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The IFPDA Sessions | Phil Sanders, JP Russell, and James Nares on The Collaborative Process of Fine Art Printmaking Dec 19, 2019

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Today on the podcast, we join a discussion called The Collaborative Process of Fine Art Printmaking: Phil Sanders in Conversation with James Nares and Jean-Paul Russell. James Nares is an English artist who has been working in New York since the 1970’s.
In discussion with Nares are Phil Sanders and Jean Paul Russell. Sanders is the founder of PS Marlowe, a creative services consultancy firm focused on sustainable careers in the arts and cultural development through entrepreneurship and service. He was previously the COO of The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts & Director of The Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop. Jean Paul Russell is co-owner and master printmaker at Durham Press in Durham Pennsylvania. The Print Cast recorded this episode on Friday October 25th in partnership with the IFPDA. Big thanks to everyone at IFPDA, and to Ann Marshall, James Nares, Phil Sanders, and Jean Paul Russell for agreeing to share this audio today.
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Chicago's Community Printmaking Scene with Angee Lennard of Spudnik Press Nov 27, 2019

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Today’s episode features the founder of a community printshop in Chicago. Angee Lennard started Spudnik Press with a drive to create something that could serve a community of artists, and create a hub where people could work together, share equipment, and teach others about the printing arts. It’s not a simple business to run, and it takes a lot of elbow grease and persistence to create this type of print studio and make it sustainable, Spudnik Press has been going for 13 years now, which is pretty incredible considering it started in Angee’s apartment. The artists there work together to maintain the space and activate it with lots of programs including publishing prints with outside guest artists. This is a good episode if you love print and the community it fosters.
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Day 4 | The Print Cast Daily - Live from the IFPDA 2019 in New York Oct 27, 2019

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It's the final day of the IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair and it's been quite an adventure. Yesterday I interviewed Leslie DiuGuid from Du-Good Press and so I go into a bit of what we talked about. Today some of my favorite programming is going to happen. First we'll be meeting some of the artists who have work up on the walls this year. That should be a great treat and following that at 2pm is a discussion with Swoon about contemporary etching with Jenny Gibbs who is the executive director of the IFPDA. I haven't heard Swoon talk much before, so it will be interesting to hear about her art and what she has been up to in recent years. Thanks for tuning into this special series of The Print Cast and thanks to the IFPDA for having me!
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Day 3 | The Print Cast Daily - Live from the IFPDA 2019 in New York Oct 26, 2019

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Today on this mini episode of The Print Cast I recount a very busy day yesterday, Friday October 25th at the IFPDA Print Fair in New York. It was a busy day with Jeff Koons and Christophe Cherix discussing his work including his newest editions on view at The Two Palms booth here at the fair. It was a very illuminating talk that I can't wait to post here on the pod, but today I offer some brief details to entice you about what's to come on the show in the coming weeks.
Next I did interviews with Karl LaRocca from Kayrock Screenprinting and master printer Kathy Caraccio, both who work here in the city. Each of those interviews were different in style and form, and you'll be able to hear those talks later after I have time to edit it all together for your listening pleasure. Kathy's interview was especially lively and funny, so I recount some of the more vibrant aspects of our time on stage.
Two more talks finished the day from the fair programs. One was a conversation between artist Jamie Nares and JP Russell facilitated by Phil Sanders and a talk about how to collect prints with Helen Rosslyn from the London Original Print Fair.
Not only all that, but I also detail what's coming next including an awards presentation and discussion with artists Mel Bochner and Matthew Day Jackson with print collector Jordan Schnitzer. Jim Dine is also joining us Saturday in conversation with Master Printers Ruth Lingen and Julia D'Amario. I'll also be interviewing Leslie DiuGuid at the end of the day, which I am very excited about. There's a lot going on, my voice is getting raspy and tired, and I hope you enjoy hearing about the fair and what you can look forward to in audio for the Print Cast coming soon. Everything I record here will be shared with the podcast and online with the IFPDA, so you can all look forward to some great audio content in the coming months. Stay tuned!
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Day 2 | The Print Cast Daily - Live from the IFPDA 2019 in New York Oct 25, 2019

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Coming to you live today at the IFPDA in New York. Check out this episode to hear what's going on in New York for Print Week if you can't be here to see it in person. Today I go over the happenings yesterday like my talk with master printer Craig Zammiello of Two Palms. We discussed photogravure, his specialty, and I give some detail today on how I think I've been misrepresenting that technique by calling all kinds of other printed things by that name. In fact, there is one material that is hardly available today that makes the process of photogravure possible, and Craig tells us all about it.
I also get into the prints I've been seeing and some of my perspective on some prints that really have hit me. I'm exploring the publishers' booths at the fair each day to see who is making great new work, and trying to meet the people who facilitate that print work. Two artists I'm enjoying are Swoon and Mickalene Thomas, both of whom are printing with Tandem Press out of Madison, Wisconsin. Midwest in the house! I also love the woodcuts of Chitra Ganesh at Durham Press because they're simple, black and white, and carry a lot of power in the message behind the work.
Today at the fair Jeff Koons talks about the state of multiples in the art world, and I'll be making time to interview Karl LaRocca of Kayrock Screenprinting and Kathy Caraccio who runs K. Caraccio Printshop where she is master printer and has been collaborative printing for 40 years. After that Phil Sanders leads a discussion also about collaborative printing. It seems to be the theme of this type of event, so you'll be learning a lot about how artists and printers navigate working together. More to come so keep following The Print Cast to hear more about what's happening around the big apple this weekend.

