Printmaking. Academic Program Description

A program that prepares individuals creatively and technically to express emotions, ideas, or inner visions by rendering art concepts onto surfaces and transferring images, via ink or dyes, onto paper or fabric. Includes instruction in monochrome and color printing; tonality; chemistry; equipment set-up and maintenance; techniques such as serigraphy, lithography, intaglio, woodcut, block, stencil, relief, etching, and composite; and personal style development.

Related Occupations

• Art, Drama, and Music Teachers
• Craft Artists
• Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
• Multi-Media Artists and Animators

Colleges Offering this Curriculum

• American University
• Arcadia University
• Art Academy of Cincinnati
• Bradley University
• California College of the Arts
• Capital Community College
• Cleveland Institute of Art
• College of Santa Fe
• Corcoran College of Art and Design
• Cranbrook Academy of Art
• Drake University
• Escuela de Artes Plasticas de Puerto Rico
• Indiana Wesleyan University
• Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San German
• Kansas City Art Institute
• Maine College of Art
• Maryland Institute College of Art
• Marywood University
• Massachusetts College of Art
• Milwaukee Institute of Art Design
• Northern Arizona University
• Northern Oklahoma College
• Ohio University-Main Campus
• Pacific Northwest College of Art
• Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
• Pratt Institute-Main
• Rhode Island School of Design
• Salem State College
• Sam Houston State University
• San Francisco Art Institute
• Sinclair Community College
• SUNY College at New Paltz
• Temple University
• The University of the Arts
• Tulsa Community College
• University of Akron Main Campus
• University of Dallas
• University of Hartford
• University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
• University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
• University of Missouri-St Louis
• University of North Texas
• University of Oregon
• University of the District of Columbia
• University of Washington - Seattle
• Washington University in St Louis
• Western Washington University