Printmaking at the Kansas City Art Institute

A studio rich in equipment and technology, KCAI’s printmaking program provides students with a range of traditional and contemporary skills and practices. Methods like etching, silkscreen, letterpress and lithography are taught alongside post-modern concepts like print distribution and digital processes.

Every spring, printmaking students, along with special guest artists and faculty, set up shop in front of Lead Bank in the Crossroads Arts District to create giant prints with the help of a road roller. The process requires hands-on work inking the plates, setting up the prints and working with the road roller to press the monumental prints.