The Department of Art is housed in three buildings, containing spacious studios, seminar rooms, and classrooms specifically designed for specific areas of study. Each of the studio areas (ceramics, metals, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture) and the Graphic and Experience Design program have their own labs and studios, with several rooms devoted to each specific area of study.
Located off Patterson Avenue, the Art Building houses Photography and Foundations labs, Painting and Drawing studios, as well as Art History lecture and seminar rooms, and Art Education rooms. Offices of faculty and graduate students are located near the studios for convenience and accessibility.
Located on Western College Drive, Boyd Hall houses fashion lecture rooms, apparel construction / patternmaking labs, textile lab, fabric digital printer and heat press lab, and a soon to be costume collection lab. Offices of faculty are located near the studios for convenience and accessibility.
Located on Oak Street, the Art Center is in the southwest corner of Phillips Hall. The Art Center houses studios for ceramics, metalsmithing, glass, drawing, digital photography, sewing, and woodworking. These studios serve our Sprint course offerings, the CraftSummer workshops, and are open for students, staff and community members to use for leisure time activities.
Located on Maple Street, Hiestand houses Graphic and Experience Design, Printmaking, Sculpture, Ceramics, and Metals studios, as well as the Hiestand Galleries.
The VRC, located in Art 130, has resources for scanning and photodocumenting artwork, as well as audiovisual and photographic equipment available for student, staff, and faculty checkout. To schedule a photodocumentation appointment or for further information, email Billy Simms at simmsws@MiamiOH.edu.
The Wertz Art and Architecture Library, conveniently located in Alumni Hall, contains the major part of the art and design collection of Miami University. Although the Art and Architecture Library is physically independent of the main library, it is in many ways serviced by the main library. A professional librarian, two full-time staff members, and several graduate and undergraduate student assistants staff it. The collection is continually growing to meet the needs of the art and architecture students.
