable en las montañas adentrándose en un viaje de autoconocimiento interior desarrollando una vida en balance con la naturaleza usando el arte como núcleo principal. Hablaremos sobre la importancia de la reflexión, la realidad de los espacios que promueven el arte y el valor de la in...
Aug 02, 2024•57 min
This week, Miranda speaks with Cary Ocon, the General Manager and youngest son in the intergenerational Aardvark Letterpress of Los Angeles, California. They talk about his father purchasing the shop right before the digital printing revolution, how the business survived through letter press’ evolution from necessity to luxury, collaborating with some of LA’s top artists, and quitting practicing law to do it all.Aardvark Letterpress Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/aardvarkletterpress/Aardvar...
Jul 27, 2024•46 min
En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará revisitando una conversación con Favian Villa desde el taller La linterna en Cali, Colombia. La Linterna (@lalinternacali) es un taller de impresión tipográfica dedicado a la impresión de carteles artesanales desde 1934. Luego de sufrir una fuerte crisis económica, lo que supuso un inminente cierre del taller, esta institución renace gracias a una pareja de gestores culturales elevando el taller a un nuevo estatus de institución histórica y de d...
Jul 22, 2024•1 hr 9 min
This week, Miranda speaks with Javier Flores, a multidisciplinary artist and educator working in Denver, Colorado. They talk about the importance of community in the arts when we face setbacks, our print world heroes, making the most of graduate school, and the structural organization of wolf packs.Javier's Websitehttps://www.lenguajevulgar.comJavier on Instagramwww.instagram.com/lenguajevulgar/YOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCOMIT3guY5PjHj1M7GApouwMERCHwww.teepublic.com/user/helloprintfriendWEB...
Jul 12, 2024•50 min
