A reputation precedes them

IUB, Herron printmaking programs judged among top internationally

By Susan Williams

Breeze, 2000, a silkscreen print with hand sewing by IU Bloomington graduate student Haran Kim

Jason Cavan, senior in the Herron School printmaking program at IUPUI, depicts the danger of drinking while using power tools, lithograph

The invitation came after Herron School of Art and IU Bloomington fine arts printmaking programs were included by the University of Texas at Austin among the top in the world—Herron at the undergraduate level and Bloomington at the graduate level. The exhibit, “Border Crossings 2001,” will present a global cross-section of work produced by printmaking students around the world. It will open March 7-11 in Austin at the annual Southern Graphics Council Conference, the major international conference for printmakers. An illustrated catalog will accompany the exhibit.

Professors in each of the listed programs were asked to select the students who will participate in the exhibition.

Other undergraduate printmaking programs listed in the top three by the University of Texas were: the Glasgow School of Art (Scotland) and the Kansas City Art Institute.

Thirty-one graduate programs were listed, 14 in the U.S. Among those were: Rhode Island School of Design, Pratt Institute, Cranbrook Academy of Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the universities of Iowa, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Texas, Tennessee and Illinois, and Arizona State, Rutgers and Yale universities. International graduate programs listed included: the universities of Alberta (Canada), Aukland (New Zealand), Barcelona (Spain), Sevilla (Spain), Western England (England) and Witwatersrand (South Africa), Chamberwell College of Arts (England), Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (Argentina), Hong-Ik University (Korea), Kyoto City University of Arts (Japan), Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (Canada), Royal College of Art (England), Kousthogskolan in Bergen (Norway), Kungliga Kunsthogskolan (Sweden), the Royal Danish Academy (Denmark) and Trondheim Academy of Fine Art (Norway). Six more international schools are yet to be added to the list.