All graduate studio courses are independent studies. Graduate Reviews, with committees made up of six to ten faculty take place at the end of each semester. Facilities and Special Resources Studio facilities are spacious and well-equipped. Painting students are able to work in oils, acrylic, watercolor, fresco and encaustic. The sculpture area includes a woodshop, a welding and forging area, a stone and related materials area, and an active foundry.
Printmakers can choose to work in intaglio, lithography, photo-etching, silkscreen or woodcuts.
Drawing and papermaking facilities are also available as well as special project rooms. Each graduate student is provided with a studio and access to models and classroom facilities. Environmental works and sculptural installations may be built both indoors and outside on the grounds. Within the building housing the Department of Art, there are two galleries and two libraries. The University of Maryland Art Gallery, an independent unit that works closely with the Department of Art, features national and international contemporary and historical exhibitions as well as faculty and annual MFA Thesis shows.