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Graphicstudio is an art studio and print workshop at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, established in 1968 by Donald Saff.[1][2][3]
The studio was closed from 1976 through 1981 for financial reasons.[4]
Graphicstudio with the Contemporary Art Museum and the Public Art Program form the Institute for Research in Art in the College of The Arts at the University of South Florida.[1] With the support of then president Cecil Mackey, Saff modeled Graphicstudio after the Pratt Graphics Center, Tamarind Press, and Gemini G.E.L. The studio produced its earliest work in 1969.[citation needed]
The National Gallery of Art houses the Graphicstudio archive.[4][5]
Philip Pearlstein[3] was the first artist to participate at Graphicstudio.[citation needed] James Rosenquist[1][6][3] started with Graphicstudio in 1971.[7] Richard Anuszkiewicz,[8] Adja Yunkers, Robert Rauschenberg,[7] and Jim Dine were also involved with Graphicstudio in the 1970s.[3] Other artists associated with Graphicstudio over the years include Edward Ruscha,[9] Chuck Close,[10] Robert Mapplethorpe, Miriam Schapiro, Roy Lichtenstein, Nancy Graves, Allan McCollum, Christian Marclay,[1] Theo Wujcik,[2] and Vik Muniz.