Johnny Adimando’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is in public and private collections including the Philadelphia Free Library, the Samek Gallery at Bucknell University, Tower Investments Gallery, the Lyman Allan Museum and various flat file collections. His recent awards include Professional Development Funding Grants from RISD, a Ruth Katzman Fellowship from the Art Students League of New York, a Full Fellowship from the Chulitna Lodge Wilderness residency in Alaska, a Berkshire Taconic Artist Fund grant, a Full Fellowship from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) in 2016 in Drawing & Printmaking, Merit Fellowships in Three-Dimensional Art from RISCA in 2017 and 2020, and most recently, a Merit Fellowship from Zea Mays printshop, where Adimando will complete a non-toxic intaglio-based print project in summer 2023.
Courses
Fall 2024 Courses
PRINT 3215-01 - INTAGLIO: ALTERNATIVE PRACTICES
LevelUndergraduate
UnitPrintmaking
Subject Printmaking
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
PRINT 3215-01
INTAGLIO: ALTERNATIVE PRACTICES
LevelUndergraduate
UnitPrintmaking
Subject Printmaking
PeriodFall 2024
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: F | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PMInstructor(s): Johnny AdimandoLocation(s): Benson Hall, Room 206Enrolled / Capacity: 12Status: Closed
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Intaglio: Alternative Practices builds bridges from experience in the medium of intaglio by presenting advanced and innovative platemaking and printing processes using copper, plexiglass, and polymer plate types. Coursework will cover topics such as: custom stop-outs, extended etches, ink interfacing, toner transfers, and extensions into the digital realm utilizing the Benson Hall “Tech Lab” resources. Demonstrations and assignments will focus on the virtues of plating material, not solely as printable matrices, or carriers of transferrable visual information, but also as finished objects. The semester will be driven by demonstration, guided in-class work, independent work focused on experimentation, and conversation geared toward alternatives to substrate (paper), matrix (copper, polymer, plexi), and medium (ink). The semester will culminate in a self-directed final project that requires students to generate a grouping of works that successfully combine a selection of the processes covered which includes a substantial set of proofs, studies, plating tests, and pertinent supplementary visual/technical research.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $125.00
Elective
Spring 2025 Courses
PRINT 3209-01 - THE SCULPTURAL PRINT
LevelUndergraduate
UnitPrintmaking
Subject Printmaking
Period Spring 2025
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
PRINT 3209-01
THE SCULPTURAL PRINT
LevelUndergraduate
UnitPrintmaking
Subject Printmaking
PeriodSpring 2025
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2025-02-13 to 2025-05-23
Times: F | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PMInstructor(s): Johnny AdimandoLocation(s): Benson Hall, Room 306Enrolled / Capacity: 12Status: Closed
SECTION DESCRIPTION
The Sculptural Print looks to the multiple as a material (rather than a form) for the construction of one-of-a-kind works. The primary technical focuses will be in photo-emulsion based screenprinting, polymer-plate etching/intaglio, and basic relief printing. Students will be asked to design unique image vocabularies, transform and translate them to various matrices, and then to alter, manipulate, reimagine, and finally to build structural pieces using the printed matter. In the first half of the term, class sessions will begin with a presentation of artist precedents and technical demonstrations. In the second half, classes will still begin with a short presentation, and will then focus largely on in-progress critique and technical troubleshooting/consultation. Works completed for midterm will be based on provided prompts with detailed parameters and require students to work in series and at a large-scale. The final will be fully self-directed.
Estimated Cost of Materials: $125.00
Please contact the instructor for permission to register. Preference is given to Junior, Senior or Graduate Students.
