They familiarized themselves with new technical developments and networked with members of the art community. Opportunities to experience the art world first hand is something that UNT's art program emphasizes. Press brings the real world to the academic setting. A working fine arts press is far removed from today's world of mice, keyboards, and computer screens. There is the smell of ink in the air.
Mysterious cables snake their way across the ceiling, some falling in coils along the wall.
Works of art in progress grace walls and table tops. The actual press, with its huge wheel and giant screw mechanism, looks like something Guttenburg may have used. Some of the lithography is done using limestone blocks brought from Baveria. Images are etched into the greenish stone, inked and pressed onto paper. The stones can be sanded and reused.