Students work to complete a portfolio of editions of prints. Emphases in the course are on precision and imaginative use of the medium, as well as on the analysis of the steps required to produce a given image. This course is an introduction to traditional print-making processes. The first half of the course is devoted to relief printing using both linoleum and wood blocks. The second half of the course covers a variety of intaglio techniques including drypoint, hard and soft ground etching, aquatint, and collograph.
Students work to produce a portfolio of editions of prints.
Emphases in the course are on precision and sensitive manipulation of the various techniques. Art 261. 405, 406. The intensive study of some selected art form, movement, or other specialized subject in studio art and in art history. This is for seniors with a good record in art history courses. In recent years, students have held internships at such places as the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, MA, and the National Art Collections Fund of Great Britain.