ART 218 — Screenprinting
This course emphasizes advanced practice, technique, and historical knowledge of screenprinting as a fine art medium. An important feature of the course will be the study of the materials, stencils, films, blockouts, photomechanical processes, and inks of the screenprinting process Photographic and digital image-making techniques related to photoscreenprinting will be studied and applied further, including use of the enlarger, stat camera, digital camera, flatbed scanner, and slide scanner. Instruction will cover serigraphic flatbed printing as well as use of the rotary press for textile printing. Students will be required to complete particular aesthetic and technical assignments through their prints.