The School of Art maintains studios, facilities, and classrooms in three buildings: Comstock Art Facility (ComArt), the Shaffer Art Building, and Smith Hall.
M.F.A. candidates at Syracuse University have 24-hour, year-round access to generous private studios. B.F.A. students also have 24-hour access to individual studio spaces. All students have access to 70,000-square feet of shared work, critique, and exhibition space.
Comstock Art Facility (ComArt)
Comstock Art Facility, also known as ComArt, is the home of facilities that support arts education, ceramics, jewelry and metalsmithing, printmaking/print media and graphic art, and sculpture. All students have access to a woodshop, metal shops, and digital fabrication studios. ComArt also houses the Sarah A. Coyne Gallery as well as two large rooms used for installations, critiques, and exhibitions.
Studio spaces at ComArt include private, semi-private, and shared space studios for graduate students working with ceramics, jewelry and metalsmithing, printmaking, and sculpture.
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[Above, Patrick McGuan gives a 30-second tour of the wood shop and its capabilities]
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[Above, Jeremey Tarr gives a tour of the Digital Fabrication Lab, where students can use 3D printers and light scanners to create art]
Shaffer Art Building
The Shaffer Art Building houses the School of Art’s studios for illustration and painting. It is also home to the Department of Film and Media Arts, jazz studies in the Setnor School of Music, and Syracuse University Art Museum. The building contains a 60-seat lecture hall and the 300-seat Shemin Auditorium. Painting facilities include well-lit studios that have special skylights receiving north light and a complete workshop.
Shaffer houses private studio spaces for students working in painting. M.F.A. candidates have excellent facilities in which to pursue independent work and research. Each student has a studio space and is encouraged to be self-motivated. Studios are well lit and have special skylights receiving north light.
Exhibition spaces in Shaffer include the Michael Sickler Gallery and the Wall.
Smith Hall
Smith Hall is emerging as a hub for collaborative and interdisciplinary programs and graduate studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. It includes a drawing classroom and studio spaces for studio arts and Department of Film and Media Arts graduate students. It is also home to the School of Design’s first-year studios and the Canary Lab. Random Access Gallery, a graduate-run exhibition space, is on the first floor.