Ongoing and less publicized is the use of the AP/RC by students and faculty from a wide range of educational institutions. Recently, students from Texas Tech University School of Art and the art department of West Texas A&M University (in nearby Canyon, TX) examined and explored over 150 original prints selected in advance by their professors in printmaking and art history. The students gain insights from looking at original works of art rather than reproductions shown on a power point or some other digital medium. In an, unobstructed and flexible environment, students take their time, ask questions, observe the smallest details, discover new techniques, and compare one original artwork to another.

Texas Tech University School of Art professor Stacy Elko explaining an aquatint to two students in the AP/RC

Students in the AP/RC

Peter Briggs, Curator of Art and founder of the AP/RC talking about a print by Enrique Chagoya with a Latinx art history class.

Dr. Lesley Wolff (far right) with her class in Latinx art history from the Texas Tech university School of Art

A class from West Texas A&M in Canyon in the AP/RC

West Texas A&M professor Scott Frish (blue shirt) with his advanced printmaking class in the AP/RC

Artworks ready for the next class using the AP/RC