THE VISUAL ARTS STUDIOS

The art studios are well equipped with two large ceramic studios for handbuilding and wheelwork.  In addition to fourteen electric wheels, we have three large electric kilns and an outdoor raku kiln.  Our print studio is equipped with a 33” x 60” Takach etching press and a 12”x 19” Brand Press.  A wide range of sculpture equipment and tools are available for classes in wood, plaster, clay, metal and cast sculpture.  A separate plaster room connects with the sculpture studio.  A light filled painting studio is well equipped with easels, drawing boards and space for live models and still life set ups.   The Brooklyn Campus library has the largest university artist book collection, which is an excellent resource for classes in book making, printmaking, drawing, and art education.  The studios are available to art majors twenty-four hours a day.

A new Macintosh computer lab (in addition to the Media Arts computer labs) is located next to the sculpture studio.  It is equipped with fifteen G5s and Adobe, Quark and Macromedia suites of software.  Printers include Epson 7500 for large-scale format digital printing, Epson scanners, Xante Filmmaker, and a Polaroid film recorder.  We work in conjunction with the Media Arts Department where photography labs are housed.