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Facilities

Fine Arts Building

The Fine Art Building was built in 1997 and houses the Art Department office, Sculpture, Ceramics, Printmaking and Metal programs and a complete woodshop. This 50,000 sq. foot space was designed to give students safe and substantial work areas. Each area has dedicated studios for their majors, individual critique rooms, and well equipped communal space. There is also the Rotunda space which serves as a meeting hall as well as a gallery for student exhibitions and installations. Please see sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, and metal program links for further details.

 

Smiley Art Building

The Smiley Art Building houses the Art Education program, the Foundation program, and the Drawing and Painting program. Some Graphic Design classes are also offered in this facility. Foundation classrooms and faculty offices are found on the first and second floors. First floor design studios have access to an outdoor patio for work on large projects. Art Education classrooms and faculty offices are located on the second floor; the Art Education program office is on the first floor. Painting and Drawing classrooms, BFA studios, and faculty offices are located on the second floor; MFA studios are on the third floor. Smiley Art Building is also home to the Student Art Gallery (first floor), two computer labs (second floor), and the Art History slide library (first floor). A slide viewing room and photography studio for general student use are in the basement. Generous storage lockers are available on the first and second floors. Please see specific program links for more information.

Old Library

The Old Library, located in the historic part of campus know as The Quad, houses Graphic Design and Photography. The facility includes a range of technologies suited to study and experimentation in both areas. See the Photography, and Graphic Design Web sites for more information.