Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Upon completion of the course students should be able to:

1. Create unique hand-printed artwork, which demonstrates introductory level screenprinting ideas, processes, materials, and techniques. 
2. Ask meaningful questions, identify ideas and issues, and use basic vocabulary to actively participate in a critical dialogue about screenprinting with peers.
3. Find and develop creative ways to solve problems using a variety of strategies for making prints.
4. Establish self-critiquing skills and develop autonomous expression through screenprinting with awareness of the standards and definitions established by both contemporary and historical artists from different cultures.
5. Use an understanding of essential color theory characteristics, interactions and systems to apply sequencing layers in compositional space.

1. Understand, interpret, and enjoy prints of the past and the present from different cultures to initiate a lifelong process of expanding knowledge on the diversity of perspectives of the human experience.

2. Develop a heightened awareness of the physical world, the nature of the relationship of human beings to it, and our impact on it via the experience of making prints.

3. Integrate an awareness of historical screenprinting with contemporary silkscreen processes and approaches to the medium.

Image Generation - Demonstrate sound techniques for image generation, such as, hand drawn images on mylar or vellum, photocopies of photographs, collages, and drawings, or inkjet transparencies from files created in Photoshop or Illustrator.

Screen Preparation - Properly demonstrate the ability to degrease and coat screens with photo emulsion using a scoop coater.

Screen Exposure – Understand how to properly use the screen exposure unit by being able to engage the vacuum unit. Understand the timing associated with exposing positives to a photo emulsion screen and the adequate water pressure for blowing out screen stencils.

Printing Preparation – Demonstrate the ability to choose the appropriate substrate (paper, fabric, vinyl, etc.). Understand how to use mylar registration for centering prints and printing multiple colors. Demonstrate an understanding of how to control ink while printing.

Printing – Demonstrate sound printing techniques, such as holding the squeegee at the correct angle, being able to flood screen to avoid screen drying, and applying adequate pressure with the final pull.

Screenprint Presentation – Show thoughtfulness in how to select the most effective presentation for a particular image.

- Actively participate in class discussion and projects.

-Complete and present individual assignments for critique.

-Demonstrate sound technique in screenprinting and studio habits.

-Complete all homework on time.

-Prepare a portfolio for presentation.

-Take an active role in critiques

-Visual awareness and ability to creatively generate and appropriate images.

-Methodologies for designing and producing film transparencies for multi-layer prints.

-Possibilities, challenges and limitations inherent to screenprinting.

-Language of screenprinting and the qualities that distinguish it from other graphic media.

-Screenprinting in history.

-Exploring new direction in printing and presenting silkscreen images.

-Evaluating prints.

-Safety.

-Environmental concerns related to proper disposal of waste.

-Non-traditional media and combined techniques (e.g., collage, hybrid prints, fab lab, fabric, sculptural, book arts).