Art Facilities

The Art Department maintains several large studios: a large ceramics studio with outdoor kilns; a painting studio with a full-length skylight for natural, indirect light; a drawing and design studio with model and still life stands; a large sculpture studio and shop; two complete metalsmithing facilities with independent work stations and foundry capabilities; and a well equipped printmaking studio with a large Charles Brand press for monotype and intaglio work, as well as bookbinding and book arts facilities. Throughout the semester students exhibit their work in the student galleries located in Alumnae Hall. To foster student independence and creative exploration, individual private studios are available for advanced art majors. Additionally, each studio major hangs a graduating senior thesis exhibition of her work in the college Gallery in Tompkins College Center. 

The Cedar Crest Art Department is also embracing technological innovations that aid in creating compelling images and studying great works of art. The Multimedia Development Lab is available for student use; this computer resource center includes high-end hardware and software, placing in the student's hands the most recent programs for digital image creation and manipulation. In addition, the campus network connection to the Internet connects students to works of art in major museums throughout the world, to the growing number of artworks creating specifically for the World-Wide Web, and to the rapidly expanding resources in Art History. Many courses in the Art Department make use of these art resources readily available on the Internet. 

 

 

 

Last Updated: 9/12/08