Printmaking
Traditional + contemporary print media – realize creative goals and pursue innovative ventures
YSU’s Printmaking area is part of the B.F.A. in Studio Art – Interdisciplinary Studio Art degree. Printmaking provides students with technical skills and knowledge balanced with conceptual development within traditional and contemporary print media. You’ll follow a curriculum that offers a diverse range of media experiences and allow for a progression of technical, aesthetic, and conceptual development. You’ll study lithography, intaglio, screenprint, relief, monoprint/monotype and phot/digital-based printmaking applications used to create editioned prints, as well as unique, one-of-a-kind works. Additionally, many printmaking processes may be integrated into other media, such as Painting, Photography, Ceramics, Sculpture, Installation, and Graphic Design.
Facilities
Our Printmaking facility is one of the most contemporary and versatile student printmaking studios in the region. The area employs many non-toxic printmaking methods and the safest equipment/materials in the field. The large Printmaking studio has an attached chemistry room dedicated to etching, and a technology lab/darkroom annex allowing the ability to incorporate archival digital printing, vinyl cutting/plotting, CNC routing, and the generation of photo-matrices into the curriculum.
Exhibition Spaces
When the time comes for you to display your work, you’ll have the opportunity to exhibit solo, group, or experimental work in the McDonough Museum of Art, Solomon Gallery, or our Student Project Gallery.
Meet our world-class Printmaking Faculty
Our dedicated and professionally involved faculty are actively engaged in helping Interdisciplinary Studio Art students successfully transition into positions with national and regional creative industries or graduate programs.
