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Printmaking Studio Art Minor
Program type:
Minor
Format:
On Campus
Est. time to complete:
2-3 semesters
Credit Hours:
18
Add to your education by learning to make art using traditional and expanded print
technology.
The Printmaking minor is designed to encourage students from all areas of the university
to explore working in this art form. The Printmaking program supports students in
their development of a personal vision and studio practice informed by a rich tradition
and ever-expanding approaches to image-making.
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Request More InfoWhy Earn a Printmaking Minor?
Students can explore book arts, intaglio, relief, lithography, monotype, screen print, and interdisciplinary processes integrating both handmade and photo/digital matrices.
Many other art forms and approaches are based on conceptual aspects of this discipline. This is a creative outlet as a minor or for a lifetime!
Marketable Skills
Studying printmaking you will learn a variety of printing processes, such as the following.
- Intaglio — etching, photo intaglio, and mezzotint
- Lithography — hand-drawn and photo-based processes from stones or plates
- Monotype — unique one-of-a-kind prints
- Screenprint — also called silkscreen or serigraphy
- Relief — woodcut and linocut
Printmaking Studio Art Minor Highlights
The Printmaking Association of North Texas Students, PANTS, organizes exhibitions,
community events, field trips, fundraisers, awards, visiting artist events and portfolio
exchanges.
The College of Visual Arts and Design is one of the nation's most comprehensive visual
arts schools and is considered among the best in the Southwest.
We provide many opportunities to exhibit your work while you progress through the
program. Exhibitions are held on campus in the Cora Stafford Gallery, Paul Voertman
Gallery and other exhibition venues.
Our studios offer more than 5,000 square feet of space with seven etching/relief presses,
three lithography presses, a large selection of lithography stones and exposure units
for screen print, intaglio and lithography. You may also use the digital print labs,
digital fabrication labs, paper-making studio, woodshop and sculpture shop in the
Art Building for cross-media equipment.
You'll join a tight community of printmaking students who collaborate on activities
ranging from organizing print sales to coordinating travel to conferences.
Our Printmaking faculty are nationally and internationally recognized professional
artists who train students with technical skills, instill a sense of conceptual rigor,
promote creative research and mentor students for professional development opportunities.
Printmaking Studio Art Minor Courses You Could Take
Beginning PrintmakingRelief (3 hrs)
Introduction to concepts and techniques of relief printmaking, including carving and
printing wood, linoleum, and/or plastic relief matrixes. Black and white and multiple-color
printing will be explored along with limited edition and mono-printing.
Beginning PrintmakingScreen Printing (3 hrs)
Introduction to concepts and techniques of screen printmaking including manual and
photomechanical stencil-making. Black and white and multiple-color printing will be
explored along with limited edition and mono-printing.
FoundationsNarrative and Representation (3 hrs)
Emphasizes multiple levels of representation ranging from the physical to the intangible.
Intermediate PrintmakingIntaglio (3 hrs)
Concepts and techniques of Intaglio printmaking. Coursework may include making and
printing from drypoint plates, acrylic ground etching plates, and/or photopolymer
plates. Black and white and multiple-color printing will be explored along with limited
edition and mono-printing.
Intermediate PrintmakingLithography (3 hrs)
Concepts and techniques of lithographic printmaking. Coursework may include making
and printing from stones, polymer plates, ball-grained plates, and/or photopositive
plates and/or polyester plates. Black-and-white and multiple-color printing will be
explored along with limited edition and mono-printing.
Foundations: Perception and Translation (3 hrs)
Focuses on the translation of visual phenomena using a variety of digital and analog
drawing — mark-making — materials.
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