Platemark

About Platemark

Why do fine art prints (etchings, woodcuts, lithographs, screenprints, etc.) and printmaking draw such fervent practitioners, collectors, and fans? Find out how prints were the first internet disseminating images since the mid-15th century. Find out why it takes a village to make, sell, study, and collect these affordable beauties. Who are all these people in the print ecosystem, anyway? Series one looks at prints and printmaking and how they fit in in the context of museums, the market, critiques, and the print ecosystem. Series two offers a history of prints and printmaking in the West. Series three offers interviews with the people who perform various roles in the print ecosystem. Join us and find out why prints and printmaking occupy the best little corner of the art world. We'll turn you into a fan, too. Platemark offers a bit of art history, artistic creativity, and introduces listeners to artists, printers, dealers, print publishers, gallerists, art historians, curators, and scholars. Host Ann Shafer is a curator specializing in prints and printmaking. Formerly she was a curator at the Baltimore Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Art. She's a podcaster, blogger, and organizer of the Baltimore Fine Art Print Fair (baltimoreprintfair.com).

Publisher

Ann Shafer, fine art prints evangelist, curator, and art historian

Category

arts · history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 May 2021

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

19 of 181 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   s3e118 55+ years of selling prints with dealer Daniel Lienau

   Host Ann Shafer interviews print dealer Daniel Lienau about his 55+ years of experience navigating the print world and the evolving gallery business.

2. 

   22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   s3e117 exquisite wood engraving and illustrated books with Barry Moser

   Host [Host Name] interviews artist Barry Moser about his wood engraving, illustrated books, and enduring philosophy behind Pennyroyal Press editions.

3. 

   8 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   s3e116 framing deep dive with Thoren Vadala

   Host Ann Shafer interviews master framer Thoren Vadala about the art and science of framing prints, revealing how thoughtful presentation protects and elevates artwork.

Inside a recent episode

s3e118 55+ years of selling prints with dealer Daniel Lienau

Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] That was one director of the GSA. This is all my understanding. Now, you have to remember, I'm back here in Santa Rosa, California. So I'm not in on the whole inner workings of the print world. But that's my understanding. I know Sylvan wrote letters saying that he had done restoration projects et cetera, and expect the government to reimburse them for any of the restoration for keeping them alive for 50 years, so on and so forth. Anyway, it just really disappeared. Again, my understanding is that the WPA, when the WPA ended, these weren't supposed to be sold. They were supposed to go into public institutions. […]

Who has been a guest on Platemark

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Daniel Lienau
• Barry Moser
• Thoren Vadala
• Laura Raicovich
• James Stroud

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

38,543

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

38 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

20 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 74 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

84

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

85

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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