Graduate Programs
Degree Programs
M.F.A. in Visual Art and Public Life
Printmaking
The Printmaking curriculum provides a broad and intensive experience for printmaking graduate students. Students will be able to explore and experiment in a wide variety of media and processes, including plate and stone lithography and the intaglio processes of etching, engraving, and aquatint. The printmaking program also supports work in monotype, woodcut, and silkscreen.
Spacious, well-equipped facilities for the study of traditional approaches to printmaking are augmented by additional facilities for the investigation of digital and photomechanical processes. The printmaking graduate program is housed within Herron's state-of-the-art 163,000 square foot facility that opened in 2005.
At the graduate level, students will acquire new technical skills and refine skills students have developed already to an advanced professional level while students are challenged to undertake an extensive and intensive examination of the thematic and theoretical content that fuels their creative work.
Graduate students are given considerable autonomy for working in self-defined directions in consultation with faculty while focusing on printing technologies most appropriate for individual development.
Graduate group and individual critiques, field trips, portfolio projects, exhibition opportunities, collaborative public art projects, and workshops and lectures by visiting artists complement the studio experience by providing critical discussion, and a broader framework for professional development.
Printmaking Suggested Plan of Study
First Year Course Work
| Fall | Credits | |
| HER-G 510 | Studio Emphasis I: Materials and Methods in Printmaking | 6 |
| HER-R 529 | Interdisciplinary Collaboration in the Visual Arts | 3 |
| HER-H 560 | Visual Culture: A Visual Studies Approach | 3 |
| HER-J 530 | University Visual Art Teaching Practicum or Free Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Spring | Credits | |
| HER-G 520 | Studio Emphasis II: Theory into Practice in Printmaking | 6 |
| HER-R 539 | Urban Art Context (may be repeated) | 3 |
| HER-J 520 | Project Management/Public Art | 3 |
| HER-H 5xx | Art History | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
Second Year Course Work
| Fall | Credits | |
| HER-G 560 | Studio Emphasis III: Advanced Practice in Printmaking | 6 |
| HER-R 539 | Urban Art Context (if repeated) | 0-3 |
| Graduate Studio Elective | 3-6 | |
| HER-H 610 or HER-H 501 |
Art Theory & Criticism or A Critical Approach to Art | 3 |
| Academic Elective | 0-3 | |
| Total | 15 |
| Spring | Credits | |
| HER-R 599 | Studio Emphasis IV: Thesis | 6 |
| Graduate Studio Elective | 6-9 | |
| Art History or Academic Elective | 0-3 | |
| Total | 1 |