Demystify the print industry with Clara Lieu (Art Prof) and Ann Shafer (Platemark) as they map out a "who’s who" of curators, gallerists, academics, and publishers. Learn how to approach these gatekeepers with confidence through a series of professional insights and tips designed to help artists find their place in the printmaking ecosystem.

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Clara Lieu is the founder of Art Prof, an online educational platform for learning visual arts.
Artist grants include ones from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation and the Puffin Foundation. Her work has been exhibited at the International Print Center New York, the Danforth Museum of Art, the Currier Museum of Art, and the Davis Museum and Cultural Center.
She spent 16 years in academia teaching at the Rhode Island School of Design, Wellesley College, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and Lesley University. For 7 years she taught at RISD Project Open Door, an art program for underserved teens in Providence public schools.
She has written for the New York Times, and lectures widely.  Her work has been profiled on WBUR, Artsy, Hyperallergic, Inside Higher Ed, WCVB’s Chronicle, and KPCC. She provided expertise on articles for NPR Weekend Edition and The Washington Post.

‍Ann Shafer is an independent curator, organizer of the Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair, and creator and host of Platemark, the popular podcast dedicated to the world of prints and the printmaking ecosystem. A former curator at the Baltimore Museum of Art, Ann has spent her career immersed in the print ecosystem, organizing major exhibitions and building significant collections. She is currently editing a definitive multi-author volume on the history and legacy of Atelier 17, bridging the gap between mid-century modernism and contemporary practice. Through her scholarship and her insightful interviews on Platemark, Ann has become a vital connector for artists, curators, and collectors, offering a rare 360-degree view of how the print world functions from the inside out.

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Please note seating is first-come, first-served. Plan to arrive early to secure your seat(s).
We provide live-captioning services and ASL interpreters at every conversation over the weekend.

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Impresión de Resistencia

2026, 26 mins

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This documentary explores printmaking in Puerto Rico as a living practice shaped by education, resistance, and daily life under an ongoing colonial condition. 

It centers the pivotal role of the División de Educación de la Comunidad (DIVEDCO), whose artists transformed printmaking into a powerful tool for public education, cultural affirmation, and collective memory in the mid-twentieth century.

Through the voices of contemporary Puerto Rican printmakers, the film addresses precarity, migration, and institutional neglect, while examining why printmaking—accessible, reproducible, and deeply rooted in community—continues to matter on the island.

Drawing on archival materials from the Museo de Antropología, Historia y Arte and the Lazaro Library of la Universidad de Puerto Rico, the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (Rio Piedras campus), the Library of Congress, and the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, alongside interviews with artists including Poli Marichal and Fernando Santiago, the documentary traces an active, ongoing dialogue between past, present, and future.

Produced with support from Print Austin, Speedball Art Products, Southern Graphic Council International, Hello Print Friend Studios, and the generous donations of people around the world.

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 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.

Fraíxa Albizu Rodríguez was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, on December 20, 1996. She completed her bachelor's degree at the Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de Puerto Rico in 2020 and is currently doing a master's degree in cultural administration at the University of Puerto Rico. She is the founder of Ciclos Gráficos, a non-profit organization that aims to promote the exchange of prints with artists of all backgrounds through the creation of exchange portfolios.

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Please note seating is first-come, first-served. Plan to arrive early to secure your seat(s).
We provide live-captioning services and ASL interpreters at every conversation over the weekend.

Calling all print nerds! Start your Friday at the Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair with a caffeine boost and great conversation.

Join Ann Shafer (Platemark), Miranda Metcalf (Hello, Print Friend)m and Reinaldo Gil Zambrano (Hello, Print Friend) for an informal BYO-coffee meetup at 10:00 am before the doors open at 11:00. It’s the perfect chance to talk shop about the printmaking ecosystem with fellow print people before heading into the fair!