Graphicstudio

Thank you to everyone who came to Graphicstudio for our Benefit Sale and Open House last weekend! We are so grateful for the support of our community, with visitors coming from both near and far!

We are going to get some much needed rest and the studio will be closed Friday, May 22 and Monday, May 25 for a long Memorial Day weekend.

This Saturday! Join us May 16 from 10am to 5pm for Graphicstudio’s annual Open House & Benefit Sale! Discounted prices, live demonstrations, AND refreshments! See you there!

Image: Anastasia Samoylova, Stilt House (Pink), 2026. 3-run screenprint with hand-painting, 19-7/8 x 24-7/8 inches. Edition Variée: 55.

A huge congratulations to artist Iva Gueorguieva on her just-announced Guggenheim Fellowship; this is a significant recognition of her immense talent, artistic vision, and dedicated practice! Iva has collaborated on projects with Graphicstudio since 2011, when her first print ‘Stained’ was released. One of the most prolific Graphicstudio artists, Gueorguieva’s projects at the studio incorporate a staggering number of techniques and approaches, including editioned and unique prints, several series of unique sculptures, and shaped monoprints on fabric. Her prints and sculptures epitomize the studio’s mission to expand artists’ work in new and innovative directions.

Images:
1 - Iva Gueorguieva and staff proofing ‘Stained,’ 2011.
2 - Iva Gueorguieva, Stained, 2011. 2-run, 2 color direct gravure with spitbite aquatint, drypoint and woodcut with chine collé elements. 23 x 19 inches, edition of 50.
3 - Iva Gueorguieva, Creek, 2016. Softground with hand-painting and oil stick on welded steel frame with rebar, cast Hydro-Stone, cast concrete and epoxy clay. 35 x 19 x 13 inches, unique.

The IFPDA Print Fair continues all weekend! Come visit us at booth C17 to see new editions from Will Cotton, Anastasia Samoylova and Arturo Herrera!

Begin the New Year inspired. Add 'Out of the Real World: Robert Rauschenberg at USF Graphicstudio' to your reading list. The scholarly publication explores the significance of Robert Rauschenberg’s work at Graphicstudio, the University of South Florida’s renowned atelier.

Books are available for $34.95 each for pickup at Graphicstudio,
M-F 9:30am – 4:30pm. Or to have the book shipped within the U.S. for $42.00 via media mail, use the link provided. 100%* of every purchase supports the mission and educational programs of the Contemporary Art Museum and Graphicstudio in USF's College of Design, Art & Performance.

Purchase details and pickup location listed in the link:
https://secure.touchnet.com/C20235_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=7946&SINGLESTORE=true

*In person or through the link provided.

Graphicstudio - Institute for Research in Art USF Contemporary Art Museum

Graphicstudio just entered an exciting new chapter. Sarah Howard has been named the studio’s sixth Director, joined by newly appointed Associate Directors Kristin Soderqvist and Tom Pruitt! Together, this longtime team brings decades of strong industry expertise and a shared commitment to artists, students, and the community.

With a shared leadership model and renewed focus on artistic research, engagement, and educational pathways, Graphicstudio, a university-based print atelier, is poised to expand its impact at USF and beyond, while honoring the studio’s legacy.

Congratulations to Sarah, Tom, and Kristin on their new leadership roles.

Read the full article for insights from Sarah Howard and Dean Chris Garvin of the College of Design, Art & Performance as they discuss this next chapter for Graphicstudio.

Full story in bio.
https://bit.ly/41bRzqn

We are so sad to learn of the passing of legendary artist Pat Steir. Graphicstudio was privileged to have published a collaboration between Steir and poet John Yau that was released in 2000. They worked together on a group of four lithographs that paired Steir's signature drip marks with Yau's poetry, which Yau typeset by hand using rubber stamps. One print uses a process developed by Graphicstudio called waxtype to print Steir's gesture in a ghostly, white-pigmented beeswax over a blue gradient resembling the sky. Others feature intense red, gold, black and cream colors.

This collaboration is just one example of the many facets and forms that Pat Steir's continually experimental artistic practice encompassed.

Images:
1. Pat Steir using a modified version of her signature drip technique.
2. Pat Steir and John Yau, “Sky’s Four Sides,” 2000. color lithograph and encaustic. 21-1/2 x 20 inches. Ed. 20.
3. Pat Steir and John Yau, “Sky’s First Poem,” 2000, color lithograph. 21-1/2 x 20 inches. Ed. 20.
4. Pat Steir and John Yau working on the compositions of their collaborative project.
5. Pat Steir and John Yau, “Rain Pillow,” 2000, color lithograph. 21-1/2 x 20 inches. Ed. 20.
6. John Yau working with a set of letter stamps to render his poetry onto mylar.
7. Pat Steir and John Yau, “Horizon’s Levitation,” 2000, color lithograph. 21-1/2 x 20 inches. Ed. 20.