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Hello, Print Friend is a podcast dedicated to celebrating and amplifying contemporary printmaking and its culture. Releasing weekly interviews with artists, activists, curators, and print champions, we explore what brings together this passionate yet often geographically separated community across a press bed and around the world.
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Miranda K. Metcalf
Miranda K. Metcalf holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and a master’s degree in art history with a focus on printmaking. She has held the directorship of arts organizations in Australia, Thailand, and the United States in both commercial and non-profit institutions and serves on the board of Print Austin. She is the director and founder of Hello, Print Friend Studios.
Reinaldo Gil Zambrano
Reinaldo Gil Zambrano is an award-winning printmaking artist from Caracas, Venezuela, in Spokane, WA. Reinaldo is currently an associate professor of Printmaking at Gonzaga University, Co-founder of the Spokane Print & Publishing Center, and former Art Commissioner for the state of Washington.
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This week Miranda speaks with Shivangi Ladha and Asha Vaidyanath to talk about Moments of Being, an upcoming exhibition presented by India Printmaker House at the London Original Print Fair.
Together, they share the story behind this year-long curatorial process, one rooted in studio visits, artist-to-artist dialogue, and a deep commitment to supporting emerging voices in contemporary printmaking. We talk about what it means to curate as artists rather than gatekeepers, how intuition and vulnerability shaped the exhibition, and why they chose to move beyond identity as the primary framework for bringing artists together.
This conversation offers a thoughtful look at collaboration, materiality, and the evolving role of printmaking in a global context. It is also a reminder that some of the most compelling exhibitions don’t start with a fixed idea, but with curiosity, trust, and a willingness to listen.
Hoy Reinaldo estará conversando con Memo Orduña. Maestro impresor y artist gráfico originario de Oaxaca y jefe de edición del taller la Buena Impresión. Memo comenzó su carrera inspirado por el trabajo artístico de sus familiares y a su temprana edad se convirtió en la cabecera de la impresión en este prestigioso taller dedicado a la litografía.