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Series Three Episodes

April 11, 2023

s3e23 Kimberly Henrikson

In Platemark s3e23, host Ann Shafer speaks with Kimberly Henrikson, Executive Director, Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Norwalk, CT. CCP offers myriad services from contract printing to artist’s residencies, classes, workshops, and exhibitions.

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March 28, 2023

s3e22 Laura Einstein

In Platemark s3e22, host Ann Shafer talks with Laura Einstein, manager of the Gallery at the Met Store. Tucked away on the mezzanine of the bookstore at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a gallery space where limited edition, fine …

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March 14, 2023

s3e21 Pam Paulson

In Platemark s3e21, host Ann Shafer talks with Pam Paulson, founder of Paulson Fontaine Press, Berkeley, California. After earning her MFA in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1982 (she was a teaching assistant for Robert Colescott),...

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Feb. 28, 2023

s3e20 Kimberli Gant

In Platemark s3e20, host Ann Shafer talks with Kimberli Gant, curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum. While Kimberli’s specialty isn’t in prints per se, she is one of those unusual non-print curators who likes and...

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Feb. 14, 2023

s3e19 Maryanne Ellison Simmons

In s3e19, host Ann Shafer talks with Maryanne Ellison Simmons, collector, printer, and owner of Wildwood Press in St. Louis, MO. Along with her husband, baseball hall-of-famer Ted Simmons, Maryanne collects contemporary prints. A large portion of the...

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Jan. 31, 2023

s3e18 Susan Teller

In s3e18, host Ann Shafer talks with dealer Susan Teller, whose eponymous gallery operates out of the Mana Fine Arts facility in Jersey City, NJ. Susan specializes in American paintings and works on paper of the mid-twentieth century. She also …

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Jan. 17, 2023

s3e17 Jeannot Barr

In s3e17, Platemark host Ann Shafer talks with print dealer Jeannot Barr, who organized the first (and many subsequent) New York Print Fair in 1984. They touch on pricing, buying at auction, fair organization, and a host of other business-of-art...

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Jan. 3, 2023

S3e16 Hope Saska

Curator, University of Colorado at Boulder Art Museum

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Dec. 20, 2022

s3e15 Julia D'Amario

In s3e15, Platemark host Ann Shafer talks with printer Julia D’Amario, who has been the printer at the Jordan Schnitzer Printmaking Residency at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology in Otis, OR, since 2002. Formerly she printed for Pace …

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Dec. 6, 2022

s3e14 James Ehlers

In Platemark s3e14, host Ann Shafer speaks with James Ehlers, professor and chair of the studio art department at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas. It turns out, Emporia State offers the only BFA in engraving arts in the United …

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Nov. 22, 2022

s3e13 Tom Hück (an update)

Artist, with an update on his new, epic print edition, Monkey Mountain Kronikle

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Oct. 25, 2022

s3e12 Maureen Warren

Curator, Krannert Art Museum

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Oct. 11, 2022

s3e10 Julia Samuels

Master Printer and Owner, Overpass Projects

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