In this episode Miranda speaks with Tanekeya Word a Milwaukee based visual artist, printmaker and educator, whose work centers around Black geographies: exploring Afrofuturism, Black aesthetics, Black hair, Black identity, and Black girl/womanhood. Word is also the founder of Black Women of Print a society where black female printmakers can share space, intergenerational knowledge, stories, and community. If that wasn’t enough, Black Women of Print is also an educational resource for discovering historical black female printmakers currently overlooked in the printmaking canon. We talk education, arts funding, accessibility in printmaking, and future thinking.[more information]Word's websitehttps://www.tanekeyaword.comBlack Women of Print Websitehttps://www.blackwomenofprint.comBlack Women of Print Newsletterhttps://www.blackwomenofprint.com/contactWord on the StudioNoize Podcasthttps://www.studionoizepodcast.com/episodes/2019/4/23/girl-gang-w-tanekeya-wordpine|copper|lime at SGCI 2020https://www.sgcinternational.org/puertografico-events/?event_id=167Shop Talkwww.patreon.com/helloprintfriendYOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCOMIT3guY5PjHj1M7GApouwMERCHwww.teepublic.com/user/helloprintfriendWEBSITEwww.helloprintfriend.cominstagramwww.instagram.com/helloprintfriendprint galleryhelloprintfriend.com/print-gallery✨patreon✨www.patreon.com/helloprintfriendOur sponsor Speedballwww.speedballart.com

In this episode Miranda speaks with Ben Muñoz about his series “The Endless Endeavor”. These six woodcuts, each 8 by 4 feet, chronicle his family’s journey from Mexico to America starting with the artist’s grandfather. Filled with rich iconography and complex symbolism, these pieces tell a multi-generational story of hard work and hope. Muñoz channels the grit and resolves shown by the generations before him in order to take on his career as a working artist and help provide for his family. We also talk about Muñoz’s side hustle, Casa Press, and how it all fits into the luck, determination, and just general niceness which is all necessary to make it as a successful artist.[more information]Ben Muñoz websitehttps://www.benmunozart.comBen Muñoz instagramhttp://instagram.com/thebenmunoz/Shop Talkwww.patreon.com/helloprintfriendYOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCOMIT3guY5PjHj1M7GApouwMERCHwww.teepublic.com/user/helloprintfriendWEBSITEwww.helloprintfriend.cominstagramwww.instagram.com/helloprintfriendprint galleryhelloprintfriend.com/print-gallery✨patreon✨www.patreon.com/helloprintfriendOur sponsor Speedballwww.speedballart.com

In this episode Miranda speaks with Opal Ecker Deruvo a non-binary printmaker working in Norwalk, Connecticut. DeRuvo speaks about their early introduction to our craft at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking, developing their traditional draftsmanship skills in order to express the critical queer moments in their life with the reverence of a seventeenth-century portrait, taking advantage of the omnipresence of smartphones to capture the candid, and sisterhood in queer communities. We also explore the idea of tenderness as revolution and the strength it takes to hold on it the face of our often brutal world.Update August 2020: Since the publication of this episode in July 2019, DeRuvo chosen the name Opal Ecker Deruvo. They are referred to as their previous name in this recording. This has been left with the artist’s consent.[more information]Opal's websitehttps://paulderuvo.comOpal's instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/sayyoudo/Megalo Print Prizehttp://www.megalo.org/2020-international-print-prizeShop Talkwww.patreon.com/helloprintfriendYOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCOMIT3guY5PjHj1M7GApouwMERCHwww.teepublic.com/user/helloprintfriendWEBSITEwww.helloprintfriend.cominstagramwww.instagram.com/helloprintfriendprint galleryhelloprintfriend.com/print-gallery✨patreon✨www.patreon.com/helloprintfriendOur sponsor Speedballwww.speedballart.com

