About Graphicstudio/Institute for Research in Art

Graphicstudio is a university-based atelier engaged in a unique experiment in art and education. Founded in 1968 as a non-profit art making facility, Graphicstudio is committed to research and the application of traditional and new techniques for the production of limited edition prints and sculpture multiples.
 
James Rosenquist, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, Kiki Smith, Vik Muniz and other leading contemporary artists have been invited to work in collaboration with expert artisans in our studios to create works on paper and editions of sculptures in a variety of materials. Ongoing research by Graphicstudio has been remarkably productive and many new processes and treatments of traditional methods have been developed such as waxtype (encaustic screenprinting) and heliorelief (a photographic woodblock process).
 
Graphicstudio with the Contemporary Art Museum and the Public Art Program form the Institute for Research in Art in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of South Florida.