Printmaking at CU reflects the dynamic mix of tradition and innovation that defines the medium today. The program encourages aesthetic exploration across all the traditional print mediums while emphasizing current best practices in the field with the inclusion of processes that are non-toxic. Printmaking faculty encourage the development of conceptual skills, technical expertise and individual aesthetic while students explore a wide range of print mediums. Students can explore their artistic visions in any of the following mediums: intaglio, relief, lithography, screen print, monotype and alternative methods. The studios are equipped for all processes related to each medium.
Our space consists of approximately 7,830 square feet including dedicated areas for litho, intaglio, relief, screen printing areas, acid room, flat files and storage. Additionally, digital, photographic and alternate techniques are supported We have four Takash etching presses with press bed sizes spanning 76" x 40" to 48" x 24". Lithography hosts three presses ranging from 43" x 81" to 30" x 48". All studios feature extensive ventilation.
Area Faculty
Jonathan Nicklow
MFA, Printmaking, 2010
Artist Website
I chose the MFA program at CU Boulder so I could study under Melanie Yazzie and the other faculty in the Art and Art History Department. The opportunity to fully focus on my art practice during my time in graduate school was my best memory.
Currently I am able to pursue my printmaking in my home studio and continue to produce relief, intaglio, and monotype prints. I am also teaching at Metro State University, Denver.
Summer Ventis
MFA, Printmaking, 2012
Artist Website
I chose the CU Boulder MFA program for the interdisciplinary nature of the program, for the amazing facilities, and for the opportunity to work with the CU Boulder faculty.
It was important to me to work in an interdisciplinary environment. The opportunity to interact closely with faculty and other graduate students, not only from other studio areas, but also from Art History and Film, was invaluable.
My recent work engages the reciprocal relationship between internal and external landscapes, between people and our environments, in the landscapes of the Western and Midwestern United States. Across these bodies of work, the tent form is emblematic of the tenuous nature of our relationship to our surroundings, an object that allows us to connect with the landscape, to spend time in it, by separating and protecting us from it. I am currently Assistant Professor of Printmaking at California State University Sacramento.