In this episode Miranda speaks with Jamaal Barber: printmaker, curator, collaborator, podcast host, grad student, husband, and father. Barber offers his insights into what it takes to become a successful artist, his own personal story of taking the leap from weekend art fairs to full time artist, and his print practice making work about all aspects of black life in America. He also gives us a look into this current exhibition 400: A Collective Flight of Memory (on display in the Aviation Community Culture Center in Atlanta through 15 July 2019) in which Barber has collaborated with 22 artists as a reflection on the collective black experience during the 400 years since the first slave ships arrived off the coast of Virginia in 1619.[more information]Barber's website:http://jbarberstudio.com/Barber's Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/jbarberstudio/Barber's Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/jbarberstudioShop Talkwww.patreon.com/helloprintfriendYOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCOMIT3guY5PjHj1M7GApouwMERCHwww.teepublic.com/user/helloprintfriendWEBSITEwww.helloprintfriend.cominstagramwww.instagram.com/helloprintfriendprint galleryhelloprintfriend.com/print-gallery✨patreon✨www.patreon.com/helloprintfriendOur sponsor Speedballwww.speedballart.com

In this episode Miranda speaks with Marco Sánchez about growing up on the Juarez / El Paso border, moving from his home to a small town in Pennsylvania, taking advice and inspiration from his artist grandfather, and representing his cultural identity through drawing on the incredible history of post-revolution Mexican printmakers. Sánchez also talks about the changing politics of what it means to be Lantix in the United States within his lifetime and how the current administration’s immigration policies have affected his life and work. As well as the complex and on going process of decolonizing his aesthetic. This episode of the podcast will be a double release, one in Spanish the other in English, made possible by my wonderful co-host this week Maya Verdugo and extra editing help by Judith Martinez Estrada.[more information]Marco's website:https://www.marcoprintsanchez.com/Marco's instagram:https://instagram.com/onpaperandcanvasMarco at the El Paso Museum of Art thru 29 June 2019https://epma.art/calendar/luminares-de-arte-marco-sanchez-2019-06-12Shop Talkwww.patreon.com/helloprintfriendYOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCOMIT3guY5PjHj1M7GApouwMERCHwww.teepublic.com/user/helloprintfriendWEBSITEwww.helloprintfriend.cominstagramwww.instagram.com/helloprintfriendprint galleryhelloprintfriend.com/print-gallery✨patreon✨www.patreon.com/helloprintfriendOur sponsor Speedballwww.speedballart.com

In this episode Miranda speaks with Aaron Coleman about his first exposure to visual culture as a graffiti writing teen outside of Indianapolis, his graduate school experience of being tricked into loving litho, and his current role as Professor of Art at the University of Arizona. The hip hop community was the first place Coleman really felt at home and the formative practice he experienced in the mixing and remixing of visual culture has stayed with him to this day. Coleman also talks about the place of art in the cultural of the resistance against the forces of evil in our world and the important role artists play as documentarians, communicators, and historians during our troubled times.[more information]Aaron's website:http://aaroncolemanprintmaking.com/Aaron's instagram:http://instagram.com/aaron_s_colemanShop Talkwww.patreon.com/helloprintfriendYOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCOMIT3guY5PjHj1M7GApouwMERCHwww.teepublic.com/user/helloprintfriendWEBSITEwww.helloprintfriend.cominstagramwww.instagram.com/helloprintfriendprint galleryhelloprintfriend.com/print-gallery✨patreon✨www.patreon.com/helloprintfriendOur sponsor Speedballwww.speedballart.com

