A third site, the Williams Visual Arts Building, opens spring 2001. The Visual Resources Room contains the department's collection of more than 100,000 slides as well as CD-ROMs, videos, and architectural models. Studio art is taught in interconnected classrooms. Student work is displayed throughout the public spaces as well as in studios. Exhibitions in the Williams Center Gallery complement the curriculum.
Artists give public lectures, visit classes, and meet with independent study and honors students.
It is supplemented by a Macintosh workstation with a large-format scanner and printers in the Experimental Printmaking Institute. Four workstations will be included in the Williams Visual Arts Building. In fall 2000, all three locations will be linked via ethernet, allowing students speedy access to the web and the ability to generate, manipulate, and output images from any of the department's sites. The Experimental Printmaking Institute provides students and visiting professional artists with the opportunity to develop advanced skills in the areas of printmaking and digital imaging. More than 20 visiting artists of national and international reputation have completed residencies and exchanges.