Art Facilities

Art students and faculty have the pleasure of working in well-equipped studios and classrooms. Students have access to their classrooms outside of scheduled class times to work on projects and assignments.

Student works on a large format painting in an art department studio.

Design, Drawing, and Painting

Two large studios, including one open to all art majors, host classes in Design, Drawing, and Watercolor. A dedicated Advanced and Collaborative Drawing studio is equipped with easels, horses, props, storage, computer, and projection. The dedicated Figure Drawing studio houses a stage, lighting, props, computer & projection, as well as plaster casts students may use. A traditional Painting studio accommodates acrylic, oil, and encaustic painting processes, and is equipped with canvas storage, computer and projector, easels, props, and an encaustic area. 

A student prepares to print a lithograph.

Printmaking

The Printmaking studio is equipped to accommodate intaglio, relief, collagraph, serigraphy, and photo intaglio. It also has a darkroom for photo-processes.

Students review black and white prints in the dark room common room.

Photography

The darkroom photography suite is comprised of two large studios, including a communal area with chemicals and enlargers, plus four private, fully equipped darkrooms. Digital photography takes place in the computer labs.

A student works a lump of clay during a sculpture class.

Sculpture

The suite includes a series of rooms dedicated to various traditiona and digital processes: 

  •  Ceramics
  •  Metal fabrication & casting
  •  Wood construction
  •  Stone carving
  •  Plaster & wax
  •  3-D printing
  •  3-D scanning
  •  Plasma cutting
  •  Laser engraving
Alienware computer stations glow blue and purple in a darkened lab room.

Computer Labs

  •  3 computer labs
  •  60 mac computers
  •  20 Cintiq displays
  •  1 3D printer
  •  1 Laser engraver
  •  20 Intuios tablets
  •  18 Flipbook stations
  •  60 Adobe CC stations
  •  20 Maya workstations
  •  20 Unity workstations
One of the university galleries staged for the Juried Art Show.

Galleries

Two professional art galleries, the Martin-Mullen Art Gallery and the Project Space Gallery host a variety of art exhibitions throughout the year.

Students may submit work in the Annual Juried Exhibition and may apply for solo or group shows in the Project Space Gallery throughout the year.

Art & Design Studios

  •  Darkroom
  •  Digital studios
  •  Lighting studio
  •  Design studios
  •  Drawing studios
  •  Figure Drawing studio
  •  Printmaking studio
  •  American French Tool Etching Press
  •  Photo Intaglio
  •  Serigraphy
  •  Sculpture suite
  •  Wood & stone studio
  •  Metal shop
  •  Digital 3D Studio
  •  Metal foundry
  •  CNC plasma cutter
  •  CNC router
  •  Laser cutter
  •  Ceramics
  •  Painting Studio

Contact the Art Department

Address

222 Fine Arts Center
108 Ravine Parkway
Oneonta, NY 13820
United States