Building & Facilities

Facility Hours

A critique in the painting room

Visual Arts Building Studios   SUMMER SCHEDULE 2013 Beginning Thursday, May 9th Monday through Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday CLOSED Monday May 27th CLOSED (Memorial Day Holiday) Beginning Wednesday, May 29th Monday through Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday 9:45 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Sunday CLOSED Beginning Monday, July 29th Monday through Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday CLOSED

Mac Computer Lab   SUMMER SCHEDULE 2013 May Session Mon., May 13 - Fri., May 24 Monday through Thursday 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Friday CLOSED 8-Week Session Wed., May 29 - Fri., July 26 Monday through Thursday 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday noon - 4 p.m. Sunday CLOSED Please contact Shane McDonald (smcdona4@kennesaw.edu) to express any need for additional hours. Learn more about the Mac Lab... Also visit the Sturgis Library Information Commons Area and Burruss Building Lab in BB475. These computer labs also have iMacs available for student use.

Visual Arts Resource Center   SUMMER SCHEDULE 2013 Summer Hours Mon., May 13 - Fri., July 26 Monday 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesday 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Wednesday 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Thursday 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Friday 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. open 24hrs/day for visual arts faculty available for students and visitors only when the door is open Learn more about the VARC...

SUMMER SEMESTER CLOSINGS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

BUILDING CLOSINGS

Monday, May 27th
Memorial Day Holiday - NO CLASSES

Thursday, July 4th
Independence Day - NO CLASSES

Hours may change during final exams
Additional iMacs are available in the Sturgis Library for a longer duration of hours.

The facilities are not open during university holidays or at other times when the University may be closed.

Completed in 2001, the Visual Arts Building is a state-of-the-art, 3-level facility of 32,000 square feet that provides studio space, computer labs, and classrooms for art education and art history. The building also contains the School of Art and Design administration office, faculty suites, an open Macintosh Computer Lab (VA Rm. 224), and the Visual Arts Resource Center (VA Rm. 223).

This multi-story building is organized into three distinct elements: a large high-bay studio component, a classroom and computer lab component, and a dynamic multi-story atrium space. The studio component contains areas for welding, sculpture, woodworking, ceramics, painting, drawing, printmaking, papermaking and photography. The classroom area provides for computer graphics studios, art education labs and meeting rooms. The atrium area provides for the display of artwork, student locker spaces, and student gathering areas. Sloping hallways with handrails allow for ADA access.

The use of industrial materials sets the mood of the building, along with exposed structures and concrete floors, exposed mechanical systems and ramped hallways. This unique building won a first place award from the Georgia Chapter of the American Concrete Institute. College Planning & Management magazine has recognized it for “Outstanding Architecture and Design in Education.”

Spacious outdoor patio areas provide popular gathering places for students to talk or study together. Drawing and painting classes sometimes meet on the patio areas when the weather permits. The area behind the building is a park-like setting of native plants and rock walls with walkways providing multiple access points to the downstairs studios.

 

The atrium and patio of the Visual Arts Building

The sencond floor hall with lockers for students