Bachelor of Fine Arts students utilize printmaking as means to examine studio practice and question formal image making while investigating possibilities of the print matrix. Purposeful experimentation allows for the possible transference of printmaking skills and concepts into areas of personal investigation and other fields. Students are able to integrate fabricated (hand) with sampled (digital) imagery with a high degree of visual consistency and material integrity while understanding the impact of the multiple in all facets of their studio practice.
Students gain technical proficiency in a broad range of print media including, but not limited to, book arts, digital/post-digital, intaglio, lithography, monoprint/monotype, relief, screenprint, alternative processes, installation, and cross-disciplinary practices. Through understanding and mastering of the professional, creative, and collaborative practices within printmaking, students develop the ability to integrate additional or contemporary media into print-based works.
Students learn problem solving skills, methods of critical thinking, and idea development through provocative assignments and critiques. Through the understanding of the history and current relevance of print media and its role within the history of fine art and presence of contemporary visual culture, students are able to discuss contemporary works from formal through technical and conceptual decisions.