Master of Fine Arts - Printmaking

University of Alberta

The Printmaking program is internationally recognized for its innovative teaching and creative research practices. It is supported by active, award-winning professors, staff, and technicians, whose work has been exhibited in museums, universities, and at cultural institutions around the world.The basic areas of Printmaking are relief, intaglio/etching, silkscreen, lithography, and digital media. This range of printing processes provides artists with an opportunity to explore a wide array of graphic languages, and to make prints through a variety of materials (wood and metal, layer imagery, and the combination of drawing with photographic and digital imagery). The print is an extremely fluid and dynamic medium that enables artists to work across a wide range of sensibilities and technical processes that encompass drawing, design, illustration, photography, digital media, book arts, as well as to explore ideas in inter-media, sculpture and installation. As a program we respect the historical traditions and foundations of printmaking whilst fostering a desire to grow and evolve printmaking practices.