The dual concept of sustainability of printmaking art in the Middle East

Abstract EN

Printmaking is a major art dripline that is being taught worldwide and in different art programs in the middle east, however for several reasons printmaking graduates usually face several obstacles that prevent them from pursuing their art outside their educational institutions.

The sustainability of printmaking art in the Middle East depends greatly on the possibility of creating a system that allows printmaking to excel outside the educational institutions either on the production or on the promotion levels.

Unfortunately, the concept of sustainability of printmaking art outside the educational institutions is not necessarily consequential for most art programs in the Middle East.

Despite the current evolution in the arena of contemporary printmaking art, many educational printmaking programs still teach printmaking art in a very conventional conservative fashion that no longer qualify the students to continue working after graduation.

This research investigates different possible solutions that may allow the sustainability of Printmaking Art and Artists in the Middle East.

To accomplish that goal, the researcher suggests various approaches that may allow the enhancement of Printmaking art and ensure its sustainability outside the educational institution including , investigating, developing and teaching simple innovative printmaking methods that do not require special equipment or materials to execute.

Printmaking by nature is an experimental art and printmakers throughout the course of history have pushed the boundaries of technical exploration.

Another approach to tackle the problem of sustainability of printmaking art in the Middle East is to find a solution for the production, promoting and marketing aspects of printmaking outside the educational institutions and one of the suggested models for that is printmaking co-operatives.

Another possibility to solve the sustainability problem of printmaking art in the Middle East is to utilize printmaking as a production tool in small manual printing projects.

One great economical characteristic of printmaking is mass production.

Printmaking can be utilized effectively as a mass production tool for small printing projects such as T-Shirt printing , fabric printing , and even in walls decoration