In this episode of Platemark, I sit down with artist and educator Nick Ruth to discuss his multifaceted approach to art. Nick, who lives in Rochester and teaches at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, shares insights into his work across various medi…
Back in 2023, Tru Ludwig and Ann Shafer recorded a bonus HoP episode featuring a conversation about a single work of art, Käthe Kollwitz's Battlefield, 1907. More than 18 months later, they are offering up a second installment, this time on Pet…
In this episode of Platemark, Ann talks with Margaret Morgan Grasselli and Elizabeth Savage, authors and editors of the recently published book, Printing Colour 1700–1830: Histories, Techniques, Functions, and Receptions (Oxford: Oxford Univer…
In this episode of Platemark, Ann speaks with Miranda Metcalf and Tim Pauszek about their new venture, Hello, Print Friend Studios in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Listeners will recall Miranda hosts our sister pod, Hello, Print Friend. She also is producin…
In this episode of Platemark, Deb Puretz, an IT professional and artist, discusses her journey into the art world and navigating it as an outlier. Deb, originally from California and now based in South Carolina, shares her experiences of making conn…
In this episode of Platemark, Ann talks with artist and teacher Jonathan Thomas who shares insights from his time at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), the printmaking program he chairs, and his personal studio in Baltimore. We take a dee…
In this episode of Platemark, Ann sits down with the legendary artist and printmaker Dan Welden. Known for his pioneering work in solar plate etching, Welden brings a wealth of experience and a trove of inspiring stories from his illustrious career.…
In this episode of Platemark, I talk with Ellen Heck about her artistic journey and work. We talk about the intricacies of printmaking techniques, Ellen's various portrait series, and the conceptual ideas behind her work. Ellen shares her journey fr…
In this episode of the Platemark, I interview Mike Stark, the co-founder and owner of Stark Press Company. The New Jersey-based company, run by Mike and his brother Tom, builds new presses, services old presses, and aids in moving them, often collab…
I'm publishing this blog post, which are the shownotes for my convo with Mae Shore, because I'm in the midst of fixing an issue with the images in the shownotes. Here's your substitute set of images while I fix the issue. In this episode o…
It turns out a good number of Platemark guests will be showing at the Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair in March 2025 Which means if you come to Powerhouse Arts at the end of March, you'll have an opportunity to engage with these Platemark guests about …
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…
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…
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…
So, y'all know I've taught myself all of the tech stuff to create this podcast. The learning curve has been steep, but not insurmountable. I feel super strongly that including images for you to look at while listening is critical to the experience. …
Recently, Tru Ludwig and Leo Zhao (MICA '23) co-published a lithograph putting forward a concatenated timeline of a history of Western prints (HoP). As Tru and Ann were coming up with their top 10, there was one last one that put it over the top to …
In s3e24, I speak with Steve Goddard, curator and professor (retired) from the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. Sounds simple enough, right? Talk, record it, export it into the right format, and presto. Well, there's a …
My interview with Kimberli Gant went live today. She's a curator at the Brooklyn Museum, but in Modern and Contemporary Art, not Prints and Drawings. In fact, Brooklyn doesn't have a print curator. Each curator is responsible for their respective ar…
Platemark series three is on its fifteenth episode. That's fifteen conversations with some of the wonderful people involved in the print ecosystem. As you might imagine, there have been growing pains, especially in the tech end of producing a podcas…
I have a problem that has vexed me since I was a teenager: I always assume people know what I know. It recently struck me that maybe you don’t know what a platemark is. It’s the embossed edges the plate makes as it goes through the press…
Tru and I have reached Rembrandt in our history of prints series and are taking a short break this summer. It turns out that when given an opportunity to relive the class Tru taught at the Maryland Institute College of Art through these episodes, he…
When I hosted Tru Ludwig’s History of Prints class at the museum, I pulled out a lot of wonderful works. During class there was a distinct ballet going on between Tru’s narrative and all the shifting of prints that Ben and I, a…
If you've been following along, you know that as a curator at the Baltimore Museum of Art I directed the last three iterations of its print fair (2012, 2015, 2017). You also likely know that I'm thrilled to be bringing a new print fair to …
I decided to call the podcast Platemark, the mark made by the edges of the plate after printing, because it indicates a framework into which any number of things can be placed. From the get-go my plan was to create content in series. First I wanted …