McBride explained that students are not only creating art with these tools, they are learning about the technology. The computer art classes are quickly becoming a favorite of our students. They know that understanding how to create digital images is a required skill of today's commercial artist. The lower level of the Museum has proven to be an ideal setting for the lab. The room was adapted for the computer equipment with the installation of carpet, track lighting, and ergonomically correct computer desks.
Students love the new equipment and are always anxious for class to start.
Good Hall was renovated and equipped with dual slide projectors, a double-wide electronic screen, overhead incandescent fighting, a computer podium, soundproofing, and theater seating, all designed specifically for art history classes. This is also a much welcomed improvement and will provide optimum conditions for viewing slides of art works. It is in the classroom where it all happens. This is where students quite often see and understand for the very first time what art is all about. It is so thrilling to watch them lean forward in their seats, totally absorbed in discussions, listening to one another and to me.