Bachelor of Fine Arts - Printmaking

Students in the Department of Printmaking will receive the technical and aesthetic instruction and learn the critical-thinking skills necessary to develop as a working print artist. Printmaking is an extension of drawing; thus, drawing and compositional skills are developed along with those of printmaking.

   

Printmaking is an extension of drawing; thus, drawing and compositional skills are developed along with those of printmaking. You will learn the basics of the major techniques and must achieve mastery in lithography and etching. Black-and-white and color processes are taught in all media within the program. You are also encouraged to pursue other areas of the printmaking curriculum, such as relief, monotype, letterpress printing, and book arts. Aesthetic understanding is developed through studio projects leading to more self-directed work on the upper levels. Lectures, demonstrations, and workshops with well-known visiting artists and master printers further enhance the curriculum. 

Lectures, demonstrations, and workshops with well-known visiting artists and master printers further enhance the curriculum. A senior exhibition helps prepare students for graduate school or a career in printmaking and the arts, whether as a gallery artist, or in some fine arts printing capacity, teaching, or other professional fields within the greater art community.

Students should be advised that this is the Direct Admission option for this program and as such does not offer conditional admission.