Expanded Drawing + Print Media

Drawing and print media provide versatile strategies for experimentation in mark, space and idea. In the University of the Arts’ Expanded Drawing + Print Media program, you will develop a studio practice that pushes the boundaries of traditional classifications and broadens your ways of seeing, making mark and creating experiences.

Students will explore the vast range of mark-making potential, both on paper and beyond paper, that “drawing” materials and print techniques have to offer. You’ll explore time-based works, site-specific works, and text and image work.

An intense and immersive studio experience is coupled with inspiration from world-class art museums in the city and exposure to a wide range of visiting artists and critics.

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Both drawing and printmaking have traditionally stood at the crossroads of illustration, graphic design and fine arts. Contemporary practice in drawing and print media expands beyond the traditional to include site-specific drawings, digital works, installations and interactive art.

Thumbnail — Student work: Untitled. Screenprint by Paul Portis BFA '12 (Printmaking + Book Arts)

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Lydia Spence

'18

Expanded Drawing + Print Media

Shane Olsen

'17

Expanded Drawing + Print Media

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Rosae Reeder

Expanded Drawing + Print Media

Exhibited in multiple galleries internationally

Mary Phelan

Expanded Drawing + Print Media

Projects exhibited nationally and internationally and part of many museum collections

Patty Smith

Expanded Drawing + Print Media

Collaborates with French artist/filmmaker to create prints & drawings that become animations

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About the Curriculum

The curriculum of the Fine Arts Major with an emphasis in Expanded Drawing + Print Media is based on a framework of research, studio experimentation, artistic invention and daily practice. Personal vision and artistic innovation anchor the development of work for significant cultural contributions and dialogue, gallery and museum exhibitions, and creating work for diverse communities and public spaces. To that end, you will be given assignments designed to develop conceptual skills and become proficient in the necessary processes and techniques appropriate for your artistic vision and intention.

Students who complete the Fine Arts Major with an emphasis in Expanded Drawing + Print Media will

demonstrate independent, creative problem-solving and original thinking through the development of a distinct and personal approach to art-making informed by contemporary issues and historical precedents.
demonstrate critical and conceptual development through research and analysis, applying readings, theories and methodologies toward the production of critically informed artworks.
acquire and demonstrate the professional skills needed to be successful as practicing artists, entrepreneurs and productive citizens, including further study at the graduate level.
effectively communicate, orally and in writing, the thoughts behind their choices and decisions concerning content and strategies.
demonstrate proficiency in a number of advanced techniques in individual studio practice, including a deep familiarity with materials and processes.

Sample Courses in the Fine Arts Major with an emphasis in Expanded Drawing and Print Media

First Year
Drawing: Objects & Space
Drawing: Natural Forms & The Human Figure
Image/Time
Color
Object/Environment
Body as Form

Second Year
Sophomore Projects
Expanded Materials
Concepts/Works on Paper
The Printed Multiple

Third Year
Word, Image and Visual Culture
Installation/Public Intervention
Junior Projects/Discourse
Contemporary Issues

Fourth Year
Advanced Drawing & Print Media
Fine Arts Thesis Groundwork
The Artist’s Manifesto
Professional Practices
Fine Arts Thesis Studio

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Alex Da Corte

BFA '04

Expanded Drawing + Print Media

Visual artist whose work has been called "dazzling" by 'The New York Times'

Leah Mackin

BFA '07

Expanded Drawing + Print Media

Professional studio artist and teacher with several solo exhibitions across the country

Nicole Eiland

BFA '07

Expanded Drawing + Print Media

Founded & directs an art center in a renovated historic New Jersey train station.

Each academic year, the Fine Arts program at University of the Arts hosts innovative, dynamic artists whose work inspires and educates the entire UArts community. Spring 2019’s roster features Catherine Bebout, Mark Campbell, Mary Mattingly and Carrie Moyer.

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View a list of past Fine Arts visiting artists.