depARTment of art FACILITIES

art history ceramics drawing graphic/web design painting

photography/imaging arts printmaking sculpture visual resource center woodshop

PRINTMAKING

Lithography, intaglio, silkscreen, relief printmaking and book arts are taught in the printmaking department. The printmaking area is in a large classroom/studio on the first floor of Meek Hall. There are cubicles for graduate and undergraduate majors, a darkroom and an adjoining work room with cabinets for storage.

The lithography press is a Takach-Garfield variable speed electric, 34" x 57", and lithography stones, rollers, levigators and a general purpose/graining sink are available in the printmaking shop.

For intaglio there are three presses: a 30" x 50" Charles Brand, a 20" x 43" antique mint press, and a 23" x 36" Whelan. Two proofing presses for type-high blocks and linoleum are also available. There is a ventilated acid area with glass safety doors, a drench shower and handheld eye-drench fountain.

A vacuum frame exposure unit and a dark room equipped with an enlarger are available for silkscreen and alternative photography methods, such as cyanotype and Van Dyke Brown prints.

Other equipment includes two hot plates, a bookbinders’ press, large paper cutter, mat cutter, metal shear, drying rack and a wall mounted plexiglass cutter.