Faculty & Facilities
Our faculty are professional printers with broad experience in and depth of connection to the professional fine art printmaking world as well as artists with expansive practices. We work in one of the largest and best equipped academic printmaking studios in the country.
Department Chair
Matthew Letzelter
Chair of MFA Print Media, Associate Professor in MFA Print Media, Director of Watershed, Director of Post Baccalaureate Residency
mletzelter@willamette.edu
MFA, 2003, Pratt Institute
BFA,1998, University of Florida, College of Fine Arts
Matthew Letzelter is an artist who explores his practice through works on paper, print, paintings and photography with a focus on abstracted landscapes. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, where he is Chair of the MFA in Print Media Program, and Director of Watershed – Center For Fine Art Publishing & Research at PNCA. Prior to moving to Portland, Letzelter was the Master Printer at Stinger Editions and Visiting Professor at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, while also focusing research on digital print mediums. Before moving to Canada, Letzelter worked for Derrière L‘Étoile Studio in New York City as a professional fine art printer. He also worked for Petersburg Press and Suitcase Press in NYC.
Faculty
Facilities
Gilkey Center for Printmaking
The Gilkey Center for Printmaking supports lithography, letterpress, book making, relief, monotype, intaglio, gravure, screenprinting, offset, and Risograph in a studio filled with natural light. Tea time is at 3pm every day.
Printmaking Lab Facilities
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Studios
Dedicated studios for intaglio and relief, screenprinting, letterpress, lithography, papermaking, gravure, risograph printing, bookmaking, and publications/zines -
Presses
Four intaglio/relief presses, three Vandercook letterpresses, three lithography presses, and one Mailander offset press -
Letterpress
Letterpress studio with more than 200 drawers of lead and wood type -
Book-making
Book-making equipment including guillotines and perfect-binding machine -
Screenprinting
Screenprinting studio with large-format OLITE exposure unit, light tables, two washout booths, 12+ printing stations, and a 4' x 17' yardage screenprinting table -
Aquatint Box
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Litho Stones
More than 100 traditional lithography stones, ranging in size from small to very large -
Exposure Room
Dedicated exposure room for photo-litho, photopolymer, and photogravure processes -
Exposure Units
Three vacuum exposure units for photo-sensitive processes -
Copper-plate
Dedicated room for copper-plate etching baths -
Risograph
Variety of Riso printers, paper samples and stock, dedicated color drums for each printer, and archive of projects -
Storage
Individual storage spaces for each student working in the print studios -
Printmaking Store
Printmaking Store is open during weekdays, that affordably sells hard-to-find materials, tools, and papers -
State-of-the-art ventilation
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Natural Light
Large windows in each studio, and a large skylight, that bring in natural light -
Print Archive
Extensive print archive, including many prints and items from Gordon Gilkey -
Make Think Code Lab
Access to the with Laser cutter, 3-D printers, plotters, milling machines, vinyl cutter, and more. Visit Make+Think+Code -
Digital Print Studio
Access to the Digital Print Studio with large format inkjet printers -
Documentation Studio
Access to the Documentation Studio -
Papermaking
Paper Beater and Supplies
Get in touch
Matthew Letzelter Chair of MFA Print Media, Associate Professor in MFA Print Media, Director of Watershed, Director of Post Baccalaurete Residency mletzelter@willamette.edu
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