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Art, Art History & Design Facilities

Explore Our Facilities

Explore classrooms, studios, labs and specialized equipment that support hands-on learning across Art, Art History and Design. Start with a virtual tour, then use the tabs below to view facilities by program area.

Preview image for the Building 45 Fine Arts Building virtual tour.

Virtual Tour

Building 45: Fine Arts Building

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Preview image for the Building 6 Sculpture virtual tour.

Virtual Tour

Building 6: Sculpture

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Art History

Facility Images

Empty classroom with American flag, rows of desks and a whiteboard. Empty classroom with blue chairs, desks, a projector and wall clock.

Ceramics

Clay Mixing

  • Peter Pugger PM100
  • Peter Pugger VPM 60
  • Bluebird mixer
  • Hobart 3-gallon dough mixer
  • Lightning slip mixer

Kilns

  • 40-cubic-foot Bailey gas kiln
  • 6-cubic-foot gas kiln
  • 35-cubic-foot soda kiln
  • 20-cubic-foot salt kiln
  • 93-cubic-foot train-style wood-burning kiln
  • 18-cubic-foot train-style wood-burning kiln
  • 15-cubic-foot Tai-style wood-burning kiln
  • Three 10-cubic-foot electric kilns
  • Two 7-cubic-foot electric kilns
  • Pizza kiln
  • Pit kiln

Equipment

  • 28 electric wheels
  • Three kick wheels
  • One wheelchair-accessible electric wheel
  • Slab rollers
  • Extruder

Ceramics Facility Gallery

Facility Images

Wood yard with stacked wood piles and a structure illuminated by warm lights. Large industrial-style brick oven with a black metal frame located outdoors. Ceramic clay tools arranged on a wooden surface. Kiln structures made of brick and steel frames in a workshop. Outdoor brick storage area with neatly stacked bricks and trees along the pathway. Spacious art classroom with large tables, storage shelves and empty stools. Pottery studio with pottery wheels, worktables, tools and materials.

Graphic Design

Classrooms

  • Three classroom labs, each outfitted with 20 21.5-inch iMac workstations
  • Large-format, high-volume laser printer
  • Projector for presentations
  • Light table
  • Cutting mats with blades and rulers
  • Paper supplies for class projects

Production Lab

  • Three-light tabletop photo setup
  • Large-format printers, including 24-inch and 18-inch roll inkjet printers
  • Cricut machine with add-on blades
  • Saddle stitchers
  • Coil and comb bindery machine
  • Corner cutter
  • Single-hole cutter
  • Guillotine cutter
  • Cutting mats with blades and rulers

Graphic Design Facility Gallery

Facility Images

Classroom with desktop computers and worktables with green cutting mats. Production lab with workstations, printers and photography equipment. Classroom with computer workstations and a projector. Desktop binding machine on a table in a workspace. Three softbox lighting setups on stands in a studio. Two large office printers positioned next to each other in a workspace.

Painting / Drawing

Painting / Drawing Classrooms

  • Flexible seating with easels
  • Equipment carts
  • Dedicated drawing room for 2D work
  • Industrial-size drawing tables
  • Oil painting room with proper airflow for the space
  • Student computer stations for converting physical work to digital files

Painting / Drawing Facility Gallery

Facility Images

Art studio with worktables, an Apple computer and blank walls for creative work. Spacious classroom with a central gray platform, wooden storage units and stacked metal chairs. Spacious art studio with a gray platform, cabinets and sculptures displayed on shelves. Classroom with a whiteboard, computer desk and educational materials on the walls.

Printmaking

Printmaking Lab

  • Lithography and etching presses
  • Screenprinting darkroom with exposure unit
  • Acid room with hood for proper airflow

Main Studio

The main studio supports the range of printmaking processes offered at UNF. Students learn intaglio, lithography, screenprinting and relief printmaking in a large, well-ventilated studio. Two vent hoods were replaced in 2021, one used mainly in intaglio for working with grounds and another used for working with acid.

  • Five intaglio presses, including American French Tool, Conrad, Martech, Ettan and motorized Sturges presses
  • Small portable 12-inch by 20-inch Blick Press
  • 43-inch by 30-inch Conrad Lithography Press
  • Stone lithography capabilities supported by a library of small stones purchased from Syracuse University
  • 38-inch by 55-inch Work Horse UV LED Exposure Unit for photoprocesses in lithography and screenprinting
  • Two interconnected studios, plus rooms for the exposure unit, screenprinting washout and intaglio acid work

Digital Lab

The main printmaking studio is served by an adjacent Digital Research Lab. In 2015, Professor Goloborotko used university and private funding to convert two offices into the lab and secure start-up equipment. Additional grants in 2018 and 2019 supported further equipment upgrades.

