Call for MFA Applications – University of North Texas (UNT) Printmaking

The College of Visual Arts and Design at the University of North Texas
offers a three-year M.F.A. program with an emphasis in Printmaking.

February 1, 2011: MFA Application Deadlines for enrolling August 2011

Program Overview:
6 to 8 MFA Printmaking Candidates
30 BFA Printmaking Majors
25 to 30 MFA candidates in the Studio Division (various majors)
Over 2300 students in the College of Visual Arts and Design.

Printmaking Faculty:
Andrew DeCaen, Assistant Professor & Area Coordinator, MFA, University of South Dakota
Lari Gibbons, Associate Professor, MFA, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Elizabeth Holden, Adjunct Instructor, MFA, University of Dallas

Visiting Artist in Printmaking:
James Ehlers, Spring 2011
Juergen Strunck, Fall 2010
Ryan O’Malley & Joseph Velasquez Collaboration, Spring 2010
Lloyd Menard, Fall 2009
Drive By Press (Joseph Velasquez & Drew Iwaniw), Spring 2009
Phyllis McGibbon, Spring 2008
Fred Mutebi, Spring 2008

Collaborations at Print Research Institute of North Texas (P.R.I.N.T. Press):
David Jones & Jeff Elrod, Spring 2011
Ryan Burkhart & Jiha Moon, Spring 2010
Jon Lee & Robyn O’Neal, Summer 2010

The Rare Book Colection at the UNTLibrary
Our collection of rare books and prints.

The Printmaking Studios:

600 square foot MFA Print Studio (shared) equipped for intaglio & relief processes.

  2,900 square foot intaglio/relief/screenprint studio

 
1,200 square foot lithography studio,

  1,000 square foot critique room

Printmaking Equipment:
*32" x 56" Takach Litho Press.
*30" x 50" Charles Brand Litho Press.
*30" x 44" Graphic Litho Press.
*38" x 72" Takach Etching Press.
*36" x 60" Charles Brand Etching Press.
*30" x 50" Charles Brand Etching Press.
*Two 26" x 50" Charles Brand Etching Presses (One in the MFA Studio).
*16" x 30" Charles Brand Etching Press.
*18" x 36" Takach Etching Press.
*A separate well-ventilated acid room with enclosed hood.
*A selection of more than 100 litho stones (up to 30" x 24" in size).
*Two dark rooms with Nuarc exposure units for screen/intaglio and litho.
* 36” Prexto Plate Sheer.

Financial Aide, Assistantships, & Fellowships: 

Scholarships through the Studio Division for new Graduate Students.
In-State Tuition Rate to all Out-of-State new MFA Graduate Students.

Graduate student Travel Grants available on a competitive basis.

Graduate Area Assistantships (GA) available to new Graduate Students:
Printmaking Area Assistantship with stipend
Core Drawing Area Assistantship with stipend
Core Design Area Assistantship with stipend
Gallery Area Assistantship with stipend

Teaching Assistantships (TA) available after the first semester:
Several Core Drawing I Teaching Assistantships with stipend
Several Core Drawing II Teaching Assistantships with stipend
Several Core Design I Teaching Assistantships with stipend

Teaching Fellowships (TF) available to 2rd year MFA candidates:
Printmaking Teaching Fellowships with stipend  

(Teaching Introduction to Printmaking or Upper-level Printmaking courses)

Close proximity to the growing Arts Districts and gallery scene in  Dallas & Fort Worth:
Dallas Muesum of Art

Kimbell Art Museum

Amon Carter Museum of Art

Modern Art Musuem of Fort Worth

Dallas art Dealers Association 

Contempoary Art Dealers of Dallas

Fort Worth Art Dealers Association

Glass Tire

Art and Seek

Art Venues at University of North Texas
UNT Union Gallery
UNTArt Galleries
...and within our immediate community of Denton, TX:
Center for Visual Arts

The Visual Arts Society of Texas

Current MFA Candidates:
Adam Palmer 
Laura Drapac 

Cat Snapp
Anna Eliot
Linda Santana 

Chris Wallace  

Our students come from a diverse creative and geographic background. This tight-knit community of printmakers involved in group exhibitions, national conferences, workshops, collaborations, portfolios, and other professional activities.  


Please contact the Printmaking Area Coordinator if you are interested in applying:

Andrew (Andy) DeCaen
Assistant Professor of Art
Printmaking Area Coordinator
College of Visual Art and Design
University of North Texas
940 565 4024
decaen@unt.edu

UNT Print Alumnus Gretchen Schermerhorn

UNT Printmaking alumnus Gretchen Schermerhorn (BFA, 2000), current artistic director of Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, was recently interviewed by Molly Springfield for The Studio Visit: 

I really enjoy [having a studio at Pyramid Atlantic] because there’s usually always other artists working here and that symbiosis is great. Being able to go back and forth and see what [other artists] are doing is great.

Gretchen studied at UNT with Judy Youngblood, Richard Allen, and Stanley Baden from 1996–2000. Recognizing her understanding and appreciation of printmaking, they encouraged her to attend graduate school. She received an MFA from Arizona State University in 2004 and has since taught a variety of workshops and courses at Corcoran College of Art and Design (Washington, DC), State University of New York (New Paltz) and Seacourt Print Workshop (Bangor, North Ireland). She has worked at Pyramid Atlantic since 2006. 

Pyramid Atlantic is a non-profit contemporary arts center dedicated to the creation and appreciation of hand papermaking, printmaking, digital arts, and the art of the book.

Learn more about Gretchen's work on her website and blog. 

Work by Gretchen Schermerhorn

UNT Print Student Cat Snapp in National Show

Work by Cat Snapp (graduate student, Printmaking) will appear in the Atlanta Juried Printmaking Exhibition at Chastain Arts Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

When: Reception on Friday, January 14, 2011 from 6 – 8 pm
Exhibition from January 14 – February 11, 2011

Where: Chastain Arts Center
135 West Wieuca Road, N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30342

Update, 1/3/11: Cat's work was also accepted into the M.F.A. but no J.O.B show at Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado. The exhibition runs from February 21st through March 25th, with an opening reception on February 25th from 4 to 6 pm at 208 Edgemont, Alamosa, CO 81102. 

Dead Week Print Show and Live Screenprinting!

Poster by Taylor McClure

Pan-Ector, Gutterth & P.A.N.T.S present Dead Week Print Show and live screenprinting at Rubber Gloves / Meme Gallery!

When: Saturday, December 11 at 9:00 pm - December 12 at 2:00 am
Where: Rubber Gloves / Meme Gallery, 411 E Sycamore St, Denton, TX

  Featuring prints by P.A.N.T.S. in the Meme Gallery,

  Live screenprinting by Pan-Ector Industries, and
  Music by Pinkish Black, Dear Human and Peopleodian

Meme Gallery was founded by UNT Printmaking and Communication Design alumni. Read about it here. 

UNT Printmaking BFA Senior Exhibition

Closing reception

With work by Ashley Hatton, Harrison Bucy, Hunter Cordell, Kim Black, Kristinejoy Mallari, Lauren Hirsch, Lucas Eagleton and Vannesa Jimenez. 

Through December 3rd in the Lightwell Gallery of the Art Building.