Andrew Raftery

Professor
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a photo portrait of RISD faculty member Andrew Raftery
BFA, Boston University
MFA, Yale University

Andrew Stein Raftery is a printmaker specializing in narrative scenes of contemporary American life. Trained in painting and printmaking at Boston University and Yale, he has focused on burin engraving for the past 12 years, publishing the portfolios Suit Shopping in 2002 and Open House in 2008. Both projects were exhibited at Mary Ryan Gallery in New York and were collected by the Whitney Museum of American Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston and the British Museum. In 2003 Raftery received the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, and in 2008 he was a fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. He was elected to membership in the National Academy in 2009.

Art historical research is closely aligned with Raftery’s studio practice. In his position as professor of printmaking at RISD, he often collaborates with the RISD Museum on exhibitions and educational programs, recently as consulting curator for The Brilliant Line: The Journey of the Early Modern Engraver, fall 2009 at the RISD Museum and at the Block Museum at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He is a recipient of RISD’s John R. Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Courses

Fall 2023 Courses

PRINT 461G-01 - GRADUATE PRINTMAKING I: HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND PRACTICE
Level Graduate
Unit Printmaking
Subject Printmaking
Period Fall 2023
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

PRINT 461G-01

GRADUATE PRINTMAKING I: HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND PRACTICE

Level Graduate
Unit Printmaking
Subject Printmaking
Period Fall 2023
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: T | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Andrew Raftery, Tyanna Buie Enrolled / Capacity: 8 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

Students in the graduate printmaking program will utilize graduate level research and scholarship as an impetus for growth within studio practice. Investigation into historical cycles of printmaking will be fostered through assigned texts and exploration of primary resources available at RISD, especially The RISD Museum. A dialogue stemming from intensive studio work will be developed in varied formats by faculty, visiting artists and peers throughout the semester.

Open to Graduate Painting Students. 
 

Major Requirement | MFA Printmaking

PRINT 463G-01 - GRADUATE PRINTMAKING III: HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND PRACTICE
Level Graduate
Unit Printmaking
Subject Printmaking
Period Fall 2023
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

PRINT 463G-01

GRADUATE PRINTMAKING III: HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND PRACTICE

Level Graduate
Unit Printmaking
Subject Printmaking
Period Fall 2023
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: T | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Andrew Raftery, Tyanna Buie Enrolled / Capacity: 8 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

Students in the graduate printmaking program will utilize graduate level research and scholarship as an impetus for growth within studio practice. Investigation into historical cycles of printmaking will be fostered through assigned texts and exploration of primary resources available at RISD, especially The RISD Museum. A dialogue stemming from intensive studio work will be developed in varied formats by faculty, visiting artists and peers throughout the semester.

Open to Graduate Printmaking Students.

Major Requirement | MFA Printmaking

Wintersession 2024 Courses

PRINT 4655-101 - COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING
Level Undergraduate
Unit Printmaking
Subject Printmaking
Period Wintersession 2024
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

PRINT 4655-101

COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING

Level Undergraduate
Unit Printmaking
Subject Printmaking
Period Wintersession 2024
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-01-04 to 2024-02-07
Times: MTW | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM | 02/05/2024 - 02/07/2024; MT | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM | 01/29/2024 - 01/29/2024; MTW | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM | 01/22/2024 - 01/24/2024; T | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM | 01/16/2024 - 01/16/2024; MTW | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM | 01/08/2024 - 01/10/2024 Instructor(s): Andrew Raftery Location(s): Benson Hall, Room 206 Enrolled / Capacity: 12 Status: Closed

SECTION DESCRIPTION

Engraving requires a single tool - the burin - to make intaglio prints of astounding clarity. The engraved line is unique in its brilliance and energy. A skilled engraver has complete mastery of every aspect of line, allowing a great range of expression from the most delicate linear shading to visceral gestures that stand our in relief when printed on the paper. Students will learn tool sharpening, image development, techniques for transferring designs to copper, burin use and special printing requirements. Emphasis will be placed on development of a personal language of marks appropriate to individual artistic needs. Museum visits and a master copy will provide inspiration for contemporary expression through an analysis of great engravings from the fifteenth century to the present.

Estimated Materials Cost: $50.00

Elective

Spring 2024 Courses

PRINT 462G-01 - GRADUATE PRINTMAKING II: CURATORIAL & CRITICAL TOPICS AND PRACTICE
Level Graduate
Unit Printmaking
Subject Printmaking
Period Spring 2024
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

PRINT 462G-01

GRADUATE PRINTMAKING II: CURATORIAL & CRITICAL TOPICS AND PRACTICE

Level Graduate
Unit Printmaking
Subject Printmaking
Period Spring 2024
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-02-15 to 2024-05-24
Times: T | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Andrew Raftery, Juana Estrada Hernandez Enrolled / Capacity: 8 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

What is the curatorial imperative? By incorporating curation into studio practice, artists understand the context for placing new combinations into the world. Collecting, archiving and critical analysis of source material will develop a philosophy of stewardship. Central questions about printmaking as a crucial core for many disciplines that incorporate the relation between matrix and formed object, layers, reversals, positive and negative and replication of original and appropriated media will provide a structure. The state of print publishing, art fairs and current curatorial literature will inform ongoing discussion.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate Printmaking Students.

Major Requirement | MFA Printmaking

PRINT 464G-01 - GRADUATE PRINTMAKING IV: CRITICAL TOPICS AND PRACTICE
Level Graduate
Unit Printmaking
Subject Printmaking
Period Spring 2024
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

PRINT 464G-01

GRADUATE PRINTMAKING IV: CRITICAL TOPICS AND PRACTICE

Level Graduate
Unit Printmaking
Subject Printmaking
Period Spring 2024
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-02-15 to 2024-05-24
Times: T | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Andrew Raftery, Juana Estrada Hernandez Enrolled / Capacity: 8 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

What is the place of printmaking in the art-world and the world at large today? Central questions about printmaking as a crucial core for many disciplines that incorporate the relation between matrix and formed object, layers, reversals, positive and negative, the replication of original and appropriated media will provide a structure. The state of print publishing, art fairs and current critical literature will inform ongoing discussions, research, and presentations.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate Printmaking Students.

Major Requirement | MFA Printmaking

Image
a photo portrait of RISD faculty member Andrew Raftery
BFA, Boston University
MFA, Yale University