Printmedia

MFA & Post-Baccalaureate Departments
Printmedia

Printmedia Faculty

Printmedia Course Descriptions

Doug Huston
A Certain Species of Would, 2000, Ink Jet on Paper w/ Linoleum, 51"x 27"

Printmedia

The printmedia department seeks to broaden the definition of printmedia without forsaking traditional methods. Covering a wide variety of techniques — from fifteenth-century technology to contemporary methods — the department maintains facilities for processes ranging from etching, screenprinting, lithography, and relief printing to offset productions and other photo-mechanical processes.

The department’s faculty members are versed in all printmedia techniques as well as in at least one discipline outside of printmedia — including painting, design, digital, video, installation, photography, and writing.
The talents and skills of the faculty have won them numerous grants and awards, including seven Illinois Arts Council Grants, five National Endowment for the Arts awards, and one Fulbright Fellowship.

Like the faculty, graduate students in Printmedia work across disciplines, creating books, collages, sculpture, and installations in addition to a variety of approaches to print media. The range of interests is as diverse as the available methods of execution. Students have numerous resources at their disposal, including the Glore Print Study Room in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the Art Institute Museum, and the Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection in the John M. Flaxman Library at the School.

Equipment and facilities include:

Four etching relief presses; seven stone lithographic presses; one offset proof press; two offset presses; process camera; photomechanical darkroom; bookbinding equipment; individual studios; Macintosh computer lab with 10 stations and assorted peripherals.