Printmaking & Imaging Arts

• 37” x 46” NuArc Mega-Light vacuum frame exposure unit
• 3 AWT Accu-Glide Vacuum Tables
• (2) 30” x 50” Charles Brand presses
• Ferric chloride vertical etching bath
• 18” x 24” hot plate
• Variety of Takach brayers
• Ventilation hood for spray paint or airbrush aquatint
• Metal shear
• 27” x 48” Conrad combination press
• Lithography stones in various sizes
• Levigators
• Graining sink

• Vandercook SP15 proofing press
• 6” x 9” Chandler & Price platen press
• 5” x 8” Kelsey Excelsior Model N platen press
• Line-O-Scribe Showcard proof press
• Dick Blick magnetic sign press
• Vandercook No. O proof press
• Collection of lead and wood type as well an assortment of ornaments
• 3 Boxcar bases (4 ½” x 7 ½”, 6” x 9”, 13” x 19”)
• Book press
• Triumph MBM 1110 paper cutter
• Guillotine
• Wire and plastic coil binding machines

• 3 IMacs
• 12” x 17” Scanner
• HP LaserJet Pro 3001 dw (black and white)
• HP Color LaserJet Pro M45dw (color)
• Canon Pro 2100 for large format printing
• SF9450 EIIU Risograph with 4 colors: Yellow, Flo Pink, Teal and Black
• Glowforge

Room 124 A – Studio

• Dimensions: 9’ x 13’
• 2 work desks
• 1 storage cabinet

Room 124 C – Studio

• Dimensions: 8’ x 9’
• 1 work desk

Room 124 D – Studio

• Dimensions: 8’ x 9’
• 2 work desks

Room 124 E – Studio

• Dimensions: 8’ x 9’
• 1 work desk

Room 124 B – Storage Room

• Dimensions: 9’ x 13’
• 3 metal flat files print storage

• 3 – 48” x 48” laminate covered worktops with wooden base cabinet and drawer storage on casters

• 2 – 25” x 96” laminate covered worktops with wooden base cabinet and drawer storage on casters
• 1 – 25” x 48” laminate covered worktops with wooden base cabinet and drawer storage on casters
• 1 – 24” x 72” mounted worktop counters with wooden base cabinet and drawer storage
• 2 – 24” x 76” mounted worktop counters with wooden base cabinet and drawer storage
• 1 – 24” x 56” mounted worktop counters with wooden base cabinet and drawer storage
• 5 above-ground wall mounted wooden storage cabinets with shelving
• 2 built-in wooden student storage cabinets with shelving
• 1 built-in wooden storage cabinets with shelving for inks and tools
• 1 built-in storage area above built-in wooden storage cabinets
• 1 single basin hand washing sink
• 1 wall mounted paper towel dispenser
• 1 chalkboard for instruction

• 1 sink
• 2 storage cabinets
• 1 darkroom spindle door
• 3 Box Fans

• 1 light-box
• 1 paper cutter 
• 1 first aid kit
• 1 Nu-arc exposure unit
• 4 large plastic trays
• 2 vertical etching tank
• 1 inflammable cabinet storage for solvents
• 1 acid safety cabinet
• 1 fire extinguishers
• 1 plate warmer
• 2 inflammable cans for solvent trash
• 1 emergency eye washing station
• 1 emergency shower
• 1 acid-proof apron
• 1 acid-proof face guard helmet
• 1 graining sink
• 1 washout sink
• 1 double basin hand washing sink
• 2 glass top work tables
• 3 wall mounted sharps disposal container
• 1 Power Washer
• 2 levigators

In Meek Hall, the Imaging Arts lab is in Room 119 (751 square feet). All digital photography and digital video classes are taught there. The room consists of one main classroom where all critiques, lectures, work preparation and screenings take place. The lab is outfitted with all MAC computers, Epson printers, projectors and prep space. Currently the room services approximately 50-80 students per semester.

