This week Miranda speaks with Annalise Gratovich. This is Annalise’s second appearance on the podcast, so if you want to prep for the chat, go back and listen to episode 27. In this episode, she speaks candidly about the recent and serious health challenges she faced, what this means when you’re a working artist, and her experience of going through this in the depth of the pandemic. They also talk about making art as a daughter of Ukrainian immigrants in a time of war and how she finds strength ...
Jun 06, 2023•1 hr
En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Alejandra Mares & Xavier Martínez mejor conocidos como los Tres Gatos Press (@tresgatospress). Este episodio es un reencuentro con los que fueron nuestros primeros invitados en Hello Print Friend en español para el año 2020. Durante la pandemia, Alejandra y Xavier desarrollaron una fuerte presencia en las redes sociales compartiendo alternativas creativas para hacer impresiones desde el hogar y acoger la imprenta a pesar de l...
Jun 02, 2023•1 hr
This week Miranda speaks with CHema Skandal, a graphic artist, and printmaker living in Chicago. They talk about his early influences living in the vibrant art scene of Mexico City, how he came to use his icon luchador mask in all public representations, collaborating with bands, his zine fest, and so much more.CHema Skandal Instagramwww.instagram.com/chemaskandalYOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCOMIT3guY5PjHj1M7GApouwMERCHwww.teepublic.com/user/helloprintfriendWEBSITEwww.helloprintfriend.comInst...
May 30, 2023•56 min
En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Jaime Gili (@jaimegili) artista plástico multidisciplinario de origen venezolano que hace vida en Londres. Jaime nos contará sobre su infancia en Sabana Grande en la ciudad de Caracas donde su fascinación por el color y la geometría fue inspirada por sus padres. Conversaremos sobre su travesía en las artes iniciándose en el instituto de diseño en su ciudad natal pasando luego por Barcelona para llegar a la Royal Academy of Arts e...
May 26, 2023•52 min
This week Miranda speaks with Angela Silva, a printmaker living and working in the Philippines. They talk about the history of printmaking in the region, her unexpected path to the medium, how you build a printmaking community through a network of over 7000 islands, and her incredibly exciting projects on the horizon. Angela's Instagramswww.instagram.com/alegnaavliswww.instagram.com/angela_silva_printsYOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCOMIT3guY5PjHj1M7GApouwMERCHwww.teepublic.com/user/helloprintfr...
May 23, 2023•52 min
This week on Hello, Print Friend Miranda Speaks with Peter Nickel. We talk about how standing in front of a Rembrandt self-portrait as a child set him on the course to be an artist (even if he didn’t know it then), the power of seeing such art objects in person, his long hiatus from making, and how he got back into the flow.Peter Nickelhttps://www.peternickel.netYOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCOMIT3guY5PjHj1M7GApouwMERCHwww.teepublic.com/user/helloprintfriendWEBSITEwww.helloprintfriend.comInsta...
May 18, 2023•58 min
This week Miranda speaks with Celeste De Luna. They talk about growing up as a Gen X latchkey kid in the Rio Grand Valley with a love of books and animals, how an encounter with a steam roller printing event saved her from a life as a tortured painter, border futurism, the distinction between protest art and art that tells your own story, and having a Catholic imagination. Celeste's websitehttp://www.celestedeluna.com/Celeste on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/metztlipress/YOUTUBEwww.youtube....
May 09, 2023•49 min
This week Miranda speaks with Ron Abram. We talk about his childhood growing up in the religious context of Puerto Rican Cathothloism and the social context of 1970s West Berlin, getting inspiration from pop culture and Grimm’s fairy tales, postmodernism, and David Bowie. Ron is an artist in the Print Santa Fe 5 x 5 exhibition, up now at Zane Bennette Contemporary Art in Santa Fe through June 17th.Ron's Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/abramgrafiksYOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCOMIT3guY5PjHj...
May 01, 2023•58 min
This week Miranda speaks with Enrique Figueredo, a Venezuelan American artist and an assistant professor of practice at the University of Texas at Austin. They talk about his travels around the Southwest, visiting some of the earliest churches in what we now call the United States and making rubbings from the inscriptions on the walls, as well as his potential family connection to the region. They also talk about being curious about people's migration and seeking out the histories you weren’t ta...
Apr 25, 2023•56 min
This is a special episode, Print Friends. It was recorded while Miranda was in residence at the Institute for Electronic Arts at Alfred University. This is the third in a three-part deep dive into the Institute through the artists who teach at the university and an exploration into the ways in which technology intersects with contemporary printmaking.This week Miranda speaks with Xiaowen Chen, a printmaking professor at Alfred University. They talk about growing up in China during the Cultural R...
