fine arts | printmaking

Bridge the disciplines of graphic design, illustration, and photography with a Fine Arts degree in printmaking. You will train and practice within a generous range of printmaking facilities and sharpen your understanding of and proficiency in a variety of printmaking techniques, including screen-printing, intaglio, lithography, relief, and monotype. Our letterpress studio scrutinizes the essential link between typography and fine art and deepens your knowledge of fine art papers.

Your print experience is supplemented through CVA coursework in book arts taught onsite at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Here, our faculty of skilled, small-press entrepreneurs teaches both traditional and experimental approaches to constructing and making books.

Sophomore

Figure Drawing
Non-Traditional Drawing
Introduction to Printmaking
Introduction to Painting
Figure Painting
Introduction to Sculptural Practices
Art Since 1945
Science of Art Conservation
Visual Geometry
Contemporary Issues in Art
Total 30

Junior

Relief/Monotype Printmaking
Introduction to Photography
2 Studio Electives
Hand Lettering
Professional Writing and Rhetoric
Intaglio
Studio Arts Website Design
Studio Internship
2 Humanities or Social Science Electives
Liberal Arts Elective
Total 36

Senior

Letterpress
Introduction to Fine Arts Studio Thesis
Studio Elective
Studio Thesis for Printmaking
Professional Practices
Seminar Thesis
2 Humanities or Social Science Electives
Liberal Arts Elective
Total 30