Art Studios
Spaces that inspire and foster creativity.
Our campus is a beautiful arboretum with spacious art & design studios only thirty minutes by train from one of the art capitals of the world, New York City. Across the campus are multiple venues for exhibitions including 4 galleries as well as a campus-wide sculpture garden.
The studio facilities span two sites and cover a range of approaches to art and design.
Painting and Drawing
The 3 painting and drawing studios are well lit and feature skylights, easels, and designated storage areas for canvas and 2D work. Launch Gallery
Painting and Drawing
The 3 painting and drawing studios are well lit and feature skylights, easels, and designated storage areas for canvas and 2D work. 8 Photos-
Associate professor Jennifer Maloney mentors a student in the painting studio.
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Designed to inspire artistic expression, each of the two 700-square-foot painting studios in the Herbert J. Klapper Center for Fine Arts features skylights and provides painting racks, easels and taborets.
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An Adelphi student concentrates on the work in front of her.
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Art students working diligently at easels.
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The Blodgett Hall drawing studios offer ample natural light and space to create.
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Art students drawing during class.
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Art students working in charcoal in the Blodgett Hall studios.
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The drawing studios provide students with a creative space to work and are adjacent to storage racks and locker space to house supplies.
Sculpture and Ceramics
The 5,000 square foot sculpture studio and adjacent yard house a small foundry for lost wax and sand casting, wood fabrication equipment, and a sheet metal shop with welding machines. Launch Gallery
Sculpture and Ceramics
The 5,000 square foot sculpture studio and adjacent yard house a small foundry for lost wax and sand casting, wood fabrication equipment, and a sheet metal shop with welding machines. 3 Photos-
The clay area which recycles and pugs its own clay includes wheels, electric kilns, gas kilns, an anagama kiln, a slab roller, and an extruder for ceramics. We also have installation space for the less object-oriented disciplines of installation and performance art.
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A student working in the sculpture studio in the Klapper Center for Fine Arts.
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A student working on a 3D sculpture in the Klapper Center for Fine Arts.
Printmaking Studio
The 1400-square-foot printmaking area is well equipped to support a number of different printmaking techniques including all varieties of intaglio, solarplate, monotype, relief, and screenprint printmaking. Launch Gallery
Printmaking Studio
The 1400-square-foot printmaking area is well equipped to support a number of different printmaking techniques including all varieties of intaglio, solarplate, monotype, relief, and screenprint printmaking. 3 Photos-
Two Adelphi art students working with screenprints in the studio.
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Three large Brand presses in the printmaking studio further service student work, in addition to a mini, in-house digital lab that includes a large-format archival color inkjet printer.
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The printmaking studio in the Klapper Center for Fine Arts offers ample natural light through skylights.
Graphic Design and Digital Production
We have 2 digital labs that include 40 Mac Pro computers equipped with a full suite of art and design software, 2 large format archival color inkjet printers, 4 color printers, 6 scanners, and 20 Wacom tablets. Launch Gallery
Graphic Design and Digital Production
We have 2 digital labs that include 40 Mac Pro computers equipped with a full suite of art and design software, 2 large format archival color inkjet printers, 4 color printers, 6 scanners, and 20 Wacom tablets. 4 Photos-
A design student working in the Blodgett Hall digital lab.
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The design space features individual workstations for students to work on advertising, branding, and package design projects.
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Design students will take classes in the studio to explore advertising design, web design, and learn computer graphics applications.
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Art History Lecture Hall
With small class sizes, the art history lecture hall located in Blodgett Hall offers one-on-one attention from our experienced art professors. Launch Gallery
Art History Lecture Hall
With small class sizes, the art history lecture hall located in Blodgett Hall offers one-on-one attention from our experienced art professors. 2 Photos-
Blodgett Hall art history lecture hall.
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Blodgett Hall art history lecture hall.
Senior Art Studios
Individual studio space for BFA Studio and Art and Design Education students is available in their senior year. Launch Gallery
Senior Art Studios
Individual studio space for BFA Studio and Art and Design Education students is available in their senior year. 2 Photos-
A student working in their own personal studio space.
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Located in Blodgett Hall, each senior studio is filled with natural light from skylights overhead.
Additional Resources
Other digital equipment and software housed in the department and across the university is available to support creative work in film, animation, game design, and physical computing.
Photography facilities include a fully operational Darkroom equipped with 16 enlarger stations and a designated area for alternative and antique prints. A twenty station digital Mac Lab includes three inkjet printers, three film scanners, and a UV viewing station.
The Lighting studio is equipped with both strobe and continuous light units and includes two seamless backdrops and a shooting table for still-life work. Â The photo equipment library is stocked with a variety of cameras including DSLR, SLR, Medium format, and Large Format models, as well as light meters, tripods, and flash units.
Students have access to a community makerspace in Harvey Hall, which features a 3D printer and a sophisticated projector system.
Students also have access to storage racks and locker space to house supplies.