Apr 18, 2023•1 hr 2 min
En este episodio, tuvimos el placer de conversar con Mazatl (@_mazatli_). Mazatl es conocido por su impresionantes murales y grabados en relieve con un estilo distintivo y autodidacta que hacen gran presencia en Instagram. Hablamos de crecer en México en una ciudad natal plagada de drogas y violencia mientras encontraba un sentido de libertad en la escena punk y, por supuesto, el arte. Hablaremos del arte como activismo, el arte para decir tu verdad, la importancia de los colectivos, el ocultar ...
Apr 17, 2023•1 hr 9 min
This is a special episode, Print Friends. It was recorded while Miranda was in residence at the Institute for Electronic Arts at Alfred University. This is the second in a three-part deep dive into the Institute through the artists who teach at the university and an exploration into the ways in which technology intersects with contemporary printmaking.This week Miranda speaks with Kathy Vajda, an artist and Clinical Professor of Art in the School of Art and Design. They talk about her practice f...
Apr 11, 2023•57 min
En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con KOZ DOS (@kozdos) artista muralista venezolano y reciente explorador de la gráfica nacido en el barrio Niño Jesús de la ciudad de Caracas. Conversaremos sobre esa rama creativa que corre dentro de su familia pero que no se desarrolló profesionalmente hasta que él se convirtió en artista plástico. KOZ DOS relatará sobre el cambio a las artes en su último semestre en la carrera de informática y como ha venido desarrollando un estil...
Apr 07, 2023•1 hr 13 min
This is a special episode, Print Friends. It was recorded while Miranda was in residence at the Institute for Electronic Arts at Alfred University. This is the first in a three-part deep dive into the Institute through the artists who teach at the university and an exploration into the ways in which technology intersects with contemporary printmaking. This week on Hello, Print Friend, Miranda speaks with Joseph Scheer, artist, distinguished professor of print media at the School of Art and Desig...
Apr 04, 2023•1 hr 4 min
En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Xilotrópico (@xilotropico_): obrero gráfico “chilombiano” nacido en chile pero haciendo vida en Bogotá. Conversaremos sobre su sueño de viajar haciendo grafica intercambiando su conocimiento por medio de la imprenta callejera durante su travesía por el sur. Hablaremos sobre la enseñanza por medio del error, el uso de la gráfica como voz emancipadora, la importancia del regalo y el proceso cultural-polinizador que ocurre al moment...
Mar 31, 2023•59 min
This week on Hello, Print Friend, Miranda Speaks with Paula Wilson and Tyler Emerson-Dorsch. This is a special episode, recorded on-site at Paula’s exhibition, which was up during Miami Art week last year. In a Hello Print Friend first, Miranda speaks with both the artist and the curator. They talk about how the two met and formed the artist/gallerist relationship, how the move to a rural city in New Mexico changed Paula’s practice, the erotic in nature, and the deeply layered historical referen...
Mar 28, 2023•1 hr 2 min
En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Heczar Gomez (@heczar_dadoz), artista gráfico, muralista y cofundador de la Madriguera Gráfica nacido en Oaxaca, pero haciendo vida en Querétaro, México. Conversaremos sobre las realidades de crecer en Oaxaca y la inestabilidad política que lo llevo a establecerse en una nueva ciudad donde el grafiti y el arte gráfico se convirtió en su día a día. Heczar Website’s:facebook.com/daadoz/YOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCOMIT3guY5PjHj...
Mar 24, 2023•50 min
This week on Hello, Print Friend, Miranda speaks with Melissa and J.W. from the Little Friends of Printmaking. They talk about getting professional gig poster commissions while still in graduate school, drawing on inspiration from our art world heroes, never running out of ideas, and feeling out of place.Little Friends of Printmaking Websitehttps://thelittlefriendsofprintmaking.com/Little Friends of Printmaking Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/littlefriendsofPrint Santa Fewww.printsantafe.orgY...
Mar 21, 2023•1 hr 6 min
En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Abraham Mascorro Morales artista multidisciplinario de origen mexicano que junto a su esposa Miriam Ruiz fundaron OMG Press (@omgpress) en la Ciudad De México. Abraham nos contará sobre la aplicación de herramientas digitales, inteligencia artificial y NFT dentro del desarrollo gráfico además de estrategias de comercialización para crear ventas a nivel internacional que sustentan un taller de impresión de libre acceso para su com...
Mar 17, 2023•52 min
This week on Hello, Print Friend, Miranda speaks with Henry Gepfer, an artist, curator, and educator based in Lancaster, PA. They talk about the joy and the pain of being a performance artist, the effects of the pandemic on self-worth, the performance of masculinity, and how printmaking fits into all of this.Henry's Websitehttps://www.henrygepfer.com/Henry's Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/henrygepferYOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCOMIT3guY5PjHj1M7GApouwMERCHwww.teepublic.com/user/helloprint...
