Katie Garth

Undergraduate Discipline

Visual and Studio Arts

BFA, University of Wisconsin–Madison. MFA, Tyler School of Art. Select exhibitions include International Print Center (New York), The Painting Center (New York), Morgan Conservatory (Cleveland), Pyramid Atlantic Art Center (Maryland), Fairmount House (Philadelphia), and Seacourt Print Workshop (Ireland). Her work has been written about in the Washington Post, PRINT, Poets & Writers, The Hartford Courant, and Forbes. She has been a resident at Anderson Ranch Arts Center and co-founded Quarantine Public Library. Garth has taught at Tyler School of Art, Moore College of Art & Design, and Kutztown University. SLC, 2022–

Undergraduate Courses 2023-2024

Visual and Studio Arts

Advanced Printmaking Workshop

Intermediate/Advanced, Seminar—Spring

Prerequisite: printmaking experience

With a variety of print media at their disposal, experienced printmaking students will use this course to support their ongoing studio investigations. Students’ own creative inquiries will direct relevant technical demonstrations; potential media may include monoprinting, etching, relief, intaglio, and screenprinting, among others. Students will work across techniques to individualize and refine their creative output, with attention toward printmaking in the expanded field. Discussions and critiques will offer theoretical and historical context for analysis.

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Intaglio (Etching)

Open, Seminar—Fall

Students in this studio course will acquire a variety of traditional and experimental intaglio techniques informed by contemporary, nontoxic printmaking practices. While instilling basic etching skills, the class will also strengthen individual capacity for creative image development. As course work and demonstrations create technical frameworks from which to understand this historic medium, students will be encouraged to integrate and interrogate their own creative processes. Group critiques will create opportunities to expand critical insight in the visual arts, both formally and conceptually.

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Zines and Artists’ Publications

Open, Concept—Spring

In this fast-paced course, students will use a variety of prompts from which to self-publish zines and relevant printed ephemera. Lectures, field trips, and readings will provide insight into the history and politics of the medium. The course will involve relatively few technical demonstrations, with a focus on spirited creative output. Students will share their work in group discussions and critiques, developing the critical vocabulary to guide their own aesthetic and conceptual pursuits.

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Previous Courses

Visual and Studio Arts

Artists’ Books

Open, Seminar—Spring

Students will learn a variety of techniques for handmaking books, considering the book as an art object both materially and conceptually. The course will explore interactions between content and form: What specific material considerations support works that will be handled, circulated, and experienced over time? Moving through directed assignments to learn a variety of book structures, we will utilize drawing as well as basic printmaking techiques. Critical themes will include sequence, structure, text, and image—encouraging dynamic class discussions. Presentations and field trips will introduce students to books by established artists, independent publishers, and amateur makers, creating a dialogue with historical and contemporary practitioners of this tactile, haptic form.

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Print in Material Culture

Open, Concept—Spring

This course will explore the ways we utilize, understand, and interact with printmaking through material culture, emphasizing printmaking’s roles in consumerism, protest, and communication. Students will examine how modes of production and class hierarchy inform the status of printed objects and will consider how printed ephemera may embody or upend fine-art traditions. Presentations and field trips will cover the history of commercial printing, the significance of memorabilia in popular culture, and print’s role in both government propaganda and collective uprisings. Throughout the semester, students will perform individual research to guide a final project in the form of a printed artifact. Printmaking experience is encouraged but not required.

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Screenprinting

Open, Seminar—Fall

This course covers the fundamentals of screenprinting as a fine-art print medium. Students will discover a range of techniques within this stencil-based process, considering its history and its relationship to contemporary visual and material culture. The class will employ a series of image-making methods, featuring assignments that emphasize hand-drawn, painted, and photographic imagery. Students will learn color organization and other foundational printmaking frameworks, integrating the technical qualities of print with their own unique aesthetic approaches. Project prompts will encourage individual conceptual development and exploration, and presentations will include artists who both exemplify the medium’s history and push the boundaries of the process.

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