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FACILITIES

The School of Art occupies approximately 66,000 sq. feet. within the Art and Architecture Building. The following is a list of facilities available in the Shool of Art. The list is broken down by area.



Administration :

- Main office
- Director’s office
- Administrative Service Assistant
- Principal Secretary
- Associate Director's office
- Conference/Seminar Room
- Mail and duplication room


Art History :

- 125 seat Lecture Hall, 2,100 sq. ft. (shared with Architecture). Includes 15 foot screen, projection booth with AV equipment.
- 77 seat Lecture Hall. Includes 10 foot screen, and AV equipment
- Slide Collection Library Suite. Includes 102,000 slides in cabinets, workroom, darkroom, slide viewers, Curator and Assistant’s office
- 6 private offices for full-time faculty

Ceramics:
- Undergraduate Ceramics, adjacent to art and architecture Bldg. 4392 sq./ft
- Beginning studio, includes slab roller, 12 electric wheels, extruder
- Advanced studio, Includes 8 wheels and individual major's workspaces
- Faculty studio, 665 sq./ft
- Clay mixing lab, with 2 clay mixes
- Glaze mixing lab, with spray booth and ball mill
- Kiln Room, includes 5 gas kilns, 3 electric kilns, 1 raku kiln

Drawing :
- 3 multi-purpose rooms
- 1 graduate studio, with partitions, permanent and track lighting
- 4 private faculty studios
- 1 shared faculty office

Graphic Design :
- 3 design studios, totaling 4,440 sq. ft. Includes 50 seat critique area.
- 2 Graduate studios
- Computer Lab, jointly managed with the University Computing Center
- 4 private faculty office/studios
- 1 part-time faculty office

Painting:
- 1 basic studio, multi-purpose painting room, 1,500 sq. ft.
- 2 junior/senior studios, 2,580 sq. ft. with individual cubicles.
- Graduate studios, with individual work spaces
- Stretching and framing workshop/locker room
- 5 private faculty studios.
- 1 shared faculty office

Watercolor :
- 1 basic studio, multi-purpose room
- Junior/Senior studio with individual work spaces

Media Arts :
- General class room
- Film lab
- Video lab
- Equipment room (Media Pool)
- Main photography area
- Main photography B&W/silver darkroom
- Advanced photography darkroom
- 4 faculty offices

Printmaking :
- Main studio, 4,320 sq. ft.
- Advanced Print Workshop and Book Arts Room, additional 1,1000 sq. ft
- Acid and solvent room, includes special acid venting and spray booth
- Acid and solvent storage room
- Supply storage
- Photo-print room
- 8 Graduate studios in various locations
- 2 faculty offices

Sculpture :
- 1 wet media studio
- 1 dry media studio
- Casting support area
- Foundry with 2 burnout kilns, 2 melt furnaces, sand pit
- Fabrication area
- Equipment storage
- 3 graduate offices
- 1 shared faculty office
- 1 3D Computer Modeling and Digital Video Lab

Ewing Gallery :
- Main gallery, 3,000 sq. ft. with 25 ft. ceiling, permanent and adjustable lighting, moveable display pylons.
- Outdoor Court, 2,340 sq. ft.
- Gallery Preparation,
- Student Gallery in library. Includes moveable display pylons.
- Additional 1,800 sq. ft. of storage in the UT Middlebrook Pike Warehouse.

Shared space with the College of Architecture and Design :
- 140 seat Lecture Hall (see Art History area)
- Student lounge
- Student resource center (library)
- Supply store
- Snack Bar-Vending Area

Facilities outside of the Art & Architecture Building:

Graduate Ceramics "Steam Plant", Ag campus

- Major Studio Space 1630 sq./ft. includes slab roller, extruder and individual graduate work spaces
- Faculty studio
- Faculty storage
- Electric kiln pad, includes 6 electric kilns
- Gas kiln pad, includes 2 gas kilns, 1 wood kiln and 1 raku kiln

Stokely Building "Batting Cage" Studios
- 3 Faculty/Grad Printmaking Studios combined with crate storage
- Large "Black Box" studio for Media Production

Siler Bean Warehouse Graduate and Faculty Studios
- Three faculty studios
- Five graduate studios
- Office space with computer
- 220 power outlets for heavy equipment

The University of Tennessee Downtown Gallery-106 S. Gay Street, Downtown Knoxville
- 1,600 sq. ft. gallery space

Updated: 8/17/05