Facilities

The Department of Art is primarily located in the Fine Arts Center, which houses a large painting studio with skylights and a private studio for honors art students, a large printmaking studio, and a large gallery. The adjacent Blevins Building houses a newly opened ceramic and sculpture center with over 7,000 square feet of space. It also houses a studio for drawing and design. An art history lecture room with a computer projection system for viewing digital images is located in the neighboring Humanities Building, and in the nearby Science Hall we share a state-of-the-art Macintosh computer lab with the Photography Department. Our facilities house modern, efficient equipment and are open for your use from 7 am to 1 am, 7 days a week.

 

The New Blevins Art Building

The new complex houses:

 

state-of-the-art welding facilities (including stick, mig, and tig welders, and a plasma arc cutter) a wood working area a small foundry a forge a modern clay preparation room a glazing studio a new 18 cubic foot gas fired kiln

a new raku kiln for the patio a very large throwing and handbuilding studio for ceramics a two-dimensional design classroom which doubles as a figure drawing studio a three-dimensional design classroom a lockable toolroom faculty studio and offices

The complex is handicapped accessible. It is complete with bathrooms, water fountains, compressed air, telephone system with 5 phones, online computer ports and cable television in classrooms and faculty offices, lounge areas, a small gallery and a place to show slides.