Print Media Research Centre

The UBC Print Media Research Centre (PRC) provides a dynamic learning and research environment for the production of visual art in all major print media.

This well-equipped facility allows for an integrated approach to print media that fosters a union of digital-image generation with traditional and contemporary intaglio, relief, screen and lithographic printmaking processes, as well as letterpress and bookbinding procedures.

Students are encouraged to explore aesthetic, theoretical, and cultural issues through innovative visual means to advance the study and critique of contemporary culture.

Cognizant of the current worldwide renaissance in print media, our programs provide a broad contemporary, historical, and theoretical perspective on print’s expressive potential.

Students enrolled in printmaking courses can obtain restricted after-hours access to the facility and access lockers and large flat files to store their supplies and work.

The PRC supply store is located down the hall from the PRC and offers printmaking materials, fine arts paper, and various personal protective equipment for sale.

The PRC also has a Digital Lab with several large format printers, offering printing services to students (a price calculator for this lab will be available soon).

Print Media Research Centre
Room 2000, 6398 University Boulevard
V6T 1Z2