Department of Art : Facilities

The Department of Art is located in Randall Hall, a two-story, 82,000 square foot building designed for visual art instruction. Within the confines of the building are large specialized facilities for our various studio arts disciplines. Included are two large well-lit painting studios, two large well-lit drawing studios, a screen-printing studio, a facility for printmaking and papermaking, and classrooms dedicated to the instruction of art education and basic design. In addition, the building houses a comprehensive ceramics facility, including hand-building, wheel-throwing, glazing, clay mixing and kiln areas, a well appointed jewelry and metalsmithing studio including, fabrication and forming, casting, electroforming, and finishing areas, a large photography studio including, black and white and color labs, a sizable sculpture facility complete with fabrication and foundry areas, and a well equipped wood design facility. A Macintosh computer lab, equipped with 20 Macintosh G5 work stations, scanners, and advanced printing capabilities, is also located in Randall Hall. The computers are outfitted with a variety of graphics software and the lab is fully networked with high-speed internet access to the world-wide-web.

Randall Hall also houses the Sarah Spurgeon Gallery. With assistance from the Associated Students of CWU, the gallery maintains an active exhibition schedule featuring contemporary art exhibits throughout the year to the campus community. The gallery also features thesis exhibitions of the department's graduate students.

The Reino and Naomi Randall Visiting Lecturer Series brings speakers of regional and national stature to our campus to complement academic and gallery events.