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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.
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
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
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
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
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
