Printmaking

The printmaking program at KCAI provides a blend of basic studio practice — wdrawing, painting, collage — with a core of technologies specific to print, such as intaglio, wood block, lithography, letterpress, silk-screen and book-making. Simultaneously, you'll learn to utilize digital and Web possibilities, including iMovie, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesin, Dreamweaver, Flash and FinalCut Pro. In printmaking, you will discover the many different ways that an image functions in the world.

Printmaking students are encouraged to challenge the possibilities of the discipline. In any one student's studio, you might find beautifully framed etchings that have been morphed into a video animation. In a critique, one student may have developed bumper stickers for a community art project, while another will show his or her Web work, and yet another will be focused and committed to his or her lithographs and etchings.

Our printmaking alumni leave the department as both accomplished artists and printmakers.

KCAI to host Southern Graphics Council Conference

In 2007, the printmaking department at KCAI will host the Southern Graphics Council Conference on the KCAI campus. More information is available on the SGC Conference Web site.