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PRINTMAKING The Art Education Program at Teachers College offers a fine educational experience with its many art studios for all pre-service students. The Printmaking Studio draws on a long history of established practice and offers courses in lithography, etching, and silkscreen. With enhanced digital processes, today’s students can develop their work in using both digital and traditional studio practices. Printmaking studio permits creation of exciting and complex art forms merging digital with material art. This has created a unique learning environment, one in which students explore future teaching methodologies using two seemingly different media and help bridge gap between the old with the new.
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LITHOGRAPHY Lithography is a printing method based on the rejection of water and oil. The process was invented in 1978 by Aloys Senefelder, but it was 19th century French artists like Toulouse Lautrec, Redon, and Munch who made it popular among fine artists. The original medium was stone, and the Printmaking Studio is fortunate to have a rich collection of lithographic stones, rare in most educational studios. We teach a variety of techniques, such as stone, aluminum plates, and photolithography. Yet stone lithography remains the highlight of lithographic experience for our students. We are pleased to have hosted New York City galleries to observe our students’ work with this original process.
Etching In this process images are etched on copper or zinc plates using chemical processes, and the plate is then printed using a press. Although the art of engraved printing goes back to ancient times, it was the invention of the printing press by Gutenberg in Germany that marks its beginning as an art form. The artistic processes are based on centuries-old traditions defined by artists like Albert Durer and have changed very little. The etching course at Teachers College explores a range of techniques, such as dry point, intaglio, and aquatint, offering students a wonderful experience in understanding artists’ knowledge of chemistry and materials. students combine photo processes with traditional methods to expand their artistic and teaching repertoire.
Silkscreen In this form of printing, ink is squeezed through a stenciled screen onto paper. The term “serigraph� is sometimes used to distinguish fine art silkscreen prints from commercial products. Different processes are used to make the stencils, including direct drawing and photo emulsions. The process is an ancient one, developed in China hence the name silkscreen. It became a popular art form during the 1930s in the United States, but it was not until the 1960s that Pop artists’ use of this medium brought it into prominence. This course exposes students to a variety of silkscreen methods and allows them to explore photo printing in depth, covering all important techniques and processes of digital imaging.
Teachers College in New York, New York Engage with some of the most renowned and exciting practitioners, philosophers, psychologists, educators and researchers in the arts, cultural studies, and humanities anywhere in the world. Program: • Five degree programs: MA, MA with Teacher Certification, Ed.M., Ed.D., and the Ed.D. in the College Teaching of Art • Specializations in: Museum Education, Community Arts, Studio Practice and Leadership • A summer intensive MA • International experiences overseas Opportunities for… • Serious scholarship and intellectual debate • Art practice and research • Individually designed independent study projects • Engagement with schools in diverse neighborhoods • Internships in museums • Professional employment in arts venues • Macy Gallery Art Exhibitions • Exciting conversations across cultures We are… A community of faculty and students: artists, teachers, museum educators, art historians, thinkers, movers and doers who come together to address critical issues of our time.
Judith M. Burton, Director 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027 Tel: (212) 678-3360 • www.tc.edu/a%26ah/ArtEd