About the Painting and Printmaking Program

Program Overview

The Painting sub-discipline is an integral part of the Painting and Printmaking emphasis. The Painting and Printmaking area provides an environment that encourages students to develop as professional artists. The area attempts to offer a solid foundation in perceptual and technical skills, and an awareness of historical and contemporary precedent in the disciplines of painting and drawing. The emphasis encourages students to use these basic principles creatively to explore a broad range of concepts and to develop independent directions. The primary focus of the Painting program is two-dimensional imaging through the traditional mediums of painting and drawing. As the student advances, attention is paid to the integration of these two with the other 2-D disciplines of printmaking and photography, and further integration with three-dimensional concerns where appropriate.

Program Faculty

Michele Burgess, Book Arts

Lecturer
mburgess@sdsu.edu
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Carlos Castro, Painting and Printmaking

Associate Professor
ccastro@sdsu.edu | Office: ARTN-504A
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Martin Luera, Painting and Printmaking

Lecturer
mluera@sdsu.edu | 619-594-5590
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Nelle Martin, Painting and Printmaking

Lecturer
ndmartin@sdsu.edu
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Heather Peters, Painting and Printmaking

Lecturer
hpeters@sdsu.edu
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Eva Struble, Painting and Printmaking

Associate Professor
estruble@sdsu.edu | 619-594-0330
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Tessie Whitmore, Painting and Printmaking

Lecturer
twhitmore@sdsu.edu
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Program Facilities

Painting and Printmaking Facilities

Painting and Drawing Studios

The undergraduate painting studios are located on the fifth floor of the art building. There are three studios that are used exclusively for painting classes and a fourth that is used for Life Drawing and Life Painting classes. These studios are large and can accommodate classes of up to 25 students. They all have natural north light as well as track lighting, and all provide excellent ventilation. The Painting graduate studios are housed in a room in the Old Art building, just across the courtyard from the undergraduate studios. The room is configured to provide six separate studio spaces, is private, and conducive to intense individual research.

Intaglio and Relief Printmaking Studios

Vandercook sp15, sp25, and #14 presses for printing hand set type and photopolymer plates
52″ x 36″ Jacques board shear
17″ x 23″ Latham book press
two nipping presses

numerous fonts of foundry type and monotype
Fifteen 30″ x 40″ lithograph stones
three presses (Charles Brand, Griffith, Takach) capable of printing 30″ x 40″ lithograph stones
embosser

metal shears
wash-out sinks
inks and squeegees
large paper cutter

The studio which shares space with the intaglio lab is is also equipped for the making of photopolymer plates from digital, hand made, or photographic imagery. Involvement in more than one Printmaking technique is encouraged.

Screen Printing Studio

Room ARTS-481 is a fully equipped poster and fabric screen printing studio where students can print up to 17″ x 24″ screens. This room is equipped with: