MFA Windsor » Facilities

Our building offers diverse facilities and equipment for traditional and digital media. Technicians are available to all graduate students, regardless of their studio concentration, to support students in realizing their goals and independent research. There are semi-private and individual studio spaces available for the graduate students situated in proximity to the area of the student’s specialization. Graduate students can enter the Visual Arts building 24 hours a day, all year round. In the summer session they may also occupy some of the classrooms for personal studios.

MFA Studios

Second-year Studio

All MFA candidates are guaranteed individual studio spaces for the full duration of two academic years. First-year candidates are typically housed in a bank of spaces between the wood shop and Mac lab, which is accessible only to members of the graduate program. Second-year candidates are given access to a number of larger, single-entry rooms located throughout the School of Visual Arts building.

Most graduate studios feature high ceilings and natural light, though consideration is given to the needs of individual practices as regards the configuration of studios and their proximity to other campus facilities (sculpture/foundry facilities, woodshop, intaglio/lithography studios, etc.).

Additionally, the School of Art maintains a separate graduate computing facility with flatbed and film scanners as well as a large-format inkjet printer reserved for graduate use. Graduates are also granted 24/7 access to all other School facilities, including the Mac lab, woodshop and foundry, as well as printmaking, photography and sculpture facilities.

Candidates enrolled in the Summer term/Intersession maintain access to all shared and individual studio facilities, and they may additionally reserve undergraduate drawing and painting studios for personal use.

LeBel Gallery

LeBel Gallery - Impromptu - A collaborative exhibition by first- and second-year MFA candidates, Spring 2008

The LeBel Gallery is a large, recently refurbished exhibition space at the School of Visual Arts that hosts student and faculty exhibitions throughout the year. The Gallery may be reserved in advance for single-person, collaborative, and group shows.

Studio Art Facilities

A complete listing of tools and facilities at the School of Visual Arts is currently being compiled.

Woodshop:

General Model 450 12″ table saw
General Model 490-1 15″ band saw
General Model 690-1 15″ band saw
General Model 100-5 disc/belt sander
Delta X5 12″ radial arm saw
Makita LS1040 10″ chop saw
Dewalt DW735 12″ thickness planer
Delta 16.5″ drill press
Rockwell lathe
Delta Shopmaster table top jointer
4 Sjöbergs woodworking benches
Assorted hand and power tools

.INCUBATOR: Hybrid Laboratory at the intersection of Art, Science, and Ecology

INCUBATOR: Hybrid Laboratory at the intersection of Art, Science, and Ecology

INCUBATOR: Oct 29, 2009 - Gel Electrophoresis Lab with visiting artist Paul Vanouse

Director, Dr. Jennifer Willet, School of Visual Arts, The University of Windsor

Primarily, INCUBATOR serves as a physical (practical) hub laboratory at The University of Windsor (Ontario, CAN.) – where ‘experimental’ research models from the hard sciences combined with studio production models can be utilized in the production of bioart-works, innovative pedagogical practices, critical texts, and a portable laboratory unit.

INCUBATOR also serves as a theoretical hub laboratory – encouraging the cross-disciplinary re-imagining of bioethics and contemporary biotechnologies with an emphasis on ecological models for understanding, interpreting, and performing the ‘life’ sciences.

Sponsors:
SSHRC – The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada
CLIF – Centre for Teaching and Learning, The University of Windsor

Ecohouse Interdisciplinary Research Centre

More information coming soon on this off-site space.

Academic/Research Facilities

The LeBel building houses a 75-seat Lecture/Seminar room with digital projection facilities, which MFA candidates may reserve for talks, presentations, and other projects.

The University of Windsor’s Leddy Library (on main campus) holds an extensive collection of books, catalogues and DVDs on contemporary art and photography. MFA candidates are also granted proxy (off-campus) access to a broad range of online research tools. Please see the Leddy Library homepage for more detailed information.

The School of Visual Arts is a participating member of the FADIS (Fine Art Digital Imaging System) consortium, a digital image and media library for teaching and research purposes.