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Studio Art B.A. program details

Program Details
The art history, digital art and studio art majors provide dynamic, multidisciplinary study opportunities for students interested in historical context and current practices in a wide range of creative media.

Create Art While Learning its Role in History

The Department of Art and Art History offers degrees in studio art, digital arts and art history. Through a range of classes and experiences, students learn about the importance of creating art and its implications, history and potential.

Learning covers everything from ancient Roman pottery to 3D printing. Our curriculum is in a constant state of flux as we respond to what is happening in the world around us.

In our state-of-the-art learning environment, you will gain access to lecture and seminar rooms, studio facilities, computer labs and gallery and exhibition spaces.

Whether you love printmaking, photography, sculpture, painting, drawing, digital art or design, we will provide what you need to generate ideas and create solutions.

Explore the Department

Studio Equipment

Darkroom facilities include:

  • 10 Beseler 23CIII Enlargers
  • 1 Beseler 45 Condenser Enlarger
  • 2 AlienBees B800 Flash Units
  • 2 Interfit 3200K 500 watt Tungsten Heads
  • 2 Flashpoint 10" 500 watt Tungsten Flood Lights
  • Epson Perfection 1660 Scanner
  • Epson Stylus Photo R1800 Printer

Ceramic Studio facilities include:

  • 12 Shimpo Whisper Pottery Wheels
  • 12 Shimpo Banding Wheels
  • Bailey Slab Roller
  • Shimpo Ball Mill
  • Glaze-making table and vent hood
  • Bluebird professional clay mixer
  • Shimpo De-airing Pugger/Mixer
  • Peter Pugger Pug Mill
  • Skutt KM 1027 electric kiln
  • Laguna Raku Kiln
  • 12 cu ft Olsen updraft kiln
  • 14 cu ft Olsen updraft kiln

All three studio have Northern light and adjustable ceiling lighting.

Studio equipment includes:

  • drawing art horses
  • paint taborets
  • heavy-duty easels & seating
  • large flat file storage
  • dedicated storage room for work in progress

Printmaking Studio facilities include:

  • Takach lithographic press, 33" x 60" bed
  • Two Dickerson Combination presses, 27" x 48" bed
  • Charles Brand etching press, 24" x 48" bed
  • Iron bookbinder's press
  • Graining sink for lithographic stones
  • Screen washout unit, back lit, 42" x 58"
  • Ranar XPO 2848 vacuum screen exposing unit
  • Mobile Drying rack, 50 levels of 26" x 35" each
  • Levigator, 10" x 1 ½ "
  • NuArc 1KS Metal Halide Exposure Unit
  • Variable temperature hotplate, 24" x 36 "

The Digital Art & Design labs equipment includes:

  • Imac Pro and Alienware Gaming comptuters
  • Up to Date Adobe® Creative Suite software (free to all students)
  • Autodesk 3D software (Maya, Fusion 360 and more)
  • HP Laserjet 5500 color laser printer
  • Epson Perfection V700 Photo Scanner
  • Multiple sized Epson Stylus Pro Inkjet Archival dye based printers

The Sculpture Studio equipment includes:

  • MIG welder
  • Plasma cutter
  • Gas forge
  • 2-Oxygen/Actylene cutting and welding torches
  • Sheet metal shear, brake, roller
  • Metal chop saw
  • Vertical band saw
  • Miter saw
  • Belt sander
  • Table saw
  • Drill press
  • Stationary grinder

The Digital Fabrication Lab equipment includes:

  • Makerbot 2 3D Printer
  • Makerbot Replicator 5th Gen 3D Printer
  • Fusion 3 F410 3D Printer
  • Eleego UV Resin based 3D Printer
  • Eazao Clay based 3D Printer
  • Large format Vinyl cutter
  • Small table top CNC Mill
  • Full Spectrum MUSE Laser cutter / engraver
  • Electronics workstation (soldering station, fume extractor, tools, etc.)
Projection on the CAB

Large scale multimedia work by students

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