Printmedia
Printmedia Department
The Department of Printmedia presents an interdisciplinary exploration of printmaking that prizes experimentation and emphasizes the research and discovery needed to bring ideas to fruition. Iteration and discovery, purposeful execution and serendipitous results are highly valued. The department’s approach to materials, technique, and process are contemporary.
Printmedia is engaged with the multifaceted world of contemporary art, design and visual culture. Here, established ideas are welcomed and challenged; and new ideas are nurtured. Department faculty offer courses, mentorship and individualized instruction at the BFA, Post- Baccalaureate, and MFA levels.
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Elise Seigenthaler, "Hippocampus, Gateau d’annversaire, and Mom’s Shoes," 2019, photography, screen print, thread, bed sheets / fabric
Panel from Conor Stechschulte’s Talk Button, 2024. Courtesy the artist
Faculty Member Conor Stechschulte Creates a Comic for MoMA
As part of the Museum of Modern Art's (MoMA) Drawn to MoMA series, Assistant Professor Conor Stechschulte created a science fiction story inspired in part by pieces of the museum's collection. “Comics are great at being highly descriptive and visual about some element of a world while allowing others to be elided or simplified," saic Stechschulte. "This gives a cartoonist a lot of leeway to explore.”
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Department Chair
Jina Valentine jvalen3@saic.edu
Graduate Coordinator
Annie Kielman akielm@saic.edu
Senior Administrative Director
Nika Gorini
Administrative Director
Jessica DuPreez
Administrative Assistant
Maria Dunaevsky
Assistant Director of Printmedia Technical Facilities
Megan Sterling
Offset Technician
Todd J. Rau