Platemark episodes on YouTube

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…

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;…

In Platemark s3e41, host Ann Shafer talks with Susan Tallman, an art historian and essayist who writes on contemporary art, printed images, and other areas of art and culture. A regular contributor to New York Review of Books and The Atlantic Monthly, she has authored and co-authored many books, most…

Platemark is a podcast about art, art history, and prints and printmaking. It is organized it into three series. Series one looks at prints and printmaking in the context of museums, the market, critiques, and the print ecosystem. Series two is a history of prints and printmaking in the West.…

A short clip from Platemark s3e41 in which Susan Tallman talks about how even contemporary art journalists and critics can't find the art in an open field

A short clip from Platemark s3e42 in which Lauren Rosenblum comments on how much of a generalist one becomes working in a museum print room.

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;…

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,…

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,…

A short clip from Platemark s3e40 in which Luther Davis talks about how many printing suppliers were active in Brooklyn back in the day.

A short clip from Platemark s3e40 in which Luther Davis weighs in on the state of the printmaking ecosystem.

A short clip from Platemark HoP ONE PRINT: Käthe Kollwitz's Battlefield

A short clip from Platemark HoP ONE PRINT: Käthe Kollwitz's Battlefield

A short clip from Platemark HoP ONE PRINT: Käthe Kollwitz's Battlefield

A short clip from Platemark HoP ONE PRINT: Käthe Kollwitz's Battlefield

A short clip from Platemark HoP ONE PRINT: Käthe Kollwitz's Battlefield

A short clip from Platemark's HoP ONE PRINT episode about Kollwitz's Battlefield.

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…

A short clip from Platemark s3e39 in which Sue Coe talks about a failed print about the origination of the word crowbar and how it relates to Jim Crow.

A short clip from Platemark s3e39 in which Sue Coe talks about the graphic power of printmaking, specifically woodcut.

A short clip from Platemark s3e39 in which Sue Coe talks about audience trust in an artist's content through sincerity.

A short clip from Platemark s3e39 in which Sue Coe talks about the importance of socially conscious content declaring "my art eats here."

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…

A short clip from Platemark s3e38 in which Jillian Ross talks about moving between mediums, translations, and call and response.