Printmedia Department

The Department of Printmedia presents an interdisciplinary exploration of printmaking that prizes experimentation and emphasizes the research and discovery needed to bring ideas to fruition. Iteration and discovery, purposeful execution and serendipitous results are highly valued. The department’s approach to materials, technique, and process are contemporary.

Printmedia is engaged with the multifaceted world of contemporary art, design and visual culture. Here, established ideas are welcomed and challenged; and new ideas are nurtured. Department faculty offer courses, mentorship and individualized instruction at the BFA, Post- Baccalaureate, and MFA levels.

Three screen prints using purple, yellow and pink ink.

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Elise Seigenthaler, "Hippocampus, Gateau d’annversaire, and Mom’s Shoes," 2019, photography, screen print, thread, bed sheets / fabric

Panel from Conor Stechschulte’s Talk Button, 2024. Courtesy the artist

Faculty Member Conor Stechschulte Creates a Comic for MoMA

As part of the Museum of Modern Art's (MoMA) Drawn to MoMA series, Assistant Professor Conor Stechschulte created a science fiction story inspired in part by pieces of the museum's collection. “Comics are great at being highly descriptive and visual about some element of a world while allowing others to be elided or simplified," said Stechschulte. "This gives a cartoonist a lot of leeway to explore.”