Session 3
SCREENPRINTING: A MODEST PROPOSAL
June 21–27, 2010
Faculty: Randy Bolton, Cranbrook Academy of Art
1 credit
As contemporary printmaking and print media embrace monumental scale, increased technical complexity, and elevated status as a primary art commodity, it serves us well to remember Print's historical tradition as a "Modest Proposal" — a humble and meager means of commerce and communication, intended to deliver information, ideas, and opinions to a wide public audience.
For the title of his screenprinting workshop, Randy Bolton borrows from Jonathan Swift's 1729 satirical essay/pamphlet A Modest Proposal (For Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland from Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public). Bolton will introduce photo-screenprinting processes in combination with digital, 4-color separation techniques for producing artworks of humble origins and modest means, emphasizing outrageous, ironic, or humorous content as a medium for social commentary and public awareness.
Familiarity with the screenprinting process, perhaps the most modest and ubiquitous of today's print media, will be an asset, but not essential. However, a good sense of humor, wit, and irony is a must!
TUITION & FEES
The tuition for this one-week session of PrintX3 is $960, and fees total $75.
STAYING ON CAMPUS
If you decide to live on campus while attending PrintX3, you will stay in one of our secure, modern residence houses with other members of Washington University summer programs. These facilities are complete with study rooms, kitchenettes, laundry facilities, and floor lounges. In addition, there are ample opportunities to secure non-University housing in one of the neighborhoods surrounding the campus. A meal plan may be purchased by any student — living on- or off-campus — and will allow you to enjoy a variety of food choices while on the campus.
The cost of housing for EACH one-week session of PrintX3 is $217; the cost of a meal plan for EACH one-week session of PrintX3 is $140.
For more information about PrintX3, contact:
Belinda Lee
Coordinator of Special Undergraduate Programs
Phone: 314.935.4643
Fax: 314.935.6462
E-mail: lee@samfox.wustl.edu