The Print Cast Daily - Live from the IFPDA 2019 in New York Oct 24, 2019

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Today on this special edition of The Print Cast, I'll be recording at the IFPDA fine art print fair in New York. This is the first daily installment about what's going on here during Print Week including lots of up-close-and-personal content captured at the fair. The IFPDA is a big fair of galleries and print publishers showcasing some of the best prints being made today. Today I'll be on site recording a talk about collecting fine print works. Later I'll be doing my first live recording of the podcast! Master Printer Craig Zammiello will be on hand discussing his use of photograveur while working at ULAE and Two Palms here in New York. There's a lot to take in, and each day at the fair I'll be posting updates about happenings and events so stay tuned for more great audio.
You can look forward to more content from the fair in the coming weeks being broadcast directly from The Print Cast feed. Some of this includes a discussion with Jeff Koons about the state of multiples today. Also Swoon will be on hand to discuss her latest installations and work, some of which is included in a new show about contemporary etching that opened this week at MOMA. All that and more from this special edition of The Print Cast. Subscribe so you don't miss out!
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Navajo/Dine Artist Melanie Yazzie on Storytelling Oct 16, 2019

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Artist Melanie Yazzie joins Nick on this triumphant return-to-broadcast Print Cast episode. They discuss her art, and the significant role that her heritage plays in her art practice and her life. Yazzie is a professor at University of Colorado, Boulder and her work is a mixture of print with other media, but overall she likes doing unique works. Her monotypes tell stories in such poetic ways and it was great to hear in her own words why she makes the work she does. She's widely known in the print world, hosts print exchanges and other programs, and she travels and takes her work and her teaching to indigenous peoples all around the globe. She's a grounded, inspiring artist, and we hope you enjoy this conversation.
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Part 2 | For the Love of Multiples with The Little Friends of Printmaking Jul 16, 2019

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The conversation continues with part 2 of my interview with The Little Friends of Printmaking. We talk about the various aspects of their business, and how they focus on quality of life, not on expansion. They've got a children's book in the works, so we get the dish on how that is going! They do lots of visiting artist gigs at colleges, and we discuss logistics for those types of opportunities and they talk about the wonderful benefits of spending time and working with students all over the country. We also talk about what it looks like to work with dream clients, and we delve into the age old feud between fine art and commercial printing. They’ve got a terrific dynamic that carries us through, so I hope you enjoy this final installment of my interview with The Little Friends of Printmaking. At the end we pitch the concept for The Dave Kloc Appreciation Society, so be on the lookout because the organizational meeting is coming for that soon. Oh and Cat Con...yeah, of course, there’s more cat stuff.
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Part 1 | For the Love of Multiples with The Little Friends of Printmaking Jul 08, 2019

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It's another raucous interview with a couple of LA's most renowned screen printers! This time, Nick sits down in the live/work studio of The Little Friends of Printmaking to discuss their art, travels and print hustling lifestyle. Of course, we go over Melissa and James' midwest upbringings and then we discuss their college years at UW Madison and other influential moments in the early years when the couple met and fell in love with print and each other.
They talk about their travels through Japan where they've visited in recent years, and how their work changes shape to accommodate selling prints on the road. Recently the duo was hosted as the Feature Artisans at Disneyland's WonderGround Gallery. They share about their interactions with the public and the benefits of keeping in touch with their audience. With a popular style and the speed of information today, they have to keep their work fresh because it's one thing to make popular prints, but it's another to constantly stay ahead of the curve in our social media age. It's the pod's second interview in a row where we lament the greatness of gigposters.com.
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Stoked About Gig Posters with Illustrator Dave Kloc Jun 18, 2019

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Episode 10 of the pod features an interview with artist Dave Kloc. I journeyed North to LA's Atwater district and hung with Dave in his garage studio. We recounted war stories from our shops, and talked about all things gig poster. We talk about some of the best illustrators and designers working today in the poster realm, and there's an overwhelming passion present throughout the whole episode. Dave does Flatstock a couple times a year, makes a poster a week, and doesn't even have time anymore to do the printing. So now he collaborates with some of the best printers in the US, and his output is better than ever before. Did you see his recent piece for The Washington Post? He's everywhere, and today he's my guest on the Print Cast.
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