episode 256 : shanna strauss

About this episode

Miranda speaks with Shanna Strauss about her journey back to art and the significance of printmaking in her life.

We are delighted to kick off our eighth season of the Hello, Print Friend podcast! This week Miranda speaks with Shanna Strauss, a Tanzanian American mixed media artist and printmaker based in Oakland, California, and a faculty member at California College of the Arts. They talk about the winding road that led her back to art and how printmaking became not just a medium, but a community, a lineage, and a way of carrying history forward. They get into Strauss' early inspiration from Char...

People in this episode

Host: Miranda

Guest: Shanna Strauss

Topics covered

• mixed media art
• printmaking
• art community
• Tanzanian American artists
• art history

Keywords

• Shanna Strauss
• printmaking
• mixed media artist
• California College of the Arts
• art community

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: California College of the Arts

Places: Tanzania, Oakland, California

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