  • Five iMac computers running Adobe Creative Cloud, including two purchased with UNF Academic Technology Grants
  • Epson Stylus Pro 4000 Ink Jet printer donated by GDDM
  • HP Designjet T120 large-format inkjet printer
  • HP 700 M712 laser printer and HP Laser Jet Pro M201DW laser printer
  • Windows computer used to run an MH 700 Vinyl Cutter on loan from Professor Kozlowski
  • Two Plustek scanners, an EPSON V700 scanner, documentation stand and DSLR camera

Printmaking Facility Gallery

Facility Images

Cluttered workspace with a stainless steel wall, drying station and tools. Well-lit printmaking workshop with tables, cabinets and appliances. Spacious printmaking studio with workstations, equipment, lockers and a dragon mural. Workspace with a glowing blue lightbox and wooden screens on the wall. Printmaking workshop with workstations, tools, organized materials and a dinosaur sculpture.

Photography

Digital Lab

  • 25 21.5-inch iMac workstations with the latest Adobe software
  • Epson SureColor P400 wide-format inkjet printers
  • Epson Stylus Pro 3880 Standard Edition printer
  • Epson Perfection V700 flatbed scanners

Lighting Studios

  • Hensel Integra 500 strobe systems suspended on a ceiling track system
  • Variety of light modifiers
  • 9-foot-wide motorized backdrop system with multiple backdrop colors
  • Second lighting studio with a 9-foot backdrop system and strobe systems on light stands
  • Large-format 4-by-5 cameras for studio portraiture

Analog Facilities

  • Full darkroom with 17 Omega black-and-white photo enlargers
  • Easels, grain magnifiers, enlarger filters and other equipment for traditional darkroom prints
  • Two full print development sinks
  • Black-and-white film developing station
  • Light viewing tables
  • Two light-proof film changing rooms
  • Cameras available for checkout, including 35mm SLR, pinhole, medium format, large format and Holga

Alternative Photo Lab

  • Separate lab for alternative photographic processes, primarily cyanotype and salt prints
  • UV light exposure boxes
  • Contact frames for printmaking
  • Full sink for making and rinsing prints

Mat Room

  • Logan Professional Simplex Plus 750 mat cutter
  • Cutting mats, rulers and blades

Photography Facility Gallery

Facility Images

Photography lab with development equipment and camera setup. Photo processing lab with multiple workstations and a central processing counter. Photography studio with black walls, overhead lighting fixtures and a ladder. Photography studio with lighting equipment, a mannequin and furniture. Classroom with Mac computer workstations and printers.

Sculpture

Metal Tools

  • Inductotherm induction furnace, lift and tilt
  • Five MIG welders
  • Two arc welders
  • Oxy-acetylene torch setup
  • Two plasma torches
  • 4-by-8-foot CNC plasma table
  • Gas forge
  • 40-ton iron worker
  • Metal roller
  • Pipe bender
  • Plate shear
  • Beverly shear
  • Drill press
  • Cold metal saw
  • Two chop saws
  • Bench grinder
  • Horizontal bandsaw
  • Gantry crane
  • Cupola

Woodshop Tools

  • SawStop table saw
  • 4-by-8-foot panel saw
  • Bandsaw
  • Miter saw
  • Two compound miter saws
  • 8-inch joiner
  • Scroll saw
  • Standing belt sander
  • Drill press
  • Jig saws
  • Sanders
  • Circular saw

Additional Equipment

  • Industrial sand mixer
  • Vacuum chamber for silicone mold making
  • Two AnyCubic resin printers
  • Resin wash station
  • Three Prusa printers
  • Boss large-format laser cutter
  • Boss laser engraver

Sculpture Facility Gallery

Facility Images

Industrial workshop with tools, workstations and metalworking equipment. Workshop with tools and equipment organized on walls and surfaces. Industrial workshop with an overhead crane, worktables and fabrication equipment. Art studio with work tables, storage areas and tools for creative work. Industrial sculpture area with stacked wooden logs and a UNF Sculpture container. Woodworking shop with tools, equipment, workbenches and a large saw. Woodworking shop with a table saw, worktables and equipment. Woodworking shop with worktables, tools, equipment and natural light.