With the support of then president Cecil Mackey, Saff modelled Graphicstudio after the Pratt Graphics Center, Tamarind Press, and Gemini G.E.L. The first artist to participate at Graphicstudio was Philip Pearlstein.
Cecil Mackey (born January 23, 1929) was the president of University of South Florida from 1971 to 1976, Texas Tech University from 1976 to 1979, and Michigan State University from 1979 to 1985.
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