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Printmaking Course List

Course Title Course # Credits
Adv Printmaking:Color Printing PR 415 3 credits
Adv. Printmaking/Photo Process PR 375 3 credits
Adv.Printmaking I PR 370 3 credits
Advanced Screenprinting PR 318 3 credits
Artist’s Books PR 354 3 credits
Collagraph for Color PR 326 3 credits
Computer Assisted Printmaking PR 310 3 credits
Constructed Print PR 224 3 credits
Dolphin Press Relief&Broadside PR 242 3 credits
Dolphin Press: ‘Zine PR 244 3 credits
Dolphin Press: Artists’ Books PR 256 3 credits
Dolphin Press: Book & Multiple PR 255 3 credits
Dolphin Press: Letterpress PR 248 3 credits
Etching: Grnds for Celebration PR 314 3 credits
Foundation: Print Media PR 100 3 credits
History of Paper Structure PR 340 3 credits
Illustrative Print PR 222 3 credits
Intaglio Printmaking PR 214 3 credits
Junior Printmaking Seminar PR 376 3 credits
Letterpress/Book PR 342 3 credits
Lithography PR 216 3 credits
Lithography II PR 316 3 credits
Monoprint PR 230 3 credits
Paper, Book and Press PR 345 3 credits
Papermaking and Book Structure PR 294 3 credits
Photo Printmaking PR 232 3 credits
Photo Printmkg & Digital Image PR 332 3 credits
Portrait & Lithography PR 234 3 credits
Post Studio: Public Realm PR 371 3 credits
Print Survey: Intaglio/Relief PR 213 3 credits
Print Survey: Litho/Monoprint PR 217 3 credits
Print Survey:Collagrph & Color PR 226 3 credits
Printmaking Independent Study PR 398 3 credits
Printmaking:Intaglio,Collagrap PR 220 3 credits
Relief Printing PR 212 3 credits
Relief Printing PR 312 3 credits
Repetition/ Constructed Print PR 324 3 credits
Screenprint for Graphic Design PR 221 3 credits
Screenprinting PR 218 3 credits
Studio Survey of Printmaking PR 200 3 credits
The Professional Folio PR 260 3 credits

The Certificate in Printmaking allows students to work with the Corcoran’s renowned faculty of printmakers while studying traditional printmaking techniques. Students also incorporate advances in digital technologies into the curriculum. Courses allow students to work in a variety of concentrations, including etching, lithography, mixed media, papermaking and screen-printing, or digital media design.

Four (4) required courses:
DR1250 Design or DR1260 Color Theory
Introductory 1000 Level Drawing
Intermediate 2000 Level Drawing
Introductory 1000 Level Printmaking
Introductory 2000 Level Printmaking

Five (5) elective courses may be chosen from the following:
Etching Elective
Lithography Elective
Mixed Media Elective
Papermaking Elective
Screen-printing Elective
Digital Media Elective

Credit certificates
Designed for individuals seeking professional development or a focused, sequential approach to a specific discipline, credit certificates from the Corcoran College of Art + Design may be completed through part-time study in one to three years. Certificate students fully participate in classes, often with Degree students, and are held to the same high standards.

Certificates in Design prepare students to enter one of several expanding technology-based fields, or advance their current design careers. Fine Arts Certificate students access the Corcoran’s well-equipped studios, extensive offerings, and outstanding faculty. Electives are chosen in consultation with an advisor who can also approve substitutions for required courses, based on students’ prior studies or experience.

Each certificate program is either 15.0 or 18.0 credits in length. With the exception of some Botanical Art and Illustration courses, each course carries 1.5 or 3.0 credits. For a certificate to be issued, the requirements must be completed within a three-year period with a grade of C or better in each course. Students must ensure that the Office of the Registrar receives notification of their completion of high school or the equivalent before submitting their certificate request form.

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Printmaking and papermaking offer artists from varied disciplines an alternative direction for development and growth. Print and Paper area courses present a diverse menu of media and approaches that enable students to develop, understand, and expand their visual ideas. Students with experience in drawing, painting, sculpture, installation, photography, and digital media may find unique applications and combinations in print and paper media.

Printmaking
Print courses offer in-depth instruction of the traditional printmaking techniques—relief, intaglio, lithography, and screenprinting—as well as a wide variety of mixed-media and interdisciplinary approaches. Processes are taught as a means of visual expression and exploration while edition and production skills are addressed by means of various print exchange portfolios throughout the year.

The relief and intaglio area has three etching presses, and the adjoining lithography area has a large selection of stones and four presses. The screenprinting studio is entirely water-based and is equipped with darkroom facilities as well as a large vacuum-frame exposure unit. The studios share four Macintosh G4 computer workstations equipped with scanners and appropriate software for digital imaging, and printers for color output and production of film positives for photo processes in all media.

Papermaking courses explore the possibilities of pulp as a dynamic and versatile material that can be used two- and three- dimensionally as well as made from a variety of materials (plant fibers, old clothing, recycled papers). Its incorporation with sculpture, painting, photography, and printmaking can expand and personalize more traditional uses of these media.

The Paper studio is fully equipped with two Hollander beaters, a mixer/hydropulper, hydraulic press, vacuum table, and pulp sprayers. The studio is open (outside of regularly scheduled class) to students who have successfully completed a papermaking course and have the permission of the instructor. Monitors are available to assist students outside of class.

Printmaking

The Printmaking Program embraces a full range of technologies and ideas as part of the contemporary art and culture dialogue. We encourage students to explore the multiple possibilities of print and book arts to develop an individual and sustained pathway as an artist, whether printmaking is the central practice or the support for other processes.

The program encourages interdisciplinary projects and collaborations with students in the Graphic Design, Illustration, Painting/Drawing, Photography, Textiles, and Writing and Literature programs.

Along with a dedication to teaching students to create expressive works, faculty members have a commitment to sustaining a strong community and a supportive working environment. They bring diverse approaches and professional practices to the studio classroom.

The program offers five studios on the Oakland campus. All students should review the studio access policy.
The main shop has a large French tool etching press, two other etching presses, two lithography presses, and more than 100 litho stones.
A second studio is mainly for relief printing and critique.
A third studio is a combined screen/photo printmaking and papermaking / book arts studio. It has a large exposing table, a screen wash-out area, and a coating facility, each in separate rooms. The papermaking equipment includes a Hollander beater, a hydropulper, numerous molds of various sizes, and couching screens to practice an Eastern-Western technique.
The fourth studio is dedicated to book arts and contains two Vandercook letterpresses, a large type press, a photopolymer platemaker, several hundred cases of wood and metal type, and bookbinding equipment.
The fifth studio is a dedicated small print shop with an etching press for seniors and graduate students.

There is also a space for rotating student exhibitions. Lastly, the program offers digital film and paper output options for photographic processes and a digital printmaking course.