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BFA: Printmaking

Printmaking at RISD supports the creative development of artists dedicated to visual exploration and expression using intaglio, lithography, screenprint, relief and related photo-processes. As a Printmaking major, you will explore a focused personal direction as you learn to master both traditional and contemporary techniques, including digital and alternative print methods.

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Curriculum


• Intaglio I (fall)
• Beginning Lithography (spring)
• Waterbase Silkscreen I (spring)
• Relief Projects (fall)
• Major or non-major elective (fall or spring)
• Liberal Arts electives (fall/spring)
• Wintersession course (winter)

Sophomores
In the first year of the program, you will be introduced to the basic forms of printmaking — intaglio, lithography and silkscreen.


• Printmaking Workshop: Light to Ink (fall)
• Printmaking Workshop: Seminar (spring)
• Printmaking Workshop: Critique (fall/spring)
• Major or non-major electives (fall or spring)
• Liberal Arts electives (fall/spring)
• Wintersession course (winter)

Juniors
As a junior, you will continue to hone your conceptual, critical and printmaking skills through a number of Printmaking electives or studios in related disciplines such as Illustration, Textiles and Photography.


• Printmaking Workshop: Critique (fall)
• Printmaking Workshop: Seminar (fall)
• Printmaking Degree Project: Critique (spring)
• Major or non-major elective (fall or spring)
• Liberal Arts electives (fall/spring)
• Wintersession course (winter)

Seniors
During the final year, you will work more independently to develop your own visual vocabulary and create a final Degree Project — a body of work that demonstrates your technical strengths and conceptual depth.