Facilities

Studio classroom windows viewed from across the FMH light well

College of the Arts Digital Facilities

Information about locations, hours, and equipment available in our digital facilities and the Materials Lab, our general fabrication workspace.

Digital Facilities

Art Building + Art Annex

Art Building viewed from sidewalk

Student lounge and workspace with sofas and tables for working outside of class

Between classes students gather in the Creative Suite – half student lounge, half workspace. Bring-our-own-camera photo stations with backdrops and lighting for documenting your work are also located here.

Student working at a computer station in the Rad Lab

Located in the Art Annex, the Rad Lab offers printers and ten iMac workstations. Use of this lab is available to all College of the Arts students.

Student next to Risograph printer holding a Riso print

The Rad Lab's Risograph printer is operated by our Riso Fellows: student interns chosen each term to print your jobs for you.

Our A+D Projects studio is our in-house graphic design service bureau. It is run by students enrolled in our A+D Projects course.

Weaving studio with Macomber looms.

People in AB Gallery viewed through windows from exterior at night

The AB Gallery, one of two galleries in the Art Building.

The Art Building (2000 SW 5th Avenue) is home to the Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design's main office. Many of our faculty offices are located here, as well as:

AB and MK Galleries
Art History Lecture Hall
Seminar Room
The Creative Suite: A student lounge and workspace
2 Graphic Design Studios
A working studio for graphic design students enrolled in our A+D Projects course.
A large design classroom and presentation space that serves as the venue for workshops and Show & Tell, our graphic design lecture series
Drawing and Mixed Media Studio
Weaving Studio
Private MFA Studios

The Art Annex (1990 SW 5th Avenue) is located just next door to the Art Building. The two buildings are separated by a covered parking lot breezeway.

3 Graphic Design Studios
The Rad Lab

Fariborz Maseeh Hall

Fariborz Maseeh Hall viewed from the Park Blocks.

Drawing studio with students seated on drawing horses, working on drawing boards

Light-filled drawing studio with windows on the Park Blocks

Painting studio

One of three Core studios, this classroom is where our Space courses happen.

Student drawing colorful ink across a silk screen with a squeegee

Our Wet Lab is a classroom is set up for silk screen printing and fabric dyeing.

Computer workstations in the Mac Lab classroom

The MAC Lab is an iMac based digital classroom with state of the art equipment including large format scanners and printers. The adjacent 12-seat drop-in lab is available for all College of the Arts students to use.

Students gathered at tables in student lounge

Student lounge with windows into the FMH atrium.

The Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design occupies most of the second floor of Fariborz Maseeh Hall (1855 SW Broadway). Many of our Art Practice classes happen in light-filled studios with high ceilings and tall windows. Some studios offer gorgeous views of the Park Blocks. Others face the building's serene interior light well. Faculty offices can be found here as well as:

Core Studios for Space, Surface, and Time courses
Photo/Video Studio
Photography Darkroom
Wet Lab for silkscreen printing and textile dyeing
Drawing Studio
Painting Studio
Textiles Studio
Media Arts Center "MAC Lab" and Drop-in Lab
Equipment Office (Audio visual equipment checkout for students enrolled in designated courses)
Student Lounge

The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at PSU is located just below us on the first floor of Fariborz Maseeh Hall.

Shattuck Hall

Shattuck Hall courtyard viewed from the Park Blocks.

Materials Lab general fabrication studio

Our 6,000-square-foot Materials Lab encompasses a range of equipment including wood shop with a range of large- and small-scale woodworking equipment. This facility is shared with Architecture.

Instructor and students gathered in the metals shop

Part of the Materials Lab, our Metal Shop houses a foundry and welding stations.

Students at work at tables in printmaking studio

Students at work in our Printmaking Studio.

Griffin etching press; students at work in background

Printmaking studio's Griffin etching press.

The Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design shares some of the facilities in Shattuck Hall (1914 SW Park Avenue) with the School of Architecture. Here you will find:

Printmaking Studio
Sculpture Studio
Materials Lab and Digital Fabrication Studio (shared with Architecture) that includes
- Wood Shop
- Plaster and cement casting studio
- Metals Shop
- Foundry

Student lounge viewed from basement level of Fariborz Maseeh Hall light well

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