PRINTMAKING

MISSION / / / The Printmaking Program prepares students to be professional artists and to teach art at the college level. Our program offers a broad range of traditional, contemporary, and innovative techniques while encouraging students to formulate and articulate their philosophical and personal concepts and translate them into visual ideas. This intensive studio experience combines critical and theoretical dialogue. We are dedicated to acquainting students with the rich and diverse world of multicultural art and its formative impact on contemporary art.Over the past three decades digital technologies have expanded the possibilities for making print-based images and objects in ways that continue to emerge. In response to these new technologies, we continuously redefine our curriculum and introduce new courses that connect students from different areas with digital imagery and the editions of multicolor prints. Our students are engaged in the creation of diverse multimedia projects that include installations, three-dimensional objects, and digital printmaking.

PRINTMAKING

RIMER CARDILLO PROFESSOR

In 1997 Rimer Cardillo was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. In 2006 he received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence for Scholarship and Creative Activities, and the Research and Scholarship Award, Research Foundation, both from the State University of New York. He was selected to represent Uruguay at the 2001 Venice Biennial with a large installation. In 2003 the artist’s cross-cultural interests were highlighted in a guest lecture at London’s Tate Modern. The Kiscell Museum in Hungary exhibited in 2010 a monumental installation by the artist at the Template Space. Recently the Nassau County Museum, Roslyn, Long Island organized a retrospective of the artist, Rimer Cardillo: Jornadas de la Memoria.

rimercardillo.comcardillr@newpaltz.edu 845.257.2871

JILL PARISI ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Jill Parisi’s work examines the natural world’s patterns and structures in a highly detailed manner. The imaginary species populating her installations sometimes react to viewer proximity, and have been realized in various materials from small to large scale. She earned an MFA in Printmaking and a BFA in Painting from SUNY New Paltz. Her work has been exhibited internationally, and is in various private and public collections. Significant achievements and awards granted include a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Printmaking/Drawing/Artists’ Books 2005, a public art commission for New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Arts for Transit program in 2012, and the selection of her installation Kaleidoscope Garden for the Main Exhibition of the Krakow Printmaking Triennial in 2012, and the International Print Network’s Graphically Extended exhibition in Oldenburg, 2013.

jillparisi.comparisij@newpaltz.edu845.257.7871

Cardillo/ Botanicals, 2014-15 Parisi/ Dots and Loops, 2015

FACILITY INFORMATION

studio space and facilities

The Printmaking Program’s expansive studios offer nearly eight thousand square feet of total space, and are considered state of the art in both design and safety. A highly efficient central ventilation system creates continuous, safe air quality throughout the entire printmaking studio. Contemporary printmaking art processes include multi-media applications where traditional and cutting edge techniques merge. A partial list of equipment includes: five lithography presses, (including a 3’ x 5’ Takach press); a large inventory of stones ranging from small to very large; four relief/etching presses, (including a 4’ x 8’ Takach press), a photo-silkscreen studio with two exposure units and five vacuum

visiting artists

Our close proximity to NYC facilitates visits to campus by artists, printers, critics, curators, and alumni to share their experiences. A brief list includes: Lynn Allen, Charles Beneke, Luis Camnitzer, Alicia Candiani, Combat Paper, Devraj Dakoji, Dean Dass, Ismael Frigerio, Daniel Martinez, Liliana Porter, Andres Serrano, Richard Noyce, Andrew Raftery, Phil Sanders, Tanja Softic, Juan Sanchez, Paula vonSydow, Carol Wax and Linda Weintraub.

We schedule field trips to Print Week in NYC each November, and also visit area venues, and NYC print collections, galleries, studios, and museums. Print Club organizes a trip to Southern Graphics International’s Printmaking Conference each year.

printing tables large and medium format, a medium size hand paper making facility. The computer lab-room holds six computer stations with two wide-format and three medium size printers. A critique room is equipped with three walls for displaying work, a digital projector a large screen, and a long hallway gallery well suited to the display of work.

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THE SAMUEL DORSKY MUSEUM OF ART INTERNSHIPS, RESIDENCIES AND FIELDWORK STUDENT SUCESS

internships, residencies and fieldwork

Our students have many additional opportunities to work on and off campus while enrolled, complementing their academic studies. We are in close proximity to many mid-Hudson Valley art venues and artists’ studios, and there is easy access to NYC via bus for opportunities at galleries, museum’s, art studios, and numerous non-profit organizations. Several MFA Printmaking students have been awarded the Graduate Assistantship at the Samuel Dorsky Museum on campus, and Creative Research Project Grants that assist them with specific artistic projects, supporting workshops off campus and/or materials. Printmaking students have had summer internships at Pace Editions in NYC, the International Print Center in New York, Simmelink/Sukimoto Editions, and have worked with leading artists in the field as assistants.

student success

EXHIBITIONS/ Our alumni are invited to exhibit at top venues around the world, including the Venice Biennial, SMTG Krakow Triennial, Tallinn Triennial, Oldenburg Triennial, Graphica Creativa Triennial, Douro Biennial, and many museums, universities and galleries.