In this episode Miranda speaks with Jenny Robinson about her childhood growing up in Borneo and when the colours and warmth of the equator came to an abrupt end after she was shipped off to a Catholic boarding school in England. While that displacement may have been the greatest culture shock of her life, globe-trotting remains a big part of who she is. She spent years in her twenties traveling around India and Southeast Asia and doing it all solo after ditching her ex-boyfriend at the Bombay train station two weeks into the trip. Robinson also talks about her deep printmaker pride, her love of paper and inks, and goes into detail as to how she developed a drypoint method that allows her to work very large and on a budget.[notes]Jenny's website:https://www.jennyrobinson.com/Jenny's Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/jennyrobinsonprints/Jenny at Davidson Galleries:https://www.davidsongalleries.com/artists/contemporary/jenny-robinson/Jenny at Kala:http://www.kala.org/artpress_artist/jenny-l-robinson/Shop Talkwww.patreon.com/helloprintfriendYOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCOMIT3guY5PjHj1M7GApouwMERCHwww.teepublic.com/user/helloprintfriendWEBSITEwww.helloprintfriend.cominstagramwww.instagram.com/helloprintfriendprint galleryhelloprintfriend.com/print-gallery✨patreon✨www.patreon.com/helloprintfriendOur sponsor Speedballwww.speedballart.com

In this episode Miranda speaks with Craig Anczelowitz from Awagami Factory, a paper mill that has been making washing by hand for eight generations. Awagami is located in Yoshinogawa Village on Shikoku island, the smallest of the big islands which make up Japan. Craig has incredible information to share about what they’re up to over at Awagami. They have artist residencies, a paper lab, an onsite museum and open calls for traveling exhibitions. He also talks about the nitty-gritty details about the difference between Western and Washi paper, the history of the factory, and the environmental sustainability of their practice.[notes]Awagami Websitehttps://awagami.com/Awagami Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/awagamifactory/Awagami Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/awagami_factoryShop Talkwww.patreon.com/helloprintfriendYOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCOMIT3guY5PjHj1M7GApouwMERCHwww.teepublic.com/user/helloprintfriendWEBSITEwww.helloprintfriend.cominstagramwww.instagram.com/helloprintfriendprint galleryhelloprintfriend.com/print-gallery✨patreon✨www.patreon.com/helloprintfriendOur sponsor Speedballwww.speedballart.com

In this episode Miranda speaks with Patrick Wagner of Black Heart Press. Patrick is a lithographer, teacher, and sauna enthusiast from Germany living in Stockholm. We talk about his early days learning lithography from Alois Senefelder's treatise while at a small art school in Romania and the guerrilla litho teaching group it spawned which eventually got him kicked out of school. As well as the beautiful international connections the sharing of printmaking knowledge brings and the devastating fire which destroyed his entire archive of work. Patrick has an incredible deadpan humour which makes this episode a particularly delightful listen.[notes]Black Heart Press Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/blackheartpress/Black Heart Press Tumblrhttp://blackheartpress.tumblr.com/Art Sauna Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/artsauna/ Ernst Hanke Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/hankeernstShop Talkwww.patreon.com/helloprintfriendYOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCOMIT3guY5PjHj1M7GApouwMERCHwww.teepublic.com/user/helloprintfriendWEBSITEwww.helloprintfriend.cominstagramwww.instagram.com/helloprintfriendprint galleryhelloprintfriend.com/print-gallery✨patreon✨www.patreon.com/helloprintfriendOur sponsor Speedballwww.speedballart.com

In this episode Miranda speaks with Wendy Orville, a monotype artist who creates breathtaking prints which capture the drama and tension of where the sky meets the earth. They are mysterious and alive compositions unlike anything else out there today. Orville talks about her process-driven practice and seeing failures in the studio as just more information. She also discusses how becoming a mother influenced her creative process transforming her into a more relaxed and intuitive artist. It allowed her to give up the need for control and replace it with the permission to make the work that she truly wanted to make.[notes]Wendy Orville's websitehttp://wendyorville.com/Shop Talkwww.patreon.com/helloprintfriendYOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCOMIT3guY5PjHj1M7GApouwMERCHwww.teepublic.com/user/helloprintfriendWEBSITEwww.helloprintfriend.cominstagramwww.instagram.com/helloprintfriendprint galleryhelloprintfriend.com/print-gallery✨patreon✨www.patreon.com/helloprintfriendOur sponsor Speedballwww.speedballart.com