Facilities in Cortona

Art History:
Classrooms equipped with slide projectors. Program library keeps essential volumes in English and a slide collection. The public library of Cortona is open for those who read Italian. Its holdings include an important collection of illuminated manuscripts.

Ceramics: 4 electric potters wheels, 4 kick wheels, 1 electric kiln with digital controller, 1 gas-fired muffel kiln, approximately 25 cubic feet, indoor-outdoor studio, separate glaze area, assortments of tools (rolling pins, canvas, work tables, etc.)

Computer Lab: 14 new Apple Macintosh G5s with OS 10.4, a large format color printer, and a standard B&W printer, three flat bed scanners and a slide scanner

Drawing: Several drawing rooms in the Severini building with natural and incandescent light. These rooms are mostly used for figure drawing with a model.

Interior Design: Large studio in the Severini building equipped with drafting tables and lights.

Jewelry & Metalwork: Lost-wax casting process equipment, soldering and hand-finishing equipment.

Landscape Architecture: Large studio in the Severini building equipped with drafting tables and lights.

Painting: Large studio rooms in the Severini building for indoor work.

Papermaking & Bookarts: 1 1/2 pound Hollander beater, hydraulic press, vats and sinks, molds, deckles, 2 drying boxes, 2 nipping presses, 2 sewing frames, board sheer and bookbinding workroom.

Photography: Complete and permanent black and white facilities, a room for processing negatives which includes a large stainless steel sink and drying cabinet. Gang darkroom for printing with another large stainless steel sink, at least seven enlargers and a copystand. Students are able to print negatives up to 4" x 5". Light tables and projectors are available for viewing slides. Two Lowell lights with umbrellas are available to check out for location work.

Printmaking: 2 Etching Presses

Sculpture: A 135-pound metal casting furnace, burn-out kiln, air compressor for pneumatic equipment, oxyacetylene welding equipment, electric arc welder and a variety of hand tools.