In the second part of their conversation, Ann Shafer and printer/publisher Phil Sanders continue talking about the state of the printmaking ecosystem.

They talk about why supporting artists is important even if you don't like what they are doing, why that new Julie Mehretu set of etchings costs $250K, the imminent brain drain among our elder printers, and the importance of art and creativity to humanity's survival.

Cynthia Bringle (American, born 1939). Blue Covered Jar with Fish. Ceramic. 21 inches tall.

Rembrandt (Dutch, 1606–1669). The Three Trees, 1643. Etching, engraving, and drypoint. Plate: 8 3/8 x 10 15/16 in. (21.3 x 27.8 cm.); sheet: 8 3/8 x 11 1/8 in. (21.3 x 28.3 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973). Woman with Bangs, 1902. Oil on canvas. 61.3 x 51.4 cm. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD.

Joan Mitchell (American, 1925–1992). Bracket, 1989. Oil on canvas. 102 1/2 x 181 7/8 in. (260.35 x 461.96 cm.). San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA. ©Estate of Joan Mitchell.

Julie Mehretu (American, born Ethiopia, 1970). This Manifestation of Historical Restlessness, (from Robin's Intimacy), 2022. 10-panel etching/aquatint from 50 plates. Overall: 93 1/2 x 173 1/8 in. (237.49 x 439.74 cm.). Published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, CA.

Phil Sanders giving tour of the booth of Kingsland Editions at the Baltimore Fine Art Print Fair, 2023.

Still from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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