在RISD艺术博物馆和该地区的其他藏品中，与历史和当代版画有关的概念，形式和实践问题的深入研究，通过直接接触原创艺术作品提供了启发。来自教师，访问艺术家和其他印刷界专业人员的重要见解有助于学生发展成熟的个人作品，以应对当今定义该领域的问题。培养自我反省的能力，以解释他们为什么制作版画，熟悉版画领域的历史，阐明其作品的概念基础，并通过批判性对话进行辩护，展示来自凹版印刷的各种印刷环境中的知识和技术技能，光刻和丝网印刷等相关学科，例如插图，纺织品和摄影。
As a major in the four-year Printmaking BFA, you engage in intensive study of conceptual, formal and practical issues related to historical and contemporary prints. You’ll find inspiration through direct contact with original works of art at the RISD Museum and in other collections in the region, with critical insights from faculty, visiting artists and other print-world professionals also helping you create mature personal work. During sophomore year-your first as a Printmaking major-you discover the basic forms of printmaking like intaglio, lithography and silkscreen. Then as a junior in the BFA program, you continue to hone your conceptual, critical and technical skills through a number of Printmaking electives or studios in related disciplines such as Illustration, Textiles and Photography.