Applying for PhD - Prints and Drawings?

[artwhat?]

I'm looking into PhD programs, probably for next year's application season but I'm trying to work on my school/adviser list. I'm interested in prints and other works on paper, mainly late 19th and 20th century but also the history of the mediums. Working outside of the usual period specialties makes this a bit challenging. I have a few people in mind but does anyone have any suggestions for expanding my list?

[losemygrip]

That's a tough one. The Institute of Fine Arts comes to mind just because they work so closely with the Met, so you'd be able to work with that great collection. What are your career goals?

[anonymousbequest]

I'd suggest just querying your POIs about whether they'd be interested in topics in print culture. They don't necessarily need to work specifically with prints to advise you. To learn the connoisseurial/technical aspects of printmaking you could, as losemygrip suggests, intern or get a fellowship in one of the great print collections: MFA, Philadelphia, Met, Huntington. As you undoubtedly know, the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw a great revival in printmaking throughout the trans-Atlantic world, so I'd guess you wouldn't have much of a problem finding someone who would be interested in working with you. In American art, I hear the Michael Leja at Penn is working on a new book on some aspect of prints.

[fullofpink]

I would rely more on a Print/Works on Paper curator than an adviser and wholeheartedly agree with the above comments - find a museum nearby as a supplemental resource.