AWARDS/ Alumni awards include the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Printmaking, Drawing, and Artists Books; Fulbright Award; Southern Graphics Council International MFA Award. Several recent alumni were awarded internships at the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, NYC; two have also gone on to work as the Studio Technician there. Other residencies and internships alumni received: Lower East Side Printshop, NYC; Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY; and Artist in Residence at The Arctic Circle, Svalbard, Norway. Two former alumni recently started a publishing venture, exhibited their publications at the New York Art Book Fair, Los Angeles Art Book Fair and Printed Matter, Inc., and host an

Jon Irving ’13/ Printmaking in The Dorsky

the samuel dorsky museum of art

Through its collections, exhibitions, and public programs, The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, located at SUNY New Paltz, supports and enriches the academic programs at the college, presents a broad range of world art for study and enjoyment, and serves as a center for Hudson Valley arts and culture. With more than 9,000 square feet of exhibition space distributed over six galleries, the Dorsky Museum is one of the largest museums within the SUNY system. The Dorsky has presented over one hundred exhibitions, including commissions, collection-based projects, and in-depth studies of modern and contemporary artists including Robert Morris, Alice Neel, Mary Reid Kelley, Judy Pfaff, Carolee Schneemann, and Ushio Shinohara. Dorsky exhibitions have been featured in The New York Times, National Public Radio, Artforum, Artnews, Modern Painters, and Hyperallergic, among other national and regional publications.

The Dorsky Museum provides a number of internship and field work opportunities as well as a paid assistantship allowing students to gain firsthand experience in the organization and presentation of art exhibitions. Graduating MFA students present their thesis exhibitions in the museum’s spacious professional galleries.

location

Just 90 minutes north of New York City, SUNY New Paltz is uniquely enhanced by its location in the heart of New York’s historic Hudson Valley region. The initial home of the nineteenth-century Hudson River School of Painting, the region continues to serve as home to many artists and artistic organizations and presents a wide array of cultural opportunities. The proximity of New Paltz to New York City provides students with an unparalleled range of artistic and educational opportunities. Frequent field trips and other special events connect students to both historical and contemporary art. Not only have the striking vistas of the Shawangunk and Catskill mountains inspired countless artists through time, but they are also home to world class hiking, climbing, biking, and camping. A legacy of environmental and social justice movements combined with vibrant community supported agriculture programs make New Paltz a leader in sustainability. Both the town of New Paltz and the university promote, as one of their key values, a deep respect for national, racial, ethnic, class, gender, and sexual diversity. We strive to foster a learning community that engenders critical thinking and a profound appreciation for difference and dialogue. New Paltz has been at the forefront of several struggles for social justice with strong traditions in the LGBTQ, civil rights, labor and environmental movements.

LOCATION AFFORDABILITY

affordability

Situated within an Art Department with nationally and internationally known faculty, SUNY New Paltz’s graduate program is considered one of the best, most affordable, high quality programs on the East Coast. All non-resident and international students receive our MFA scholarship allowing them to pay our low in-state tuition rates of approximately $11,000 per year. A number of competitive graduate teaching assistantships are available that offer students approximately $5,000 per semester in combined tuition waivers and stipends.

The Sojourner Truth Diversity Fellowship is open to U.S. citizens or permanent residents who meet specific diversity criteria. Numerous research and travel grants are also available.

For more information: newpaltz.edu/graduate/funding.html

exhibition space in Manhattan. Our alumni are also awarded public and privately commissioned projects.

EMPLOYMENT/ In addition to working as actively practicing artists, many of our alumni are professors, studio technicians, artists’ assistants, printers for leading fine art printing publishers, and exhibition specialists at universities and art venues around the world.

THE GRADUATE SCHOOLState University of New York at New Paltz 800 Hawk Drive, OM 127New Paltz, NY 12561-2443 800.248.8856graduateschool@newpaltz.edu

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by January 15

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SUNY New Paltz The Graduate School, OM 127 800 Hawk Drive New Paltz, NY 12561-2442

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