Mar 14, 2023•57 min
En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Ricardo Benaim (@ricardobenaim) artista muldiciplinario y grabador venezolano nacido en la ciudad de Caracas. Conversaremos sobre sus inicios en el diseño gráfico y publicitario para ser incentivado por uno de sus instructores a investigar el grabado. Al enfocarse en la técnica gráfica, iniciaría una travesía que lo llevaría a Londres, a Francia al l’Atelier 63, al instituto Pratt de Nueva York y a una extensiva y reconocida carr...
Mar 10, 2023•52 min
This week on Hello, Print Friend, Miranda speaks with Saiyare Refaei, an artist and activist working in Tacoma, Washington. They talk about learning how to print by hand in a skate shop in Oaxaca, the importance of friends and mentors, researching NAFTA’s impact on artists, and moving big presses.Saiyare's Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/_saikick_YOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCOMIT3guY5PjHj1M7GApouwMERCHwww.teepublic.com/user/helloprintfriendWEBSITEwww.helloprintfriend.comInstagramwww.inst...
Mar 07, 2023•51 min
En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Fabian Maldonado Lizana (@kumefelenxilografias), Fabian es un obrero gráfico y tatuador de madera nacido en la ciudad de Santiago. Fabian nos comentará sobre su travesía en el arte gráfico luego de estudiar docencia en artes, desarrollar un colectivo artístico y verse inspirado a crear su propio taller durante las exigencias de la pandemia. Conversaremos sobre el uso de la xilografía para promover y preservar la fauna nacional y ...
Mar 03, 2023•41 min
This week on Hello, Print Friend Miranda speaks with Diana Gaston, director of the Tamarind Institute. We talk about how one becomes the director of an internationally renowned printmaking enterprise in the first place, the ambitions of the institute’s founder June Wayne to save the medium of lithography (and if it worked), what kind of research is done at Tamarind, and the importance of limestone in a plate litho world.Tamarind Websitehttps://tamarind.unm.eduTamarind Instagramhttps://www.instag...
Feb 28, 2023•1 hr 3 min
En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Federico Cimatti maestro tipográfico, artista y poeta detrás del estudio Prensa La Libertad (@prensalalibertad) en Buenos Aires, Argentina. Federico nos contará sobre como el destino lo topó un día con una “máquina de palabras” y vería cambiar su vida para dedicarse a rescatar, desarrollar y provocar por medio de mensajes reflexivos en forma de carteles un dialogo con el público argentino e internacional. Conversaremos sobre cómo...
Feb 24, 2023•53 min
This week on Hello, Print Friend, Miranda speaks with Dewey Tafoya, Master Printer and Assistant Director of the Professional Printmaking Program at Self Help Graphics. We talk about growing up in LA in the 70s and 80s and being exposed the incredible Chicano murals going up during this time, how Self-Help Graphics was started by a nun and two queer Mexican artists, bringing art to the people through the pandemic, and what Self Help is doing to celebrate its 50 year anniversary.Dewey on Instagra...
Feb 21, 2023•54 min
En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con Carlos Franco (@pinol_press). Carlos es un artista grabador de origen nicaragüense viviendo en Uruguay. Conversaremos sobre su travesía artística, trabajando diferentes técnicas hasta enamorarse del grabado para recientemente establecer su propio taller: Pinol Press. Carlos nos contará sobre la migración, el haberse criado en la Pequeña Habana en la ciudad de Miami donde el español se convirtió en su segunda lengua y las dificult...
Feb 17, 2023•46 min
This week on Hello, Print Friend, Miranda speaks with Amos Kennedy Jr., and print friends you are in for a treat. Amos is a living print legend. They talk about his time being employed (not working) at AT&T while making and giving away prints, hanging art shows like it’s a crime, and his exciting new project in a “pile of bricks” in Detroit.Amos on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/kennedyprintAmos' website:http://www.kennedyprints.com/YOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCOMIT3guY5PjHj1M7GApou...
Feb 15, 2023•1 hr 9 min
En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará conversando con el artista gráfico, ilustrador, diseñados y podcaster Ricardo García, mejor conocido como Kraken Kahn (@KrankenKhan) desde la ciudad de México. Kraken nos contará sobre sus inicios influenciado por las portadas de álbumes punk rock, y el coleccionar los juguetes de los villanos de sus series favoritas. Conversaremos sobre sus colaboraciones diseñando carteles en serigrafia para bandas como Black Sabbath, la preservación del estil...
Feb 11, 2023•54 min
This week on Hello, Print Friend, Miranda speaks with Sam Davidson, director and owner of Davidson Galleries in Seattle, Washington, for nearly five decades. Davidson Galleries houses 18,000 works of paper dating back to the 15th century and an extensive collection of contemporary prints. The name Davidson Galleries might be familiar to dedicated listeners as it comes up often as it was the very first place Miranda worked in contemporary printmaking. We talk about Sam’s early days driving around...
Feb 07, 2023•55 min
