Platemark: prints and the printmaking ecosystem
What is it about prints and printmaking that draws such fervent practitioners, collectors, and fans? How are prints relevant to all our lives? What do all those people in the "print ecosystem" do anyway?
Platemark podcast's host Ann Shafer looks at prints and printmaking in the context of museums, the market, critiques, and the print ecosystem. Series two offers a history of prints and printmaking in the West. Series three offers interviews with the colorful characters of the print ecosystem, which is full of the nicest people in the art world. Join us and the wonderful fans of prints and printmaking.
Platemark podcast offers a bit of art history, artistic creativity, and introduces listeners to artists, printers, dealers, print publishers, gallerists, art historians, curators, and scholars.
Host Ann Shafer is an independent curator specializing in contemporary prints and printmaking. Formerly she was a curator at the Baltimore Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Art. She is a podcaster (Platemark and The Curator’s Choice), blogger (annshafer.com), and organizer of the new Baltimore Fine Art Print Fair (baltimoreprintfair.com). She has a BA from The College of Wooster and a MA from Williams College, both in art history.
Recent Episodes
s3e55 Miguel A. Aragón
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 …
s3e54 Andrew Raftery
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...
s3e53 Carol Wax (part two)
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...
s3e52 Carol Wax (part one)
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 …
s3e51 Chris Santa Maria
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 …
s3e50 Allison Tolman
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...
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Why the podcast is called Platemark: Unveiling the Framework of Printmaking
Did we ever discuss why the pod is called Platemark? The term platemark refers to the indentation at the edge of a printed image that indicates the outer edges of the printing matrix. This term is used mainly with intaglio prints, etchings, etc. Any…
2023 Holiday Gift Guide
Platemark's guests are a creative lot and many of them produce wonderful works of art that would make great holiday gifts. Here's a selection of prints from our guests. Click on the print to see purchase options; click on the episode to lis…
Images reset--update and a new FB group
Happy to say that I've now repopulated each episode with its images. Shew! But, honestly, it was good to go back and better organize the process from the start. Those first few were not well documented. But it's all straightened out now. In o…