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[[image. caption: James Rosenquist working on Flying Stone (one of a suite of six lithographs) at the Graphicstudio, 1974 (Photo: Patrik Lindhardt.)]]

contracts with the artist after after deciding whether a project would be mutually beneficial to the artist and the university. The studio manager then assigns proofing responsibilities and editioning responsibilities to himself and the other two master printers. During the period in which the artist is in residence at Graphicstudio, proofing is often a night-and-day activity as the facility and all its personnel are on round-the-clock availability to the artist. During editioning, the printing staff works a four-day week to compensate for extended time utilized during proofing. It is this concentrated effort that has aided in producing the experimental directions the works have taken. In conjunction with the printers, the curator prepares paper,, participates in quality control, produces comprehensive documentation of the work, and readies the work for delivery to the Florida Center and to the artist. In addition, art faculty members assume consulting roles when projects become of particular interest to them. Secretarial staff in the College of Fine Arts' offices maintain complete records of Graphicstudio's complex material purchases, subscription sales, salaries, and other routine secretarial matters.

The facilities are housed both on and off campus as on-campus college facilities are in great demand, with available space at a premium. On campus, Graphicstudio is housed in the art building. There students can observe work in progress, meet artists, or have technical or aesthetic questions responded to. Off-campus studios have been refitted for use in one process or another depending upon the kind of project with which Grpahicstudio was currently involved. While equipment of various types has been obtained through gift or purchase, state surplus properties have often provided arc lamps, file cabinets, cardboard and expandable material to equip the studio.

As soon as the university administration approved the Graphicstudio principle, a handful of Tampa Bay community members purchased the first subscriptions. Funds from the purchases enabled Graphicstudio to acquire its first press and 

[[image. caption: James Rosenquist, Flying Stone, lithograph, 36" X 74", 1974. (Photo: Patrik Lindhardt.)]]

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