Room 139 (199 square feet) is where het instruction of studio lighting occurs. The studio allows for constant and strobe lighting environments and digital capture and analog is permitted.
Equipment:

• 24” Apple iMac (2022) with external 27” monitors x 12
• Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-1000
• Canon imagePROGRAD PRO-240 24” large-format printer
• EPSON large-format scanner
• Genelec 5.1 Surround Sound System
• 4’ x 6’ Soundbooth with LA-320 Lauten Audio Vacuum Tube microphone and talkback system
• Audio workstation with Adam A7x speakers, Audient Audio iD24 interface, and Novation Launchkey MIDI controller
• Alesis V49 MIDI controller x 8
• Arduino Creative Coding Kit x 10
• Canon Powershot G9
• Canon Rebel T1i
• Canon Rebel T2i
• Canon Rebel XT
• GVM Lighting Kit x 4
• Mamiya C220 Camera
• Manfrotto Video Tripod x 7
• Miscellaneous Photo Tripods
• Portable Flash Unit x 4
• Rokinon 12mm lens
• Samyang 14mm lens
• Sony A6000 x 4
• Sony A7R Kit x 3
• Sony A7R IV Kit
• Sony A7Siii Kit x 3
• Sony FE 70-200mm
• Sony MDR 7506 x 10
• Zeiss 24-70mm x 2
• Tascam DR-40 recorder
• Zoom H6 Recorder x 9
• Wacom Intuos Tablet
• Tamron 28-75mm
• Lighting studio (Rm. 139)
• Softbox lights

In Kinard Hall, where all black and white classes are taught, there is one main classroom, one film developing room, the darkroom, one storage closet, one office, one film rolling closet and a single use darkroom. This studio space (1080 square feet) accommodates 40 students per semester.

Equipment:

• 3 Mac Desktop computers
• 3 Epson scanners
• 2 Canon Pro-10 Printers
• 1 Canon Pro-300 Printer
• 1 Epson Stylus Pro 9800 Printer
• 2 Light Boxes
• Light Studio
• 2 large softbox lights
• 1 Tripod
• 1 backdrop kit
• 3 umbrella light kits
• 3 4x5 large format cameras
• 2 Mac Desktop Computers
• 2 Epson scanners
• 2 UV exposure units
• Black and White printing Darkroom
• Film Development Room
• Film Dryer
• Heat Press for dry press mounting
• 2 Canon photo printers
• Alt Process Darkroom
• 14 Enlargers
• 3 portable light meters
• Twin Lens Reflex Camera

The mission of Pixel Press is to cultivate community amongst students interested in printmaking and photography and promote the Department of Art + Art History across campus. Through organized events and workshops, Pixel Press aims to provide students with a broad range of experiences in both mediums. The club provides a platform for students to make, display and sell their work, engage in collaborative activities with each other and the broader campus and community, bring in visiting artists, and participate in field trips to relevant museums and conferences. Anyone is welcome to join!

In addition to the artists who visit campus through The Print Rebellion, the department also has an established visiting artist program – Art Talks. This program creates access to artists in person and via webcam, and helps students and faculty to keep pace with critical thought, contemporary artistic practice, and emerging technology used in cultural production today.

The list of visiting printmaking & imaging arts artists includes:

• Jaime Aelavanthara, Assistant Professor, University of Tampa
• Michael Barnes, Professor, Northern Illinois University
• Chris Fritton (the Itinerant Printer), a poet, printer, and fine artist
• Kathryn Hunter, fine artist in South Louisiana.
• Anne Massoni, Dean of Education, International Center of Photography, New York, New York
• Jim Ramer, Director of Graduate Studies at Parsons the New School for Design in New York City 
• Sean StarWars, Artist in Residence, Eton College, Eton, UK

Our museum has recently in the past years have been named to EDsmart’s list of “51 Most Astounding University Museums”, with a recent ranking of 17—one spot ahead of Princeton University. Many art students intern or volunteer with the UM Museum where they might work with art education programs or curate an exhibit.

In the museum, you can study the David M. Robinson Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities, one of the finest collections in the United States. Covering the 1000-year period from 800 B.C. to around A.D. 300, the collection contains Greek and Roman sculpture, Greek decorated pottery, inscriptions, architectural fragments, inscribed Sumerian clay tablets, small artifacts in terracotta and bronze, and Roman copies of Greek art works.

Art majors have exciting opportunities to experience the art and architecture abroad. They can arrange their own study abroad experience through the Office of Study Abroad. Or, they can travel with UM faculty.

One possibility is the course titled Art on Location, where UM faculty can take a course of students to different locations around the US and abroad. For example, in the 2-week 2019 Winter Intersession, art historian Dr. Louise Arrizoli teamed up with a French professor to offer a study of art in Paris, France.