Program Overview

Art and Art History Program

The Art and Art History program at Colorado State University offers a comprehensive education in the arts, with a focus on creative expression, technical skills, and critical thinking.

Undergraduate Programs

• BA in Art History
  • Art History Certificate (Majors)
  • Art History Minor (Non-Majors)
• BA in Integrated Visual Studies
• BFA in Art Education
• BFA Studio
  • Drawing
  • Electronic Art
  • Fibers
  • Graphic Design
  • Metalsmithing
  • Painting
  • Photo Image Making
  • Pottery
  • Printmaking
  • Sculpture

Graduate Programs

• Master of Fine Arts

Printmaking Concentration

The Printmaking concentration provides a creative, community-focused atmosphere to explore innovative ideas, apply specific skills, and discover a life-long commitment to the arts. Students gain awareness of their position within art history and contemporary art making, and develop their own distinct set of creative issues and practices.

Coursework

Classes in Printmaking are taught in a hybrid workshop format that emphasizes personal investigation as well as collaborative conceptual engagement. The primary goal is to guide students in developing a strong personal vision and instill self-confidence, while building a concise portfolio of professional works. Students are given a sound technical background in a variety of tools, methods, and techniques to cultivate a strong studio practice and explore new, authentic research.

Facilities

The Visual Arts Building has its own dedicated Digital Fabrication Lab, where students can learn 3D modeling and printing, the operation of laser cutters, and the use of CNC machinery. The studio lab and communal print shop is an open workspace of 4,300 square feet that houses traditional, contemporary, and post-digital equipment.

Faculty

• Johnny Plastini: Associate Professor of Printmaking and Graduate Advisor of Printmaking

Program Details

The program focuses on a diverse range of historical methods, materials, and techniques, both from a western and non-western perspective. Contemporary low-toxicity approaches to traditional content and techniques, such as intaglio, lithography, relief, cyanotype, and serigraphy, develop throughout the program in conjunction with new innovations in CNC technology, laser engraving, and other post-digital applications. The Foundations Program provides students with a visual language, a critical eye, and the technical skills to find their voice and participate in the advancing world of printmaking.