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Art, Art History and Design Facilities

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

3 – 10 Cubic Foot Electric Kilns

2 – 7 Cubic Foot Electric Kilns

Pizza Kiln

Pit Kiln

Equipment

28 Electric Wheels

3 Kick wheels

1 Wheel Chair Accessible Electric Wheel

Slab Rollers

Extruder

Ceramics wheels with stools stacked on top

ceramics glaze bins with pots in background

glaze color jars for ceramics design

electric kilns for ceramic pot design

kiln made of bricks to design and forge ceramics

ceramics kilns and ovens outside

Graphic Design and Digital Media

Classrooms:

Each of our 3 Classroom Lab are outfitted with 20 Workstations (21.5" iMac) 

Large format, high volume laser printer

Projector for presentations

Light table

Cutting mats with blades and rulers

Paper supplies for class projects

  graphic design classroom with mac computers

graphic design classroom printer

Production Lab:

Our production lab has a 3 light photo table top set up

Large format printers (24 roll inkjet printer and 18 roll inkjet printer)

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

binding and laminating equipment in the production lab

video production lighting kits

production laboratory printers

Painting, Drawing and Printmaking

Drawing/Painting Classrooms:

Two of the Drawing and Painting studios are set up using flexible seating with easels and equipment carts. This allows the faculty to offer unique instruction based around the drawing subject. 

There is one Drawing room for 2D work, with industrial size drawing tables. 

Finally, one of the rooms is set up for Oils complete with proper airflow for the space. Each space has at least one student computer station for converting work to digital. 


Drawing lab with mac and scanner

painting and drawing easels and stools in classroom

drawing and painting lab with mac and tv setup

painting equipment on table with two paintings displayed on easels

design lab with macs and scanners, drawings taped to the walls as decorations

drawing equipment such as color wheels and tape laid out on table

Printmaking Lab:

The Printmaking Studio is very well equipped to offer all of the teaching techniques. There are litho and etching presses, a screenprinting darkroom with exposure unit, an acid room with hood for proper airflow. 

 printing lab equipment with printing press and tools

tools and equipment for printing in a tool rack and drawers

paintings and drawings laid out in piles for drying and storage

dark room with red light and tables to develop photography

Photography

Digital Lab 

(25) 21.5” iMac workstations with 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 ceiling track system  

Variety of light modifiers   

 9 ft. wide motorized backdrop system with variety of backdrop colors  

2nd lighting studio space with 9ft backdrop system and strobe systems on light stands  

Large format 4x5 cameras for studio portraiture   

Analog Facilities  

Full darkroom with (17) Omega black and white photo enlargers  

Easels, grain magnifiers, enlarger filters and other equipment needed to make traditional darkroom prints

Two full print development sinks   

Black and white film developing station   

Light viewing tables  

2 light-proof film changing rooms 

Cameras available for check-out (35mm SLR, pinhole, medium and large format, Holga) 

Alternative Photo Lab  

Separate lab equipped specifically for alternative photographic processes (primarily Cyanotype and Salt Prints)    

UV light exposure boxes  

Contact frames for printmaking   

Full sink for making/rinsing prints  

Mat Room  

Equipped with a Logan Professional Simplex Plus 750 mat cutter   

Cutting mats, rulers and blades   

photography lab with development equipment and camera setup

photography lab storage section and tables for working

Sculpture

The sculpture studio is equipped with:

  • Inductotherm Induction Furnace
  • Oxy-Acetylene Torch Setup
  • Arc Welder
  • Plate Shear
  • Drill Press
  • Mitre Saw
  • Chop Saw
  • Bench Grinder
  • Bandsaw