The Drive By Press Printmaking Workshop is a two-week studio art course that focuses on advanced techniques and practices in all printmaking disciplines.

Instructor Joseph Valasquez developed the workshop as a forum to share with students some of the insider knowledge and unique methods he's gleaned from visiting hundreds of professional and academic printshops during his seven years of touring with Drive By Press. Joining him this year will be printmaking legend John Hancock, OU Professor Curtis Jones, and surprise guest artists from around the country.

This year's workshop will culminate with a public steamroller printing event featuring oversized woodblocks created by workshop participants.

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Please remember to visit our events page to stay informed and e-mail us art@ou.edu or call us at (405)325-2691 us for more information about the School of Art & Art History.

Road to Ruscha was a collaborative, multidisciplinary, conceptual art project inspired by Edward Ruscha’s painting, No Man’s Land, and the fiftieth anniversary of the landmark book, Twentysix Gasoline Stations. The central element of the project was an actual road trip, from Oklahoma City to Los Angeles following in reverse order Ruscha’s original trips of 1962. Primary participants included students and faculty from the University of Oklahoma representing diverse fields of study such as art, art history, architecture, and geography. The trip took place May 15th through 24th.
 
Follow the students' journey and multimedia responses here.
 
Read the press release here.
 
This trip was sponsored by the Kirkpatrick Foundation, the College of Atmospheric & Geographic Sciences, the School of Art and Art History and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art.

Founded in 1998, the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of the American West is the first such university-based program in the nation.

Read more about the Russell Center and its resource center, national symposia, Merkel Family Foundation Distinguished Lecture Series, and other offerings on the center’s website at Charles M. Russell Center or call 405.325.5939 for more information.