Fine Art Printmaking - College of Visual Arts

Fine Art Printmaking from College of Visual Arts is a Campus Bachelor Printmaking degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. The goal of the Fine Arts Program is to prepare students to be professional artists, who build strong connections to visual culture, are passionate about their vision, and are equipped to sustain themselves as practicing artists. The Fine Arts Printmaking concentration is designed to recognize the breadth of choices artists have today and the directions student may choose, from tradition to experimental. Our emphasis is on the cultivation of the individual voice and vision of the Fine Arts student. Students learn about marketing their own work, creating art for public spaces, private commissions, publications, and gallery exhibitions. After completing the foundation year of developing the building blocks of a visual language, Fine Arts majors can choose to enter Printmaking as their primary concentration. Each student follows a similar path taking introductory level courses in Printmaking in their sophomore year. In the third semester students begin their advanced courses in their chosen concentration. The area of concentration is infused with a broad range of options allowing students to sharpen their focus and shape their personal vision. Through the combination of intense studio experience and a rigorous study of liberal arts, the area emphasizes conceptual development, critical thinking, and the development of a cohesive body of work. PRINTMAKING The scope of printmaking is rich in artistry and history spanning detailed designs on fabrics and wall-coverings, intricate wood-block prints to hand-engraved intaglio prints. CVA printmaking is a fine arts study that bridges time and the fields of graphic design, illustration, and book arts. The print shop provides a generous range of printmaking facilities in a condensed space allowing students to pursue traditional and alternative techniques in screen-printing, intaglio, plate lithography, relief, monotype, collagraph, collage, and the book arts. After solid grounding in basic printmaking techniques, materials, safety, and shop practices from the introductory course, students may elect to explore contemporary methods using digital and photosensitive materials. In all print classes, emphasis is placed on students developing a cohesive portfolio of work that reflects a clear concept and knowledge of producing multiple prints as well as unique one-of-a-kind variations. The successful combination of alternative with traditional processes and presenting the prints publicly in book, box, portfolio, or unusual formats is encouraged. The print experience is enhanced by the book arts courses where successful small press entrepreneurs teach students both traditional and experimental approaches to constructing and making books. The letterpress studio offers an important link between typography and fine art, and continues students' education in the rich traditions and contemporary issues of printmaking. View more details on College of Visual Arts . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Printmaking courses.