“Asking questions about your work and being willing to examine those questions intensely is the basis of our program. Over the course of two years this process will yield challenges as well as exciting developments in your work,” says Professor Hester Stinnett. “In Printmaking we support this effort by keeping our classes small and focusing on each individual artist in our program.”

One element of the program that often influences shifts in direction is the emphasis on interdisciplinary work. Printmaking MFAs are encouraged to study photography or sculpture for example, and to blend the skills and aesthetics of those areas with their own.

To that end, Tyler’s graduate printmakers explore a broad range of approaches to the field including the traditional printmaking disciplines, photo processes, digital print media, large-scale printmaking, and 3D installation. MFA students have a separate fully equipped print studio with 24-hour access, as well as access to the three large undergraduate studios equipped with state-of-the-art technology. Additionally, graduate students have semi-private studios. Students also have the option of spending up to two semesters working abroad in the print studios at Temple University Rome.

Faculty members, who are all practicing artists themselves, work closely and collegially with graduate students, and also invest significant time in their students’ career progress, from interview coaching and career development workshops to guidance assembling professional portfolios.