Graphic Arts and Design

Stephanie Knopp, Department Chairperson
Penrose Hall, Room 302
215-782-2869
stephanie.knopp@temple.edu

The Graphic Arts and Design Department encompasses three distinct areas of study -- Graphic and Interactive Design, Photography, and Printmaking. Our mission is to prepare students for the challenges of each discipline and to help them maximize their potential as artists.

The Graphic Arts and Design faculty is made up of practicing artists and designers who are professionally active and able to teach the fundamental principles of their disciplines while keeping abreast of innovations in their fields. During the two-year program of course work in the major, conceptual thinking aimed at the development of the student's personal artistic vision is stressed; at the same time, technical skills using appropriate tools and techniques to solve creative problems are developed. Our majors are encouraged to integrate each discipline's traditional image-making techniques with rapidly-evolving 21st-century digital technologies. Upon graduation, our students are prepared to enter their respective fields as professionals and to continue their growth as artists.

Graphic and Interactive Design

Alice Drueding, Area Head
Penrose Hall, Room 302
215-782-2869
drueding@temple.edu

Graphic and Interactive Design is visual communication that uses creative combinations of ideas, art, and technology to inform and influence specific audiences. Course offerings include assignments in corporate identity, packaging, publishing, poster design, advertising, signage, environmental design, illustration, and design for the Web and CD-ROM.

Major Requirements for B.F.A. in Graphic and Interactive Design

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Photography

Martha Madigan, Area Head 
Elkins Hall, Room 102
215-782-2785
mmadigan@temple.edu

In addition to traditional black and white and color photography, Tyler's Photography Area will introduce you to various other creative approaches to the medium.  Some of these include digital imaging techniques, large-format professional digital printing in black and white and color, handmade cameras, large format photography, historical alternative processes, critical theory, and career options for artists who wish to enter the field of photography.  The emphasis in the Photography Major is the development of personal vision for the artist.

Major Requirements for B.F.A. in Photography

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Printmaking

Dan Dallmann:  Area Head
Penrose Hall, Room 203
215-782-2837
dallmann@temple.edu

The Printmaking Area is housed in large, fully-equipped modern studios where you first learn the fundamentals of the three printmaking disciplines (silkscreen, lithography, and etching) before exploring at least two of these disciplines in depth.  After students master the basic technical aspects of printmaking, the faculty encourages the exploration of advanced subjects that include color and photo-etching, photo-lithography, metal engraving, mezzotint, viscosity color printing, woodcut, and the full utilization of the computer as an image-creating tool.

Major Requirements for B.F.A. in Printmaking 

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